Mass Effect

[The Faceless Rebel]

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<br><br>Holy shit, you can hit people! LOL I have been doing all good responses, have not tried mean ones yet. Maybe Ill try all bad ones on next playthrough. <br>Is it worth it to play through again? <br>As I ask, lol, I am barely into 1st play, 15 hours, mostly side quests, only done the first planet for the main quest. </div>
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<br><br>Well, um, first of all, if you had found the scientists hiding inside the shed all the way back on Eden Prime, you would have noticed "What's wrong with your assistant?" followed by "I can shut him up." Didn't you ever do "I can shut him up." and see what happens?<br><br>So, yeah, you can hit people. I'm hoping when I'm a renegade I can hit lots of people. For the record, I enjoyed hitting Manuel so much back on Eden Prime that the first time I did it, I was like OMG MUST RELOAD SAVE AND DO IT AGAIN, and I did. -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif --<br><br><blockquote class="ip-ubbcode-quote">
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<div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Kevin Lowe:<br>What's the max you can get for charm? I've got two blank blocks left - do I need more Paragon in order to open those up, is there another class that opens those, or am I out of luck? </div>
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<br><br>I guess I need to go renegade to fill the intimidate blocks. Crap. I have a hard time being an asshole, even a virtual one. </div>
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<br>No kidding.<br><br>******* warning: possible minor spoiler *******<br><br>There's a spot where I had one hell of a time actually choosing the option, since your character, ummm... executes someone. </div>
</blockquote> Uh, there's like five places where you can do that. </div>
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<br><br>Not to mention the opportunities for your party members to execute people, if you let them. Also, if you didn't do this the first time, for God's sakes take Wrex with you when you confront Fist when you're still stuck on the Citadel! I mean, seriously, he TELLS YOU he wants to be there when you take Fist down. So make it happen, Commander!

 

[Semi On]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Right now, my only wish is the ability to take notes of some sort on the maps. It could be really simple, just a handful of symbols or something that I could designate for various things like objects that require higher electronics skill or whatever. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I had the exact same thought. It's a little annoying, coming from Zelda on the DS.

 

[nikolaihunt]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Semi On:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Right now, my only wish is the ability to take notes of some sort on the maps. It could be really simple, just a handful of symbols or something that I could designate for various things like objects that require higher electronics skill or whatever. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I had the exact same thought. It's a little annoying, coming from Zelda on the DS. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>That's funny, I was thinking of Zelda DS but I didn't mention it. As an aside, it's really something that I wish was standard in adventure games. Notes on maps and in general within the game. <BR><BR>The biggest thing is keeping track of the systems I have visited. I don't suppose there is something within the game that does this?

 

[Magus`]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by nikolaihunt:<BR>I don't suppose there is something within the game that does this? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Nope.<BR><BR>I made up a list of every system/region in the game as I surveyed things, and kept it updated with new things as they showed up. It was a bit of a pain, but it helped immensely later on.<BR><BR><BR>Very spoilerish question:<BR><BR>Vf gurer nal jnl gb fnir obgu Nfuyrl naq Xnvqna va Fnera'f erfrnepu yno, be qbrf bar bs gurz unir gb qvr ab znggre jung?

 

[Kerii]

Cerggl fher bar unf gb qvr ab znggre jung.<BR><BR>Znff Rssrpg obneqf cebivqrq ab nafjref. Tvira gung gur tnzr'f orra bhg cyragl ybat sbe zvyyvbaf bs havdhr cynlguebhtuf... lrnu.

 

[nikolaihunt]

How do new things show up? As in what level: planet, system, etc? So I know what to keep track of. <BR><BR>I'm playing on Veteran difficulty as an Adept and currently I'm finding that I get gibbed frequently. Special attacks like carnage or assassination take my guy down real quick and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of talents that will mitigate this. <BR><BR>It is pretty satisfying though when I survive and encounter. I've been fighting some pirates in a complex for what seems like forever, constantly falling back and using everything I've got.<BR><BR>Edit: What exactly is hardening?

 

[sryan2k1]

I don't think so Magus`

 

[_Rand_]

You want hard?<BR><BR>Try playing on Hardcore as an Engineer. A level 54 engineer.<BR><BR>Things take forever to die with a pistol at that level, especially biotics.<BR><BR>What makes it worse is unless your at near full health snipers can one shot you as can the 4 smaller legged Geth. They take you from full health/shields down to about 20% health. Rockets and the big 4 legged Geth seem to 1 shot you no matter what your health is.<BR><BR>Combine that with the constant moving, hiding, healing and shield restoring AI and fights can be long and drawn out. Nothing like getting a guy down to 10% and watching him run into a pack of 3 or 4 others and healing after you lose track of him.<BR><BR>And Thats assuming the AI just doesn't call in sick and have everything in the room rush straight at you firing madly.<BR><BR>I have no idea how insane could be done as an Engineer. In hardcore its pretty much necessary to pick stuff off slowly from cover, charging in headfirst is suicide more than a couple things at once seems to be impossible.<BR><BR>The main storyline seems considerably easier than the side missions though so it may be doable if you skip them.

 

[The Faceless Rebel]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by nikolaihunt:<BR><BR>Edit: What exactly is hardening? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Something that modifies armor damage reduction. I think. The game does a nonexistent job of explaining how exactly armor damage reduction actually works, so I have no idea what the difference is between "10% hardening" and "5% damage reduction" on your armor upgrade mods.<BR><BR>All I know is that shields are shields, and more shields is a good thing. Realistically your armor rating only comes into play if your shields are completely depleted or if the enemy is standing right in front of you, hitting you for melee damage. If your enemy is charging at you, ideally you should be backpedaling while dropping a grenade in front of you to blast your enemy back. So in Hardcore difficulty, what you want if you insist on being a squishy tech-only Engineer is to have played through the game at a lower difficulty setting as a biotic class and gotten Barrier Mastery so you can take Barrier as your optional skill for New Game+. Otherwise any class which can't wear Heavy Armor (everybody except Soldier) or which isn't biotic (Engineer) and therefore doesn't have Barrier will not easily be able to finish Hardcore, much less Insanity. I mean, light armor kind of sucks at normal difficulty. I would hate to be running around in a T-shirt waving a pistol around in Hardcore, no matter what secondary skills I have.<BR><BR>I'm a Vanguard now in Normal difficulty, I'm thinking of being an Infiltrator in Hardcore difficulty, and a Soldier when I tackle Insanity difficulty. Both times I'm going to take the Barrier as my optional skill. The other alternative I was thinking of was being an Adept in Hardcore and taking the Shotgun as my optional skill, so then I would have a Barrier and something other than the pea-shooter for a gun, plus Lift and Singularity for when the crowds start swarming around and I need to beat a hasty retreat.

 

[nikolaihunt]

Seems like getting barrier, immunity, and adrenaline rush would be a nice game-breaking combo, heh.<BR><BR>To be honest, as an Adept, I'm a bit jealous of Tali's uber shields-all-the-time.

 

[senduran]

Is there any way to see your actual stats/abilities with something? For example you might have a gun that does 10 damage normally, but then you add an upgrade that increases damage and you also have talents that increase damage: how do you find out the actual damage that gun will now do? As far as I can tell, it always just says '10' in the inventory screen.<BR><BR>Likewise with biotic powers: where can I see how long one will last/ what the recharge time is, as modified by my adept skill and amps?<BR><BR>And how can you tell when a skill has recharged and ready to use again, without entering the radial?

 

[Magus`]

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<br>You do the math -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif --<br><br><blockquote class="ip-ubbcode-quote">
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<br>You don't.

 

[senduran]

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<br>You do the math -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif -- </div>
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<br><br>Bah. In order to do the math you need to know how different talents, upgrades and amps etc. stack. And even if you knew that <i>I don't want to do math</i> -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif --<br><br>None of the problems identified in the Ars review bother me in the slightest, but this upsets me a great deal. I hate not knowing exactly what difference my choices are making in an RPG.<br><br><blockquote class="ip-ubbcode-quote">
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<br>You don't. </div>
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<br><br>-- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif -- I guess I'll just spam the RB until it works -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif --

 

[Magus`]

Ok, I don't understand the achievements at all... I did every last quest I could find, and I still didn't get Completionist, nor did I get any of the Ally ones at all, even though I played through all but a few tiny bits with Ashley and Tali -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_mad.gif --

 

[senduran]

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<div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Magus`:<br>Ok, I don't understand the achievements at all... I did every last quest I could find, and I still didn't get Completionist, nor did I get any of the Ally ones at all, even though I played through all but a few tiny bits with Ashley and Tali -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_mad.gif -- </div>
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<br><br>Reading the technical support forum, this is a common complaint. I can't determine if it's a bonafide bug, or if people only <i>think</i> they did lots of quests but actually didn't (because they didn't explore enough). I'm leaning toward the latter.

 

[Deleted member 14629]

Magus, did you travel to <b>every system</b>, no matter if you had a quest for it? Did you land on every planet/moon/ship you could in those areas? <br><br>The game will give you quests as you randomly travel, so that might be where you're missing some. I actually got <i>completionist</i> before I went to Ilos.<br><br>Even as a soldier, Hardcore is tough! I'm fighting Benezia, and those Commandos just tear through everything! I'm having to book it, snipe a couple from the far side, and then hope I don't die against the Geth.<br><br>And by the bye, doing the game with no techs in my default party <b>sucks</b>. Goodbye vendor trash. -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif --

 

[InfiniteNoodles]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">The game will give you quests as you randomly travel, so that might be where you're missing some. I actually got completionist before I went to Ilos. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I got the achievement there as well, in addition to the soldier ally. But despite doing every available quest (I looked them up to make sure) and beating the game, I never got the quarian one. I guess you need to have both characters in your party before you go and do all the citadel quests in the beginning. That or it really is just buggy. Looks like a minimum of 4 playthroughs for me if I want all the achievements. Time for hardcore.

 

[NinjaMutha]

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<br><br>Reading the technical support forum, this is a common complaint. I can't determine if it's a bonafide bug, or if people only <i>think</i> they did lots of quests but actually didn't (because they didn't explore enough). I'm leaning toward the latter. </div>
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<br><br>I got completionist two days ago. <br><br>You've got to be careful. Alot of quests are in computers that you have to decrypt.

 

[Dedboi]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by InfiniteNoodles:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">The game will give you quests as you randomly travel, so that might be where you're missing some. I actually got completionist before I went to Ilos. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I got the achievement there as well, in addition to the soldier ally. But despite doing every available quest (I looked them up to make sure) and beating the game, I never got the quarian one. I guess you need to have both characters in your party before you go and do all the citadel quests in the beginning. That or it really is just buggy. Looks like a minimum of 4 playthroughs for me if I want all the achievements. Time for hardcore. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Similar situation here. I got solider ally and completionist at the same time before going to Ilios. But I never got quarian ally even though the only time I remember not having Tali in my party was when we went after Benezia.

 

[NinjaMutha]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Kerii:<BR>Oh don't worry, there's plenty of Paragon points to be had in Noveria.<BR><BR>The office manager at the hotel club/bar can net you 24 points if you can convince him to do something (after doing something for him first), and there's another 8 points to follow up if you simply "finish" the quest (talk to the related NPCs again).<BR><BR>Don't mix the hanar merchant's quest with the characters from the above quest though. I did that my first playthrough and it completely locked out that first quest for me. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Can you go into detail on this. I never found any quest related to them. I turned down helping the asari deal with the binary helix exec and got paragon points for that. I havent started the courier quest because I started it and didnt like my options so I reloaded. I dont want to give the bounty hunter the mod, and I dont want the bounty hunter to come after the merchant. I cant find anyone in the hotel/bar who will start a quest. There's a man at the door of the hotel who wont let me in.

 

[Crolis]

Its the main story quest line hes talking about starting with the administrator. Office manager being the guy sitting at the table to the left as you walk in.

 

[NinjaMutha]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Crolis:<BR>Its the main story quest line hes talking about starting with the administrator. Office manager being the guy sitting at the table to the left as you walk in. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Oh, I did his and finished it up. Any suggestions on the merchant/bounty hunter?

 

[Crolis]

I personally just got lazy and smuggled it for him. Didnt get any renegade points I don't think. I've just done the Citadel and that planet (and most side quests) and already have the paragon achievement and full charm.

 

[InfiniteNoodles]

With regard to the troubles unlocking ally achievements, there may be hope. This was mentioned by one of the devs as far as what kind of downloadable content we can expect:<BR><BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">you'll be looking at entire planets to explore or hours of side quests or similar type materials. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I'm posting a query about this in the tech support thread on this issue on the bioware forums. With luck, one of the devs might answer.<BR><BR>Edit: Just to clarify, it was stated on the bioware forums that you get the achievements once 75% of quests have been done with that character. Since this would add more quests, it might then be possible to reach that 75%.

 

[sixtyone]

i am still plugging away at this... <BR><BR>so many little missions just opened up for me. now i need to take the time and go through them... <BR><BR>i really enjoy the combat but i am finding myself doing too much of it alone... any suggestions on getting the group involved?

 

[Eyris6]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Hangfire:<BR>High explosive X redonkulous in my Master Spectre Sniper X. Redonkulous when I'm killing armatures and turrets too... bwahahahaha </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Just to follow up on this again, I checked the ammo upgrades when I got home last night, and HE ammo adds +20% damage, an explosion radius, and some weapon force, while Tungsten VII adds +40% damage vs synthetics. Unless either armatures/colossi don't register as synthetics (can't think why not), or the explosion radius increases the damage vs a single target (again, can't see why it would), it seems like Tungsten would be the way to go - no overheat issues, and a higher damage. The only drawbacks are: no AoE effect, and it's useless vs organics. However, I think being able to fire more often makes up for both of those things, and certainly the base weapon damage is high enough that killing organics is no trouble anyway.<BR><BR>Stealth edit: I don't have access to X ammo or weapons, so it's possible that higher levels of HE outstrip Tungsten eventually I suppose.

 

[HappyBunny]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bammer:<BR><BR>But I agree with your sentiment. I think it is due to the shift to everything being voice acted. I understand why they did it. So many console kiddos out there would rather die than have to read things. My own father won't see a movie if it's subtitled. But I think it really puts a damper on the ease of quest creation and number of available dialog options.<BR> </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I have no problem reading stuff, but so far I actually think the voice acting is a huge part of the immersiveness of the game. The quality is high, and unlike KOTOR, the technology has gotten to the point where the dialog scenes are cinematic enough that I don't mind watching them. I am really enjoying going through the game and listening to all the high quality voice acting.<BR><BR>I've only been skimming this thread because I don't want too many spoilers. However I wanted to ask a question for those of you who have finished the game. How far through the main plot do the initial 3 spectre quests take you? I don't want to get driven toward the end of the game before I've had my fill of exploring.

 

[Arleban]

sometimes I've noticed I need to use the right direction on the direction pad and that tends to get more bullets flying. Right is the one that tells your party to concentrate fire on who you are targeting when you push it.<BR><BR>EDIT: Whoops. This was for sixtyone. I thought I had hit quote.

 

[Edge|]

Wow! What an amazing 26 hours; I finally finished the game (got the Completionist Achievement) and now I've started again on Hardcore difficulty.<BR><BR>I'm finding it easier this time though. For some reason, instead of charging in, I'll play tactically and use the cover to take out enemies.<BR><BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HappyBunny:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bammer:<BR><BR>But I agree with your sentiment. I think it is due to the shift to everything being voice acted. I understand why they did it. So many console kiddos out there would rather die than have to read things. My own father won't see a movie if it's subtitled. But I think it really puts a damper on the ease of quest creation and number of available dialog options.<BR> </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I have no problem reading stuff, but so far I actually think the voice acting is a huge part of the immersiveness of the game. The quality is high, and unlike KOTOR, the technology has gotten to the point where the dialog scenes are cinematic enough that I don't mind watching them. I am really enjoying going through the game and listening to all the high quality voice acting.<BR><BR>I've only been skimming this thread because I don't want too many spoilers. However I wanted to ask a question for those of you who have finished the game. How far through the main plot do the initial 3 spectre quests take you? I don't want to get driven toward the end of the game before I've had my fill of exploring. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I played the first 3 Spectre quests and completed them pretty early in the game and then went on and did pretty much every side quest I could get before I even thought about tackling the remainder of the main storyline.

 

[tedsofbeverlyhills]

Still just beginning but decided to be a Renegade first time through. It was too late when I realized you can't be an A-hole all of the time and the Consort won't talk to me anymore (citadel). Is it worth starting over or just get it next time when I'll do the Paragon path?

 

[Edge|]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by tedsofbeverlyhills:<BR>Still just beginning but decided to be a Renegade first time through. It was too late when I realized you can't be an A-hole all of the time and the Consort won't talk to me anymore (citadel). Is it worth starting over or just get it next time when I'll do the Paragon path? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Did you complete the missions she gave you? If you did (I took the Paragon route) then she won't talk to you after that.<BR><BR>As an aside,anybody else on their second playthrough, do you get to chose another set of specializations if you complete the Luna quest?

 

[Magus`]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Happysin:<BR>Magus, did you travel to every system, no matter if you had a quest for it? Did you land on every planet/moon/ship you could in those areas? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Absolutely. I had a ridiculous amount of quests from flying around surveying things.<BR><BR>http://geekforhire.org/files/MassEffectSystems.txt<BR><BR>That's the list of systems I compiled while playing, and there were only two I didn't find anything to do on - one had a spot that looked like a quest location, but I never had a quest for it.<BR><BR>Everything else I had quests for and did, so I definitely found a LOT of the side quests - I just don't see how there could be that many more that I didn't find...

 

[tedsofbeverlyhills]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Edge|:<BR>Did you complete the missions she gave you? If you did (I took the Paragon route) then she won't talk to you after that. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>No. But it sounds like there aren't any dire consequences to being a dick to her.

 

[The Faceless Rebel]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by tedsofbeverlyhills:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Edge|:<BR>Did you complete the missions she gave you? If you did (I took the Paragon route) then she won't talk to you after that. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>No. But it sounds like there aren't any dire consequences to being a dick to her. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>No, the only thing you get for completing her quests, besides the chance to make alien whoopee with the Consort (and her sex scene really sucks compared to Liara's), is a trinket which is used for a minor background info story reveal later in the game on a different planet. Basically you read a WALL OF TEXT which provides some interesting information about the Protheans and humanity which doesn't directly affect anything in the game.

 

[arhra]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Edit: What exactly is hardening? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Resistance to tech/biotic attacks.<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">The game will give you quests as you randomly travel, so that might be where you're missing some. I actually got completionist before I went to Ilos. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I got it midway through Virmire, i think (wasn't entirely sure when the point of no return would be, so i cleaned them up before going there). Didn't get any of the ally achievements, though (probably because i sidequested my ass off on the Citadel prior to getting Tali and leaving to get Liara, then used them for the rest of the game onwards...).

 

[Kerii]

Got Completionist with only Feros completed.<br><br>So yeah, the side quests are the bulk of the game. Have to say I was rather confused when I got that achievement because the main storyline had barely gone anywhere at that point for me.<br><br>Then came the feeling of disappointment that I had already completed the majority of the game without even really touching the main story. Oh well... 40 hours is 40 hours. -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif --

 

[Zaskar]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by The Faceless Rebel:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by tedsofbeverlyhills:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Edge|:<BR>Did you complete the missions she gave you? If you did (I took the Paragon route) then she won't talk to you after that. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>No. But it sounds like there aren't any dire consequences to being a dick to her. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>No, the only thing you get for completing her quests, besides the chance to make alien whoopee with the Consort (and her sex scene really sucks compared to Liara's), is a trinket which is used for a minor background info story reveal later in the game on a different planet. Basically you read a WALL OF TEXT which provides some interesting information about the Protheans and humanity which doesn't directly affect anything in the game. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I am still pissed that wall of text was not a cut scene. I think they ran out of disk space.

 

[thatryan]

There are seperate specter quests?<BR><BR>Where is the best place to buy weapons/armor at? I have gotten to over a mill in credits finally and want to buy some good stuff. Or is the best stuff found?

 

[nikolaihunt]

Update on my gibbed-prone Adept:<BR><BR>He's level 19-ish now and I still get gibbed pretty quickly by many things -- sidequest characters seem to be the worst with their combat abilities -- but I think I'm getting the hang of fighting those warehouses full of guys. The trick is to keep falling back towards bottle necks, disabling the poor sucker that follows you, and then commanding everyone to unload on him before he can runaway to cover.<BR><BR>It's not really leveraging the crowd control aspects of my skills; I could get by with 4 different versions of throw. But if I try to setup a nice lift or singularity on a group I get my head popped, and my teamates don't seem to take advantage of it usually anyways.

 

[Verio]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by x5452:<BR>There are seperate specter quests?<BR><BR>Where is the best place to buy weapons/armor at? I have gotten to over a mill in credits finally and want to buy some good stuff. Or is the best stuff found? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Once you get that achievement, both the Normandy vendor and the C-Sec vendor will start carrying the high-end spectre gear.<BR><BR>Some things to note though. 1) Just like every other vendor in the game, these two's inventory is a bit random, so a save and reload might help you find what you are looking for. 2) From what I have heard (and assuming at the point I am in game...) the Spectre weapons kick all sorts of ass... but sort of trivialize fights, at least on the normal difficulty level. You might want to take a look at how the game is going for you and make a decision about weather you really need more firepower.<BR><BR>I say this with an L30-something Adept on my first play through with the difficulty set to veteran. Early on I got my ass kicked A LOT, but these days, with super fast recharging throw and lift and singularity etc, I feel I kick plenty of ass just with my pistol. That is with a ton of sidequests done, and Feros just completed.