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8:00 PM
@Fabian Well, because it's explicitly not 'evil' but rather 'asshole'.
 
Though I still prefer if they don't use any reputation bar or something at all, like in the Witcher. Just make decisions, not necessarily good/evil.
 
@Fabian Yeah. Witcher is the way to go on this stuff.
But Bioware loves them some morality bars.
@Fabian Alternately, make the reputation bar completely meaningless like in FO:NV.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I always thought the idea behind Renegade was "Whatever it takes", not taking candy from children. Though it wasn't always written that way
 
@Fabian Yeah, more or less, with the added caveat that taking candy from children is sometimes what it takes.
Also, with a healthy dash of racism thrown in.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I really liked the 3rd act (I think) in the first game, where you had to decide between the racist order and the terrorist elves, or could just slaughter them all because they all deserved it
 
8:02 PM
@Fabian YES.
 
The first Witcher is still the RPG that had the most difficult decisions, there was never a right one, both sides were pretty evil, but you could still understand them to a point.
 
@Fabian yeah, I love the choice and consequence aspects of the first Witcher game.
 
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Q: Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances data sheet

KovBalDoes anyone know where can I find the costs and other parameters (production rate, etc.) of each building (and upgrades)? I'm trying to do some calculation for my strategy, but I need accurate numbers for that.

 
Sooo happy :) got rank 3 for the ME3 thing
 
im nearly at mission 4, hoping i can make it
 
8:08 PM
same, i just need 2 more 8+ questions
 
I'm now convinced Game on! only serves as a way to make footage for the youtube channel.
 
dont you get an email when u get raNK 3 or higher to determine what prize u get?
 
@Portali5t You also need 5 more +1's!
@Portali5t Nope. Not until end of contest, or when you hit rank 5
whichever comes first.
Also, it's not automated, and it's a Sunday.
@Blem grats
(You were one upvote away, so I cast one upvote.)
 
:D thanks
 
I need 3 more 1+s and 1 vote on this or this.
 
8:10 PM
ohhh. but then how do they determine what prize u get
 
@Portali5t The ask you when it finishes.
 
there u go ronan.
 
@RonanForman i already upvoted both post
 
@Blem Cheers.
 
@RonanForman err, I'd rather not reverse my down votes on those.
Also: Open Wonderland is terrible.
 
8:12 PM
Although it wont register for 5 minutes (to avoid them being taken back)
 
from what little I-ve played of Dungeons Defenders
I think I can say I'm glad I got myself Orcs Must Die instead :P
 
I think we'll only have one more Rank 5, and only if @Stephen gets some more upvotes at some point - he's been stuck at 15/25 for quite a while.
 
@badp Yeah, I couldn't get the hang of the controls.
 
@RavenDreamer It's more like the game encourages you to actually use your magic
and your weapons
but they only do like 5 or 6 damage per shot
I got them to 12 with a +3 to damage but...
I mean...
the weakest enemies have 60
 
8:15 PM
you need to upgrade your gear bp
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz The last part of getting to 35 was pretty painful, we covered most of ME3 now I think
 
@Blem that part about the game is so confusing. :/
I could never really get the hang of it
 
i got my hunter up doing 1m+ dps
 
@Fabian Yeah, getting from 25-35 was a slow crawl. I did a lot of editing.
 
the interface didn't make any sense
 
8:16 PM
I don't know what I did.
But it worked.
shrug
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I was at 34/35 since yesterday, I just put a bounty on a +3 question of mine for the rest ;-)
 
@RavenDreamer Cheated IMO.
 
You got me. I bribed schoolchildren to give me upvotes.
 
do we get to keep the awesome reaper anim. at the bottom of SE.gaming when teh ME3 competition ends?
 
@Fredy31 I wish I had mumble access to kick you from the server
my poor ears
 
8:19 PM
A realization: This is a dupe
@Portali5t Nope. :( But we are keeping the lazers!
 
I really like the way they integrated the promotion this time into the background of the site, the MW3/Skyrim one was a bit jarring.
 
@badp You might say... crashes through @badp's ears
 
@Fabian ME3 = MW3?
 
@LessPopMoreFizz YESS YES YES
 
"If you have to ask what it symbolizes, it didn't." —Roger Ebert.
 
8:23 PM
True
 
The California Literary Review did a thing on ME3
My favorite ME3 review to date. The author is fond of... colorful comparisons.
 
@RavenDreamer better than Grantlands?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Haven't read that.
 
@RavenDreamer fin rot among asari? really?
yeah its a funny review
 
8:31 PM
@Portali5t 'tis Sarcasm
 
i know, but...
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I'd say it's comparable.
Favorably so
 
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Q: How do I dodge the Cyclops snakes?

Ben BrockaSo I'm at the part of the game where you start seeing the giant flying stone cyclops snakes with searchlights. I've been almost totally unable to dodge them, and they eat my scarf when they hit me. What can I do to get past these? I'm having particular trouble in the snowy area, where I don't h...

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Q: war assets and galactic readiness

Michael CarturanI just finished Mass Effect 3, though I didn't play the multiplayer and my war readiness was therefore at only 50%. So I didn't have enough war assets to get to the best ending. I now want to play some multiplayer and get that war readiness to a good value, so that I can get the best ending with...

 
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@Fabian It drives me nuts too. I just started my Drell Adept today and aaaaaaagh.
 
8:39 PM
@FAE I think it's reason enough to never even start a Drell Adept until they fix it
 
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@Fabian It's so damn loud, I don't get it. Seems louder than the other sound effects.
 
I'm happy with my human engineer, at lvl 20 he's wreaking havoc on bronze and I survived Silver/Reapers once.
 
im nearly level 19 on my engineer, he was great for getting the silver promo done
 
@Fabian Huh. Why did I not notice it on my Drell Adept?
Also, Drell Adept is pretty fun.
Damage output sucks, but you have so much goddamned control it's hilarious.
 
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@LessPop_MoreFizz How are the grenades?
I haven't put any points in yet, wasn't sure I was gonna. I'm not much of a grenade user usually.
 
8:41 PM
I only need to get some better weapons at some point, I only use a heavily upgraded starter pistol at the moment
 
im going for +200% so going with light weapon
im using hornet with ultralight materials mod
 
@FAE They're a nice alternative to Reave for detonating combos, since they're off the CD and can be arced and ricocheted
Mainly I just spam pull/reave combos to trigger explosions though.
 
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Hm. Since you can only fully level a certain number of skills, I'm pondering whether I want to take them or not.
 
@FAE Let me look at my Drell Adept. I seem to remember the passives not being worth maxing.
 
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@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, the latter half of Fitness seemed kinda meh
 
8:50 PM
At level 12, my Drell Adept has 5/6 in Reave, 2/6 in Pull, 4/6 in Grenades 4/6 in Drell Assassin and 1/6 in Fitness
 
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I can't see myself bothering to melee at all really on my Drell Adept
 
Fitness just isn't that great when your melee sucks. The first point is worth it for the runspeed, but beyond that your best defense is not getting hit.
 
@badp Woops, didn't realized I was still in there
 
Rank 6 of Drell Assassin is also pretty worthless.
And I don't really think higher ranks of Pull are all that important either. It's main use is setting up combos, so long as the duration is longer than the cooldown it triggers before you can Reave, it's 'good enough'.
The combo upgrade at pull rank 6 is nice, but arguably too expensive.
 
Wait, I just lost a shared post.
Oh, it got closed.
 
8:59 PM
@Blem I have 200% with a Carnifax. It's awesome.
 
all music videos ought to be this awesome. by law.
 
9:12 PM
@RavenDreamer havent gottne Carnifax, got level 3 arc :(
 
Anyone playing ME3 multiplayer?
 
a bit
 
9:33 PM
@Fabian I am
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I was more meaning right now
 
@Fabian So was I.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz So you still have a slot open?
 
@Fabian Not in a match at the moment, futzing with specs
So, yes.
Add me, LessPopMoreFizz
 
@Fabian im playing it a bit right now, it is running in the background but im tabed out :)
 
9:39 PM
How rude @LessPopMoreFizz! Telling me to go away like that...
 
I got a domain that is allot worse, but it is in danish
 
@Blem allot?
I think you mean "a lot"
 
yes
i am gonna make you life a living hell if you want to be a grammer nazi :)
you get use to not caring about spelling when you live with dyslexia
my problem with allot is that first suggestion for correction of alot is allot
 
@Blem ah I see
well "a lot" and "allot" mean two completely different things, and "alot" isn't a word.
I also used to have an alot gravatar, which is the main reason I pointed out your mistake ;)
 
I know
 
9:58 PM
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Q: Skyrim Mod - What MOD can be useful to get a horse for my follower?

LeandroI'm looking for any mod or patch to get a horse for my follower / companion. The MODs that I found changes too much things, I want the original game with just that. Thanks

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Q: How many skill points will I have at level 20?

BlemIm trying to work out what to spend my points on for my multiplayer character, but how many skill points will I have in multiplayer at level 20?

 
hey @Blem I answered your question about skill points in ME3 mulitplayer
 
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@Lazers Mod rec, VTC
 
@FAE fixed?
 
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Q: How many skill points will I have at level 20?

BlemIm trying to work out what to spend my points on for my multiplayer character, but how many skill points will I have in multiplayer at level 20?

hai there i answered it...
 
Oak
10:14 PM
@NickT I liked your touch :)
 
Don't really know how else to pad that
Kinda hate posting questions where it is legitimately one sentence, but it happens
what? why would you import a ME3 char into ME3
 
Oak
New Game+?
 
@NickT That was the whole point of the question
 
Honestly, the worst thing about ME3 Multiplayer:
Getting through 9 waves
getting DC'd
and getting no XP or credits for it
 
@NickT what if I only have ME1 without ME2?
 
10:21 PM
@badp Then you can't import.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz ugh
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Can you import your ME1 character into ME2, then without playing import that into ME3?
 
@badp I just went and downloaded a save, I'm really bad about keeping saves
 
@NickT No. You need to complete ME2 to export it.
 
@Fabian this is good advice anyhow, since the likelihood that you played the previous two games "properly enough" to get a good ending to this one without multiplayer is virtually nil
 
10:24 PM
@agent86 The endings are not different enough to matter anyway
I just pretend the ending doesn't exists and enjoy the rest of the game
 
@Fabian yeah, that too :)
 
@Fabian are "door opens" and "door does not open" really the only endings?
 
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Q: At what level should I try to tackle Silver challenges?

Fredy31I'm a level 13 enginner and still get destroyed on silver challenges... at what level should a party of 4 try a Silver challenge? and at what level a gold one?

 
Get 1000 views on your question, get 30 rep
Or 1 rep per 333 views
wait, 1k = 3 rep
lol
 
@badp Raven linked a side-by-side comparison of all 6 of the "major choices" endings. they're pretty much all the same
just some color swaps, mainly
 
10:37 PM
@agent86 Link?
Curious to see
 
20 hours ago, by Raven Dreamer
@agent86 _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPelM2hwhJA
 
@agent86 thabjs
 
@Wipqozn na prjbemo
updated, cause bioware's a bunch of FILTHY LIARS
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A: Will I miss out on anything by not playing Mass Effect 3's multiplayer?

agent86BioWare has stated previously that you can gain "effective military strength" through any combination of single player or multiplayer. Single player play contributes "War Assets" while multiplayer contributes "Readiness Rating." These two things multiplied together are a big factor in your endi...

 
I need a good f2p mmo to play. Any suggestions? I'm considering Forsaken World and Allods. I was playing Aion, but then it went f2p so I stopped.
 
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@Snowflake Forsaken World is kind of a WoW-clone, as far as I've heard, Allods has some somewhat interesting races
"good" really depends on what you're looking for
 
10:48 PM
Well, I just want a game that doesn't look like crap (I'm not too big on graphics, so this isn't a huge issue.) and has a shield and sword class.
decent shield and sword class*
 
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@Snowflake That is respectively really subjective and really broad >_>
 
There's always Guild Wars 2.
 
Already pre-ordered.
 
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Pre-purchase doesn't even open til the 10th
 
Not on Amazon.
They let you pre-order things early, even without definitive release dates.
 
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10:50 PM
Ah
I'll be getting the CE, so
 
@agent86 oh, so that's six endings, not two, that's kind of better than I thought I guess
 
@FAE What's a f2p that you like, then?
 
also that video cuts the door scene, I guess that not very honest.
 
> Apple to announce plans for $100 billion cash pile on Monday
$100 billion should be more than enough for a new ME3 ending. nods
 
Woah, I looked at an image of Allods and got a Trojan alert. Guess I won't be doing that anymore..
 
10:52 PM
btw yesterday I watched In Time
I was always a fan of dystopias but this one... left me wanting for more. :/
 
Though more seriously, I am interested to see what they're planning on doing with all that cash after sitting on it for so long.
 
I felt like the authors really were onto something... then the budget ran out and they just rushed something out for the ending
 
@badp Ever see Knowing?
 
@badp Hmm, I never got around to seeing that.
 
@TylerShads Nope.
 
10:55 PM
@badp Its basically the same thing, decent action doomsday conspiracy thing. Then all of a sudden it turns into something from M. Night Shaadlfkjadlkjfianbojvibnvogidfdingdongfuckhisnamelfjsifjsjdfijojdijdfioajsdfia
 
@TylerShads Ah, good ole M. Night Shaadlfkjadlkjfianbojvibnvogidfdingdongfuckhisnamelfjsifjsjdfijojdijdfioajsdfia
 
@badp it's not by him though
 
Deal breaker. Shaadlfkjadlkjfianbojvibnvogidfdingdongfuckhisnamelfjsifjsjdfijojdijdfioajsdfia or nothing.
 
Its a Nicholas Cage movie, that was almost decent.
 
@badp the door scene which is identical for all the endings?
 
10:56 PM
@RavenDreamer uh. I've seen two door scenes.
 
Then I take it you've seen the Cra Happening
 
@badp oh?
Are you counting the one where no one comes out against the one where people come out?
 
Vanguards are really annoying in MP
 
@RavenDreamer hm... I guess that's it.
 
@Sterno yeah, it's really to end up dead in the middle of nowhere if the players not careful.
Drell Vanguard in particular is extra fragile! But the movement speed helps a Vanguards playstyle a lot.
 
10:58 PM
@badp It's the same scene; one just cuts out after the door opens, the 2nd one goes longer and actually shows people getting out.
 
They all like to keep rambo'ing on wave 7, and dying in 5 seconds
 
As does having the ability to set up Biotic Explosions of their own.
 
Leading some people to question why the door opens if no one gets out
 
Which Human vanguards don't have, which makes dealing with crowds tougher.
@RavenDreamer My survivors list made no sense.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Lift-shockwave -> charge if ya spec for it, but generally, yeah.
 
10:59 PM
Javik and Liara got out.
@RavenDreamer Yeah, but sharkwave is kind of shitty as a combo starter.
It's a nice backup detonator power for when you can't charge in though.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I like that. Sharkwave. I'm stealing that.
@LessPopMoreFizz the issue I have with the drell is that if you can't PULL your target, you can't set up explosions period, yeah?
 
Okay, I chose Allods. Looks interesting.
I chose adept in ME3 for the challenge of it, but I'm having a hard time with the slow recharge.
It makes it hard to be a pure biotic.
 
@RavenDreamer Why not?
Pull->Charge
I did it non stop a little while ago.
Pull cooldown is super fast
Shorter than Charge even.
 
What does Charge do? I'm not entirely sure if I have that or not.
 
@LessPopMoreFizz I mean, you can't use pull on the elite mobs, like Marauders or Brutes.
@Snowflake Vanguard class power
 
11:04 PM
Oh, Vanguard, okay.
 
@Snowflake Carry fewer weapons
 
You can use Warp -> Throw or Stasis-> Throw on most everything.
So against Brutes and Banshees, you have chargespams, but no 'splosionspams.
 
@RavenDreamer Ah, that's true, but it's also true of Human vanguards. Only Asari can solo explode an elite.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Drell have Reave -> Cluster Grenade, but grenade ammo can be troublesome.
On the otherhand, I found out that the listed damage on cluster grenade is per grenade, so if you hit all 3 on a big enemy, it's massive carnage.
 
@RavenDreamer Why are you changing the topic from Vanguards to Adepts
 
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11:06 PM
@RavenDreamer Yeah, I usually use it on brutes
 
And Yeah, Cluster grenade is the other thing that Drell Vanguards have going for them.
Thats how they handle Brutes since they can't make combo booms.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I thought the topic was biotic explosions in general.
 
Hey, I just killed my first harvester!
 
@Snowflake Wooooo!
Scorpion is my secret weapon against Harvesters.
It's absurdly useful against them.
That was a... strange flag
 
Saying Nazi == flaggable.
Clearly.
 
11:13 PM
@LessPopMoreFizz It really is!
 
@Sterno I carry a Scoped Scorpion and a Shotgun and eat the ~40% recharge time hit generally for exactly that reason.
 
Is the scorpion that pistol? I remember coming across one extremely accurate (The reticle was a plus sign when in cover.) and absurdly powerful heavy pistol while adventuring.
I can't remember the name, unfortunately. :(
 
Scorpion is the one that fires little sticky grenades
 
um...does stasis work on anything?
 
@BenBrocka Pretty much.
It's OP
 
11:24 PM
@BenBrocka I remember using it, so it works on something
 
it...doesn't seem to
 
@BenBrocka It might be blocked by shields or something
 
guess it doesn't work on guardians at all
 
Also, if someone wants to take a stab at some science, I'd love some confirmation of the Cerberus Engineer backpack thing:
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A: Do all opponents have weak points?

LessPop_MoreFizzFirst off, a direct quote from Bioware programmer Brenon Holmes is illuminating, and provides some interesting information on the intended state of vulnerabilities: Ah... hmm - I'm not sure why your empirical testing would have come up with some of that - but here's how it's "supposed" to be....

 
those shields are retarded, even when they're staggered they block melee
 
11:25 PM
@BenBrocka Use pull, singularity, etc. on them
 
Why the fuck do every time I get a good game, I lose connexion to the ME3 servers.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I blew up an engineer that way about an hour and a half ago, with a shot from my Mantis
 
asari vanguard has none of those
 
@TimStone Confirmed! Thanks.
 
lift grenades don't work either
 
11:27 PM
@BenBrocka Lift grenades don't work? REALLY? That's stupid.
but, not every class can be good at every opponent.
Drell vanguard eats guardians alive. :)
 
Aye. I had no idea that'd happen, and was pleasantly surprised.
 
@TimStone I was shocked to learn Banshees have no weak point.
Also, all of the Atlas ones.
 
not liking the asari so far, though the melee is nice
 
Yeah, that surprised me too when you mentioned it earlier. Annoying, really, since they're the only enemies that I really hate to go up against.
 
I haven't gotten any of those destructable points to blow on the atlas
granted I usually Charge + Melee them instead of shooting
okay, lift grenades work if they're BEHIND guardians
 
11:32 PM
@BenBrocka okay, that's not so bad then.
wonky though.
but grenade physics are wonky in general
 
it's....pretty bad
 
Garrus made an AT&T commercial:
 
they freaking throw you 10 meters in the air
 
but a damn shield blocks them?
@LessPop_MoreFizz I can't watch that video, I'm doing some calibrations
lol, half the related vids are Mass Effect
 
11:40 PM
Was playing ME3 earlier, and then somebody decided to spoil the ending for me and sent me a steam message about how much it sucked.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Hah, that's funny.
 
@Snowflake And this is why ME3 is through Origin and not Steam.
Origin. Guaranteed Spoiler Free.
(Because nobody uses Origin messaging, offer not valid in western hemisphere, northern hemisphere or south of the Tropic of Cancer.)
 
Why, if you talk about how much the ending sucks does EA send out a squad to beat you down?
@LessPop_MoreFizz that seems likely as well
As if anyone uses origin for any of the alleged "features"
 
I could go either way with Origin. There's things I hate and like about it, but I guess the cons still outweigh the pros.
 
Pros: You get access to the games EA forces you to use Origin on
Cons: Everything, including the above
 
Does anyone know how old this website is? (At least the gaming part.)
 
11:43 PM
@Snowflake Gaming.SE has been around for just under 2 years now.
 
Well, steam's black color scheme really annoys me, for one.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Thanks.
 
@Snowflake 1 year, 8 months to be exact.
 
I really hope that's fake.
 
@Wipqozn ..Ahem. Yeah, I do too.
 
That said, I have no problem believing it's true...
 
11:50 PM
80MPH / H = potato
 
Hey, at least she tried, eh?
Could almost see the gears turning..And then coming to a grinding halt.
 
People playing ME3 multiplayer on a console: Are disconnects a problem for you guys? Or is that a PC issue?
 
@Wipqozn I just realized there's 2.1k likes and only 301 views. What the heck? First time I've seen that.
 
@Snowflake apparently you tube locks views at 301 when they go really high or something
 
Oh.
 
11:57 PM
@Wipqozn I can't tell if you're joking
 
I think he may be serious, I've heard of view counts getting so ridiculously high that they get locked. I'm not sure if that's for youtube, though.
 
@murgatroid99 I'm not. I've seen it on many videos, and have read a post or two about it.
I've been meaning to look into it, but then I realized I'm lazy and don't care.
 
@Wipqozn Then there's more to the story, because there are videos with more than 301 views
 
@murgatroid99 Yes
like I said, I've been meaning to look into it, but then- et cetera
 

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