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[von uber]

we have these things now in testing.

Ah I was thinking of the alt fire that fires the energy disc you can then explode with the normal railgun shot.

[AlanC9]

Use your f****** sci-fi imagination! Be a f****** writer!

What are you actually asking for, again? I get that the weapons should have MOAR sci-fi, but how should they work?

[MassivelyEffective0730]

Presumably that guarantee isn't based on the cuteness.

 

Well known fact about the military; the cuter the girl, the higher the likelihood she outranks you. All the hot ones are either officers or in the Air Force (and still probably an officer). This only applies to white females. 

 

Just an in-joke. From my enlisted days. I'm an officer too, so I get to look and touch (but not at the same time, since the Army's weird like that).

[Star fury]

Or having it be so for the sake of it being so. It makes sense for someone like Miranda. It doesn't make sense for every single female in the galaxy (or at least the Normandy) to get a breast job. It's forced over-sexualization. It really doesn't need to be that way. It shows where the developers focus is at for the characters. And it's not pretty.

No, no it doesn't. I appreciate Miranda's breasts and butt, ahem, I mean her complex character but high heels and catsuit don't make sense in the warzone or space.

[TTTX]

Or having it be so for the sake of it being so. It makes sense for someone like Miranda. It doesn't make sense for every single female in the galaxy (or at least the Normandy) to get a breast job. It's forced over-sexualization. It really doesn't need to be that way. It shows where the developers focus is at for the characters. And it's not pretty.

I never understood BW decision to sex up pretty much every companion. I can understand when Shep and his LI have a private moment together they wear something more comfortable, but when you are going into the battlefield, you wear armor period.

[MassivelyEffective0730]

No, no it doesn't. I appreciate Miranda's breasts and butt, ahem, I mean her complex character but high heels and catsuit don't make sense in the warzone or space.

 

I'm not going to defend that. I don't need to. There exists a DLC that includes armor for her. However, minus restricted terrain and higher and exposure to vacuum, I can forgive her choice of attire. For someone like Miranda, an Intelligence Officer and Operative (a spy so to speak), her attire is efficient for her (yes, there are women who can run faster than me in high heels. I've seen it). She's going to be relying more on agility and speed more than defense and armor. And it does make sense when you look at it from a certain perspective. Armor makes you a bigger target. It slows you down, and you're very clumsy. Ease of movement isn't that great; you'll give yourself a nasty friction burn if you have to wear it for days on end. And try running up and down the hills and mountains of Afghanistan. For days on end. And sprinting. Meanwhile, Miranda can rely on kinetic barriers (and probably biotic barriers if she needs too) as her main line of defense. She's going to rely mostly on the best type of armor available; the armor of space, of not getting hit. 

 

Trust me, it seems impractical (and it is in several environments), but when you see a Taliban fighter in sandals and a white sheet being able to move and fight more effectively over heavy, mountainous terrain while you struggle with the weight of your body armor and oversized combat boots, you learn to see the more subtle logic to their unconventional style of body armor.

 

That said, on board a ship, what she's wearing is perfectly fine. There's no need for her to not wear it. And it suits her body just fine.

[MassivelyEffective0730]

I never understood BW decision to sex up pretty much every companion. I can understand when Shep and his LI have a private moment together they wear something more comfortable, but when you are going into the battlefield, you wear armor period.

 

Minus Miranda being sort of made for that purpose and given a reasonable explanation, I'm fine with what she got. 

 

As for your statement on armor, I'll simply say that still better, it's best to put something between you and the enemy. Preferably something that covers and conceals you. Without tiring you out or making you a bigger target.

[ImaginaryMatter]

I'm not going to defend that. I don't need to. There exists a DLC that includes armor for her. However, minus restricted terrain and higher and exposure to vacuum, I can forgive her choice of attire. For someone like Miranda, an Intelligence Officer and Operative (a spy so to speak), her attire is efficient for her (yes, there are women who can run faster than me in high heels. I've seen it). She's going to be relying more on agility and speed more than defense and armor. And it does make sense when you look at it from a certain perspective. Armor makes you a bigger target. It slows you down, and you're very clumsy. Ease of movement isn't that great; you'll give yourself a nasty friction burn if you have to wear it for days on end. And try running up and down the hills and mountains of Afghanistan. For days on end. And sprinting. Meanwhile, Miranda can rely on kinetic barriers (and probably biotic barriers if she needs too) as her main line of defense. She's going to rely mostly on the best type of armor available; the armor of space, of not getting hit. 

 

Trust me, it seems impractical (and it is in several environments), but when you see a Taliban fighter in sandals and a white sheet being able to move and fight more effectively over heavy terrain while you struggle with the weight of your body armor and oversized combat boots, you learn to see the more subtle logic to their unconventional style of body armor.

 

That said, on board a ship, what she's wearing is perfectly fine. There's no need for her to not wear it. And it suits her body just fine.

 

Has me standing at attention.

[ImaginaryMatter]

Speaking of Mass Effect armor.

 

How much would does Mass Effect armor weigh?

[MassivelyEffective0730]

Speaking of Mass Effect armor.

 

How much would does Mass Effect armor weigh?

 

Who knows. Looking at ME1, there are restrictions within the explanation given about the armor. The heavier the armor, the heavier the restriction.

[TTTX]

No, no it doesn't. I appreciate Miranda's breasts and butt, ahem, I mean her complex character but high heels and catsuit don't make sense in the warzone or space.

I still have problems with Liara wearing nothing but a breathing mask in Shadow Broker DLC and on the Mars mission. In those environments I would rather have a helmet on rather then simple mask that doesn't even cover all my face.

[MassivelyEffective0730]

I still have problems with Liara wearing nothing but a breathing mask in Shadow Broker DLC and on the Mars mission. In those environments I would rather have a helmet on rather then simple mask that doesn't even cover all my face.

 

That's something I think is unacceptable for characters. 

 

I can headcanon it for Mars in that it's possible that terraforming has increased the density and pressure of the atmosphere on Mars enough that you can technically survive with just an oxygen mask, and mixed with some as of yet undisclosed form of Asari biology, Liara is capable of withstanding it better than humans.

 

I try to compensate for poor explanations and writing as much as I can, though I'll concede when the writers just plain made a **** sandwich.

[TTTX]

Minus Miranda being sort of made for that purpose and given a reasonable explanation, I'm fine with what she got. 

 

As for your statement on armor, I'll simply say that still better, it's best to put something between you and the enemy. Preferably something that covers and conceals you. Without tiring you out or making you a bigger target.

True, I did have problems when she entered environments  where she only wear a simple breathing mask.

 

Depends on the type of armor really ME have light, medium and heavy so there no excuse for not wearing armor because light armor are design for mobility.

[ImaginaryMatter]

I guess Shepard and crew should be thankful none of their opponents decided to vent their ships.

 

I like Miranda's catsuit but I usual put her in her armor for away missions then switch her back when I go talk to her.

[Iakus]

Presumably rubber bands still exist in the MEU. Sure, she still has her hair down if the player has her helmet toggled off, but a player who toggles her helmet off doesn't care about such issues in the first place.

She has her hair down in scenes where she's taking her helmet off as well.

[MassivelyEffective0730]

True, I did have problems when she entered environments  where she only wear a simple breathing mask.

 

Depends on the type of armor really ME have light, medium and heavy so there no excuse for not wearing armor because light armor are design for mobility.

 

And no armor is going to provide the greatest mobility. And she has an excuse; She can use kinetic barriers, and in a pinch, she could use biotic barriers. For the kind of things she typically does, armor is somewhat impractical. She's not going to need to be wearing a full interceptor system with SAPI plates or the equivalent in what she is normally doing. Kinetic barriers eliminate the need for that kind of light body armor. She's not typically operating in a battlefield environment. She's more of a mid-range to CQC combatant. Believe me, armor slows you down there. It might save your life from the first bullet, but when it knocks you to the ground and you're struggling to figure out what's going on, the second bullet is going to be much more lethal. And kinetic barriers will do the job for her without knocking her down. So yes, as a guy who knows full well the value and limitations of body armor, I can say that Miranda is usually better served without it. And when she needs it, she has a kit. My suspension of disbelief remains intact.

[Han Shot First]

Cerberus fielding a fleet in ME3 was a bit silly. Indoctrination might work as a convenient explanation as to how they obtained the manpower, but where did the ships come from? Cerberus isn't a government in control of planets and shipyards. It shouldn't have a fleet.

[naddaya]

@MassivelyEffective: Light armor has its advantages, no arguing that. But no one could fight better in high heels than flat light shoes, unless they've only worn high heels their entire life. And this is coming from a woman. You can run on those things, and have decent balance, but flat shoes give waay more stability.

[ImaginaryMatter]

She has her hair down in scenes where she's taking her helmet off as well.

 

In the artbook it does have pictures of her with a ponytail (I think?). Which seems to look great and has some sort of practicality to it.

[MassivelyEffective0730]

@MassivelyEffective: Light armor has its advantages, no arguing that. But no one could fight better in high heels than flat light shoes, unless they've only worn high heels their entire life. And this is coming from a woman. You can run on those things, and have decent balance, but flat shoes give waay more stability.

 

No arguments from me. There comes a limit to how much I can defend the heels. I think its a matter of preference for her, and if she's competent enough with the heels (which she is), I'm not going to argue against it so much. 

 

That said, Miranda strikes me as the person who wears nothing but heels. 

[Iakus]

I'm not going to defend that. I don't need to. There exists a DLC that includes armor for her. However, minus restricted terrain and higher and exposure to vacuum, I can forgive her choice of attire. For someone like Miranda, an Intelligence Officer and Operative (a spy so to speak), her attire is efficient for her (yes, there are women who can run faster than me in high heels. I've seen it). She's going to be relying more on agility and speed more than defense and armor. And it does make sense when you look at it from a certain perspective. Armor makes you a bigger target. It slows you down, and you're very clumsy. Ease of movement isn't that great; you'll give yourself a nasty friction burn if you have to wear it for days on end. And try running up and down the hills and mountains of Afghanistan. For days on end. And sprinting. Meanwhile, Miranda can rely on kinetic barriers (and probably biotic barriers if she needs too) as her main line of defense. She's going to rely mostly on the best type of armor available; the armor of space, of not getting hit. 

 

Trust me, it seems impractical (and it is in several environments), but when you see a Taliban fighter in sandals and a white sheet being able to move and fight more effectively over heavy, mountainous terrain while you struggle with the weight of your body armor and oversized combat boots, you learn to see the more subtle logic to their unconventional style of body armor.

 

That said, on board a ship, what she's wearing is perfectly fine. There's no need for her to not wear it. And it suits her body just fine.

 

Except that where a woman may be able to run faster than you in heels, she can probably be even faster without them.

 

Yes I bought that AA pack specifically for that armor, it actually makes sense for her to wear light armor in combat rather than an outfit that gives her a permanent wedgie.

 

On board...no, sorry her outfit still doesn't suit her.  She's not functioning as a spy or femme fatale.  She's an administrator.  An executive officer.  Calm.  Efficient.  Professional.  She's supposed to command respect.  And as Kenneth's comment in particular shows, that's not what her outfit does.

 

Yes, she's supposed to be a genetically engineered perfect woman.  Including being beautiful.  But there are better ways to show that

[CronoDragoon]

Yeah, he could have used more agents, I agree on these. And Tali's recording was pretty derpy. Still, you could have workarounds to these bits. Indoctrination taking more time than expected, more solid evidence for Tali (which wouldn't have been hard to implement, really).

I was a kid when I played ME1, my idea of "realistic" was probably more flexible at the time, but Shepard at least showed some degree of intelligence, and there was way less cheese.

 

Can't say I agree there. ME1 is my least favorite Shepard because of his lack of wit or interesting perspective. Most of the time he's a dumb brick, either asking questions for the benefit of the player (and as such, forgivable) or just paraphrasing what someone just asked him ("Shepard, should we do this or that? Dialogue wheel > "We should do that"). Granted, the latter is more of a problem because Mark Meer's voice acting was still pretty rough in ME1.

 

And I really disagree that ME1 is more "realistic." Synthesis aside, I don't know anything in ME3 that's more absurd than the thorian vomiting fully-clothed asari commando clones.

[Iakus]

In the artbook it does have pictures of her with a ponytail (I think?). Which seems to look great and has some sort of practicality to it.

 

Yes.  Too bad I have to instal a mod to get her in a ponytail.

[ImaginaryMatter]

Yes.  Too bad I have to instal a mod to get her in a ponytail.

 

They have a mod for that too?

 

I might have to get this game on PC.

[MassivelyEffective0730]

Except that where a woman may be able to run faster than you in heels, she can probably be even faster without them.

 

Yes I bought that AA pack specifically for that armor, it actually makes sense for her to wear light armor in combat rather than an outfit that gives her a permanent wedgie.

 

On board...no, sorry her outfit still doesn't suit her.  She's not functioning as a spy or femme fatale.  She's an administrator.  An executive officer.  Calm.  Efficient.  Professional.  She's supposed to command respect.  And as Kenneth's comment in particular shows, that's not what her outfit does.

 

Yes, she's supposed to be a genetically engineered perfect woman.  Including being beautiful.  But there are better ways to show that

 

You're basically saying that it's not possible to look professional while wearing certain types of attire. An administrator, an executive officer. Calm. Efficient. Professional. And she commands respect. And she does it all with the outfit. Nobody really remarks much about it except Kenneth. And he does that with every woman on the Normandy. So that's really not saying much at all. Her uniform can be a reflection of what she's supposed to be. If you can get a woman like that to be that confident to wear that and be able to be intimidating all at the same time, she's done her job well. And believe me, if the woman can run faster than me when I'm in a dead sprint while wearing heels, I say she gets a pass. She can wear flats if she wants, but she's earned the right to wear the heels.

 

I'm the executive officer of my company. It comes down to preference for command and what the commander will let you get away with. And I will occasionally show up to work in a Hawaiian shirt, shorts and Chuck Taylor's. And I still command respect. I don't ask for it, I earn it. And as long as I'm not slouching on my uniform standards and keeping the company motivated, informed, and trained, I'm being professional and doing my job. Plus, I have the added benefit of keeping my Soldiers off balance. They don't know what to expect when the Lt. calls them into the office to talk to them about their platoon leadership or to hear about their progress as a Soldier. So really man, you don't know what you're talking about.