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[DRACO1130]

    In my very first playthrough I was overly obsessed with what lay beyond the OMEGA 4 relay - I was certian that whatever was there would not include a fuel station. So I depleted every single world in the galaxy thinking that I would need the minerals for fuel. The little blurbs that flash on the screen every so often mentioning that if you run out of fuel minerals are used didn't reduce my paranoia any either.

     The result of this seems to be that on every playthrough since, I am randomly short of one mineral out of the 4 - no mattger how I horde, or what I do, one of them always runs deficits and delays upgrades as a result - it is most often platinum follwed by element zero then radium and has only been palladium once.

Who knew that palladium was the most common element in the unvierse.

Did anyone else have anything similiar ? I am fairly certain I am the only one who depleted every planet prior to going through the Omega 4 but I am curious to know if anyone else is experiencing shortages as they do multiple playthroughs.

[Iz Stoik zI]

Iv never heard of anything like this, but then again I only scan Rich or Good planets for resources.

[Bozorgmehr]

How many resources did you end up with? I never had any problems with them although I started with an imported ME1 character and after you complete the game once, you'll get up to 60000 of all four resources right at the start.



PS I hate this whole planet-scanning business

[DRACO1130]

I ended up with roughly 200 thou of every resource, more than enough fuel to get back from the galactic core if needed - I too hated the tedium of it but its more irritating that they built it up so much - it seemed that I would need every resource i could get because of the omega 4 mystery destination - a classic case of 'over thinking' the issue

[Grand_Commander13]

What do you mean they "built it up"? They used the load screens to alert you to a fact about the game. It's not like they said something a little cryptic like "Getting ready for a long trip? Stock up on minerals for extra fuel!" They just said "here's how a game mechanic works."

[et2cetera]

Didn't have any problem with running out of any resource. Disliked the planet scanning and mining bit - seems like a brake to the momentum of the game. It's like cool - I found an upgrade, then realised that I needed more resources - and its down to carpal-tunnel syndrome inducing drag across the screen.



I thought one way of relieving the tedium or at least make it worth some effort would be to allow trading of materials - after all you are private sector now. This can make each of the main planets more interesting as trade centres. Moreover, we could earn some extra cash to buy more upgrades, or if you are in the fortunate position of having excess cash to buy the resources instead of wasting time scanning!

[chikndip]

wait....you depleted THE ENTIRE GALAXY?!

[Shep309]

Yeah mineral planet scanning was kinda cool the first 2 or 3 times I did it, then it just became a chore because I was short on one or two resources needed for an upgrade. It was a neat idea to start off with, but they made it too tedious to be fun I think. I'd rather do missions and get my minerals that way or something.



If you actually depleted the entire Milky Way of resources... you have more patience than I. I started depleting clusters one at a time, got to 3 clusters depleted before I realized the game doesn't even really track it, nor is it any kind of achievement, nixed that quick fast and in a hurry. What a waste of time.

[Tinbad4]

Shep309 wrote...

I realized the game doesn't even really track it, nor is it any kind of achievement, nixed that quick fast and in a hurry. What a waste of time.

... It should be

[gryhmr]

scan planet scan planet

[LKR79]

I too have depleted the entire galaxy, maybe in the search for a hidden secret mission. But I always end up with far more minerals than I would ever need, I bought every upgrade. Why couldn't they have made an achievement for depleting the entire galaxy... why?

[Heart Collector]

LKR79 wrote...
Why couldn't they have made an achievement for depleting the entire galaxy... why?

I think because the poor hardcores who want every single achievement would commit suicide in the proccess

[cos1ne]

Heart Collector wrote...

LKR79 wrote...
Why couldn't they have made an achievement for depleting the entire galaxy... why?

I think because the poor hardcores who want every single achievement would commit suicide in the proccess

If you're that "hardcore" perhaps that wouldn't be such a bad thing......<_<

[a_random_me]

Though there wasn't as much platinum going spare as everything else I still had far more resources than I could ever hope to use, would have happily sold/purchased minerals as I didn't quite manage to buy everything that was out there.

[RattleSnake08]

I just wish you could go back thru the Omega 4 relay to the collector base

[DRACO1130]

et2cetera wrote...

Didn't have any problem with running out of any resource. Disliked the planet scanning and mining bit - seems like a brake to the momentum of the game. It's like cool - I found an upgrade, then realised that I needed more resources - and its down to carpal-tunnel syndrome inducing drag across the screen.

I thought one way of relieving the tedium or at least make it worth some effort would be to allow trading of materials - after all you are private sector now. This can make each of the main planets more interesting as trade centres. Moreover, we could earn some extra cash to buy more upgrades, or if you are in the fortunate position of having excess cash to buy the resources instead of wasting time scanning!

     In the aftermath of the mission that did occur to me - for example - Why didn't Illium stock market crash ? I had ALL the resource minerals in the entire galaxy on my ship - why didn't anyone notice ?

     I also found it disappointing that I couldn't sell any - say a few tons of EEZO for credits - which actually raisede another query - what exactly is the quantity in minerals ? I mean sure, the numbers go up when you fire a probe off but numbers of what ? metric tons ? Ounces of element zero ?

     In ME1 we harvested elements from  downed probes - in ME2 what became of our probes after they teleported the material resources from their target zone into our cargo holds ?

     Boredom was a huge problem by the way - I imagined crew meetings in the cdomm room with everyone ****ing about yet another survey stop but I, the oratory master, commander shepard would scathingly ask them exactly how many fueling depots they thought would be on the other side of the Omega 4 relay =
  
     Yeah, I was bored off my ass doing it but I genuinely believed that I would NEED to burn those resources on the other side of the Omega 4 relay - why else would they be so abundant and why would the game keep telling me that when I run out of fuel my ship would use up resources to move ?

     I think they didn't do as solid a job on the 'end game' environment of spacial conditions on the other side of the Omega 4 relay - all those wrecks just begging to be explored, the need fror pinpoint navigation because of competing gravities of black holes, the possibility of running out of fuel(possibly if you didnt have minerals, a few missions to wrecks to salvage fule resources) - none of which was there - the Omega 4 relay was simply a means to an end - to get to collector base - everything non essential to the base itself was just window dressing.

Very Disappointing.

[OneBadAssMother]

DRACO1130 wrote...
     In the aftermath of the mission that did occur to me - for example - Why didn't Illium stock market crash ? I had ALL the resource minerals in the entire galaxy on my ship - why didn't anyone notice ?

LOL!!!!

[Besetment]

I've never tried this but what happens if you completely neglect to do any planet scanning, have zero resources, no fuel in the tank and you can't make it to the nearest relay/fuel depo? Do you just get stranded? Do you have to contact the Illusive Man to sheepishly ask him to send an intergalactic pickup truck because your fuel management is total balls?

[DRACO1130]

Besetment wrote...

I've never tried this but what happens if you completely neglect to do any planet scanning, have zero resources, no fuel in the tank and you can't make it to the nearest relay/fuel depo? Do you just get stranded? Do you have to contact the Illusive Man to sheepishly ask him to send an intergalactic pickup truck because your fuel management is total balls?

you canot get ANy resource to zero - I tried. I have always wondered though, if Cerberus is so wealthy an organization - why am I always scrabbling for credits tpo buy upgrades ? am i not getting PAID ? Why also does the credit counter have 6 digits in it when I NEVEr manage to get it over 4 ?

[sonsonthebia07]

Platinum is the only one that I find myself going out of my way to get (if I bother upgrading everything, like the idiotic 50k scar removal upgrade, after the long service medal bonuses), but...depleting every planet? O.o



I would probably lose what little sanity I have left if I tried to do that. Although I will admit that on my first time through I depleted probably 4 or 5 entire systems before I looked up if there was a better way to do it.

[sonsonthebia07]

OneBadAssMother wrote...

DRACO1130 wrote...
     In the aftermath of the mission that did occur to me - for example - Why didn't Illium stock market crash ? I had ALL the resource minerals in the entire galaxy on my ship - why didn't anyone notice ?

LOL!!!!

You would think that some of the inhabited planets that you suck dry of resources would take offense as well.

[9thLich]

DRACO1130 wrote...

you canot get ANy resource to zero - I tried.

If you count credit as a resource you can get it to -4. Happened to me as I had only a few hundred credits left - 296 to be precise. I flew the Normandy to a fuel station, stocked up on probes, still 96 credits left.
Refueled as the Normandy's tanks were running near empty and bam! -4 credits.

[FoFoZem]

Iridium always runs low for me

[Jamin101]

i have more iridium then i know what to do with

[CmdrFenix83]

DRACO1130 wrote...

Besetment wrote...

I've never tried this but what happens if you completely neglect to do any planet scanning, have zero resources, no fuel in the tank and you can't make it to the nearest relay/fuel depo? Do you just get stranded? Do you have to contact the Illusive Man to sheepishly ask him to send an intergalactic pickup truck because your fuel management is total balls?

you canot get ANy resource to zero - I tried. I have always wondered though, if Cerberus is so wealthy an organization - why am I always scrabbling for credits tpo buy upgrades ? am i not getting PAID ? Why also does the credit counter have 6 digits in it when I NEVEr manage to get it over 4 ?

Wha...?  My latest playthrough(imported a 55 from ME1) was able to buy every single upgrade on Omega, The Citadel, Illium, and Tuchanka.  Then again, I didn't waste credits on pointless and expensive crap like Fish and the retarded hampster. 

In case you haven't been reading the mission debrief at the end of each of them, the majority of your credits*are* from Cerberus funding.

edit:  Also, if you only mine the Rich planets in the first 3 available clusters(Omega's, The one where Jack is recruited, and the one where Grunt is recruited), you will have 100% of the resources needed for every single upgrade in the game(barring the med-bay one to fix scars.)

Modifié par CmdrFenix83, 19 mars 2010 - 07:16 .