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1:00 PM
You could probably expand it that way
 
@GraceNote My experience thus far (and I'm a n00b at this series) is that you're really led by the nose to an ending in ME3 ... 1 and 2 seem to have given you lots of room to move in the story, but in this, either you go farm your war assets or you watch Earth burn.
 
I think there are still quite a few questions left that can be asked, but it won't ever overtake Skyrim I guess.
 
@GraceNote Well, that's not to see there's not a crapton of choices in the game, I'm just not sure they'd all be worth a single question. I've refrained from asking a bunch that I would normally look up because it's mostly "How many war assets do you get if you choose A as compared to B?"
If I stopped to ask that for everything I wanted to know about, I'd end up question flooding. :P
 
@FallenAngelEyes Also, don't worry. I am likely to revert soon enough. My programming has never been stable.
 
@OrigamiRobot haha
 
1:04 PM
@Fabian I don't expect it to overtake Skyrim (I already knew Skyrim was going to be larger) - I just haven't been convinced that we've expired all our question potential for ME3 before the promotion has even ended.
 
@GraceNote There's always more questions if you try hard enough, though it's getting pretty hard to think of questions worthy of 5 upvotes now
 
...seriously, this is one of the most bizarre can decorations I've seen. Why is everything so angry?
 
We don't have exhausted the question pool yet, but we covered the obvious stuff now I think.
 
@GraceNote As long as we feel questions asking about alternative endings to missions are on-topic (which so far seems to be the case) I think we have a lot of wiggle room. They've mostly been all asked for the big missions though. It's the sidequests that don't seem to have all alternate paths yet.
 
Mmm
 
1:06 PM
@Fabian Yeah, I've found that the further I get into the game now, the harder it is to ask questions, as I've figured out most of the basic stuff, and the stuff I haven't figured out has been asked.
 
The only important qustion:
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Q: Is Legion a playable character?

OrigamiRobotI know Legion is present in Mass Effect 3, provided he survived in the case of an imported save, but will he be a part of my squad or has he been reduced to a supporting character?

Old gravatar? Interesting.
 
I managed to ask 20 questions so far, let's see if I hit the rate limit ;-)
 
@GraceNote It's gotten reaaally close all things considered though.
 
Like, I do legitimately want to know what would happen on mission X if you didn't do Y thing in ME1, but I can see how some might view that as NARQ I guess.
But in order to find those things out myself, I'd have to undo like 90 hours of gameplay.
Though I guess people could just say "youtube it"
 
I am kind of looking forward to the contest ending so some of the obvious "Gotta get this in for the contest!" questions stop coming.
 
1:09 PM
I can't see why that would be NARQ unless X and Y were absolutely unrelated.
 
@FallenAngelEyes Ehh, it's good we're here because you can search for our answers with relative ease, it's harder to get semantic meaning out of Youtube videos
 
@GraceNote Alternate outcomes that I literally cannot get within my own game could be construed as NARQ I guess, because it's not an actual problem per se, because even alternate endings have no effect on my gameplay in those cases.
 
It's more kind of "I'm wondering about this"
 
@FallenAngelEyes Is it ambiguous, vague, overly broad, incomplete, or rhetorical?
 
1:13 PM
@FallenAngelEyes The thing is, I'd rather see those questions than the ones that amount to "What happens if I push this button?" when the answer could just be "INSTEAD OF ASKING US, PUSH THE BUTTON AND FIND OUT"
 
@FallenAngelEyes It'd say it's a problem, at least as much as any story related questions here
 
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Q: What was Tali's Paragon Interrupt?

Ben BrockaI just finished Priority: Rannoch. What would that Paragon Interrupt have done?

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Q: Is mass effect 3 too monetized?

Portali5tI think that the currency in the multiplayer part of ME3 is putting the emphasis on doing objectives that pay, rather than overall gameplay and helping squadmates. Does anyone else agree, or am I just not used to paying for a game than paying for stuff in-game?

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Q: Is there a way in the Technic Pack to prevent pipe overflow?

UnionhawkIn the Technic Pack, especially with BuildCraft, a common problem I have when setting stuff up is that I end up filling up a machine, and then it starts overflowing if the machine fills up, or is processing another material. Is there any way to prevent this automatically? Or do I just have to man...

 
you want to know what happens, that's a large part of why a lot of people play games
 
@GraceNote Hm, maybe not so much then. It definitely is something I very much want to know.
 
@Sterno aaaaaaaaay
 
1:15 PM
@BenBrocka Haha, I see your posted question supports your point
 
@FallenAngelEyes In additon, it would save me some game time if it were answered. Less than 90 hours, but still a fair amount
 
@Sterno Well, sometimes people don't want to risk the game going a direction they don't want it to
 
@Lazers now THAT'S not constructive
 
@FallenAngelEyes And I can definitely agree in cases where you'd have to replay a good chunk to get back to that point.
 
@Lazers Darn! I wanted my name on the closed by list!
 
1:17 PM
@Sterno I'm a compulsive saver, m'self. I have found out that ME3 also has the 50 save file limit :(
 
@FallenAngelEyes Example:
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Q: What is the blast radius of enemy grenades?

KotsuHow far away do I have to be to avoid damage from grenades? I have unfortunately been on the receiving end of them a few times, and they have caused me a lot of frustration every time I get killed by one. Providing the exact radius in meters will be of little help to me, so an answer with scree...

 
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Q: URL for google games sorted by newest first?

12632Is there a URL where I can go to find all Google games sorted by newest first? Using https://plus.google.com/games/directory/new only gives me a small list of 6.

 
I mean, it doesn't involve button pushing, but it's not even asking for numbers. It's asking for a visual. All you have to do is PLAY THE GAME to see it.
 
@FallenAngelEyes Use dropbox for your saves so you have backups of the backups of the backups.
 
Guys, FYI (if u already don't know)
Release of D3 May-15
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4612389/Diablo_III_Launching_May_15_%E2%80%93_Digital_Pre-Sales_NOW_OPEN-3_15_2012#blog
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1:19 PM
@MichelAyres I may need to transition back to nice GIR to fully express myself here.
 
@StrixVaria that ^
 
@FallenAngelEyes Anyway, sorry, I'm way off your main point. All I'm saying is that the sort of questions you're talking about, I'm interested in the answers too, and they're hard for a single person to arrive at by themselves. Some of these other questions, not so much.
 
And then people got in the way :(
@StrixVaria this
 
@Wipqozn I already read it!
 
@OrigamiRobot lololol
 
1:20 PM
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@OrigamiRobot I don't use dropbox, I use Spideroak instead, but yeah, I get your point
 
@StrixVaria -choo!
 
@Sterno That's true. If it's felt they are on-topic, I'll be less hesitant about asking them, as I only have 1 save from ME1 that I've taken through all 3 games and having to go back is... daunting.
 
@Fallen Remember that NARQ means it's not actually a question, and "actual problems" is meant to discourage wild-shooting, discussion, and favoritism polls. Your question is about actual mechanics - their relatively unthoughtness is likely to mean you won't get as many votes, is all.
 
I own Diablo 3!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I just have to make sure I live until May 15th so I can play it.
 
1:24 PM
I can have @OrigamiRobot self-terminate you, if you'd like, @StrixVaria
 
@StrixVaria Does it have an official release date now?
 
@Sterno MAY 15!
 
@StrixVaria You now have no reason to complain about any of us who were excited about ME3 supporting EA :P
 
5 mins ago, by Michel Ayres
Guys, FYI (if u already don't know)
Release of D3 May-15
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4612389/Diablo_III_Launching_May_15_%E2%80%93_Digital_Pre-Sales_NOW_OPEN-3_15_2012#blog
 
@StrixVaria oh, I thought that meant you already had a copy in your hands
 
1:24 PM
@StrixVaria Hrm... Diablo 3 on May 15th. Daughter due on June 9th. FMLA time may come early!
 
@FallenAngelEyes EA is not Activision. I can still complain all I want.
 
@GraceNote True, I can deal with that as long as I get an answer!
 
I also have a copy pre-ordered on Amazon.
I don't know what I'm going to do with 2 copies.
But I'm not canceling that order.
 
@GraceNote MY SELF PRESERVATION CIRCUITS WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO DO SO, SIR.
 
@StrixVaria Steal @Sterno's kid to play multiplayer with you
 
1:26 PM
@StrixVaria Yeah, because Robert Kotick is such a great guy.
 
=) nice see people so excited about D3 * - *
 
@Wipqozn Meh. I wouldn't buy non-Blizzard Activision games.
Blizzard is an exception to all other rules.
 
@StrixVaria Good rule.
In other news, Guild Wars 2 really needs to hurry up and be released.
 
@Wipqozn If it's released after May 15, I will never play it.
 
@Wipqozn Or at least give me beta access.
 
1:27 PM
Yeah, for me, Bioware's an exception to EA's :)
I'm still devastated EA bought them ;_;
@OrigamiRobot you can guarantee that by pre-ordering!
 
scumbag EA is a scumbag.
 
@FallenAngelEyes I can understand now! I think Bioware went downhill after Kotor, though, so I don't make that exception personally.
 
@FallenAngelEyes I love that so much.
 
They did make Kotor, right?
 
Aww, can't pre-order from work. My authenticator is at home.
 
1:28 PM
@StrixVaria I think so.
 
@StrixVaria They did
 
I know that their games got progressively worse as they all stayed pretty much the same.
 
@FallenAngelEyes The problem is that they need to start the beta.
@Sterno mstsc.exe
 
And then I stopped caring, so it's too late now for them to redeem themselves.
 
4 more +5 questions!
 
1:30 PM
@StrixVaria I agree.
 
@OrigamiRobot end of March
@StrixVaria I do miss the NWN days
 
@OrigamiRobot That doesn't help me physically get the authenticator out of my desk drawer at home. :P
 
@Sterno RDP harder.
 
@Sterno RDD, then, if RDP isn't enough
 
This is me, all day.
Actually, nonstop for the next 60 days.
I already requested off work for the 15-18.
 
1:37 PM
@StrixVaria I should do this.
 
@StrixVaria Funny you said that... I already told my wife that in order to get a jump on the next g.SE contest I'll be booking the game launch date off work :)
 
@Stephen I have been planning to take a week off work for the D3 release since the D3 announce.
It has nothing to do with contests.
It only has to do with OMFG D3.
 
@StrixVaria I started playing this, then forgot about it, and took me a bit to realize where the music was coming from.
 
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Q: How does the Rune Skill work in Diablo 3

ParalyticAlright ive watched so many different videos and seen a lot fo different facts about the Rune system in Diablo 3. it all keeps changing im not really sure which is the correct answer. I'm hoping someone can clarify how this system works and what these runes do.

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Q: What are some efficient ways to use a Krogan?

ZenoIn multiplayer, you can unlock a Krogan. The Krogan has a special melee where he charges, but this leaves him quite vulnerable. What are some efficient ways to play as a Krogan? Should one focus on powers over weapons? How should one use a Krogan in Silver and Gold?

 
In other news, this new mega man album has given me the desire to rewatch this for the 100th time.
 
1:45 PM
Uhm... hrm...
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Q: Diablo 3 finally announced: How to get a pre-purchase copy?

RoflcoptrToday, Blizzard finally announced that on 03.15.2012, Diablo 3 will be released: http://eu.battle.net/en/int?r=d3 Now there is the option to get a pre-purchase. But how does this work? Will I have the game in my hands on the 03.15.2012? Or is it shipped on this day? Or can I download the game o...

 
@FallenAngelEyes "Where can I pre-order a game?" - Too localized
And just a terrible question.
 
@Wipqozn still confused about how he found the "ask" button, because apparently he can't read
 
@IanPugsley lololol
 
@IanPugsley And if they pop in here and sees that comment, they may not be inclined to come back, that's not very nice. :P
 
@FallenAngelEyes I agree, but it is still funny.
 
1:55 PM
@FallenAngelEyes that's true, it wasn't very kind
 
I wish you had the ability to search for posts with close votes when you get the ability to VTC
I want to clean up some of the half-closed ME3 questions but can't think of a good way to find them.
 
if you ever see this, sir/madam, I'm sorry that was so mean (but please do learn to read the pages you link)
 
32768 TB isn't really a lot, if you think about it, innit?
 
WHAT. Geth rockets are homing?!
 
@FallenAngelEyes you didn't notice that?
They don't home if you Charge past 'em though!
 
1:59 PM
@BenBrocka No, I usually Charge straight into them when the troopers fire
@BenBrocka yeah that
but in this case I was ducking around a corner
 
@FallenAngelEyes I hate those geth rocket troopers so very much
it sucks when they're are several at different elevations and no matter what you do, you're going to get rocketed to the face
 
@FallenAngelEyes you'll notice they always fire a bit above you to let the homing do it's job actually
 
@agent86 yeeeeeeeah
 
@OrigamiRobot What is your first character in D3 going to be?
 
@FallenAngelEyes I hope you're wearing your rocket-resistant face mask.
 
2:02 PM
@agent86 haha
 
I have 60 days to think of a good name for my Monk.
 
they are all gonna be called Brother Tuck
 
@StrixVaria Demon Hunter, obviously. Monk secondary.
 
@GamingnotonGaming seems like a better fit for either WebApps or here
 
@OrigamiRobot Nice! My 2 other friends I'll be playing with at launch will be Wizard+Barbarian.
If we happen to all party together, it will be nice and well-rounded.
Witch Doctor 2nd for me.
 
2:05 PM
im thinking witch doctor as first and Demon hunter as second
 
@StrixVaria Sounds like a plan. Stupid 4 player limit :(
 
Monk > Witch Doctoer > Wizard = Demon Hunter > Barbarian
 
I was rather impressed with the Wizard when I tried him out
 
That's the order I'm going.
 
I still need to remember to try Witch Doctor and Barb
 
2:06 PM
@IanPugsley You have the beta and you haven't even played through each class yet?
WHY BLIZZARD WHY
I don't have the beta and I played through as Monk and WD.
 
@OrigamiRobot I've barely played D3 beta since the last time we all played
 
@StrixVaria It's hard to play with all the lag and other connection problems.
@FallenAngelEyes Me too.
 
@OrigamiRobot There's lag and connection problems?
 
@OrigamiRobot Ugh, that was awful
 
@StrixVaria a bloo bloo
 
2:07 PM
@StrixVaria It became literally unplayable for the lot of us. We gave up.
 
@StrixVaria It's like they are always doing load testing.
 
it's been off and on for me
 
@Wipqozn terrible because there's a giant "Preorder Now" button on the page he links
 
@OrigamiRobot I think they pretty much are :P
 
@OrigamiRobot Makes sense, since they even said the only reason for the beta is to test the servers.
 
2:07 PM
I played on one Sunday morning without any issues for like 5+ hours
 
All the balance and gameplay testing were internal.
 
@IanPugsley @OrigamiRobot are you guys somewhere that can accept a NSFW image? As in can I message you on steam.
Or are you both sitting at work with your steam accounts logged on at home
 
@FallenAngelEyes This.
 
@OrigamiRobot well you have something to laugh at waiting for you
 
Well...newish...
is 2 months old
 
2:11 PM
@FallenAngelEyes I do enjoy laughing.
 
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Q: What are all the skills and special abilities of each multiplayer class?

yx.Can someone post a link (or just post here) the powers and special abilities of each class? (i.e. krogans can do a melee charge, drell does a flip kick, etc).

 
should questions regarding multiplayer only in be tagged ?
 
@Blem oh dear
 
@Lazers Dupe of 2 questions
 
well i haven't done it so far, but i was search to see if my next question was already asked and added multiplayer as a tag in my search in stead of just a word and turned out there was 33 questions with and and got confused
 
2:16 PM
@Blem It automatically gets turned into a tag because it's a popular tag (can't remember threshold #). If you want to search with it not turning into a tag, put it in quotation marks.
So put in [mass-effect-3] "multiplayer" rather than [mass-effect-3] multiplayer
 
That was not my question, my question was if i should add multiplayer tag to my question
 
@Blem that seems to be how it's been applied
 
@BenBrocka Stop answering dupes!
 
I didn't know it was a dupe!
 
Jeez @Sterno, leave @BenBrocka alone!
 
2:20 PM
Everything's a dupe!
 
You're such a bully.
 
@Wipqozn But now you're bullying me into not bullying! We'll enter a bully loop overload!
 
@Sterno True...
I'll just bully @john instead
 
@Wipqozn CREATOR, I AM AVAILABLE FOR BULLYING ASSISTANCE.
 
@OrigamiRobot Excellent. When John returns, bully him like you've bullied someone before!
 
2:25 PM
@OrigamiRobot to help with the bullying or stop the bullying?
 
@Blem WHICHEVER MY CREATOR DESIRES.
@Wipqozn YES SIR!
 
I love that video, so much.
I still can't believe I've only posted that video 18 times
 
woohoo! Someone went on a downvote spree in my profile
 
@Wip :(
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@Ori Instead of you bullying me, how about we let SOF do that?
 
2:33 PM
@John Star this @OrigamiRobot.
 
@Ori scrolls up Oh. Bit Steam says you're online even!
Steam can't lie!
 
BULLYING INITIATED.
 
@Ori That hurts to watch.
 
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Q: How to show the life bar under units?

user65130 Does anybody know how to show that bar? It disappeared... :S Thanks!

2
Q: Do names retire in multiplayer?

BlemWhen naming my second character in multiplayer I wanted to use the same name as my first, but this is not permitted and it wants unique names for each characters. Is this name released for reuse once i retire my character or will i have to come up with new names every time?

 
@John @Wipqozn IS THIS SATISFACTORY, CREATOR?
 
2:39 PM
@OrigamiRobot I am pleased.
 
Yay, I think Fleet Admiral is official now. I just got an email.
 
@Ori Yes, it is.
 
@Sterno grats
 
user15026
@Sterno Hurrah! confetti
 
@Sterno I finished my slow cheer for you already, so you're going to have to just bask in that celebration again. I'm done celebrating, see?
 
2:42 PM
peanuts
 
1 hour ago, by agent86
@Sterno aaaaaaaaay
 
@Sterno WTG :)
 
@Sterno ZOMBIES DO NOT LIKE PEANUTS.
 
@Sterno Wooo, congrats!
 
hipster agent86 was celebrating @Sterno's promotion before it was cool
 
2:46 PM
IMO, this is exactly why tags like Multiplayer can me helpful; it makes questions easier to find: gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/56123/…
 
@origamirobot Shelled peanuts look a bit like brains.
 
@Sterno THIS IS ACCEPTABLE TO ME
 
The best name I've come up with for my monk so far is "MonkeyBusiness". Somebody please help me.
 
@BenBrocka Multiplayer is definitely useful. though somewhat a problem... you actually can't search for the word "multiplayer" without it turning it into a tag automatically in the search query
 
@StrixVaria I thought you hated puns.
 
2:48 PM
@StrixVaria MonkeyFeces? Too much?
 
Which means things about multiplayer that aren't tagged with don't get found when you search!
 
@OrigamiRobot I hate your puns.
 
@Sterno yeah, that's just how SE does stuff...unfortunately that actually makes multiplayer stuff harder to find
 
@StrixVaria But they're your puns too.
 
@Sterno What about searching for "muliplayer"?
 
2:48 PM
32 mins ago, by FallenAngelEyes
@Blem It automatically gets turned into a tag because it's a popular tag (can't remember threshold #). If you want to search with it not turning into a tag, put it in quotation marks.
 
@OrigamiRobot A name just isn't good without some kind of wordplay, though.
 
32 mins ago, by FallenAngelEyes
So put in [mass-effect-3] "multiplayer" rather than [mass-effect-3] multiplayer
 
@FallenAngelEyes threshhold is top two pages
 
is wearing his new Stack Exchange shirt
 
@StrixVaria Monk of Funk. Do something with that.
 
2:49 PM
@FallenAngelEyes putting things in quotes isn't very discoverable unfortunately
 
Oh by the way, @Wipqozn, I still need to whoop play you in Age of Empires.
 
@OrigamiRobot I will chew on this and see what spits out.
 
@Stephen, we're getting kind of into discussion territory on the meta thread, so I thought I'd just move it here. I think getting a +5 isn't too terrible - I've had several that went +5 in an hour. Getting 1,000 views is significantly trickier, and kind of requires that the wide internet thinks your topic is worth searching on. They may both have a place, but I personally prefer this "share" system to a views requirement.
 
@FallenAngelEyes This is what happens when I pop in and out of chat from work. I miss stuff!
@FallenAngelEyes Glad to know it can be done though.
 
@BenBrocka it isn't :/
 
2:50 PM
@StrixVaria TrunkMonkey
 
sometimes you can ask a really cool question or come up with a really good answer that people just aren't going to google
 
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Q: Search auto-converts words to tags - but I didn't want to search for the tag!

Raven DreamerThis is probably more unique to Gaming than SE at large. I was trying to search for questions about mods in swtor. Not mods, but mods, the actual items that you can slot into your equipment. So, simple enough: Enter "[swtor] mods" into search - no results. But wait! The powers of SE have automa...

 
and asking things that people are googling isn't really a good measure of question quality, typically
 
@FallenAngelEyes I think that works very well on Stack Overflow but not well at all for many other sites
 
I also hate judging by views because the easy way to get lots of views is to spam people, which is just not the way we want to promote the site
 
2:52 PM
...doodeedoodeedoodeedoodee
 
@GraceNote are you an ambulance today?
 
@agent86 it's a good measure of what's useful to people though, or at least what's potentially useful
 
@GraceNote DO NOT MOCK ME
 
Now that I've searched [mass-effect-3] "multiplayer", I see so many questions that need retagging
 
@agent86 It's Gir.
...I just almost tried to ping Gir...
3
 
2:54 PM
@John I SHOULD CHANGE MY NAME TO GIR
 
@John mkay, missed reference, gotcha.
 
@Gir meet me in the launch chamber!
 
How have I not thought of this.
 
@agent86 If it makes you feel better, I haven't actually seen this show
 
@BenBrocka YES SIR
 
2:54 PM
@GraceNote Neither have I.
 
@GraceNote I feel 0.269% better.
 
@GraceNote You should.
 
@StrixVaria So everyone has told me since... the year after it first came out.
 
But! Invader's blood runs through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants! The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!
2
 
@GraceNote SEE IT
Nooooooooooow
 
2:57 PM
@John You're a monster.
 
@agent86 Just trying to present options and alternatives. I'm at 13/25 with 2-3 that are pretty close but I'm certainly hitting a wall for new topics, and I think we agree that the question pool is starting to dry up (somewhat) for good questions
 
@Wipqozn I know.
 
@agent86 It may be that the contest is structured just fine, btw, with the number of generals and fleet admirals being perfectly acceptable.
 
come on baby, 3 more...
 

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