Mass Effect 2 *spoilers around pg 29/30*

[Khaldun]

[Tarami]

[Sir Fodder]

A great engrossing game, the visuals/sound outstanding and thought the story was pretty kool. Think I'd prefer it if it were more like an interactive movie/book though, the lack of much tactics in combat sucks, and the mining stuff is totally insane. Was disappointed that the environments in ME1 seemed much more epic in scale/impact- especially the Citadel, I was thinking there were like 100's of billions of inhabitants on it, bummed out that the load screen said it has only ~14 mil, also it seemed much smaller inside with no view of the overall structure, also less mysterious with the ancient technology in ME2- just didn't seem as interesting as in ME1, I wanted to hear more about the worker robots and Protheans etc...

[tmp]

Some dev insight into the death system

[Trippy]

Ooh, I'm going to go back and do that.

[Engels]

is that what the kids are calling it these days

[tmp]

No, she really feeds your fish.

Of course, why anyone would pick a fish over the miniature giant space hamster is a mystery.

"Is that a lifespan talk? I'm not having the lifespan talk!"

[Trippy]

I have both but the hamster doesn't need constant care and attention.

[Venkman]

No, she really feeds your fish.

Of course, why anyone would pick a fish over the miniature giant space hamster is a mystery.

Why would you make a choice between them? Get both! Already lost one round of fish though...

So, does the game really have a finite amount of purchasable goods? I literally bought everything I could find before entering the endgame and still have money left over. Only shops I could find were on the Krogan homeworld, Citadel, and Ilium. There others?

[Nightblade]

There are shops on Omega as well.

[tmp]

There's Omega as pointed out, yes. Also at least some of the stores get additional items at certain point in the story

[Venkman]

Oh, right, meant to mention Omega too. I don't think I cleared out some of the shops in that decrepit district east of the lounge area.

[Polysorbate80]

There's Omega as pointed out, yes. Also at least some of the stores get additional items at certain point in the story

Interesting; I wonder if that's why I wasn't able to max out all the research options.

[Phildo]

Even with a new game+, I couldn't afford the last two or three upgrades.  The game actually has a finite supply of money so I don't think it's possible.

[Venkman]

Same here. Final sequence was awesome. Though I was surprised that a) I was successful the first time; and, b) the actual sequence from landing to the end was under an hour. I was expecting some crazy epic WoW-raid style end boss mob. Not that I'm complaining. That is the reason I don't raid anymore THIS was right up my alley.


Now I'm just cleaning up the galaxy still stumbling on quests. Almost outta money with the last upgrades.

What level did ya'all enter Omega at?

I see there's an Achievement for hitting level 30. I'm not sure how to actually do that. Done every quest I can find. Do I just scan planets for enough anamolies to level up?

[Ratman_tf]

Same here. Final sequence was awesome. Though I was surprised that a) I was successful the first time; and, b) the actual sequence from landing to the end was under an hour. I was expecting some crazy epic WoW-raid style end boss mob. Not that I'm complaining. That is the reason I don't raid anymore THIS was right up my alley.


Now I'm just cleaning up the galaxy still stumbling on quests. Almost outta money with the last upgrades.

What level did ya'all enter Omega at?

I see there's an Achievement for hitting level 30. I'm not sure how to actually do that. Done every quest I can find. Do I just scan planets for enough anamolies to level up?

ME Wiki has a list of the missions

http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Assignments#Mass_Effect_2

I was level 25 when I did the Collector Base.

[Velorath]

Without importing a character from ME1, I don't think you can hit 30 on the first playthrough.  I got 5 bonus levels from
 having a lv. 60 and I didn't hit 30 until just before the final boss, and that was even after doing all the side quests in the game.

[Strazos]

I imported from ME1, and only hit like 28 or 29 at the end. And I went Everywhere!

[Polysorbate80]

Even with a new game+, I couldn't afford the last two or three upgrades.  The game actually has a finite supply of money so I don't think it's possible.

There were a number of lines where I couldn't unlock the final upgrades, despite visiting every planet I could.   This time I'll go back and check for restock :P

[Samprimary]

It was between Garrus and Tali on the Citadel. He asked if she missed the elevator rides and she wound up threatening him with her shotgun.

lol.

[tmp]

Mass Effect minus the fluff

[Bunk]

[Merusk]

I keep losing Legion and I can't figure out why. + Loyalty on everyone, even diffused the situation between Miranda and Jack.  I'm going to have to start switching up who's leading the fire team and who's with me. Miranda fucked it up, Zarred fucked it up.  (But both reached the door long before I was at the 3rd or 4th switch.)  If anything, I'm going to have to blame Legion for plain not being able to hack the doors so they jam on closing. Every. Single. Time.   Fucker.

[Tebonas]

Legion is definitely able to do it I had him as hacker while Garrus led the fire team (every team member loyal).

[schild]

I'm probably about 4 hours out from the end, but can anyone tell me how to keep everyone alive except Jacob? Also, is there a way to make Garrus hunt down and kill Kaiden so neither Jacob nor Kaiden end up in Mass Effect 3. I don't humanize my game characters, so I want the shitty ones dead.

[Tebonas]

Kaiden was already dead in my Mass Effect 2, so I can't help you there. But don't do Jacobs loyalty quest and send him back with the rescued crew, that ought to take him down.

[Xilren's Twin]

I am still a little confused about the whole gravity aspect though. Very clearly, there was "falling", but falling towards what? If the star/black hole was exerting gravity on us, why was the station staying in orbit?

Artificial gravity and all its offshoots seems to be one of the most basic applications of mass effect technology.  Same reason why there is gravity in your own ship.
i'd love to see them work in a zero g combat or two in the next game.

And schild, probably only if you dont do Jacob's loyalty will he have a chance to buy it but as you will see it's not a simple yes/no equation

[tmp]

I'm going to have to start switching up who's leading the fire team and who's with me.

Even the best specialist will eat a rocket if the fire team leader isn't up to snuff. Supposedly Garrus works well in that role. Jacob might work too i think but not sure.

Zaeed is definitely not good choice here -- notice how all his stories revolve around him being the only one who makes it out alive in the end

[Khaldun]

I would actually love it if you had a chance to fire or remove a character or two, maybe if you did certain dialogue options correctly after making choices they didn't like. I hated Zhaeed and Jacob, would gladly have dropped both of them. Kaiden I managed to kill off in the first game, to my great pleasure.

[Engels]

I can imagine being bored by Jacob, but hate? I didn't find him offensive or his dialog that much worse than anyone else's...

[Bunk]

I actually liked Zaedd. I was sad that I recruited him so late in my first play through, since I was playing mostly renegade. I don't know what it was I disliked about Jacob - I guess he just felt so generic amongst all of the more interesting characters.

[Jade Falcon]

I imported from ME1, and only hit like 28 or 29 at the end. And I went Everywhere!

The only way to make it to 30 in one playthrough is importing a lvl 60 from the first one

[Trippy]

I'm probably about 4 hours out from the end, but can anyone tell me how to keep everyone alive except Jacob? Also, is there a way to make Garrus hunt down and kill Kaiden so neither Jacob nor Kaiden end up in Mass Effect 3. I don't humanize my game characters, so I want the shitty ones dead.

If Jacob is already loyal have him go through the ducts.

[Lakov_Sanite]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXiU6kiq_Ms&feature=player_embedded

This, is the reason why ME2 blows most games out of the water.

[Bunk]

If Jacob is already loyal have him go through the ducts.