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[ruggly]

The Unbreakable Kimmy.... Right?

 

That is correct.

[GoldenGail3]

That is correct.

YAY, I KNOW ONE TV SHOW MY MOM WATCHES!

[Halfdan The Menace]

Pfft... don't like that IM stuff. They should be using Morse code.

 

 

[TheN7Penguin]

Pfft... don't like that IM stuff. They should be using Morse code.

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[Silvery]

 

I get your idea and kind of like it, but since it is the 2180's it seems like it would make more sense to have e-mails work kind of like the FTL communication device that was in ME3 to communicate with Anderson and Hackett. When you go to open your e-mail it would have a hologram version of the person (like above) and show them reading the message. Then using the dialogue wheel you could have the option to record a message to respond back to them. 

[Monk]

I'm totally down for IMs. Can have generic ones set, as well as ones for unique areas.

 

Scene: [squad NPC] steps into a large pile of soft organic matter.

 

Ryder IM choice 1: [Tempest Pilot], please ready the robots to clean the Mako. Again.

    "     IM choice 2: lolz [squad NPC] just stepped in a large pile of bantha poo-doo.

    "     IM choice 3: [Personal Assistant], please have [NPC 1]'s eyes examined.

 

Talking with the noted personnel could bring up additional too.

[malloc]

 

I'm in the middle of a trilogy replay at the moment, and my reintroduction to Mass Effect 2's emails has got me thinking.

 

What if, as a means of supplementing the regular dialogue trees, we had some kind of email exchange/instant messaging system? Essentially, take the emails from ME2, maybe pare them down a bit to better fit an instant, text-based communication format, and give us an array of potential responses along the lines of what we generally get out of the ordinary dialogue trees. It'd be a simple, cost-effective way to add more dialogue and character interaction to the game , as there'd be no need for voice or animation work.

 

To be absolutely clear, I am in no sense suggesting that this should supplant, or come at the expense of, the animated and voiced conversations we've come to expect from BioWare, and Mass Effect in particular. I love talking to characters - it's pretty much what drew me to RPGs in the first place - and the more of that sort of thing we get, the happier I'll be. This'd just be a means of adding even more character interaction and dialogue to the game than we might otherwise have had.

 

So... Whadda ya think, I guess? 

This is a good idea especially if they borrowed a lot from alpha protocol. It would not be a difficult thing to implement

[KirkyX]

 

I get your idea and kind of like it, but since it is the 2180's it seems like it would make more sense to have e-mails work kind of like the FTL communication device that was in ME3 to communicate with Anderson and Hackett. When you go to open your e-mail it would have a hologram version of the person (like above) and show them reading the message. Then using the dialogue wheel you could have the option to record a message to respond back to them. 

Ah, but that'd kinda defeat the whole purpose, wouldn't it? If they need voice work and animation, they'll cost just as much as the regular conversations.

 

Besides, we know that conventional, text-based messaging is still alive and well in the ME-verse, and there's plenty of real-world precedent for people choosing to send text messages over voice recordings or video calls, even when those options are easily available. I could call or Skype my friends, but we still tend to communicate over instant messaging services like FB Messenger and Whatsapp more often than anything else. It's just faster and easier.

 

I'm totally down for IMs. Can have generic ones set, as well as ones for unique areas.

 

Scene: [squad NPC] steps into a large pile of soft organic matter.

 

Ryder IM choice 1: [Tempest Pilot], please ready the robots to clean the Mako. Again.

    "     IM choice 2: lolz [squad NPC] just stepped in a large pile of bantha poo-doo.

    "     IM choice 3: [Personal Assistant], please have [NPC 1]'s eyes examined.

 

Talking with the noted personnel could bring up additional too.

 

I was thinking it'd be something you'd do on the ship in-between planets, using your terminal or whatever, but this'd be cool, too.

[9TailsFox]

 

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[SKAR]

I get your idea and kind of like it, but since it is the 2180's it seems like it would make more sense to have e-mails work kind of like the FTL communication device that was in ME3 to communicate with Anderson and Hackett. When you go to open your e-mail it would have a hologram version of the person (like above) and show them reading the message. Then using the dialogue wheel you could have the option to record a message to respond back to them.

well......