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12:00 AM
@James What sucks is questions with upvoted answers that are actually wrong count against the accept rate too. :(
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I think "its a bug, try elsewhere" is the valid answer for that question though.
 
I demand that the official flag of Gaming.SE be Red, White, and Orange.
 
@RavenDreamer No.
 
It will be a picture of @RavenDreamer's Shark locked in brutal combat with @agent86's skull, while @LessPopMoreFizz's puppet looks on from the background and laughs.
 
@Sterno I have brought the science
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A: Does the Imported Level Increase the Difficulty?

Dave McClellandBased on how it worked in Mass Effect 2 and personal experience in ME3, enemies scale to levels, regardless of how the levels were acquired. As such, the answer to your question is yes and no. Compared to an unimported character at the same place in the campaign, it will be more difficult, but ...

 
@RavenDreamer can't we all... hug or something? THE MOD ON MOD VIOLENCE MUST STOP!
 
@agent86 It's in my nature.
 
@Fredy31, if you end up needing another freebie XBL code, let me know. I've got a few lying around that should be good for a couple of days each. I re-up yearly, so I don't really have a use for them for the most part.
 
I might just rebuy a year of it
Or a month
 
@agent86 I wish the origin multiplayer was less crap.
 
12:12 AM
if you're thinking a year, there's some good deals around. are you in the US?
 
Nope
 
@RavenDreamer sorry :( I wish you guys were on XBL so we could co-op it up
@Fredy31 sad days. I can usually get it ~20/25% off with a deal
I think @IanP is on XBL and is supposedly going to play...
bbl, dinner
 
Switching my console to english, because most french translations are crap
 
@agent86 If I win a tv I may pick up a 360. Maybe.
(I don't own a current gen console other than a very neglected wii.)
Alternately, if I don't win a teevee, that'll mean I won a 360.
Which I... don't have a tv to plug into.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz @LessPopMoreFizz it'll mean you have a nice TV for the 720.
 
12:17 AM
@RavenDreamer Huh? No it doesn't.
Reread that.
 
Sorry, link error.
 
@agent86 amazon.com/Xbox-LIVE-Month-Gold-Membership-360/dp/B0029LJIFG Amazon has em 40% off right now.
 
@RavenDreamer Well there's that at least.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Plug it into your monitor :)
 
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Q: Do I get more points with an imported character in Mass Effect 3?

Mag RoaderI imported my Mass Effect 2 character into Mass Effect 3. She started at level 24 or something. Immediately, I had a ton of points to put into various abilities. I wanted to play around with the high level stuff, so I threw a bunch of points into 2 abilities. I figured I would spread out future...

 
12:26 AM
@James I don't have a monitor.
My home computer was an iMac for ~5 years, and I replaced it with a MacBook Pro about a year ago.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz o.O Have a laptop or some such?
Ahh
 
He interfaces with stack exchange via a text-to speech ap.
That's just how he rolls.
 
Well get a monitor, you can then also use it for the macbook as well as the 360 :D
 
@RavenDreamer Yes. This is why I am responsible for so many wierd typos and strange insertions of spaces where they ought not be.
@James Yes, but that requires money that I am uninterested in spending.
Also, I have no interest in using an external monitor for my MBP.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I am multi-monitor dependent :)
 
12:28 AM
@James I tend to prefer multiple devices with seperate inputs to multiple screens sharing one set of inputs.
It's probably in large part a quirk of how my desk is set up, but, for example, even when I had the iMac, I preferred having a laptop on the extension of the desk to my right for a second screen and turning to use the other keyboard to having a second monitor.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I tend to get confused as to which mouse moves which cursor :) I am just too used to one screen for targeted work and one screen for reference.. or in this case, The Bridge (plus debugging windows :))
 
@James It should be noted I also prefer trackpads for basically everything but gaming.
Well, at least on OS X I do.
And I don't do anything but gaming on any OS other than OS X.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah I have yet to find a useful track pad for Windows... Nothing compares to the macbook's track pad and its gestures and such.
 
@James Yeah, the gestures.... I feel so fucking naked without them when I do browse the web under windows because I'm tabbed out of a game or whatever.
 
If I do find myself in the situation where I am using a laptop and my desktop (some times I am just using two laptops). I will re-purpose one of the monitors on my desktop to a second one for the laptopa s well :)
 
12:31 AM
(Or when I use my work machine, which is also a windows notebook)
 
I think its apple being greedy really.. I have Windows running on my MacBook, and the gestures are not as... robust, as they are on OSx.. I just can not get used to OSx though. Gives me such a high level of frustration.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz trackpads hurt me
 
@agent86 I'm guessing you've not used an Apple trackpad. They really are an order of magnitude better.
 
@James that's about what I pay per year. I try to find one good sale per year, and buy around $36
@LessPop_MoreFizz right now, typing this, on an apple.
 
user15026
ARRRRRRGH. I forgot to save my KH game and now I have to do the Coliseum fights before Cerberus ALL OVER AGAIN.
 
12:36 AM
@AshleyNunn Cereberus? I hate those guys.
 
@agent86 Surprising.
 
@agent86 I do generally wait for amazon to do their sale.. Its usually 50% off, but it seems its only 40% this year.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I have an undiagnosed self-treated RSI, which probably factors in. writing all that code on this machine for the stackapps contest was painful.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I do not think all apple track pads are the same. I do seem to recall the one I got in the MacBook Pro being like TrackPad++ or the like.. so depending on the age of @agent86's apple thingy...
 
Ah... It's been too long since I've had coke.
That hit the spot.
 
12:38 AM
@RavenDreamer Arg... now you are giving me a craving for MexiCoke.
 
@RavenDreamer Not sure which variant of the addict joke I should make right now.
 
@RavenDreamer, seriously a year to assimilate earth by the reapers? those guys must take a lot of naps. It sure looked like they were burninating at a crazy rate.
 
@James The trackpads got a major update circa ~2006. There have been incremental updates since then, but that was the major shift which results in the night and day difference between Apple and everyone else.
 
this is an intel macbook, just before they started doing all-metal enclosures, so it's polycarb
 
@agent86 Liara guestimates a decade.
Wait, no.
 
12:39 AM
@RavenDreamer a decade. for one planet?
 
Codex guestimates a decade.
@agent86 Harvesting takes longer than killing.
 
well there goes any sense of urgency.
 
@agent86 Oh, that almost certainly factors in. I'm actually starting to suspect that I'm developing a bit of an RSI issue myself, though mine manifests a bit differently from yours I'd wager, seeing as it's actually not largely from my computer use.
 
I mean, that little vent kid died, so what's the point, right?
 
12:40 AM
@RavenDreamer Repetitive Strain Injury.
 
Gotcha.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz mine has good days and bad days. I can exacerbate it if I'm particularly bad ergonomically.
 
Often also referred to as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
 
like right now I'm leaning to one side and kind of at a funny angle, which is terrible.
 
@agent86 Legion haunts my ptsd dreams.
 
12:41 AM
@agent86 Yeah, the thing is that mine manifests more while driving than using a computer. Seeing as I, y'know, drive all day.
 
Not even kidding.
 
@RavenDreamer What did you do about the PTSD soldier in the Citadel?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Which? (I may not have reached that point)
 
@RavenDreamer The one in the hospital.
 
12:42 AM
@RavenDreamer did you lose legion in the suicide mission? I replayed it until everyone made it for my final save.
 
> For safety reasons, never use this product while driving.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Not sure. Maybe haven't gotten there yet.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz you should read the reviews if you've never seen that before.
 
@RavenDreamer She's there the first time you visit.
 
Watching someone go through PTSD is not very pretty.
 
12:43 AM
@agent86 I did. I didn't make a save before the suicide mission (D'oh), and the "last-mission-restart" doesn't let you repick your tech / fire squad specialists.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz can you slap her and scream "SNAP OUT OF IT!"
 
I picked Zaed to lead the firesquad, which was a mistake, and that got Legion killed.
 
@RavenDreamer :(
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Unsure, then.
 
@agent86 Reviews remind me of this: us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2416111690
@agent86 No, but you can authorize her to carry a weapon in the Citadel.
Since she constantly asks her therapist for a gun.
 
12:44 AM
I think it sucks that there are choices in previous games that mean you have to sacrifice former crewmates in this one
 
@agent86 You talking about the Wrex/Mordin factor?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, never met her.
 
@RavenDreamer You did, you just ignored it because it was an ambient conversation.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz yeah, trying to without spoiling too much. I haven't gotten there, but I read the Q/A
 
@RavenDreamer Hint: Ambient conversations matter. If you listen in, you can pick up sidequests, and it will open up additional dialogs and other options.
 
12:45 AM
I may try and play some of the citidel tonight before the kids go to sleep to try and get a leg up
hopefully there's not too much in that section
 
(In the case of the PTSD Asari Commando, every time you zone in/out of the hospital you can hear a bit more of her story, and eventually, once you've heard the whole thing, you can go to the SPECTRE terminal and authorize her to carry a weapon. Or not.)
 
@LessPopMoreFizz No... I'm pretty sure I never met her.. I'm well aware about ambient conversations. Closest thing I remember was convincing a Turian to not start selling arms to everyone.
 
@RavenDreamer I'm reiterating that you almost certainly blew right past her because you have to walk past her on the way to the virmire survivors room.
 
Maybe she's only there based on certain decisions in past games.
Because she's definitely not in my game.
 
maybe you're a stupid head
 
12:48 AM
@agent86 How do you get something to look like a tag?
 
@RavenDreamer When you walk into Huerta memorial, she's on the right, sitting on a chair with a therapist. If she's not there anymore, you should check the spectre terminal because you've probably heard the whole thing.
 
:3738820 [tag:like-this]
 
@James [tag:stuff and then close it.
 
[tag:like-this]
 
@agent86 [tag:not as helpful as your next response] Maybe.. hehe :)
Yeah....
 
12:50 AM
@James no spaces in tags :)
 
no spaces allowed.
 
user2334
[tag:]
 
Dashes eh? yeah just noticed the common thread :)
 
@RavenDreamer !:)
 
@LessPopMoreFizz I swear you're in my head.
 
@James this syntax also works in markdown on the site.
 
12:50 AM
Get outta there.
 
also if you use "meta-tag" instead of "tag" your tag will link to meta.gaming instead.
 
@agent86 Useful to know :) Thanks
 
So I'm playing ME3 multiplayer, and it seems like if you suck, the more you play the harder it gets :P
 
@RavenDreamer
 
since you level up but don't earn much money to go with it
 
@Sterno yeah, the multiplayer's weird. are you on xbox?
 
12:52 AM
@Sterno Realizing that multiplayer affects single-player gameplay makes me regret buying ME3 for the 360.
 
@agent86
 
@AnnaLear You should talk to @agent86!
 
@James chat.stackexchange.com/faq#formatting has a full list of chat markdown, although I think we've covered the high notes.
 
12:53 AM
Okok, everyone is making me regret which shouldn't be the case on a QA site! :)
 
@James QA site??? THIS! IS! CHAT!
 
@agent86 @agent86 is a terrible decent person. ---terrible---
 
@AnnaLear We shall post in the shade.
 
@agent86 @LessPopMoreFizz says I should talk to you. ME3 on the 360?
 
 
@James Don't look a dead horse in the mouth.
 
@OrigamiRobot !!! :D
@AnnaLear Haha, I actually looked up the origin of that original saying the other day :)
 
@AnnaLear I am indeed playing the mass effects on the 360s
usually sometime between 8 and 11 pm central time
I think @IanPugsley also plans on playing, although I haven't seen him online with ME3
 
@James
@agent86 He is in MD for the week.
 
12:56 AM
CyberSkull also owns a 360, and I saw him playing ME2 the other day, but I haven't seen him on the site.
 
If you don't mind the fact that I royally suck at FPS on consoles, feel free to add me: GreatBigFish.
 
@OrigamiRobot hehe, I just asked how to do chat tags and got many many examples of ones you can make up ;)
 
@OrigamiRobot WHAT? he missed ME3 launch week?!
 
@agent86 It is likely sitting in his mailbox.
 
@agent86
 
12:57 AM
@AnnaLear sure, I'll put you on my list :) My friend invite will be obvious. I might be kind of busy with single player for a bit.
 
@agent86 Sweet. I'm still in the beginning of single-player myself.
 
@OrigamiRobot his Xbox is on, and he's playing ME2. Perhaps mrs. P is borrowing his profile?
 
@agent86 I'd guess that's likely.
 
@agent86 She is in MD too. Probably taking the opportunity to replay ME2 while he is up there.
@LessPop_MoreFizz She doesn't like SciFi games...
 
@OrigamiRobot OIC.
Then again, the thing about Mass Effect is it's Sci-Fi as written by people that have spent 15 years making D&D knockoffs.
 
1:00 AM
She does like SciFi, just not in games...
 
Most of the aliens are poorly adapted fantasy tropes.
i.e. Volus are basically your standard greedy dwarves with gas masks in place of beards.
 
the set of things my friends are currently doing does not include clicking on my shared links.
:|
maybe if I look at them a little sterner
 
@agent86 Some 'friends'.
 
>:|
@LessPop_MoreFizz inorite?
 
@agent86 You should get rid of them.
 
1:02 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz "rid of them" or " rid of them"?
 
@agent86 The latter. Of course.
is always usually the answer.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I'll sharpen my sharp murder bits
but wait...
where am I going to find friends who will click on links mindlessly on such short notice?
perhaps mind-altering drugs are in order, at least in the short term.
 
@agent86 Why exactly do you need friends to do this?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I tried recruiting hobos, they were less than cooperative. Plus they don't have internet access.
 
1:05 AM
As you noted, intoxicants are a much better option. All of the 'doing what you tell them to', none of the annoying 'maintaining a relationship' and 'doing what they ask you to' business that so called 'friends' require.
 
@agent86 This is because you didn't give the hobos enough drugs.
 
I was doing 2 player ME3 multiplayer. 2nd match we got to wave 7. After that, in about 12 more matches we never got past wave 3. It was sad.
 
@OrigamiRobot Hates those things... I had 4 of them drop out of jungle trees on me last night after chasing a cat around it and 2 other biomes for 45min!
 
My origin username is drplote if anyone wants to friend up for multiplayer some time
 
1:06 AM
@Sterno I've tried solo'ing it, and boy is it hard to solo.
 
@agent86 Do I need to spell out the whole plan for you? Drug a bunch of hobos, bring them to the nearest public library, and promise them a shot of vodka for each link they click.
3
 
@OrigamiRobot Is the 2 colors of creepers a mod or what?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz this is a solid plan. do you know if hobos have a vodka brand preference?
 
@RavenDreamer Varying mob skins is standard in MCPatcher now. There are 4 or 5 different colors.
 
@RavenDreamer Random Mobs, part of MC Patcher's embedded mods, as long as a texture pack supports it.
 
1:08 AM
@agent86 I heard they like the kind that comes in plastic bottles.
 
@OrigamiRobot Is that Sphax?? Or a Doku???
 
Sphax
you can tell by the pentagons
 
@RavenDreamer That's what I thought :)
 
@RavenDreamer This.
 
I do believe that one supports random mobs.. as is clearly shown in your screenie, LOL.
 
1:13 AM
Aha! First 2,500 view question.
Hanar Diplomat is quite hard to find, apparently.
 
@RavenDreamer There are barely any over 1k, even
 
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Q: Can I Romance Ashley even though I did not in ME1, and I did Romance Miranda in ME2?

franksayzCan I Romance Ashley even though I did not in ME1, and I did Romance Miranda in ME2? Or am I stuck with Miranda?

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Q: Is there a point to the mound / sunlight room in the Temple of Hylia?

JohnIn the Temple of Hylia, there's a room behind the Bird save statue that has a mound, and a few items to help you recover. Besides giving you some life hearts, is there anything else you can do in this room? The light coming from above seems like it would have some sort of meaning. Here's the r...

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Q: Do the Reapers only kill sentient life?

Ben BrockaThe opening of Mass Effect 3 says Reapers come to purge the galaxy of organic life every 50,000 years. I know it's fiction, but life evolves much slower than that, in fact the human race is already 50,000-200,000 years old in current times depending on what you consider a human. There's been lif...

 
I have random audio adds followed by music.
I think my computer might have spyware.
 
@RavenDreamer Or the subliminal messaging is getting a bit less subliminal :)
 
@James Supraliminal
 
1:33 AM
boo, is the 3rd tag if you also have and
Also: dupe
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Q: Do enemies scale?

Glen WheelerSince one may import a character from ME2, this led me to think that if one starts with a fresh character, the enemies are most likely 'scaled down' to your level. Is this correct? Are there other instances of enemy scaling in ME3? Is it quite extreme (like it was in Oblivion for example, wher...

 
1:46 AM
"I'm commander shepard, and my pilot is FABULOUS!"
 
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Q: How can I remap keys to my powers in multiplayer?

SternoIn the single player game, I'm able to remap which number keys trigger various powers by holding down the spacebar and then, when the command window is open, dragging the power icons into whatever numbered slot I want to hotkey them to. However, in multiplayer, I don't seem to be able to click...

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Q: What is the "use" item in Sam and Max

KeeperThis question bothers me since I was a kid. In Sam and Max - Hit the Road, what is the green thing in the "use" icon? Is it a duck? Is it a toy?

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Q: How to level up fast!

PRAYING PIGim level 29 in Skyrim (Xbox 360) and im a high elf, and ive been just doing questions for like the dark brotherhood, brotherhood, the collage, the civil war, etc. and its gotten me up to this, level 29, but i want to get higher and people are like level 50+ ! Just wondering if theres any "tricks ...

 

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