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That's how it goes unless you do multi-player, I believe. It's the way my game went anyway.I didn't have a favorite weapon before I switched to the M-13 Raptor (Found during “Priority: Sur’Kesh” mission). The combination assault/sniper rifle matched up with incindiary ammo is almost unstoppable.
My first playthrough didn't have him. It's definitely better with him. Plus, he's a kick butt soldier.I feel like he is actually the second most important character behind Shepard.
I still refuse. If they wanted me to have him, they should have included him for free like Zaeed when you preordered last year. I do want to go back and play Shadow Broker and Arrival now though. Shadow Broker is still 800 points ($10) though.I feel like he is actually the second most important character behind Shepard.
I agree with those that said Arrival wasn't necessary. If you read an online description of the events, you'll get all the info you need. It's not that fun or exciting.I might have to play Shadow Broker though...
Good to know. I'll try to read a synopsis for Arrival but I want to play with Liara some more. I keep getting confused in ME3 as to whether or not shepard knows shes the Shadow Broker. Certain scenes he says he does but then when he's talking to EDI he implies he doesn't. I guess thats the point.
I wasn't sure what it was at first either but it was pretty cool once I did. The one that stuck out was Navigator Pressely, he was explicitly shown dying at the beginning of ME2 and mentioned it a few times in dialogue I think. Kind of wish I had had the DLC that allowed you to visit the Normandy crashsite in ME2. That should have been in the game.I am rolling with Javik & Liara. Javik is my tank, Liara the biotic but she can't take much damage unfortunately. I miss Miranda as a squadmate.
Just watched the whole Arrival mission on youtube, lol. Yea not worth the $7 for it. Good backstory though.
Ashley is very useless. She's eye candy, nothing more. I carried my romance over with her from ME1 in my first playthrough. I think I'll tell her off this play through. She's too generic. She does nothing well. Then she randomly decides to get drunk on pass out on the floor. They really made Ash an idiot in this one. She seemed to have more depth in ME1. The AI shooting is so blah in this game anyway. Its like the guns they have are just for show. I kill every enemy unless I tell them to use powers to do it. I try to use different characters to get different conversations going but I pretty much take Liara with me every time because her biotics are the only thing that packs a punch.
Miranda almost seems like she was written out of this game for some reason. Don't know if the voice actress had limited availability or what. Seemed a little odd given her importance in ME2. EDI is a pretty interesting squad mate that isn't getting a lot of love. She has a bunch of good one liners during missions.'Buckna said:
I'm a big sci-fi geek, loved Battlestar and Chuck. 
Yvonne with her natural Australian accent in the game.
Best is Marauder Shields killing you before you go up.
Yeah I had Ashley with me in the squad for 95% of the missions in ME3. She does suck. She has nothing that sets her apart, and honestly isn't that good. I only brought her along because she was my LI in the game. I am going to fully redo a new character (not a solider this time, because that is boring) and probably won't be too favorable to Ashley because she is just boring and doesn't do anything.'Insein said:
Best is Marauder Shields killing you before you go up.
I must be missing the reference. 
The last thing you shoot before riding the lightning up to the Citadel is a Marauder and when you're shooting him it shows his shield level. It's the favorite internet meme among those that don't like the ending. They've made Marauder Shields into a hero, stating that he was trying to save you from the ending.I must be missing the reference.Best is Marauder Shields killing you before you go up.
I understand now. I did get killed by him the first time. Maybe I should have taken that as a sign.The last thing you shoot before riding the lightning up to the Citadel is a Marauder and when you're shooting him it shows his shield level. It's the favorite internet meme among those that don't like the ending. They've made Marauder Shields into a hero, stating that he was trying to save you from the ending.I must be missing the reference.Best is Marauder Shields killing you before you go up.
Really?I did get killed by him the first time.The last thing you shoot before riding the lightning up to the Citadel is a Marauder and when you're shooting him it shows his shield level. It's the favorite internet meme among those that don't like the ending. They've made Marauder Shields into a hero, stating that he was trying to save you from the ending.I must be missing the reference.Best is Marauder Shields killing you before you go up.
Haha yeah. For whatever reason I couldn't hit a thing.Really?I did get killed by him the first time.The last thing you shoot before riding the lightning up to the Citadel is a Marauder and when you're shooting him it shows his shield level. It's the favorite internet meme among those that don't like the ending. They've made Marauder Shields into a hero, stating that he was trying to save you from the ending.I must be missing the reference.Best is Marauder Shields killing you before you go up.
If you have the patience, go back over the last 7 pages or so of our spoiler conversations. Might give you a new opinion on the ending. at face value, it sucks and makes no sense. But there might be more to it.
If you have the patience, go back over the last 7 pages or so of our spoiler conversations. Might give you a new opinion on the ending. at face value, it sucks and makes no sense. But there might be more to it.I did a bit of browsing of that. I will have to watch that video and read the comments more in depth.
Try playing this segment on Insanity. It's frustrating. My character just effortlessly dispatched a bunch of Banshees, eight or so Brutes, and a number of Cannibals approximately equal to the population of Chicago, but then I die over and over again to three Husks and a Marauder Shields.Really?I did get killed by him the first time.The last thing you shoot before riding the lightning up to the Citadel is a Marauder and when you're shooting him it shows his shield level. It's the favorite internet meme among those that don't like the ending. They've made Marauder Shields into a hero, stating that he was trying to save you from the ending.I must be missing the reference.Best is Marauder Shields killing you before you go up.
Yeah I played on the difficulty right below Insanity. It seemed that if I missed even once the Marauder would get me.Try playing this segment on Insanity. It's frustrating. My character just effortlessly dispatched a bunch of Banshees, eight or so Brutes, and a number of Cannibals approximately equal to the population of Chicago, but then I die over and over again to three Husks and a Marauder Shields.Really?I did get killed by him the first time.The last thing you shoot before riding the lightning up to the Citadel is a Marauder and when you're shooting him it shows his shield level. It's the favorite internet meme among those that don't like the ending. They've made Marauder Shields into a hero, stating that he was trying to save you from the ending.I must be missing the reference.Best is Marauder Shields killing you before you go up.
First time through, I thought that segment was just there for the artistry. Then the second time through, Marauder Shields actually killed me and I couldn't believe it.
Definitely interesting. Adds a lot more depth to the characters we see. I never read the books mainly cause I heard people complain about the discrepancies in some of them that contradicted the canon. The focus on indoctrination as the Reapers main weapon in most of them only gives more credence to the ID theory.
I think you're right, sort of, but just take it too far. The Illusive Man studied indoctrination and in doing so made it "better", more sudden. Rather than control being gained over time, he was able to control Shepard and Anderson instantly on the Citadel platform - which prevented both from just walking up to and killing him. But that type of indoctrination didn't result in hallucinations.
It's not that you'll miss endings so much as a 3 second clip that is available on YouTube, and even that clip depends on what ending you choose.
I've expressed some outrage in this thread, but I can't get worked up about them throwing a bone to people who have sunk a couple hours into the MP.
I got all three endings and didn't play a second of multiplayer.
I'm just pleased on my 2nd playthrough that I was able to bring the Quarians and Geth together. It was heartbreaking (no, not literally) when I had to choose the first time through.Saved both. Saved everybody actually. Full military force as far as i can tell but for the salrians because i cured genophage.I got all three endings and didn't play a second of multiplayer.
Is your war readiness 50%? Then yea, you can't get it. They lied to us on that one although Dufrense said he got it. I did every mission and came up short the first time. Maybe I need the Prothean DLC whch again is lieing since I would have had to buy that. the standard game can't get above 4000. I'm convinced of this.'Leeroy Jenkins said:
I'd have less qualms if it wasn't neccessary to get above 4000 without buying the ashes DLC. Also if it wasn't so generic and boring. I only play on bronze anymore because its pointless to play silver or gold. Why try harder when the reward is to play a longer mission and get slightly more xp that means very little anyway. On Bronze, I blow through a mission in 20 minutes and get on with life. Also the requirement to keep playing MP or your war readiness goes down is annoying. I'm curious what will be done about that if I want to play ME from scratch years from now when I doubt MP is still active. I'll be stuck at 50% readiness because it decayed that whole time? The whole MP is so disjointed with an add-on, money grab feel. You can buy weapons with MS points (ie cash) but why would I do that when I can role with a pistol and biotic charge the #### out of everything? I might have tried mp at some point, I might not have but it already started me off with a bad taste in my mouth before I ever joined a match.'thecatch said:
I did it the first time without the Prothean DLC.
I don't know how I did it, otherwise I'd offer some sort of solution. In fact, I missed one side mission - the one where you work with the Salarian C-Sec officer to solve the Hanar situation.
I did the exact same as you. Only thing I can think of is that letting the Quarians die gives you more points because I saved them both. Can't see what else you did different unless you faked the genophage to get the Salarians and Krogan. No idea how you pulled it off.I did it the first time without the Prothean DLC.
We'll see what happens this time through. I just saved both and am going to do everything I can find again. I did cure the genophage.
Yea, I am at 50%. I did the prothean DLC (which is probably the best part of the game with Javik). I don't get how it stays at 50% the entire game when you are constantly adding war assets. Literally the only side mission I may not have done was the Krogan dying love thing and by curing the genophage I guess I didn't have full Salarian support, although you still get some from them. Plus I got the Geth and Quarians together, so that should make up for it. Damn it, I am pissed already and haven't even seen the endings yet.
