[Chelsea Head]

I thought she said she was...? I'm sure the Codex described the asari as "all-female", unless I'm misremembering again.

Well, one of the devs said that when questioned why there are no same-six relationships in ME2 when ME1 did. For some reason i always remember that when asari/femshep romance comes up.

[Becky Cox]

I've heard rumors that there will be an announcement at PAX. If they somehow salvage this ending by clarifying it I will be impressed. I doubt that will happen though.

[Alba Casas]

I've heard rumors that there will be an announcement at PAX. If they somehow salvage this ending by clarifying it I will be impressed. I doubt that will happen though.

I can only hope it's indoctrination ending DLC, but I will be pissed if it's a greasy weasel move to take the heat off them, like some patch *cough*face import bug*cough* *cough*been a month and they still haven't [censored] fixed it, lazy bioware*cough* or some stupid multiplayer operation thing. We'll all find out in 2 days.

[Quick draw II]

How come my Cobras never take out Banshees?

[Manuela Ribeiro Pereira]

How come my Cobras never take out Banshees?

Try and hit them head on with the rocket or hit them when they aren't teleporting everywhere. It's easy for them to teleport out of the way of the rocket otherwise.

[Kevan Olson]

This one is for Halo and ME fans.
Interesting discussion, which navy is superior: UNSC or Alliance?
I'm saying UNSC, ships got a bigger punch.

[Fanny Rouyé]

This one is for Halo and ME fans.
Interesting discussion, which navy is superior: UNSC or Alliance?
I'm saying UNSC, ships got a bigger punch.

Probably UNSC, for that reason. But the even tougher question: John or Commander Shepard?

[Lisha Boo]

UNSC is surprisingly primitive for being 500 years in the future. No shields for ground forces, case ammunition, no hovering vehicles etc.

SPARTANS however could almost certainly beat an N7 operative. Hyper-reflexes being one of the reasons.

I seem to remember that mass effect shields only activate when blocking a mass effect round, so UNSC weapons might be slow enough to completely avoid the shields.

[Russell Davies]

Shepard [censored] on Spartan.

[Genevieve]

Just finished the single player this morning and although not suprised by the ending it was a let down. That being said it was an amazing game and a great cap for one of the best series.

[Jennie Skeletons]

UNSC is surprisingly primitive for being 500 years in the future. No shields for ground forces, case ammunition, no hovering vehicles etc.

SPARTANS however could probably beat an N7 operative. Hyper-reflexes being one of the reasons.

Shields are really getting up there in technology and it makes sense we wouldn't have them yet. Well, Spartans have them.

You sure? Shepard did kill some Reapers, he wiped out the Collectors, he either was the saving grace or sole condemner of three sentient races, survived a direct lazer blast, died and came back, etc. Spartans? They killed some 2 feet methane-breathing aliens... oohhh, impressive..

[Enie van Bied]

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This reminds me of that time Bioware had a "fan appreciation sale" where you got a free copy of Mass Effect 2 when you buy Dragon Age 2.

[Emilie M]

Try and hit them head on with the rocket or hit them when they aren't teleporting everywhere. It's easy for them to teleport out of the way of the rocket otherwise.

I've taken to aiming at the ground/feet of targets with Cobras. Harder to miss if they step to the side. Except Atlases - they're such nice targets.

[Elizabeth Lysons]

This one is for Halo and ME fans.
Interesting discussion, which navy is superior: UNSC or Alliance?
I'm saying UNSC, ships got a bigger punch.

Alliance for sure. Thanix cannons>all.

Now if we're talking ground troops, UNSC would have the edge. N7 operatives are just highly skilled soldiers. SPARTAN units are walking tanks. I can only see a SPARTAN losing to a *highly* skilled biotic or tech expert. And even then it's a pretty even match.

[Far'ed K.G.h.m]

I can only hope it's indoctrination ending DLC, but I will be pissed if it's a greasy weasel move to take the heat off them, like some patch *cough*face import bug*cough* *cough*been a month and they still haven't [censored] fixed it, lazy bioware*cough* or some stupid multiplayer operation thing. We'll all find out in 2 days.

I don't see how they can save the ending without using IT or a similar approach. It's either a deliberate hallucination sequence or MST3K. Imagine trying to "clarify" that--it just gets more hilarious (or sad). The most recent Forbes article opines that Bioware has painted themselves into the corner. Even if they planned on releasing a true ending DLC the whole time, the potential backlash for selling a separate ending now is so great that they might just release a short, free DLC, and call it done. Then they continue with multi-player and similar offerings for future DLC.

[Tiffany Castillo]

Meh. Really doesn't seem like as big a deal as many are making it.


And it certainly doesn't seem as unethical as, say, deliberately leaving the ending off a game - "to be continued" and similar - and then charging you extra $ to get it. Kind of like selling a mystery novel without the last chapter. (And I say "deliberately" to separate from the situation of, say, Broken Steel or the ME3 ending, where the "fix ending" DLC concept isn't a sleazy plan from the beginning, but something that people demand.)

This was content that was meant to be in the finished product according to Bioware,but due to the development deadline did not make it.They are making people pay for something that should have been in the finished product.From what I understand people who did not have a collectors edition(which was more expensive)had to pay for it!!.It's a character that is important lore wise to the series,making fans pay for while some get it free is unethical.

[Mariana]

Spartan shields can be taken down by tiny weak plasma shots. Mass Effect guns use a combination of gravity based technology to shoot bullets at a fraction of the speed of light. The recoil is negated by other gravity technology. It's no contest what army would win, the Alliance. Not to mention the base line Alliance soldier is superior in every way to the the UNSC. Spartans may be the only thing that can stand up in a fight, and not for long.

Same thing with the navy, except stronger than any nuclear bomb. Even one shell from a dreadnought is going to screw up an entire planet. The Elite ships had to actually take their time "glassing" half the continent. The power between the two is absolutely no contest. Now the difference is the UNSC fully understands all of its technology. The people in the Mass Effect verse have been duped and don't understand all of it. On a social and thought level they are about the same. Technology wise they can't compare.

[natalie mccormick]

Spartan shields can be taken down by tiny weak plasma shots. Mass Effect guns use a combination of gravity based technology to shoot bullets at a fraction of the speed of light. The recoil is negated by other gravity technology. It's no contest what army would win, the Alliance. Not to mention the base line Alliance soldier is superior in every way to the the UNSC. Spartans may be the only thing that can stand up in a fight, and not for long.

The Covenant's plasma weapons are specifically designed to take down shields though. Ballistic weapons do a lot less damage against a SPARTAN's shields. How well that would carry over to Mass Effect's mass accelerator weapons is open to debate, but the shields are very resilient versus conventional firearms.

[Samantha Jane Adams]

Kinetic shielding isn't the same as the Halo shields. It's dubious if it would even react or how well. Who knows, it's a complete unknown. The kinetic barrier essentially shoots a burst of force out to stop a bullet traveling at the a fraction of the speed of light. That's a hell of a lot of stopping power. Conventional firearms wouldn't so much as tickle it. Know how the Reapers were so invincible to the strongest weapons and laughed them off? That x100. The UNSC wouldn't even be able to get past dock worker shields. Mass Effect weapons aren't conventional. They aren't fired with explosives, but accelerated. It's similar but not. No explosion could hope to capture the force and direct a bullet to a fraction of the speed of light. The guns of the ME universe would rip through tanks like paper. Hell our strongest materials like paper.

It depends on how coherent the plasma is. Ie is it solid or not? I don't see it being used like a flamethrower or cutting torch, so it must have some mass. Meaning a kinetic barrier would work wonders. Now if it was a flame, or torch there would be some problems trying to stop it.

What we know of science says neither the UNSC or Covenant or both combined would stop the Alliance. One advantage they do have is superior mobility mastering a form of space travel outside the relays. Fighting them would be like fighting terrorists and guerrilla warfare. In a conventional war there would be no hope of winning. Unusual tactics and plans would be needed to bring down the Alliance. Due to their superior mobility (not in actual space combat, but on a galactic scale) they would be very difficult to hunt down. They could just travel somewhere outside the relay network and go unharassed for years or decades. Maybe even longer until a relay is found into that system. I'm unsure of the Halo universes space travel capabilities, but the impressions I got is that it's much better than ME universe.

[Sarah Unwin]

It would appear http://videogamewriters.com/femshep-voice-actress-has-not-been-contacted-for-extra-voice-work-on-mass-effect-3-43609

I'd be interested to see how they plan to do any DLC without it involving Shepard...?

I think I'd be MEGA annoyed if it turned out to be 'codex entries' to clarify the end....

Those bastards aren't even trying, are they? No Hale, so I guess Meer won't be there either. Those damn bastards. Curse them!
Or, they will be doing this by using cut content and piecing together existing dialogue. It would definitely work but I am skeptical.

Would Liara be interested in a female shepard in ME (this is my first female playthrough)?

Oh yes. Ooooohh yessss.

[Lizbeth Ruiz]

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This reminds me of that time Bioware had a "fan appreciation sale" where you got a free copy of Mass Effect 2 when you buy Dragon Age 2.

The Omni Blade edition exclusive to EB Games/Gamestop was $88.00 now $68.00, didnt take long for the prices to go down, JB hi fi one of the bigger music/dvd and electronic sales points in town still has its complete stock, racks of ME3.

This was content that was meant to be in the finished product according to Bioware,but due to the development deadline did not make it.They are making people pay for something that should have been in the finished product.From what I understand people who did not have a collectors edition(which was more expensive)had to pay for it!!.It's a character that is important lore wise to the series,making fans pay for while some get it free is unethical.

The DLC came free with the Collectors Edition, it was so short i couldnt see the point of it myself.

[Ellie English]

The DLC came free with the Collectors Edition, it was so short i couldnt see the point of it myself.

Eh, I like Javik as both a squadmate and a character and I like the rifle he comes with. I agree he's hardly important to the storyline though.

[koumba]

The Omni Blade edition exclusive to EB Games/Gamestop was $88.00 now $68.00, didnt take long for the prices to go down, JB hi fi one of the bigger music/dvd and electronic sales points in town still has its complete stock, racks of ME3.



The DLC came free with the Collectors Edition, it was so short i couldnt see the point of it myself.

Short it may be,but it is the unethical approach is what I was getting at.They charged people for something that was meant to be in the finished product.

[Peter lopez]

I found Javik to be largely skip-able, too. It was interesting, and I don't regret buying it (that whole Day One DLC didn't bug that much.)

Heck I don't think I ever really used him in my squad. It was a bit of interesting stuff, but I don't think nearly as important as people are making him out to be.

IMHO, if you didn't get the Collectors Edition and don't want to shell out to buy it, you're not really missing out on much.

[Ana]

I liked the Scorpion V with a scope. Devastating is a nice word to describe it.

Btw...BioWare is full of crap.

http://m.computerandvideogames.com/342761/mass-effect-3-femshep-actress-hasnt-heard-from-bioware-about-a-new-ending/