Mass Effect 3

[Nose Nuggets]

Thanks for the update. Had a WTF moment in the end when Legion died considering he was the last team member for me to acquire.

I was left with Jacob, Grunt and Samara and to see everyone else die off put a sour taste in my mouth.

Now I know what needs to be done when I replay it. Thanks.

if you haven't played the first, i would do that before a second me2 playthrough.

[Scratch705]

if you want, i can link the website i used to guide my saved playthrough in order to keep everyone alive and gain all loyalty

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

[PsychGuy274]

I absolutely CANNOT WAIT for this game to come out! I have it pre-ordered.

no one that is loyal dies. so if you do all the companion missions and get them all loyal, they all live. at least, they did for me. only Kayden has died in my ME career.

***SPOILER***

Not necessarily. On the suicide mission if you choose the wrong people for specializations, people will die. I went in on my main character with everyone loyal and I lost Zaeed, Legion, and Mordin due to picking the wrong people. I thought the specializations meant that those characters were going to die so I picked the ones I didn't like. Oops lesson learned.

The pic won't embed for some reason. Just click on the link. It's a full run-down of the suicide mission.

http://imageshack.us/f/203/suisidemissionfinal8.jpg/

[Nose Nuggets]

oh wow i just happened to pick all the right ones first time through? sweet....

[pbsmind]

Everyone was loyal to me and the Doctor died. I'll wait till Mass Effect 3 drops to $20 or less, have other games to finish and not a lot of time.

[grim1U]

Can't wait. I feel like Cartman when he was waiting for the Wii.

[Digital_Boy]

oh wow i just happened to pick all the right ones first time through? sweet....

I use the following:
1st fireteam leader: Miranda or Garrus
Tech expert in heat duct: Legion, Tali or Kasumi
Biotic shield: Samara/Morinth or Jack
2nd fireteam leader: same as before
Have one of the loyal non-sluggers lead the rescued crew back to the normandy, usually Mordin, Tali or Kasumi

take 2 of the wimpier squaddies with me on the run at the reaper, they must be loyal to survive, otherwise they go skittering off into space at the very end when the human reaper dies and takes the platform down. There's some kind of "hold the line" score for each squaddie, i.e. their toughness in a fight. The more heavy hitters you leave behind to guard your escape, the better the odds for all the squaddies making it out. Though if everyone is loyal, then you can usually take two bruisers like Grunt and Zaeed with you and not lose anyone.

[gl0ckc0ma]

no one that is loyal dies. so if you do all the companion missions and get them all loyal, they all live. at least, they did for me. only Kayden has died in my ME career.

Not true, I had all my crew loyal and still had 2 deaths at the end

[gl0ckc0ma]

man I gotta do the last mission over so I dont lose anyone, hopefully I have a good save point.

[resident-shooter]

iz gunna suck

[JackRydden224]

I preordred but my vanguard Shepard cannot use assault rifles so what am I going to do with the bonus? I can only give it to my squad mates?

[Scratch705]

I preordred but my vanguard Shepard cannot use assault rifles so what am I going to do with the bonus? I can only give it to my squad mates?

they changed it so all classes can use all guns. they just made it so you carry less guns. (soldier can carry all 5 weapons at once, while others can only carry 2)

[JackRydden224]

they changed it so all classes can use all guns. they just made it so you carry less guns. (soldier can carry all 5 weapons at once, while others can only carry 2)

Oooh that's great. Thanks man.

I guess assault rifle, shotgun and special powers will be all good

[aznanimekid]

no what they did was make it so that there is a weight limit for each class. soldier has the highest, then the hybrid combat classes, then the caster classes. if you exceed the weight limit, you will have a cooldown penalty for your skills. if you played the demo you will notice that almost all classes except soldier had cooldown complaints on the forums and this was the explanation. you can either skill into a higher weight limit or use mods to lighten weapons or choose to carry less weapons.

[JackRydden224]

no what they did was make it so that there is a weight limit for each class. soldier has the highest, then the hybrid combat classes, then the caster classes. if you exceed the weight limit, you will have a cooldown penalty for your skills. if you played the demo you will notice that almost all classes except soldier had cooldown complaints on the forums and this was the explanation. you can either skill into a higher weight limit or use mods to lighten weapons or choose to carry less weapons.

I guess the point is to balance out skills and weapons? You either carrier more weapon with limited power usage or less weapons but quick skills recharge. If this is true I gotta say I like this more. Players will be able to make adjustments according to each level.

I'm going to the midnight launch at Gamestop. Anybody else up for the same?