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[SelfServicedPump]

I just started my first play through of ME2, only about 5 hours in, still on Omega. I was wondering if the whole Scanning/Minning thing is optional, like in the first, or necessary? I am getting the hint after the first few mission that it is necessary for upgrades, just wasn't sure if Upgrades were necessary.

Also, is there a way to speed it up at all? I was looking for a slider of sorts in the gameply options but couldn't find it. The thing just goes so slow.

[OneBadAssMother]

Only for about 4 or 5 clusters. Then you can just look for anomalys for N7 missions and dont bother with scanning for the rest of the playthrough. It's not that bad, probably just 1 more of boredom before you get everything you need. Platinum is the hardest to get.

[SelfServicedPump]

Ok, so only about 16-20 planets or so and that should net me the needed minerals? That's great news. I just wasn't sure if I could go through it or not if I had to scan every planet.

[cruc1al]

With regard to weapon/biotic/tech upgrades, some find the game easy enough without them, while others need the upgrades badly even if not playing on insanity. If you find the planet scanning extremely daunting you can either use Gibbed's save game editor to give you the amount of minerals you want, or you can mod your coalesced.ini to give you more minerals per probe, though both options are exclusive to PC and viable only if you don't feel like it breaks the immersion.

[OneBadAssMother]

SelfServicedPump wrote...

Ok, so only about 16-20 planets or so and that should net me the needed minerals? That's great news. I just wasn't sure if I could go through it or not if I had to scan every planet.

Aye, and you dont need to deplete them either, just go for the rich ones and get them down to moderate or poor.

On the planet face, move the scanner left to right, moving down. Follow the grid, you won't ever miss a thing. Then after you depleted that face, move so you can scan another planet face. After scanning the whole planet you should get depleted/poor/moderate, but then just move on.

Don't bother with planets that are already at moderate or below.

[SelfServicedPump]

OneBadAssMother wrote...


Aye, and you dont need to deplete them either, just go for the rich ones and get them down to moderate or poor.

On the planet face, move the scanner left to right, moving down. Follow the grid, you won't ever miss a thing. Then after you depleted that face, move so you can scan another planet face. After scanning the whole planet you should get depleted/poor/moderate, but then just move on.

Don't bother with planets that are already at moderate or below.

Thank you very much for the tips. Concentration has never been a strong suit of mine. I will just have to approach this as good practice then.

cruc1al wrote...

With regard to weapon/biotic/tech
upgrades, some find the game easy enough without them, while others
need the upgrades badly even if not playing on insanity. If you find
the planet scanning extremely daunting you can either use Gibbed's save
game editor to give you the amount of minerals you want, or you can mod
your coalesced.ini to give you more minerals per probe, though both
options are exclusive to PC and viable only if you don't feel like it
breaks the immersion.

Thanks for the help, however I am not playing the PC version

[spacehamsterZH]

I can't entirely answer this without spoiling a later plot point for you. Let's just say it depends what you want. It's harder without the upgrades, and you can't get everyone out alive. I did an NG+ playthrough on Veteran and mined maybe three planets.

[SelfServicedPump]

spacehamsterZH wrote...

I can't entirely answer this without spoiling a later plot point for you. Let's just say it depends what you want. It's harder without the upgrades, and you can't get everyone out alive. I did an NG+ playthrough on Veteran and mined maybe three planets.

Thanks for being considerate. I believe I know the part you are thinking of as it was already spoiled for me, which I was unhappy about it being spoiled. I was unaware that the upgrades played into that though. Thanks for that info.

[Beavisan]

After recruiting Mordin, ask Miranda about upgrades. This speeds up planet scanning considerably.

[ModerateOsprey]

The first upgrade I go for is the Normandy advanced scanner. This about doubles the scanning speed.



I hate scanning.

[OneBadAssMother]

Aye, then Thane's upgrade

[Ahglock]

There are some required ones for a all survivors game. To get all of those requires a fair bit of scanning. I did it in small bursts so its hard to say how long and how much.