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2012-09-12, 07:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
Kinetic barriers increase the mass of an object passing through them sharply.
Assuming the barrier triggers (given that it is now a sort of envelope rather than a during-use-only splash system, and based on shields now blocking melee attacks as Psyren pointed out), the shields make the attack worse. Due to still having their source of impetus, mass increases will not meaningfully slow a sword thrust down, but it will meaningfully make that sword do more damage to your armor systems.
so Batman: the dark knight rises quoted Dune?
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2012-09-12, 08:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-12, 01:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
Spoilerduring the "twist" of finding out Talya was Ras al Gul's daughter. She spends a few minutes elaborating on the slow knife's virtues.
So word on the street is we failed the latest operation? Makes sense. I maybe beat the singular goal, and then didn't play all weekend.
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2012-09-12, 01:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-12, 03:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
Considering the events so far have been:
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there's a decent chance we're meant to fail every fourth.Thanks to Veera for the avatar.
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2012-09-12, 03:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-12, 04:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
Hackett's failure message also seemed very cryptic and hint-y. I'm willing to bet this is a stunt and they're leading into something new.
Now if only we could all intentionally fail every weekend to see if they pass us anywayPlague Doctor by Crimmy
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2012-09-12, 04:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-12, 05:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-12, 07:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
Steam username is Triscuitable.
I got VAC banned in COD: Ghosts for using an FOV changer.
I try not to think of how sad that is.
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2012-09-12, 08:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
I'm wondering what happens if we win the one we're forced to lose.
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2012-09-12, 09:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
Which begs the question - did they set the number of escorts needed that high, knowing we wouldn't be able to meet it? Or did we actually meet the required number, and they failed us anyway to setup their announcement?
Or, did we well and truly fail?
We may never know...Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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2012-09-12, 09:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thanks to Veera for the avatar.
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2012-09-12, 09:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-12, 09:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
A part of me believes they rig it, another part thinks that's a ridiculous notion, and yet another part really doesn't care because the Victory Packs have only had something worthwhile (debatable) in them three times, and we only failed one of those (and got the reward later anyway, which probably wouldn't have happened if we had gotten it the first time).
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2012-09-13, 02:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
I actually enjoy that they were different. Adds to the verisimilitude.
I was wondering about that pattern. I personally think they set the bar exceedingly high, and prepare an extra "Bully for you!" if we manage it. But yeah, I was convinced they specifically put the medigel boost in the hardest wave set.
aye. Still, hey. Wouldn't mind some more blokes for aiming.
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2012-09-14, 05:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
You know the 'sniping a sniper threw their scope' thing? I just sniped a rocket trooper through its rocket. Love doing that, shame it's near-impossible when not hosting.
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2012-09-14, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
I do that all the time actually - my Demolisher tends to quickscope, so there's generally a rocket in mid-air when I fire. And they almost always shoot one right after recovering from electric-grenade-stun (but thankfully, before ducking back into cover )
Farming Geth in FBW Gold last night allowed me to put this to the test repeatedly.Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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2012-09-14, 12:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
Played some yesterday with a guy that kept yelling at everyone to use thier missiles. I didn't have my mic in (because my good surround sound headset's mic isn't working) so I didn't get the chance to tell him that we didn't need one in any given situation. He basically pulled his out everytime we ran into a boss enemy. Even if it only had a couple bars left. Just missile. Even after missing with the first missile and it's already almost dead. Missile it again!
*facepalm*
We were playing on silver, too. Not even difficult. I was even playing Claymore Infiltrator (arguably the best boss killer).Awesome avatar by Kurien.
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2012-09-14, 05:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Those guys suck. They are the offense version o the dudes who medigel at the drop of a hat.
Phoe does claymore stack up to piranha? I wa under the impression that the continuous output made up for the drop in acute damage. If the single
Shot isn't enough to kill an enemy, then the piranha is superior?
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Noticed something strange in ME 1: Liara has an omnitool. So Liara is technically a sentinel, not an adept? She used tech and biotics, even If it was purely passive tech.
Garrus, too. Garrus is an infiltrator, though he doesn't cloak.Last edited by SiuiS; 2012-09-14 at 05:17 PM.
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2012-09-14, 05:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-14, 05:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
Liara had an omintool and I believe one or two tech skills (probably Electronics). However, she had no weapon skills at all, unlike Tali.
Garrus was always a Tech/Combat guy. In ME1, they gave you one of each kind of play-style in your companions, to better compliment whatever class you picked for Shepard. Wrex is pretty much a Vanguard.
Edit: Only people with Tech abilities had an Omnitool equipment slot in ME1, even though everyone used one at one point or another.
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2012-09-14, 05:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-14, 08:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-14, 09:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
Wasn't Liara's class "Asari Scientist" or something like that?
I got the impression that Asari Adepts have time to pick up other stuff. Quite apart from the elven lifespan, Liara tells you in ME3 that biotics are basic education for them (i.e. 'Ritin, 'Reavin', 'Rithmetic,) so it stands to reason she might have had time to pick up a tech skill or two.
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Quick note about the omnitool thing while I'm on the subject. When I first started ME2, I got irked at all the times my Adept/Vanguard would just whip out the omnitool like they knew what they were doing, and hack a YMIR/put firewalls around Legion/remotely disable Veetor's security camera's on a colony they'd never been to etc. All without even glancing at a squadmate. I started taking Grunt and Zaeed everywhere on my Vanguard to highlight the absurdity of it all.
Eventually I rationalized it as EDI doing the legwork, and Shep just typing in what she told him to or something.Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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2012-09-14, 11:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
The whole point of the omnitool is that it can do nearly any computing task on command, and add in a military-grade hacking mod for those special jobs. Everyone has an omnitool in the ME universe (hilighted in a sidequest in the Afterlife VIP lounge), but tech experts are capable of working specific magic with them. Perhaps any omnitool can emmenate interference that could overheat a weapon, but only an engineer can do it in a timely manner.
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2012-09-15, 04:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
Strange coincidence: By ME3 I was in the complete opposite place to you.
Grissom Academy, for example - My (Renegade, no less) Engineer FemShep can hack through just about anything and remotely detonate 80% of the Mechs in the Galaxy with one gesture, and yet for some reason she stood back and let Garrus take down the 'boosted' shield that David and his friends are hiding under.
*I* could totally have done that! Delegation is all well and good, but *I* wanted to make the experimental generator explode and then verbally slap down the cocky twerp hiding under it, not leave it to a thump-monkey lackey!Last edited by Wraith; 2012-09-15 at 04:40 AM.
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2012-09-15, 05:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-15, 08:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.7: "That was for Thane"
If Bioware included that, Adept Shepard would be hovering around and tearing things apart with his/her mind, Soldier Shepard would be tossing grenades and going into bullet time at the drop of a hat, and Vanguard Shepard would be Falcon Punching the living hell out of all and sundry. They'd need several different cutscenes for the same events. And it would have been awesome.
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2012-09-15, 09:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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I guess it's a preference thing? I was using the Claymore long before the Piranha existed. It also has range. I can head shot mooks at distances that the Piranha would be lucky to get one pellet on. Also, the single shot nature of the Claymore I fell is more appropriate for infiltrators.
The Piranha just feels too unreliable. I'll take a weaker, reliable gun over any powerful, unreliable gun. See also: my preference for the Phaeston.Awesome avatar by Kurien.
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