[Danii Brown]

What about the 60000 Spectre pack? Also, do you lose all weapons after you promote a character?

It's random, and no you don't.

[teeny]

Does anyone know if I keep my scars from Mass Effect 2, guy looks pretty bad-ass.

[Darrell Fawcett]

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SPOILER TAGS!!! USE THEM!!!!!!!

(not a real spoiler)

[Eddie Howe]

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The game drops a lot of [censored] on you straight away doesn't it? The Reaper invasion, the plans for the crucible. I mean I guess I'm only about 20 minutes in so it's quick to judge but that's the point, should these things have been built up more in the game? Not but a few hours after the Reaper invasion and after all this time we find a weapon we can use to beat them? Seems lazy.

[KRistina Karlsson]

I'm coming to the steady conclusion that you play almost exclusively on Bronze. Most Vanguard tactics you mention tend to go out the window on the higher difficulties. The rush-smash technique may work throughout Bronze, but it won't help you much on silver once you begin running into the barrier'd enemies. Forget gold - everything will destroy you faster than your shield can recharge even if you have Perk 6-2 of BC.

I play them all. Bronze I go for when I run out of supplies and need to stack up. I roughly play 1/4 matches in Bronze, 2/4 in Silver and 1/4 in Gold.

Of course in Gold I don't go charging alone, nor I go charging at too large stacks. I stick with the team and operate as a support trooper.

EDIT: fought three fights in Silver - "rush-smash" works as usual

[jason worrell]

Has anyone noticed on the wiki that the http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Particle_Rifle has been added to the multiplayer weapon list? I think it's an error personally...but one can dream....

[Ezekiel Macallister]

I hope not. It's not that special when taking out small priority enemies (like Cannibals), but its ability to cut down Banshees in a few seconds is downright game-breaking.

[Victor Oropeza]

Does anyone know if I keep my scars from Mass Effect 2, guy looks pretty bad-ass.

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You still get them. More red and bold choices you make the scars will appear. Slowly.

[Eoh]

Does anyone know if I keep my scars from Mass Effect 2, guy looks pretty bad-ass.

Yes. You also have the ability to research something to heal the scars in ME3 just like you could in ME2, but you don't have to.

Also if you healed it in ME2 then you won't ever scar in ME3.

[Eileen Collinson]

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The game drops a lot of [censored] on you straight away doesn't it? The Reaper invasion, the plans for the crucible. I mean I guess I'm only about 20 minutes in so it's quick to judge but that's the point, should these things have been built up more in the game? Not but a few hours after the Reaper invasion and after all this time we find a weapon we can use to beat them? Seems lazy.

Yeah, that could've been done better. Gives that impression of "Deus ex Machina" Original idea

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for the way to defeat the Reapers had to do with Dark Energy, i think. And that was talked a lot about in ME2.

[luis dejesus]

You can sentence a lot of planets and races to death over the course of Mass Effect, but why am I not given the option to destroy the Vorcha once and for all?

[Marcia Renton]

Yeah, that could've been done better. Gives that impression of "Deus ex Machina" Original idea

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for the way to defeat the Reapers had to do with Dark Energy, i think. And that was talked a lot about in ME2.

I wondered if they were going to do anything with that, wondered why you could go it had conversation threads about it.

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I like how no reason for how the Commander left Cerberus is given too, I knew it was too good to be true in ME2.

[Donald Richards]

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I like how no reason for how the Commander left Cerberus is given too, I knew it was too good to be true in ME2.

That apparently was disclosed in a book. Never read any of them (nor am i going to) so no clue what happened during the six months. That was the case in ME2 too

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the way Liara and Feron recovered Shepards body was told in a comic. Never read that either, so that's another mystery for me

[His Bella]

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the way Liara and Feron recovered Shepards body was told in a comic. Never read that either, so that's another mystery for me

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I knew that the game obviously couldn't cater to everyone's opinions but the dialouge options were there not to be hostile, to support them and not distance yourself from them; just wish there was some of that in ME3. But after seeing what TIM did to the Cerberus soldiers on Mars he has to be made accountable.

[Kayla Bee]

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I like how no reason for how the Commander left Cerberus is given too, I knew it was too good to be true in ME2.

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After Arrival DLC the Normandy is grounded and Shepard put under custody to prevent war between Batarians and Humans. I don't think they asked for Cerberus' opinion.

This is where ME3 starts - Shepard under custody.

EDIT: As of my second playthrough I'm keeping the same line with the toughest decision of the game.

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Once again I ended any attempts to cure the Genophage and had to shoot Mordin. This time I actually talked to people after the mission and to my relief Garrus agrees that he would perhaps not have cured the Genophage in my boots.

With Eve dead (because I destroyed Maelon's data) the Krogan are just too unstable.


Especially considering the ending in its current form.

[Veronica Martinez]

EDIT: As of my second playthrough I'm keeping the same line with the toughest decision of the game.

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Once again I ended any attempts to cure the Genophage and had to shoot Mordin. This time I actually talked to people after the mission and to my relief Garrus agrees that he would perhaps not have cured the Genophage in my boots.

With Eve dead (because I destroyed Maelon's data) the Krogan are just too unstable.


Especially considering the ending in its current form.

For me the circumstances were the same, and I did the same. Except

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I was able to convince Mordin that not curing the Genophage was the right thing to do, so he survived and left to work on the Crucible.

[Rachie Stout]

For a member of such an advanced species Javik's sense of biology is quite childish. Javik speaks as if evolution had a "goal". It does not. Evolution is chance and occurrence resulting from screw-ups in meiosis and thus paving way for natural selection. It is not a designed, planned feature that drives life force.

He does, however, greatly approve of my actions in Tuchanka. I greatly approve of his sense of strategy. Philosophical nonsense aside the man knows what he's doing. I can respect that. Javik is indeed one of my favorite companions in the series.

For me the circumstances were the same, and I did the same. Except

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I was able to convince Mordin that not curing the Genophage was the right thing to do, so he survived and left to work on the Crucible.

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Yes, I should've shot Wrex back on Virmire. I knew he would be a liability in the long run, but I couldn't just pass those sweet Renegade points

[Amy Masters]

Two nice videos about the ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b33tJx8iy0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuNTa3Psqz4

[m Gardner]

For a member of such an advanced species Javik's sense of biology is quite childish. Javik speaks as if evolution had a "goal". It does not. Evolution is chance and occurrence resulting from screw-ups in meiosis and thus paving way for natural selection. It is not a designed, planned feature that drives life force.

He does, however, greatly approve of my actions in Tuchanka. I greatly approve of his sense of strategy. Philosophical nonsense aside the man knows what he's doing. I can respect that. Javik is indeed one of my favorite companions in the series.

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Yes, I should've shot Wrex back on Virmire. I knew he would be a liability in the long run, but I couldn't just pass those sweet Renegade points

Every advanced species has their meat heads. It's too bad we didn't have a more intelligent example of a Prothean.

[Daramis McGee]

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Damn the Illusive Man to hell, doing that to his own troops; it crosses a line. Even though it seems more likely to me that the idea of doing that to them came from his Reaper indoctrinator he must still be held responsible, it was his plan to control the Reapers - a plan which I don't necessarily have any qualms with personally - that resulted in all this; he will take the fall.

[MatthewJontully]

Oh moly, I think I just passed the ultimate 100% test.

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1. Have Conrad Verner alive. He even lampshades the fact his dialogue was bugged in ME2 and blamed you for pointing gun at his face even if you didn't.
2. You need to have helped the barmaid in Chora's Den for her to rescue Verner.
3. You need to have helped that remote scientist back on Feros, where you had to retrieve a piece of tech for him. One of the smallest quests in ME1.
4. You need to have collected all Asari Matriarch writings in ME1
5. You need to have some sort of license for Elkoss Combine, which I assume involved a lot of buying stuff in ME1/2.

This nets you Conrad's support for the Crucible.

I knew that doing every little side job in ME1 would get you somewhere once the sequels come out!

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Damn the Illusive Man to hell, doing that to his own troops; it crosses a line. Even though it seems more likely to me that the idea of doing that to them came from his Reaper indoctrinator he must still be held responsible, it was his plan to control the Reapers - a plan which I don't necessarily have any qualms with personally - that resulted in all this; he will take the fall.

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Agreed. When you screw up as hard as TIM is doing, your motivations are irrelevant. Cerberus did take a short leap in ME2 to actually help humanity but in both ME1 and 3 they are nothing more but terrorists with a cool logo.

[Guinevere Wood]

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Agreed. When you screw up as hard as TIM is doing, your motivations are irrelevant. Cerberus did take a short leap in ME2 to actually help humanity but in both ME1 and 3 they are nothing more but terrorists with a cool logo.

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I've had to defend some pretty [censored] grim business on these forums - by the nature of my position - but once you betray or - as I believe is the case with TIM - result in your own men getting killed/indoctrinated then there can be no more reasoning. As I don't believe this was done by the TIM as himself I'll allow him the chance to shoot himself in redemption.

[Sarah MacLeod]

Oh moly, I think I just passed the ultimate 100% test.

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1. Have Conrad Verner alive. He even lampshades the fact his dialogue was bugged in ME2 and blamed you for pointing gun at his face even if you didn't.
2. You need to have helped the barmaid in Chora's Den for her to rescue Verner.
3. You need to have helped that remote scientist back on Feros, where you had to retrieve a piece of tech for him. One of the smallest quests in ME1.
4. You need to have collected all Asari Matriarch writings in ME1
5. You need to have some sort of license for Elkoss Combine, which I assume involved a lot of buying stuff in ME1/2.

This nets you Conrad's support for the Crucible.

The Elkoss Combine license is actually the easiest thing on that list to get. It was one of the licenses you needed for the Normandy quartermaster to carry certain manufacturers. You just bought it from the Expat in the wards marketplace for like 2000 credits.

[Jinx Sykes]

The Elkoss Combine license is actually the easiest thing on that list to get. It was one of the licenses you needed for the Normandy quartermaster to carry certain manufacturers. You just bought it from the Expat in the wards marketplace for like 2000 credits.

I see. Still, too much trouble for so little gain but I suppose this was an entirely humorous take on the war. Verner suddenly turning out to be a physics expert, making all these arrangements for... 5 points.


I did get a good laugh when he confessed having built a creepy shrine for my FemShep.

[Melissa De Thomasis]

what I've never heard explained satisfactorily is *why* the reapers destroy all life in the universe every so often. I seem to remember the relays were placed by them.

Are they just playing a real-life sims game over tens of thousands of millenia?