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Steven Steve
posted 11-30-2007 08:03:35 PM
Hello guys I'm level 59 now and halfway through Feros on insanity.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Batty
Doesn't Like You. Specifically you.
posted 11-30-2007 08:22:28 PM
quote:
This insanity brought to you by Stalwart Steve:
Hello guys I'm level 59 now and halfway through Feros on insanity.

I'm nearly 59 and somewhere in hardcore still.

I want to shoot whoever made these exp requirements.

Zair
The Imp
posted 11-30-2007 08:23:35 PM
Not sure if this has been answered but,

Does this game have a New Game+ then? That you can use for other difficulties?

Batty
Doesn't Like You. Specifically you.
posted 11-30-2007 08:27:17 PM
quote:
Zair had this to say about Tron:
Not sure if this has been answered but,

Does this game have a New Game+ then? That you can use for other difficulties?


Yes

Akiraiu Zenko
Is actually a giddy schoolgirl
posted 12-01-2007 01:04:04 AM
Heh... You get about 2.5x more experience killing things out of the Mako than inside it. My soldier's taken to killing Thresher Maws and Geth Colossi and Armatures with his assault rifle and... in the case of the Geth, Shield Overload.
The artist formerly known as Zephyer Kyuukaze.
Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 12-01-2007 03:09:17 AM
quote:
Mortious had this to say about pies:
Yeah, I like taking Wrex for his biotic abilities too.

i like Wrex because he reminds me of HK47.

Kennatsu
hu�mor 1. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement: a writer skilled at crafting humor.
posted 12-01-2007 07:13:22 PM
Just learned the hard way... a space freighter that looks abandoned usually isn't...

And reading their logs is hazardous to your health.

Greenlit
posted 12-01-2007 07:37:22 PM
Steven Steve
posted 12-01-2007 08:06:29 PM
Is that scene anywhere on Youtube by the way? I get tired of having to make esoteric references to it that no one understands.

Also, level 60 and beat the game on insanity.

YA

"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-01-2007 09:45:35 PM
I wish the environments were not so cookie-cutter, but I understand they can only fit so much on one DVD and the voice acting takes up a lot of space. I was overjoyed when I saw a "space station" in one of the side quests. Then slumped when I realised it was a cop-out by saying it was a refurbished freighter, looking exactly the same as all the other freighters.

The only thing that changes from location to location is the internal layout (boxes and enemies).

I'm starting to get bored. At least the main quest is a good diversion from all these side quests. But some of them get mixed up, like I was told to go see that Admiral.. but he's dead.. killed in another side quest. So I can't. Yay.

Mortious fucked around with this message on 12-01-2007 at 09:52 PM.

Steven Steve
posted 12-01-2007 11:04:58 PM
Wha what? There's only one mission involving Admiral Kahoku, so just think or read harder and everything will resolve itself. And yes, the uncharted planets are a joke. On the Bioware forums, the designers asked everyone if they would rather have uncharted planets or one extra story planet for the next game, and everyone chose the latter.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-02-2007 12:32:53 AM
Well there's the Citadel Wards medical center quest where you have to get her blackmailer off her back, at the end of it captain whatshisname says "go ask Admiral Kahoku about it", but I can't since he's dead. I don't think it's a new quest line though since the quest effectively ends, but it may have begun a new quest. I don't know.

.. and I seriously fucking hate that stupid "go ask this guy for a pass for Noveria" in my journal when I got the pass elsewhere. I don't need him anymore, argh, why is he still there.

Kennatsu
hu�mor 1. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement: a writer skilled at crafting humor.
posted 12-02-2007 06:05:22 AM
quote:
From the book of Mortious, chapter 3, verse 16:
Well there's the Citadel Wards medical center quest where you have to get her blackmailer off her back, at the end of it captain whatshisname says "go ask Admiral Kahoku about it", but I can't since he's dead. I don't think it's a new quest line though since the quest effectively ends, but it may have begun a new quest. I don't know.

.. and I seriously fucking hate that stupid "go ask this guy for a pass for Noveria" in my journal when I got the pass elsewhere. I don't need him anymore, argh, why is he still there.


Ah.. that quest. I did that first on the second playthrough. He'll just talk about the system where his recon team is at (they found the good doctor frozen stiff in his ship or something). Don't worry about it.

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-02-2007 09:52:56 AM
Oh, right, so I just did the second part first and the first part second.
Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-02-2007 03:58:41 PM
Ok, level 50 is stupidly easy to get. Playing through on normal difficulty, got 50 before leaving the citadel to go get Saren at Ilos. Still my first playthrough.

I left the whiney "why won't you sleep with me" human bitch to get blown up with the bomb, while I went and happily fucked the alien. That's satisfying in so many ways.

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-02-2007 05:32:40 PM
What the fuck? I used Gayrus and Wrex the ENTIRE GAME and I didn't get the ally badges.

What the hell?

nem-x
posted 12-02-2007 06:09:48 PM
best to skip all the citadel quests until you get them, although i got ally achievements after completing the second planet for those two duders
Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-02-2007 06:11:42 PM
Well from reading the forums apparently the quest-related achievements (the ally ones and the completionist one) can randomly bug and it'll just not give you the achievement.
Steven Steve
posted 12-02-2007 07:25:35 PM
Yes, the ally achievements work roughly half the time.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-02-2007 09:03:44 PM
Screw those then, I'll just go get the rest.

The weapon achievements are really easy to get, just go to that planet with all the monkeys. Save, shoot them all, reload. Rinse and repeat for every weapon.

Steven Steve
posted 12-02-2007 09:16:47 PM
But the ally achievements give you bonuses to stats
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-02-2007 09:40:24 PM
True, but do you really want to play through the game 4 or 5 times? Since they're bugged it'll take that many (or more) to get them all.
Steven Steve
posted 12-02-2007 10:44:21 PM
Yea because that's how many times it takes to max out charm and intimidate without putting any points into them, which is important for my character since they let you import old characters in ME 2.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-02-2007 11:02:30 PM
I have a hard time playing any story-driven game more than once.

I mean I really want to and all but.. it's just.. the same thing. Over and over again. I don't know. It's just me.

Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 12-02-2007 11:15:13 PM
quote:
Mortious had this to say about dark elf butts:
I have a hard time playing any story-driven game more than once.

I mean I really want to and all but.. it's just.. the same thing. Over and over again. I don't know. It's just me.


I'm on my third play-through of The Witcher, the first being a feel-good, lovey dovey "I LOVE SORCERESSES AND NONHUMANS" douchebag, the second being "I AM WITCHER, I KILL MONSTERS" the third being an emotionless fuckface that kills peasants for no reason.

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-03-2007 12:07:01 AM
I usually get a game, play through it once, and resell it.

I know I could get better bang for my buck with just renting it, but I play casually and it usually takes me a few weeks to complete even a short game. I just can't play the same game twice.

I'm the same with books. I don't see the point in assimilating the same story twice.

Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 12-03-2007 12:16:53 AM
quote:
Delphi Aegis had this to say about pies:
I'm on my third play-through of The Witcher, the first being a feel-good, lovey dovey "I LOVE SORCERESSES AND NONHUMANS" douchebag, the second being "I AM WITCHER, I KILL MONSTERS" the third being an emotionless fuckface that kills peasants for no reason.

Three times? Jesus, do you not work or anything?

Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 12-03-2007 02:11:14 AM
quote:
Falaanla Marr painfully thought these words up:
Three times? Jesus, do you not work or anything?

I only started my third playthrough as a minor diversion just yesterday, and on my second playthrough, I abused the crap out of the bug that allows you to go back and "unspend" your talent points when you finish meditating to get them (Just rightclick them again) and was a mini-god of dewm.

Seems odd that the US version has censored women-cards but plenty of blood and guts flying everywhere with any sword swing, while the international versions are the exact opposite. :/

Kennatsu
hu�mor 1. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement: a writer skilled at crafting humor.
posted 12-03-2007 03:20:41 AM
I thought the Paragon ending was a bit corny and typical of all "good endings". I'm playing to see what the Renegade ending is like.
Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-03-2007 08:28:22 AM
quote:
Kennatsu said:
I thought the Paragon ending was a bit corny and typical of all "good endings". I'm playing to see what the Renegade ending is like.

I was fully expecting the US national anthem to play as he crawled out the rubble, with him striking a heroic pose.

Steven Steve
posted 12-03-2007 10:07:45 AM
The paragon and renegade endings are almost precisely the same haha
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-03-2007 10:30:52 AM
Is it just me or does this feel like a rehashed version of KOTOR, only without the Star Wars? Chasing the bad guy around from planet to planet looking for the same secret weapon, with a big space station showdown.

.. and nem, I meant that the Reapers look almost identical to Shivan ships. Not the Geth. They do the same thing with the cycle of rebirth.

Skaw
posted 12-03-2007 10:33:43 AM
quote:
Stalwart Steve had this to say about (_|_):
The paragon and renegade endings are almost precisely the same haha

Yeah. Paragon/Renegade isn't Good/Evil. It's I'm here to save the galaxy and help all it's denizens/FUCK YOU I'VE GOT TO TAKE HIM DOWN.

Renegade is just being a dick. Being a dick doesn't make you evil.

Skaw fucked around with this message on 12-03-2007 at 10:34 AM.

Steven Steve
posted 12-03-2007 11:43:28 AM
Actually it is good/evil, but it's just an excuse to have only one real ending.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Skaw
posted 12-03-2007 04:41:50 PM
quote:
Verily, Stalwart Steve doth proclaim:
Actually it is good/evil, but it's just an excuse to have only one real ending.

Nah, it's By the book/I'm a dick. If it were good/evil, you'd be able to take Sovereign for your own.

You're still out to save the galaxy!

Skaw fucked around with this message on 12-03-2007 at 04:43 PM.

Steven Steve
posted 12-03-2007 08:05:00 PM
There's no way to "take Sovereign for yourself" without killing yourself in the process haha, it is just mere fact that renegade is purely antisocial/evil as always. For example, you jog around whining that you have no time to do anything, but all of a sudden you can make time to do the bidding of some gang you were in as a teenager? Bioware is still stuck in the good/evil dichotomy, no matter how much they pretend they're not.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Kennatsu
hu�mor 1. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement: a writer skilled at crafting humor.
posted 12-03-2007 08:42:13 PM
Something else I gotta try on my insanity playthrough... I read on the mass effect forums that the longer you take to rescue that asari scientist, the crazier she gets. hehehe...
Steven Steve
posted 12-03-2007 09:04:29 PM
Yes, if you wait until after one of the main missions to save her then she blabs on about illusions, but is otherwise precisely the same.

Don't read too much into the game on the forums though because those guys are dense as fuck (like just about any online forum really).

Stalwart Steve fucked around with this message on 12-03-2007 at 09:05 PM.

"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-03-2007 09:26:37 PM
Oh bah, they made it so you don't respec your character when you continue with the same ID. I wanted to respec my charm into intimidate.

Although I do love how you start with all your equipment.

Steven Steve
posted 12-03-2007 09:38:24 PM
That would be too easy, like your sister.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

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