Mass Effect
#101
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Originally Posted by noonan4224
Cool. Since I'm doing a Renegade path, I think I'm going to like Wrex. He seems like Mass Effect's version of HK-47.
#102
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I'm only about 4 hours in, but I'm liking the game so far. The only thing is that I just don't feel like I'm playing it right - I can't put my finger on it, but it's as if I'm missing something, both with combat and the overall game progression and story. I figured by 4 hours it'd click, but it just hasn't.
#104
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I'm a level 6 or 7 vanguard and I am having a hell of a time in combat. It's so frustrating and difficult. I went to do my first assignment after leaving Presidium I went to investigate a distress call in the Argos Rho cluster and got ambushed by Geth. That took my 2-3 tries. Now I'm taking care of a hostage situation onboard a ship in the Farinata system of the Hades Gamma cluster, and I am getting my ass whooped. Am I not supposed to work on these difficult assignments right from the get-go? Should I be doing something else and leveling up some other way?
#105
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Well I got past that part and did some more combat scenarios, and I'm starting to get the hang of it. It's still extremely frustrating, but when everything works in your favor it's a lot of fun.
Grenades: Why does it take so long for them to detonate? Where can I get more?
Grenades: Why does it take so long for them to detonate? Where can I get more?
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I thought combat was hard at first, too. Every time I got a better assault rifle, I equipped it and upgraded it appropriately, but I was still getting killed or barely making it through a fight...then I realized I had been using my pistol the entire time. Once I actually equipped my assault rifle, things got a whole lot better.
Once you throw a grenade, you need to hit the grenade button again to detonate it. Otherwise, the grenade will detonate on its own after ten seconds.
Once you throw a grenade, you need to hit the grenade button again to detonate it. Otherwise, the grenade will detonate on its own after ten seconds.
#107
there is one member slot still open in my crew seleciton. Should I wait till i find whoever it is before leaving the citadel for the first time? I heard somewhere here that you get everyone who joins you on the citadel...
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Originally Posted by Save Ferris
there is one member slot still open in my crew seleciton. Should I wait till i find whoever it is before leaving the citadel for the first time? I heard somewhere here that you get everyone who joins you on the citadel...
It is very easy to guess where you will get the sixth member though (once you get your 3 story missions).
#109
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I could use some help...
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Originally Posted by noonan4224
I could use some help...
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BTW, you have to use cover in that fight or you are as good as dead.
#111
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Yeah, I just freed her. That was a damn hard fight.
#112
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Yeah this game isn't for me. After 10 minutes in I found myself surfing the internet just waiting to be able to do something. I can see how those who really get into the stories in game would enjoy it, but for me that is boring. I don't want to play with dialog trees. I have always been an RPG fan but more so of the action and customization of the character. I have never cared for the story lines for that I will watch a movie or read a book. I think that is more the problem for me. I love reading books so when I sit down to play a game I want to actually play it and not read/listen to dialog.
#113
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Finally tried this out today. So far things are a little slow
but I can see the seeds being sown for an epic story.
My biggest gripe is with the face creation. I made a female character and I tried to make her attractive as I could, but once I started the game she looked more alien than half the extraterrestrials in the game. And now I have to look at her all the way through.
Also, I picked Vanguard as my class but am honestly thinking about restarting as a different class, because I find I'm not using my biotics at all. How handy do they become later?
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My biggest gripe is with the face creation. I made a female character and I tried to make her attractive as I could, but once I started the game she looked more alien than half the extraterrestrials in the game. And now I have to look at her all the way through.
Also, I picked Vanguard as my class but am honestly thinking about restarting as a different class, because I find I'm not using my biotics at all. How handy do they become later?
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Originally Posted by CKMorpheus
Grenades: Why does it take so long for them to detonate? Where can I get more?
You detonate them after throwing them by pressing BACK
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#117
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Originally Posted by timewaster
how do you replenish your grenades?
As well as, if I'm visiting the citadel, is there any way to go straight to the ship without having to take a train to c-sec (LOAD), take elevator to docking bay (LOAD), enter ship (LOAD), look at galaxy map (LOAD)?
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Originally Posted by CKMorpheus
I also would like to know this.
As well as, if I'm visiting the citadel, is there any way to go straight to the ship without having to take a train to c-sec (LOAD), take elevator to docking bay (LOAD), enter ship (LOAD), look at galaxy map (LOAD)?
As well as, if I'm visiting the citadel, is there any way to go straight to the ship without having to take a train to c-sec (LOAD), take elevator to docking bay (LOAD), enter ship (LOAD), look at galaxy map (LOAD)?
#119
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So where's the best place to buy things? I've been collecting a bunch of stuff for a few missions and loaded up my crew with the best of everything I got, then I sold all the extra stuff to my Req officer on the Normandy, and I have 420,577 credits now. I tried purchasing stuff from my Req officer and the Req office at C-Sec but they don't have anything that useful, as everything I've collected elsewhere has better stats.
So who and where can I find the best of the best stuff?
Also, is that considered a lot of credits? I'm a Level 23 Vanguard and I've been doing side missions almost exclusively. The only mission I did relating to the story so far has been rescuing Liara.
So who and where can I find the best of the best stuff?
Also, is that considered a lot of credits? I'm a Level 23 Vanguard and I've been doing side missions almost exclusively. The only mission I did relating to the story so far has been rescuing Liara.
#120
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Originally Posted by CKMorpheus
So where's the best place to buy things? I've been collecting a bunch of stuff for a few missions and loaded up my crew with the best of everything I got, then I sold all the extra stuff to my Req officer on the Normandy, and I have 420,577 credits now. I tried purchasing stuff from my Req officer and the Req office at C-Sec but they don't have anything that useful, as everything I've collected elsewhere has better stats.
So who and where can I find the best of the best stuff?
Also, is that considered a lot of credits? I'm a Level 23 Vanguard and I've been doing side missions almost exclusively. The only mission I did relating to the story so far has been rescuing Liara.
So who and where can I find the best of the best stuff?
Also, is that considered a lot of credits? I'm a Level 23 Vanguard and I've been doing side missions almost exclusively. The only mission I did relating to the story so far has been rescuing Liara.
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Only about an an hour and a half in but I am liking it. I am looking forward to the story. So far its really well done. Great voice acting, really nice graphics. The combat is confusing at first, due to the covering system. it tries to do something like Gears of War but the covering doesn't really feel good and you cant pop up in and out as easily. Still the combat is pretty fun. More fun then your average RPGs. Cant wait to play it more
#123
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Originally Posted by mrglass
I thought combat was hard at first, too. Every time I got a better assault rifle, I equipped it and upgraded it appropriately, but I was still getting killed or barely making it through a fight...then I realized I had been using my pistol the entire time. Once I actually equipped my assault rifle, things got a whole lot better.
Once you throw a grenade, you need to hit the grenade button again to detonate it. Otherwise, the grenade will detonate on its own after ten seconds.
Once you throw a grenade, you need to hit the grenade button again to detonate it. Otherwise, the grenade will detonate on its own after ten seconds.
I was doing the same thing. I only ealized it when I got
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#124
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Originally Posted by Flay
You are close. After you take out the Geth, there is a door that leads down to her location on the right.
BTW, you have to use cover in that fight or you are as good as dead.
BTW, you have to use cover in that fight or you are as good as dead.