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Q: What in-game content comes with the Collector's Edition of Mass Effect 3?

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What in-game content (maps, weapons, skins, missions, etc.) comes with the Collector's Edition of Mass Effect 3 that the basic package does not include?

@Ktash ARGH

@Ktash I had two bad experiences with them in a row, and thus they are dead to me.

@LessPopMoreFizz I'll see what I can do

@LessPopMoreFizz I wouldn't normally explain it either but I didn't want anyone to think the other down vote was because the collector's edition is a rip off.

Ktash

@agent86 Yeah, so I still don't have Mass Effect 3. And it will take them 2-3 days to call me to get a refund too... Lovely customer service

@agent86 Yeah, I likely won't be revisiting them after this.

7:04 PM

@Stephen pretty much.

I'm still waiting for the SE delivery

@RavenDreamer Congrats on Fleet Admiral

You survived for 1 day.

Rats.

@tiddy yeah, what is up with that. Maybe you should post on the meta thread for the giveaway? the CHAOS team that orders the copies might be able to track yours.

Ronan Forman

So, who thinks the first part of my ME3 LP should be me installing the game?

7:06 PM

They provided an email if I don't receive it in a week. I'm giving them the week'

@tiddy I had problems with my Kingdoms of Amalur delivery, you should definitely make them aware of it so they can help.

I mean I was only notified on Monday

@RonanForman I think the first part should be you, reconstructing the universe in Minecraft, then part 2

wow @RavenDreamer you killed the me3 missions

nice work

@Lauren hey Lauren :)

7:09 PM

@Lauren He's pretty much killed Gaming.SE. Look at that rep!

@agent86 hi

@Sterno i know he's a machine

awesome

@Lauren hey, do you have access to the tracking info for the gaming grant copies? @tiddy was mentioning his still hasn't arrived.

@agent86 I'll check gimme a sec

@Lauren hi

im tiddy

@Lauren thanks!

7:11 PM

@tiddy hello! looks like your game was ordered on 3/5

@Lauren this promo's running awesome, btw! nice work you guys :D

@agent86 thanks

it's all you guys making it a success though

are you surprised at how fast Raven managed to score a TV? :P

@Lauren Since you've popped in, quick Q 4 U, have the reimbursements started going out or just waiting to be processed?

word from Grace was you guys thought nobody'd make it :)

7:12 PM

@Stephen the reimbursements have started going out

whenever I get your receipt we process it

@agent86 yeah I'm super impressed!

At least I had the rare honor of being first in the first 2 brackets

Then my glory was quickly extinguished

@tiddy yeah, you were moving up at a pretty solid rate there. trailblazing.

sterno shot up like a rocket the other day though

That's kinda my style

Trailblazer

I think he went from 0 to 3 or 4 in a few minutes

@RavenDreamer speaking of answers, I'm working so I haven't been able to attempt to repo my question from last night. I honestly think it was a glitch with something, but wanted to see if it is a known issue or if I'm alone.

7:16 PM

@agent86 Mine was held back by post sharing

@Sterno yeah, if I had 4 more shares I'd be at the next rank right now.

I'm trying to meter them out slowly.

I bug people once a day with a link :)

@Sterno same here, now I'm held back from captain by 1 upvote

I did the opposite. Waiting until I had 15 I wanted to link and sent them all off :P

getting the next rank is going to be far tougher

Im waiting on the votes

7:17 PM

@Sterno I don't have that many people who are willing to click links I send them on demand :P

@Stephen I shall go see if you have any posts I deem worthy of an upvote!

I really need to budget some time to go through all the ME3 stuff on here and vote accordingly

Haha. I forget the promotion lasts almost all month

@Sterno same. I am way behind.

Arda Xi

@agent86 I get an average of 10 clicks per link on my Twitter, depending on time of day and caption.

@tiddy yeah, we're only a couple of days in :)

@ArdaXi yeah, I think one of my links you RT'ed, and I appreciate the assistance. that one got some good clicks.

7:19 PM

It feels incredibly busy around here. Good times

I've been trying to tweet occasionally.

@tiddy yeah, this is one of the busier channels on the network.

Meant the SITE

tons of activity

@tiddy right you are. the q's and a's are flying like crazy.

I've been trying to vote to close dupes like crazy, but a lot of them aren't reaching critical mass

@Sterno Aw shucks :) Heh... I keep reminding myself ... lots of time ... just because Raven can pull this off like nothing, doesn't mean I have to try to keep up :-)

7:21 PM

Speaking of which: This is a dupe

@tiddy you can see the spike starting on the quantcast graph: quantcast.com/gaming.stackexchange.com

usually during the week is not as busy as the weekend, but we're higher today than we were on Saturday already.

@Sterno seems like the asker even agrees that it's a dupe, so I have majick'd it henceforth towards verily the close'd state. forsooth.

yay

I mean, boo, since I had a score of 10!

Highest voted ME3 answer for me. And also my worst.

Sometimes I don't know WTF is up with this site. :P

@Sterno you're confusing merit with popularity :)

@Sterno well, duplicates don't tend to get deleted, and even so we'd probably merge your answer into the other question. so, it still counts, I think? yay?

Do closed ones count for the contest? Seems like they shouldn't

@Sterno I think it's just score...

7:27 PM

Yeah I Think it's score

I now have a plan both cunning and subtle... :P

(joking)

Q: What sort of artifacts is Kannik looking for?

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I'm trying to get General Oraka not killed. I've talked to Kannik in giving me the "top-of-the-line" weapons, but he expects artifacts from me. WHat sort of artifacts is he looking for & where can I get them?

Q: How to download Portal 2 DLC: Peer Review on PC

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How can I download Peer Review DLC on PC ? I've purchased Portal 2 in a bundle together with Portal 1. On Steam Portal 2 -> DLC there are no items to dowload. Can I play it after completing Single Player part ?

portal-2 dlc

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Q: What are the sources for every piece of Mass Effect 3 DLC?

I'm getting lost in the sea of Mass Effect 3 DLC. From what I understand, there are numerous sources for DLC codes that allow access to in-game content like new weapons, skins, maps, missions, etc. These sources include pre-order bonuses from various retailers, Collector's Edition content, purcha...

@RonanForman I forgot about the music!

Ronan Forman

What music?

7:41 PM

The intro music

@Sterno to somehow ask 35 questions that are +5 but closed? :P

you'd need a ton of power, maybe even unrelenting force to get that many upvotes and still get closed...

I think it does make some sense to allow closed posts to count

it'd be pretty lame if you left a +8 answer to a question, then it's revoked as the Q is closed

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot Have you got to the fish bit yet?

@BenBrocka I had that happen on SO... a +30 answer on a question that was deleted months later :(

@DavidB why :(? closing doesn't really affect the answerer (nor is it supposed to)

ohh, deleted is different

7:44 PM

sorry, edit :)

I'm sure deleted posts don't count of course

fredley

Oooh, new cyriak vid

youtube.com/…

@fredley installing...how quaint

Couldn't a really good answer redeem a crummy question?

I guess not

But seriously, that remains one of the worst aspects of PC gaming

7:47 PM

I just asked about what's in the rare and uncommon item packs for multiplayer. This seems like something that would have been asked before but I couldn't find it. Speak up if you know of a dupe!

oh yeah, multiplayer, does anyone have the PS3 version of ME3?

Q: How do item qualities work for items purchased in the store?

@Sterno this might be close, but not enough to dupe, imho

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In the multiplayer store, there are two item qualities mentioned; Uncommon and Rare. Are there other qualities above or below these two? How do you know qualities the items in a pack are after purchasing it?

multiplayer mass-effect-3

Yeah, I saw that one but it didn't really cover it. I could have sworn I read one similar to mine a day or two ago though

Brysonic

hey, that's me! blush

Depending on how large the list is, it's entirely possible the question will be too broad though. Googling didn't help. I'd be surprised if EA doesn't have a list of things somewhere, though

7:52 PM

@Sterno I haven't seen any data to-date. Seems like a good question, tbh

Anyone want to play KAG with me?

=[

Yay, ME3 multiplayer fixed itself!

@RavenDreamer It was broken?

@Sterno I couldn't stay connected to EA servers.

75% off borderlands franchise today on steam...1 game = franchise?

7:55 PM

was there a patch? will it import my face now?

There was a significant amount of Borderlands DLC.

DLC done right

for the most part

@tiddy 4 packs, dunno. I hear franchise, I think multiple games to the magnitude of console zelda/mario

I see DLC as afterthought of a game

@TylerShads means DLC also

Q: What can I find in the uncommon and rare item packs?

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I'm getting destroyed in multiplayer and I'm trying to decide whether or not I should buy some of the cheap 5000 credit packs just so I can hopefully get some new weapons, or if I should save up for one of the rare packs and hope I get something awesome. However, I have no sense of what kinds of...

multiplayer mass-effect-3

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Q: The mass effect 3 Doctor Dilemma

I told my old trusted doctor (Dr. Chakwas) to stay behind but didn't get prompted of gaining an asset. I then tried to recruit the younger one (Dr. Michel) and she keeps saying she has to think about it. Does she join later, or am I glitched?

Q: Can you get the good endings if you play a purely renegade Shepard?

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Is it possible to get the best endings playing as a renegade? Or the choices you make (if you are not tempted to break character) are inherently evil at some point, which would prevent them?

what word would be better than franchise? bundle?

7:58 PM

@tiddy except for the Mad Moxxy's arena

@DavidB No...

neat idea but hellishly boring when you do the 20 round thing, and no XP OMG WTF BBQ

indeed

Can't even grind weapon levels in Mad Moxxy :/

@DavidB I think GOTY works just fine, kinda implies you get the game + all DLC released for it

7:59 PM

@TylerShads not really anymore. DLC is more of a way to extend the life of a game and add extras without making separate versions of the game

@BenBrocka ...like I said, an afterthought ( at least you'd hope so cough ME3 SFxTekken cough)

Borderlands is a franchise, but that's not what you're getting with the Steam Deal

Deus Ex games are 75% off on GG this weekend.

@TylerShads I thought the GOTY box was missing one of the DLC's... don't remember it clearly - all fuzzy.

Now if they included Borderlands 2 at say 10% off, then that would be pretty damn sweet

8:00 PM

They might when it gets close to release

@DavidB It might have been, prolly Claptrap one (the final) but I mean as a general term

@TylerShads doesn't necessitate afterthought though, often the DLC can be made in parallel with a game

@BenBrocka That is a dumb idea to make it with the initial game.

Welp, that explains what happened to the Thane romance in ME 3.

Apparently Bioware was "caught" lying about the From Ashes DLC regarding that specific claim

They said they made it after gold

8:02 PM

@tiddy and like i said, SFxTekken debacle going on right now.

@TylerShads why? Gotta make it some time, regardless of the release schedule

I found From Ashes very underwhelming

Whoever was complaining last week that the game was "incomplete" without it... not so much

@Sterno Yeah, it's Kasumi all over again.

The argument was specifically referencing the prothean

Or Zaeed, or whichever name you want to toss in from ME2 DLC

8:03 PM

ME3 core game files contain a lot of his assets

I liked DS2's idea with DLC...pretty much completely distinct story, continuing the story of another game in the series

@BenBrocka Then start making it when the game comes out. Give the people some time to play the gorram game before shoving more purchasable stuff on top of the full retail price

Bioware is definitely hit or miss

Nick T

@fredley what's that for?

@LessPop_MoreFizz Zaeed was an OK instance in that all it did was encourage to buy the game new, because you needed the Cerberus key, much like Shale for DA:O

8:04 PM

I found ME2's overlord and lair shadow broker to be fantastic

@LessPopMoreFizz I think I would have been happier having not played it. Lore-wise

Especially the latter

@tiddy Me too. I think I'm one of the only people who also thought Arrival was good

@BenBrocka ds2? I'm missing an obivious acronym here

I played it all

Can't remember arrival

corrupted cerebrus scientist? Didn't you have to shut down something at the end

8:06 PM

@tiddy Yeah

K

Wasn't bad

@tiddy you blew up a Mass Relay and killed 300k Batarians after killing indoctrinated scientists, solo.

@GnomeSlice I got it: game+DLC = pack

Obviously in my case forgettable...

@tiddy I liked that if you let the countdown run out, you lost. Or, optionally, staying on the asteroid as it flew into the relay :P

8:06 PM

right right

@TylerShads Think of the experience points for blowing up the solar system! My Shep should have been level 320

@Sterno that just scales the game even higher, causing squadmates to die instantly because, well half the time they're idiots anyway.

@tiddy Bioware isn't hit or miss. EA is fail.

@DavidB Bundle would work there too, but franchise would not.

@DavidB I got it! EA is the Illusive Man, helps out a small company, brings them back to life and gives them lots of toys, only to turn on them violently, trying to kill them and their image, whereas Bioware is Shepard!

8:10 PM

@TylerShads It seems like at that point, I should only be challenged by enemies who have also solo-destroyed a star system. Basically what I'm saying is an adequate one-on-one challenge would be Shepard vs a reaper!

Bioware still made DA2 right?

@Sterno meh, just begin with the Shepard vs Chuck Norris jokes.

@TylerShads I played burnout paradise until EA bought it and made it so I can't enter the game without it asking me to visit the store.

@TylerShads dead space 2

Can anyone validate this answer about ME3 endings? spoilers for ME3

badp

the L&L is so satisfying to work with

just for how hard it is to make it connect I don't feel it makes enough damage

sure, it works extremely well on a group of targets

8:14 PM

I'm referencing IGN's FAQ wiki and I'm not sure about the quality of it as I look over the whole post

badp

an oblivious group of targets

but in 1v1 you're pretty much screwed

@BenBrocka What about gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/53964/…?

Or is it that you're looking for something more spoiler free?

@Stephen the Q I answered was specifically about the collector's base decision's impact on gameplay

though it seems like the ending is the only effect...and only for ONE readiness score level? That doesn't seem right

@BenBrocka I'm confused. You were talking on chat about a list of ME endings and I pointed you at an answer within gaming.se talking about a list of ME endings, with LessFizz's strategy guide confirmation attached to it?

Oh, nvm, yeah that works as confirmation, thanks

8:24 PM

Sorry i'm awesome

;)

@tiddy but you reference Prima blech

Q: Is there any way to switch which Doctor serves on the Normandy?

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By the time I had read this answer to this question, I had already recruited Dr. Chakwas to serve on the Normandy. I now realize that there's a better benefit to recruiting Dr. Michel instead. Is there any way to switch which doctor I have recruited?

The answer was actually accepted at one point by yx removed it after the speculation comment

uh how do I use spoilers? >! isn't working

I can't edit this answer to add the spoiler tag

"http://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/54339/14"

8:26 PM

Yeah

In my answer I couldn't list and spoiler at the same time

I tried

(Warning, some spoilers)

@JuanManuel yeah, I thought it did have the spoiler tag, but now they're not working

@BenBrocka the tag is ok

I don't know why it doesn't work

I came here so someone else can try

Spoiler tagging a list removed all formatting for me

fixed

it's because there was a line break I didn't know about

8:29 PM

@BenBrocka great, thanks

Ullallulloo

no!

I tried to teleport to the nexus, but I hit enter first! D:

so I just typed hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@LessPopMoreFizz Your Science!™ deserves a score of 8.

@Sterno It will come.

I'm not worried. Now that beating @RavenDreamer is out of the question, I'm just gonna get my 5 shares at some point and then let the long tail give me the upvotes I need.

I still need 25 (or 35) voteworthy questions/answers before I can ride it out

typing fail

@LessPopMoreFizz I went to upvote you to level 8 awesomeness ... but I already did :( MOAR votes!!

8:42 PM

Anyone want to play KAG?

wat.

@LessPop_MoreFizz That doesn't seem right, somehow.

@LessPop_MoreFizz seems legit

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz Rotate.

@LessPop_MoreFizz total butterface

8:50 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz @GnomeSlice would...I think the term he uses is "smash"

@OrigamiRobot ......................

@GnomeSlice She meets all your requirement

Q: Are there consequences for delaying Priority: Rannoch to complete Rannoch: Geth Fighter Squadrons?

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I've rescued the civilian fleet admiral and Admiral Raan mentioned that it'd be super good to destroy the Reaper base ASAP, but she also mentioned that the civilians will snuff it if I don't take out the Geth fighters. Is this false jeopardy, or do I have to make a real choice here? If I do, what...

Boo, my question is closed as dupe for a question that was asked later :/ the other Q does have a better answer though

The upgrade that allows Concussive Shot to trigger Ammo Powers is amazing.

Just fyi.

I'm not sure why you would ever choose the other one.

8:59 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Mass Effect 2 model hacking is serious buisness.

@OrigamiRobot I take great offense to that.

@LessPop_MoreFizz You have an irrational fear of strong, masculine, Turians?

@RavenDreamer I'm not sure what that has to do with anything?

@LessPop_MoreFizz Because then you, presumably, wouldn't want to use Garrus at all.

So no Concussive shot.

@RavenDreamer There are lots of other ways to have concussive shot.

9:06 PM

Rhythm Heaven Fever... so crazy.

Yay, captain

I Edited the ME 3 Wiki! I r Making The Internet A Better Place!

@BenBrocka WTG

....someday

@GnomeSlice From what I've seen, you only have one requirement.

9:13 PM

@OrigamiRobot Do tell.

@GnomeSlice A simple look at the common theme in your more controversial questions will answer that.

............

I resent that. A lot.

I calls em like I sees em.

Hug it out

9:18 PM

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, well I calls em like shut up.

"Hug me with nuclear arms" -- New World Computing

@GnomeSlice beep boop I love you.

You can't hug your children with nuclear arms.

The old lady with dementia at the alliance embassy in the citadel is the saddest thing. :(

@OrigamiRobot somebody needs a huuuug!

I'm gonna huuug youuuu

9:22 PM

Clearly you haven't been listening to my tirades anywy.

For example.

:P

@GnomeSlice I rarely do. :P

And there goes the neighborhood.

user15026

Adventure Bar Story looks like it might be a fun iphone game. :)

Why is every smartphone simulation game called "X Story"?

gamasutra.com/view/news/164922/…

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user15026

@BenBrocka I've only ever noticed it with Kairosoft games....this is the first non-Kairooft game that I have seen with a title like that.

9:36 PM

Valve increased TF2 revenues 12x by going F2P

3

Steve the Maker

Hilarious

Runes of Magic was the most expensive F2P game I've ever played. Spent more money than I want to remember on that game.

@AshleyNunn kairosoft always does it, but I've seen several that seem to take the naming convention too

@tiddy hah. Funny thing is lots of people insist you can't make money with a free product, and that digital products are silly

user15026

@BenBrocka Hm. I was a little disappointed, I will admit, when this wasn't a new Kairosoft game.

user15026

@BenBrocka Tell that to all the farmville-clones on the app store. XD

@AshleyNunn That's sort of what I was hoping it was

@AshleyNunn I'm fully aware of the value of the business model :)

user15026

9:41 PM

@BenBrocka I figured. I am just amused because I know a lot of people who think that no one would ever pay for things like that.

People DO pay more for things they can physically feel. It's a common cognitive bias

Ive made it a point to stay away form the Valve Forums and never return

Small minded group that thinks they represent the community at large

user15026

Is that why people don't blink paying for a 4.00 coffee but think .99 for an iphone app is too much?

A lot of ignorance and hate there

One that we seem to be getting over, both by good design (instant gratification and clear benefits) and by general habituation, digital goods are simply becoming more and more common

@AshleyNunn exactly. It's all in the physicality and lack of understanding of what good a digital thing can be

user15026

9:43 PM

@BenBrocka Right. People assume that because they can't hold it, it mustn't be worth much

Digital things can also be horrible too

user15026

@tiddy oh, ick, I hate when forums are full of crap like that.

user15026

@Emerica as can physical ones. crap happens everywhere XD

@AshleyNunn True fact. I was reading an article about how most digital retailers have fine print that usually says something along the lines of "We can take this away from you whenever we want"

Ashley there is a fantastic book called Predictably Irrational that you might be interested in

regarding your coffee comment

9:45 PM

consumers will pay more for goods they can touch

and similar things we do

@BenBrocka Where have you seen reports where this is the case?? I know not all F2P games succeed (no game is ever guaranteed to do that).. But I have so far only seen F2P game success stories for the most part. (People have no problem spending $200 when its $2 at a time :))

@James My girlfriend drains countless dollars into LoL...

Mostly my dollars :(

IE: Driving across town to save 20$ on a 25$ pen, but say not driving across town to save 20$ on a 300$ suit

@Emerica Hehe, Id say my two LoL accounts Ive put money into roughly sum up to around $300 or so :)

9:47 PM

@James plenty of older people insist that free services can never make money, regardless of any capitalization plans (see: Twitter)

@BenBrocka Reading this now :)

Yeah older people, but they arent the target market :D

For some people it's just hard to understand that just because you don't get money UP FRONT doesn't mean you won't get a good revenue stream

I remember my old boss at Savage constantly going "No! Stop proving their business model!"

:D

it's how the world used to work, but with distribution is near free, upfront costs can be 0 for many types of content

Course this was a few months after I suggested we consider creating some kind of game patterned after Travian :)

9:48 PM

@BenBrocka A lot of people appreciate jobs well done and will donate/pay for things that were initially free

Which is great

@BenBrocka I have been getting free delivery on stuff for years from Amazon

Q: What's the best strategy for defeating Geth?

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It's come to my attention that Quarian Infiltrators kind of own Geth thanks to Sabotage. However I can't always play as a Quarian Infiltrator. What's the best way to approach encounters with Geth in general? How can I make effective use of different class skills against Geth?

Q: What is the name this 90s strategy game where you could take over vehicles?

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I just can't remember the name of this title and it's driving me crazy. It's a futuristic PC strategy game where humans take on aliens on a alien planet with the difference that you play pretty much all of it from a first-person perspective because as the commander of the army you yourself run ar...

identify-this-game

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Q: What does installing an Assassin Den in a Mediterranean City actually do?

I've just captured my second Mediterranean City and have just been reminded that I recently used the "Install a New Assassin Den" mission in my first captured city. But what does it do. I can't see anything obvious that "+1 Assassin slot(s) in the city" has achieved (in my first city, of course,...

assassins-creed-revel

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Q: Can I change my appearance?

In my rush to get started playing on Tuesday, I hastily accepted the appearance of my imported Shepard. After playing for a while now, I've grown to hate the way he looks. Is there any way, in game or out, for me to alter Shepard's appearance without having to start over? Answers involving th...

if I did not have prime I would say my shipping costs per year would be around $2000 or so

@James Amazon prime rules

@Emerica yeah, I actually bought some virtual currency in Tiny Tower just because the game was awesome and free

yeah, Prime is sweet

9:50 PM

I'd say I average around $150-$250 dollars in purchases from Amazon a month :D