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Firewalker DLC
The Hammerhead assault vehicle is coming to the Cerberus Network in late March!
Free to all Cerberus Network members, the Firewalker pack includes 5 all new missions featuring the Hammerhead. Hovering over the battlefield at up to 120 kilometeres per hour, the Hammerhead also boasts a guided missile system ensuring accuracy even during aggressive maneuvering.
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Mako but at 120kph?Originally Posted by Mailman653
I'm game. God I love Bioware, first they give us this brilliant game then they throw DLC at us, for free! If they keep this up they'll give of the dangerous impression that they're actually game developers who cares about their fan base.
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If anything, Dragon Age's DLC's shown they actually don't give a damn, like pretty much any other company.
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What was so bad about it? I wouldn't know as I didn't buy the game.
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Two out of the 3 DLC's are rubbish.
Warden's Keep and Return to Ostagar both last 20 to 35 minutes, offer nothing of interest, except for a cheap retcon in RtO. 8€ for 1H of content is not really my view of caring about their fan base.
Then, there's how RtO's release was handled by Bioware. The DLC is delayed several times (which ain't a problem), appears on the downloadable content list, then disappear because it was bugged. People get mad, because they bought the DLC in good faith, which in turn made the game go FUBAR. When faced with this, Bioware decides to close all topics about RtO on its social website and to ban users who complained. Two weeks later, the DLC is released for Xbox360 and PC, and PS3 users get no news, until RtO was finally released for them a few days ago.
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It says that the hammerhead isn't integrated into the regular missions but has five separate missions...which might have been disappointing had the DLC not been free......I appreciate this gesture on EA part.
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Ofcourse come to think of it, there wasn't any place in the original missions where they could've integrated the hammerhead was there.....
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Really? They did that on Social network forums?
But yeah RtO can't be called a success exactly.
As for Hammerhead, well there were vehicle controls already in ME2 so it was expected. And honestly, I'm surprised that we have five missions. Thought they'd only make 1 or 2.
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Selfishly speaking, I hope Dragon Age continues to be neglected in favor of Mass Effect. I simply cannot understand how one can even enjoy the former and it seems so entirely different than the latter. Different strokes for different folks I guess, but I'm surprised my tastes are so out of the mainstream for that single game.
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Well, DA:O is a half-failed half-successful attempt at making a modern Baldur's Gate. In some ways it is an excellent game, but overall, it's average +
Mass Effect is indeed much more original, much more refreshing than DA:O. But I wouldn't go as far as saying that DA:O is neglected because of ME. Two different teams are working on the two games. DA:O got its share of useless Armor/Item DLC's (similarly to most ME2 DLC's) and is going to have its first expansion released next month, various books, a comic book on the way, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if DA:O sold much more than ME1 (though I might be wrong).
@Krusader, yeah they did that apparently. I don't go on the social website often, but there was some kind of uproar a few weeks ago, and I saw several people making fun of Bioware for closing all threads related to RtO, and banning people who were too much vocal about it. I'm not sure this was entirely a bad idea, knowing how nerd rage is sometimes ridiculous. Still, I think they should have been more vocal about what was going on with RtO, instead of just closing topics about it.
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Warden's Keep was, IMO quite good...added some nice bit of lore to the game.....RtO on the other hand, even aside from the bugs and stuff, I don't know why the devs made it at all.....It rubbishes the logic of the original game's story.....Cailan was a simple character, and now they've complicated him needlessly.
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I don't think this is really the place to discuss DAO DLC's. If you wish to continue this discussion, we can move it to the DAO thread :) I saddly don't have ME2 (never even finished the first one), but I can't wait to get back on the series.
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Unfortunately for me, I woke up yesterday morning to find that my house had been broken into, My xbox, all my games and controllers, TV, Mobile phone and ipod were all stolen. I won't be playing much of anything for a while.
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If you're lucky the perp may try to connect to Xbox live with you're system or maybe the person that buys it. You should notify the police and MS. They can trace the IP. It wouldn't be the first time someone gets arrested for using a stolen 360.
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Cheers mate. I have already recovered my account to another console but whoever took mine will still have all my account info on there. Can they track the box if the perp has wiped the hard drive before using it?
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Couldn't agree more. Believe it or not, I find ME2 more plausible (ha!) and engaging than DA:O. Stupid stupid armour that everyone wears!
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I recently played Mass Effect 2 over two days (a relative is able to get me free rentals for 360 and PS3 :3), and wondered how far through the game I was. I'm looking to buy the game itself, but curious as to how much I have left?
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Many thanks. :3
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You're close to the end.
In response to the first spoiler paragraph: you can. According to what I hear, you need to have very high (possibly 100%) paragon or renegade and then go chat to the affected party. The conversation might be a one-off so save before you talk to the person in question in case you don't have enough points to get the option. I can't say more than that since I successfully resolved the situation when it appeared and so didn't need to do this.
In response to the second spoiler paragraph: yes, you have everything set up for what you want. It will happen at a specific point in the main plot arc. It would be a good idea to keep talking to the character occasionally until the trigger point just to make sure.
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Darn it. I'm about... 85% Paragon and 5% Renegade overall. I'll have to go back and find some quests I've missed, fingers crossed. I really dislike everything about Jack (especially her clothing, or lack thereof) and usually avoid using her in my party, but I hear I can't get the 'No One Left Behind' achievement without her loyalty.
Oh, excellent! From what I remember, everytime I tried talking to him, he basically told me he was busy calibrating the ship's laser weaponry or some such. I'd begun to think he didn't wanna talk to me. :<In response to the second spoiler paragraph: yes, you have everything set up for what you want. It will happen at a specific point in the main plot arc. It would be a good idea to keep talking to the character occasionally until the trigger point just to make sure.
I'm still debating buying the game and playing through for a Renegade approach; I play the d-bag role very badly. Even in KotOR and Dragon Age, I just couldn't be mean to anyone, it isn't really in my nature. I punched out a Citadel reporter on ME2 by accident (wondered what pulling the Right Trigger would do when the prompt appeared) and once I saw the Renegade points come up, I considered restarting!
Thank you for the responses, it's a big help and means I can avoid the spoilers in guides and such. :3
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I believe that if you reach full paragon points you can persuade Jack to become loyal again later on by talking to her again. I would also highly recommend buying the game, it has a lot of re-playability. You can probably get at least a good 50+ hours game play out of the game.
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So it is max Paragon? Hmmm, there's lots still to do before I head off to the Omega Relay. I hope that the tenth squad member has alot of possibilities for Paragon points, at any rate! I probably will buy the game at some point, just to try the rest of the classes as well as the other romance options and Renagade responses.
I'm currently a Sentinel, I think. The class that gets the cool 'Tech Armour' buff; I picked that because it seemed the most balanced of the six. I think I picked 'Wave Bullets' as my single Advanced Training skill, seems to add lots of individual damage. Is there a better option for Sentinels to pick for Advanced Training? I have all nine loyalty options open at this stage, so quite a range to choose from. :3If you haven't tried playing an infiltrator already I recommend you do. Awesome fun.
Infiltrator is the class with camouflage, right? I was actually going to pick that at first, but was weary of the whole pistols & sniper rifles things. I usually let Garrus do all the sniping, with Samara as biotic/assault rifle support and Shepard acting as a 'tank' of sorts with Tech Armour and her submachine gun.
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How far are you of max paragon? The last squad member does offer an opportunity for paragon points but that last segment of paragon points is a pain to fill, on my female Shepard run through (just finished it earlier) I didn't fill my bar until the very last mission.
As for sentinel builds, I haven't actually played one yet, that's going to be my next play through but what a lot of people playing the game seem to recommend as a build is:
Heavy Warp
Area overload
few points in cryo as it isn't really needed
Tech Armour evolution is down to preference.
Defender due to the paragon plus health bonus, quick cool down is really handy to.
Seeming Sentinels don't get an ammo power, either warp ammo or armour piercing ammo is recommended as a bonus power.
The nice thing about playing a sentinel though is you can have a really flexible style of game play. If you upgrade your tech armour so the explosion it produces when it's knocked of increases you can play a close combat mele class. Alternatively pick extra protection and your a lot tougher to take out.
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I'm about 85% of the bar filled for Paragon. There's still some side-quests left and such, but the big ones that pertain to the story are done up to the point where I have to pick up this Friend-Foe thing.
From what I remember, that's pretty close to my own spec anyway, although I haven't gotten into spending points on Cryo yet; I haven't really seen much need to use Tech abilities at all, if I am honest. Biotics just seem to do everything I need of them.The nice thing about playing a sentinel though is you can have a really flexible style of game play. If you upgrade your tech armour so the explosion it produces when it's knocked of increases you can play a close combat mele class. Alternatively pick extra protection and your a lot tougher to take out.
I actually evolved my Tech Armour into the variant that offered more overall protection, so that I could keep more of the fire on me for longer and ensure Garrus and Samara were safe to do their respective jobs. Samara in particular was a little gung-ho at first, so I found it necessary to increase my own defenses so that I could hold fire off the silly woman. :3
I'm glad I picked Warp Ammunition then! I think I evolved it into the self-buff rather than the party-wide one, as I didn't want to override Garrus' Tungsten Ammunition (is that it's name?). I had considered using Reave as my Advanced Training for the heavy damage and healing potential, but considering I bring Samara along anyway, opted for the Warp Ammo instead. :3
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I wouldn't worry to much about the loyalty situation. Without ruining the main story for you it's a factor in your teams survival but it defiantly isn't the most important one. You can still achieve success with quite a few squad mates not being loyal.
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But I would fail to get that all-important 75G for the achievement, right? Haha. :P
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Maybe, maybe not.
As I said, a lot depends on your actions during the actual mission. If your a smart gal, you should have no problem. I don't want to ruin anything for you though.
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Had to share
And oh, there is a new heavy weapon one, a "chain lightning gun". Called Arc Projector or something.
And just 1-2 weeks till Hammerhead is released.
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Possible spoilers regarding Liara DLC?
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There's been rumours circulating about this for a while but if the voice clips are genuine I'm kind of disappointed with what they've done with Liara. She went from the Asari scientist fascinated with the protheans to a really dark and indifferent character who's consumed by the desire for revenge which I don't quite understand. I'm ok with the fact the shadow broker tried to kidnap me, why can't she just let it go?
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