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bmoney1023 01-31-10 12:25 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by Dragon Fly (Post 9973539)
For anyone who has done the Justicar loyalty quest....

Spoiler:
I didn't get the option to side with Morinth, but who is the better character? I was thinking about going with her in my second play through.

Spoiler:
I didn't get the option either. Is there confirmation that it's possible if you're more renegade I guess?

nickdawgy 01-31-10 12:47 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by MrX (Post 9973253)
I didn't know you had to feed your fish after every mission, I went into Shepard's cabin and they were all floating at the top of the aquarium:lol:

I saw that, too :lol:

It said "clean out dead fish" so I was like "okay."

I guess I thought one of the crew fed them or something. Who feeds the hamster?

nickdawgy 01-31-10 12:55 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by K&AJones (Post 9973605)
Sorry but I'm in the middle of ME1 but can someone give me a few tips on the following....

I'm playing as a Soldier and have Garrus in m squad. I have his "Electronics" almost half way. At was at "peak 15" and where you have the option using electronics to fry the creatures it said "not enough electronic experience" or something like that. Why is that and do I need to put more points in that or somewhere else?

What's the best way to deal with all the stuff you pick up, ammo, shield mods and weapons? Convert to "Gel" or sell? I'm at the half way mark (level 27) with only 136K an have yet to buy anything which I'm also unsure what's best considering the prices.

Playing as the Soldier there's more areas to add points. I've almost maxed out Armor, 2/3 the way on Assault rifle, 1/3 on both Pistol and Shotgun and three on Sniper. I'm (7) on Charm, maxed on Soldier. Which other areas should I concentrate on maxing out in terms of health, Spectre or weapons?

In ME1, I used Kaiden the whole game. He was always on my team. He has electronics and decryption or whatever it was. There was never any "not high enough skill" message with him around.

Do you find yourself running out of omni gel to repair the Mako? Are you using omni gel to open the lockers, crates, etc? By the middle of the game, I had over a million credits, and finished maxed out at 999,999,999. After that, I coverted all my extra items and gear to gel.

Make sure you try and max out charm. I think eventually it goes to 8 or 9 but I could be wrong. I put points in Spectre when I was playing.

nickdawgy 01-31-10 12:57 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 
I just hit disc 2, and am 24 hours in.

I am sticking to side quests and loyalty quests before I even move onto the main quest again. I assume I'll be well past 40+ hours (maybe 50) by the time I am done.

Can anyone tell me what transfers over to new game plus without having to spoiler it or is that not possible? When I am done, I might start a whole new character just to try a different class.

fumanstan 01-31-10 02:52 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 
On Illium...

Spoiler:
Liara seems kind of out of character compared to the way she was in the first game.

DGibFen 01-31-10 03:20 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by bmoney1023 (Post 9973704)
Spoiler:
I didn't get the option either. Is there confirmation that it's possible if you're more renegade I guess?

Spoiler:
I got the choice, but I used all paragon answers. Don't give in to anything Mornith tells you, and soon after that you'll have to decide between the two.

DGibFen 01-31-10 03:23 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by nickdawgy (Post 9973738)
I just hit disc 2, and am 24 hours in.

I am sticking to side quests and loyalty quests before I even move onto the main quest again. I assume I'll be well past 40+ hours (maybe 50) by the time I am done.

Can anyone tell me what transfers over to new game plus without having to spoiler it or is that not possible? When I am done, I might start a whole new character just to try a different class.

Spoiler:
Rewards: 25% more experience each mission, 50000 of each element, and (I think) 300,000 credits. As far as story options go, it's considered a blank slate. You'll get those rewards even if you restart with a new character, the same character that you imported from ME1, or if you do a "New Game+". I think you have to start a new character to choose a different class, though.

pinata242 01-31-10 03:29 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by fumanstan (Post 9973893)
On Illium...

Spoiler:
Liara seems kind of out of character compared to the way she was in the first game.

Spoiler:
Look at it in context, though. It's been like .2% of her expected life span. I'm sure your character changes as radically every 1.5-2 months of your life, Mr. I'm-Only-Alive-for-70-Years.

fumanstan 01-31-10 03:41 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9973937)
Spoiler:
Look at it in context, though. It's been like .2% of her expected life span. I'm sure your character changes as radically every 1.5-2 months of your life, Mr. I'm-Only-Alive-for-70-Years.

Does not! :mad:

Deftones 01-31-10 04:24 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 
so apparently there's one loyalty mission where you can actually fuck it up and they won't be loyal to you.

Spoiler:
Thane's one where you try to stop his son, you can screw it up. I found out by accident. oh well.

pinata242 01-31-10 05:05 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 
I think that's true for all the second-round recruits.

Tracer Bullet 01-31-10 06:11 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 
So I just encountered an extremely annoying bug.

I was scanning the planet where Jacob's loyalty mission is located, and found a good vein of an element, so sent a probe to collect it. That gave me enough of that element to unlock a new upgrade, which kicked me out of the scanner, and when I pressed Y to start it up again to go to the anomaly, it had disappeared. Now I can't finish that mission. :(

slop101 01-31-10 06:21 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet (Post 9974139)
So I just encountered an extremely annoying bug.

I was scanning the planet where Jacob's loyalty mission is located, and found a good vein of an element, so sent a probe to collect it. That gave me enough of that element to unlock a new upgrade, which kicked me out of the scanner, and when I pressed Y to start it up again to go to the anomaly, it had disappeared. Now I can't finish that mission. :(

I've never been kicked out of the scanner after getting the "enough-element-for-upgrade" message.

Tracer Bullet 01-31-10 06:35 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by slop101 (Post 9974155)
I've never been kicked out of the scanner after getting the "enough-element-for-upgrade" message.

Well, that's what happened. :shrug:

MrX 01-31-10 06:43 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by Deftones (Post 9973993)
so apparently there's one loyalty mission where you can actually fuck it up and they won't be loyal to you.

Spoiler:
Thane's one where you try to stop his son, you can screw it up. I found out by accident. oh well.

Spoiler:
What about Zaeed's if you chose to save the people? I chose to go after the guy so I have no idea if he's loyal if you chose the other option

Deftones 01-31-10 07:55 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 
ok. i haven't done zaeed's or samora's yet. didn't know there were choices.

K&AJones 01-31-10 08:09 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 
I've got a question about the characters that have Biotic Powers. Is there any upgrades for their arm during the game like everything else?

In ME1 I'm probably the half-way mark and using Liara. I've yet to see any upgrades for Biotic Arm or Amp? I did find another Biotic Arm one of the merchants has in the Ward section at the Citidal but I'm unsure of what these settings are.

.....................Shield - Tech Cooldown - Recharge
Current Arm......5................0....................5
Merchant ........15...............5....................0

bmoney1023 01-31-10 08:15 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by DGibFen (Post 9973925)
Spoiler:
I got the choice, but I used all paragon answers. Don't give in to anything Mornith tells you, and soon after that you'll have to decide between the two.

Justicar loyalty mission:
Spoiler:
Oh okay. Thanks. The last paragon and renegade options were grayed out for me right before Samara busted in. I was around 80 paragon I think. Anyone know how high it needs to be for that part?

tlwizard 01-31-10 08:54 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by K&AJones (Post 9974289)
I've got a question about the characters that have Biotic Powers. Is there any upgrades for their arm during the game like everything else?

In ME1 I'm probably the half-way mark and using Liara. I've yet to see any upgrades for Biotic Arm or Amp? I did find another Biotic Arm one of the merchants has in the Ward section at the Citidal but I'm unsure of what these settings are.

.....................Shield - Tech Cooldown - Recharge
Current Arm......5................0....................5
Merchant ........15...............5....................0

A bunch will start showing up in the latter half of the game. I think there's even some Spectre level ones, but I never found those.

superfro 01-31-10 09:11 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by MrX (Post 9974187)
Spoiler:
What about Zaeed's if you chose to save the people? I chose to go after the guy so I have no idea if he's loyal if you chose the other option

Sadly...that's what happened to me. My Paragon ass get's shorted an achievement. :( (This time around that is. ;) )

pinata242 01-31-10 09:23 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 
WTF? You guys are crazy. I got Zaeed's Loyalty by being the good guy.

foxdvd 01-31-10 09:49 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9974415)
WTF? You guys are crazy. I got Zaeed's Loyalty by being the good guy.

another downside to not getting the bonus for uploading my Mass Effect 1 game, and doing this mission first thing...the part that kept the loyalty was not highlighted. :( :sad:

K&AJones 01-31-10 10:31 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 

Originally Posted by TLwizard (Post 9974368)
A bunch will start showing up in the latter half of the game. I think there's even some Spectre level ones, but I never found those.

Well I wasn't sure. I had to break down and buy Liara some decent armor because she was getting killed left and right. With her limited to lite-weight armor for Human I didn't find too much nor anything for Biotic. I love her "Lift Skill" and was trying to find a way to maximize her Biotic powers. Thanks for the info.

foxdvd 01-31-10 10:43 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 
Mass Effect 2 sold over 2 million copies WW in less than a week. (4 days to be exact)....which means it almost sold what the first one did in less than a week.


http://play.tm/news/28808/mass-effec...p-two-million/

Naughty Dog has to be scratching their heads on that one. Uncharted 2 was a huge hit, no doubt...selling near 3 million copies, including 800,000-950,000 the first week, but....

Just like Mass Effect 2, Uncharted 2 was a sequel to a very well received game that sold very well. Both games have a 96 on metacritic. Uncharted 2 won just about every award you can get, and was pushed HARD. The PS3 and Xbox world wide are very close now in total units. The first Uncharted actually outsold Mass Effect 1. Yet....Mass Effect 2 more than doubles Uncharted 2's first week sales, and looks to top Uncharted 2 in two weeks of sales.

What does Naughty Dog have to do to get their game into Gears of War/Halo/Call of Duty/Grand Theft Auto/Assassins Creed levels? These games, even on the PS3, sold way better than Uncharted 2.

Just like movies I guess quality does not always equal sales. Unless you are Mass Effect 2...which I hope sales 10 million copies.

PopcornTreeCt 01-31-10 11:02 PM

Re: Mass Effect 2 - 360 and PC
 
Maybe they should release Uncharted 3 on 360?

Back on topic...

I like how after you start pursuing someone, the picture of Ashley Williams is face down on his desk. Nice touch.

I have to say I'm finding the game a bit repetitive and I can only take it in small doses. I played the Tali "Loyalty Mission" and I was hoping it would just be about talking points... but they had to throw in some shooting robots and such and such. I'm probably one of the few that enjoys the talk aspect of the game more than the shooting. The fighting gets repetitive but talking hasn't gotten boring.


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