Hm. A ninja girl named Kasumi...where have we seen this before? :rolleyes:

Maybe the dev team are DOA fans. :p

There are actually quite few nods to various films etc in both games. There is a huge thread with a list of all of the ones people have found in the Bioware forums. I have a feeling also that Miranda is probably a nod to the planet in Serenity.

lolz... alot of people begrudging the cost of the DLC seem to live in a fantasy world, of which the DLC Unicorn is Lord.

It's one thing to be a conscientious objector, but another to live in delusion. EA in NEVER going to give us 2 characters for $7!!

Im happy to pay for some more character driven missions, but if the next DLC is buggy riding or shooter fanboy fun, I wont be in a hurry to play it.

At the end of the day, it comes down to what aspect of ME2 you enjoy the most and whether you'd be willing to pay to get just one more fix :p

In my case, ME is about characters and their stories, so Kasumi appealed. I don't see that happening again in the next DLC.

mtfbwya

This is the part where I have to say.....no ****, Sherlock. ;) I don't actually expect them to give 2 or more charachters for $7. I said I wouldn't pay $7 for only one, who's added value isn't sufficiently justified by the "minor" expense. EA can nickle and dime people w/all the extra dlc they want (it's their product afterall), I just don't plan to dl it is all. But hey, one man's trash is another's treasure, eh...

I can't wait to install ME 2 when I get it...on my USB drive! Thank God they added support for things like that...for the amount of time that I'll be playing ME 2, it'll be nice not having to listen to that loud disc drive...

I can't wait to install ME 2 when I get it...on my USB drive! Thank God they added support for things like that...for the amount of time that I'll be playing ME 2, it'll be nice not having to listen to that loud disc drive...

I have mine installed on an external drive that sits in one of those drive caddies and is connected via USB. It has its own independent power supply, so I cant say how one of those drives that use the PC for power would fare.

The only game that didn't allow me to install to an external drive recently was force unleashed on pc. But ME/AC2/DAO were fine.

But hey, one man's trash is another's treasure, eh...

lolz.. must be a Tali fan to disrespect our beloved Kasumi in such a manner. :D

mtfbwya

He's referring to the recent USB flash drive support added to Xbox 360.

He's referring to the recent USB flash drive support added to Xbox 360.

Yeah, pretty nice feature (I backed up most of my DLC's).. ;)

lolz.. must be a Tali fan to disrespect our beloved Kasumi in such a manner. :D
:xp:

Yeah, pretty nice feature (I backed up most of my DLC's).. ;)

Indeed, perfect timing too, considering I had less than 1GB left on my HD and was considering buying another one. I now have a shiny 12GB flash plugged into it. ;)

lolz.. must be a Tali fan to disrespect our beloved Kasumi in such a manner. :D

mtfbwya

Nah, I'm non-denominational in that regard. :xp:

Indeed, perfect timing too, considering I had less than 1GB left on my HD and was considering buying another one. I now have a shiny 12GB flash plugged into it. ;)

It only supports up to 16 gig drives, correct?

Does anyone have a list of the 'Anomaly' planets in ME2?

If there are any such planets other than the mission ones that is.

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Planets w/anamolies:
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•Caleston Rift, Solveig, Sinmara
•Caleston Rift, Talava, Taitus
•Crescent Nebula, Lusarn, Tarith
•Crescent Nebula, Zelene, Helyme
•Eagle Nebula, Amun, Neith
•Eagle Nebula, Strabo, Jarrahe Station
•Hades Nexus, Sheol, Gei Hin
•HourGlass Nebula, Faryar, Daratar
•HourGlass Nebula, Ploitari, Zanethu
•Minos Wasteland, Fortis, Aequitas
•Omega Nebula, Ariniarkan, MSV Strontium Mule
•Omega Nebula, Fathar, Lorek
•Pylos Nebula, Dirada, Canalus
•Pylos Nebula, Nariph, MSV Broken Arrow
•Rosetta Nebula, Enoch, Joab
•The Shrike Nebula, Xe Cha, Zada Ban
•Sigurd's Cradle, Decoris, Sanctum
•Sigurd's Cradle, Skepsis, Franklin
•Titan Nebula, Haskins, Capek

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Element Zero:
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Hint: Finding Element Zero
Below is a list of the planets where you can mine the ultra-rare Element Zero. The systems for each Zero-laden planet are listed below, followed by the star and planet names.

Calestone Rift

•Aysur, Arvuna - Moderate
•Balor, Calestone - Moderate
Crescent Nebula

•Lusam, Tarith - Rich
•Zelene, Helyme - Moderate
Eagle Nebula

•Amun, Anthur - Rich
•Amun, Sekhmet - Moderate
•Relic, Preying Mouth - Rich
Far Rim

•Dholen, Gotha - Moderate
Hades Nexus

•Hekate, Asteria - Poor
•Hekate, Bothros - Poor
•Pamyat, Dobrovolski - Moderate
•Sheol, Gel Hinnom - Moderate
Hawking Eta

•Schwarzschild, Etamis - Rich
Hourglass Nebula

•Faryar, Daratar - Rich
•Osun, Erinle - Rich
•Ploitari, Thegan - Moderate
Krogan DMZ

•Nith, Mantun - Moderate
Minos Wasteland

•Caestus, Invictus - Moderate
Nubian Expanse

•Kalabasha, Yamm - Moderate
Omega

•Batalla, Nearog - Moderate
•Batalla, Thunawanuro - Rich
The Phoenix Massing

•Salahiel, Ekuna - Moderate
Pylos Nebula

•Dirada, Siano - Moderate
•Satent, Boro - Rich
•Raisaris - Rich
Rosetta Nebula

•Alpha Draconis, 2175 Aeia - Moderate
•Enoch, Joab - Rich
•Enoch, Laban - Moderate
•Enoch, Mizraim - Rich
Shadow Sea

•Iera, Prospect - Poor
The Shrike Abyssal

•Urla Rast, Talis Fia - Moderate
•Xe Cha, Tosal Nym - Rich
•Xe Cha, Zada Ban - Rich
Sigurd's Cradle

•Decoris, Sanctum - Moderate
•Skepsis, Watson - Rich
Titan Nebula

•Haskins, Capek - Moderate
Valhallan Threshold

•Micah, Farlas - Moderate
•Micah, Israfel - Moderate
•Micah, Kakabel - Moderate
•Paz, Garvug - Rich

Holy *bleeep*.

That was fast.

And even a list EZ planets, i never seem to have enough of that stuff.

I'd already had that info in a notepad file. Simple cut-n-paste job. Timing was just coincidental.

He's referring to the recent USB flash drive support added to Xbox 360.

they just added that recently?? It sucks having USB ports and not being able to maximise their potential. I remember my PS2 had them as well.. cheese knows what that was for :(



@chainz.. cmon, you know you want to jump ship. No annoying mask to inhibit your pixellated lusts with Kasumi ;) Plus, she's mature and worldly, not whining about her Dad all the time. Cmon, you know you want to..........

mtfbwya

I'd already had that info in a notepad file. Simple cut-n-paste job. Timing was just coincidental.

Are there differences in Cluster/System/Planet names in the different versions of the game? Such as between the PC version and the 360 version?

So far on the list i can't seem to find one system and 2-3 planets.

I haven't done Horizon yet though.

It only supports up to 16 gig drives, correct?

Yeah, it supports up to 2 x 16GB drives. :)

Are there differences in Cluster/System/Planet names in the different versions of the game? Such as between the PC version and the 360 version?

So far on the list i can't seem to find one system and 2-3 planets.

I haven't done Horizon yet though.

Don't know about XBox. But you'll probably have noticed that the longer you play ME2, the more systems open up for exploration. I got those lists elsewhere, so I'm not sure exactly at what point those systems show up in game.

Cool, i'll try going over the list again after Horizon as i know at least 6-12 clusters show up on the galaxy map then.

Are there differences in Cluster/System/Planet names in the different versions of the game? Such as between the PC version and the 360 version?

So far on the list i can't seem to find one system and 2-3 planets.


Some clusters open up as part of missions, like Caleston Rift where you end up after EDI makes a blind FTL jump after the Collector ship mission (which is quite the trick since she isn't supposed to have any access to the ships navigation/propulsion systems at that time :raise:), you need either Mordin's or Grunt's loyalty mission to gain access to the Krogan DMZ, etc.

You also need to be able to go to Illium to buy star maps from Baria Frontiers there in order to access the Hades Nexus, Minos Wasteland, Pylos Nebula and Shrike Abyssal. The Firewalker DLC allows you to visit some clusters a lot earlier than you otherwise could, though.

@chainz.. cmon, you know you want to jump ship. No annoying mask to inhibit your pixellated lusts with Kasumi ;) Plus, she's mature and worldly, not whining about her Dad all the time. Cmon, you know you want to..........

Nevar! My lurve is unwavering! you... you.. boshtet! (whatever that is) :fist: :xp: hehehe

Though I won't deny, Kasumi is definitely "rebound" worthy should Tali tell me to 'fleck off' or say, shoot me in the face with a shotgun :lol:

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Yeah, it supports up to 2 x 16GB drives. :)
Yeah, and this time around, it doesn't even have to be Xbox branded (surprised me too.. hehe). Works great with my SanDisk pen drives :D

Huh, just heard a glactic news saying that Sheppards mother 'Hannah' Sheppard turned down the admiralty so that she could honor her childs legacy by captaining a ship.

Didn't know this before now.

Yeah, well there are news kiosks throughout the game you can activate to hear "random" news.

@chainz... cmon, you know you want to jump ship. No annoying mask to inhibit your pixellated lusts with Kasumi ;) Plus, she's mature and worldly, not whining about her Dad all the time. Cmon, you know you want to..........

If we lose ChAiNz again I'll know who to blame :xp:

I would have preferred an NPC with more dialog though...

As someone who likes to try different party members combinations for story purposes I was also a bit disappointed by the fact that ME2 doesn't really allow you to recruit the npcs in whatever order you want unless you don't care if the Normandy becomes a ghost ship in the end

As someone who likes to try different party members combinations for story purposes I was also a bit disappointed by the fact that ME2 doesn't really allow you to recruit the npcs in whatever order you want unless you don't care if the Normandy becomes a ghost ship in the end

It does seem like the particular sequence in which you can pick up your squad mates was determined fairly late in the development, since it seems like all of them have banter and chime-in conversations on all the missions. So you can use the save game editor to enable party members if you want them along earlier than you normally could.

Probably best not to bring them on their own recruitment missions though, might be weird :)

Wow long thread here on this forum.

Been playing ME2 for a good wee while now, done 2 Insanity runs, doing a Vanguard one just now, amazingly good fun!
Kasumi pwns all, especially on insanity, FlashBang and Shadow Strike are insanely overpowered AND useful on practically every mission and the only real trouble I get into now is with those damn heavy mechs every now and then...

This is my current build for Vanguard on Insanity:
Heavy Inferno Ammo
Squad Cryo Ammo
Passive Power maxed
Heavy Charge
Area Reave as bonus

pure pwnage!!!

Has anyone else tried using the ME2 SaveEditor to alter your party choices? Saw a vid or two on YT and tried it w/Tali and Legion on Omega on the recruit mission for Mordin. If you do it, though, you may want to edit out the party member when it comes time for their recruiting mission. Still, gives you a chance to sample "lost dlg".

Still, gives you a chance to sample "lost dlg".

what is this? 'lost dialogue?' ?

mtfbwya

Wow long thread here on this forum.

Been playing ME2 for a good wee while now, done 2 Insanity runs, doing a Vanguard one just now, amazingly good fun!
Kasumi pwns all, especially on insanity, FlashBang and Shadow Strike are insanely overpowered AND useful on practically every mission and the only real trouble I get into now is with those damn heavy mechs every now and then...

This is my current build for Vanguard on Insanity:
Heavy Inferno Ammo
Squad Cryo Ammo
Passive Power maxed
Heavy Charge
Area Reave as bonus

pure pwnage!!!

So do you get more squad points on insanity? I can never seem to earn enough squad points to max out all my powers...

what is this? 'lost dialogue?'Not so much "lost", just legacy interjections for party members like Legion and Tali in early parts of the game where you don't normally have them available. As stoffe said earlier, obviously at some point in development they planned to allow you to get all party members at the start.

So do you get more squad points on insanity? I can never seem to earn enough squad points to max out all my powers...No. You are not supposed to be able to max out your abilities.

No. You are not supposed to be able to max out your abilities.

"supposed to" being the key word ;) If you are inclined.. there are tricks to get there for Xbox (and I'm pretty sure PC).

Can tell you one thing.. it won't make a difference on Insanity. Expect to die.. ALOT. I had to take a break on my Insanity run to reset my rage levels :xp: hehehe

I'm sure some of you have seen the trailer (probably a loooong time ago), but I still don't have the game yet, and this makes me want to just buy it right now...what an epic trailer for a video game...wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5DL6jFXfhM)

Originally Posted by Astrotoy7
what is this? 'lost dialogue?'

Not so much "lost", just legacy interjections for party members like Legion and Tali in early parts of the game where you don't normally have them available. As stoffe said earlier, obviously at some point in development they planned to allow you to get all party members at the start.

Exactly, and why I put lost in quotations. Kind of makes you wonder where they were going to go if they gave you everyone at the start, as a lot of the game is, as stoffe was saying, recruitment missions (thus why keeping them for ME3 made more sense to her---though, you'd probably have to recruit/get some new prople if you lost anyone during game).

"supposed to" being the key word If you are inclined.. there are tricks to get there for Xbox (and I'm pretty sure PC).]

Short of changing the config file to allow you to add points at will, not aware of any tricks for pc. Which ones do you refer to for XBox?

Short of changing the config file to allow you to add points at will, not aware of any tricks for pc. Which ones do you refer to for XBox?

Easier just to quote the cheat site's instructions. ie - I'm lazy :xp:


1. Have at least four available skill points and a skill ready to be evolved to its fourth form.

2. While evolving a skill from level 3 to level 4 at the squad menu, press A + X to regain all spent squad points and keep the skill evolution.

This works best if you level a skill from 0 to 4 (10 points) at the same time. Repeat this process to fill every line of your and your crew's skill tree. -From: tigernipp

Pressing the A+X simultaneously can be tricky at first, but easy to get the hang of. If you goof, you can always cancel/back out of the upgrade and try again.

I've only used it on one playthrough (of my 7) to see if it works, and sure enough it does ;) Tried that playthorugh on Insanity and shortly went back to one of my legit characters. :raise:

Kinda defeats the purpose of the game's balance efforts, however the playthrough I did with the cheat didn't seem to be that much more effective than a normal run once you know what skills to advance that best fits your playing style.

If anything, it can help you relieve the "Min/Max" grief some people suffer from.. hehehe

May seem to be a powerful cheat, but not really. Really only helps during early stages of the game, and on Insanity, it won't matter anyways.. you'll still die... alot :lol:

Yeah I can't see it being that much of a benefit to be honest. The lack of equipment (especially armour) and nerfing/deletion of talents from ME1 means all characters are pretty much in the same boat, regardless of which class they are.

So do you get more squad points on insanity? I can never seem to earn enough squad points to max out all my powers...

Nope, you get 51 points all together through the whole game when u reach lvl 30, that lets u max out 5 branches of powers, which is what I posted ;-)

I'm on the 360 version btw but I would think it's the same on pc...

Chainz I'm doing my 3rd insanity run now as an adept and I've yet to die once, just need to keep at it ;-)

What class r u playing?

...what an epic trailer for a video game...wow.

It's one of those extremely rare instances where the game is just as epic as the trailer lets on, and not just a bunch of fancy cutscenes :thmbup1:

play it mang ;) ye'll like it! :thmbup1:

mtfbwya

Chainz I'm doing my 3rd insanity run now as an adept and I've yet to die once, just need to keep at it ;-)

What class r u playing?
Lies! :lol:

Currently Infiltrator, but I'm thinking that was a mistake. I'll probably have to break out my death dealing Vanguard or Adept for this. Restarting though doesn't sound appealing.. hehe

Being my first Insanity run, I'm still getting used to the whole Barrier/Shields+Armor on every freaking thing in the game. It's not so bad until I hit the charging enemies.. then my strategy goes all to hell.. hehe

I've definitely cut down on the dying part, but I'm currently "stuck" at the abandoned collector ship, floating platform part. I can't take down the collectors fast enough so the general spawns (ugh).. and then he's just a creeping pile of slaughter once he shows up. I get SO close to completing it, but the 4th wave just kicks me hard in the jollies :headbump

Geth Prime, YMIR Techs & Krogan also suck, which makes Garrus' & Tali's mission(s) potty mouth worthy. Took me awhile to get past those missions :¬:

Switched over to FO3 for the moment to clear my head (playing my bad karma, total d-bag, run this time :xp: ), then I'll tackle it again.

Lol..all this talk of insanity runs..if i do one, it will be a soldier. and ALL my playthroughs will ALWAYS be soldier..coz i cant live without my assault rifles <3

Ah but I'm playing as a vanguard right now and on the derelict collector ship I was able to pick up assault rifle training :)

Currently Infiltrator, but I'm thinking that was a mistake. I'll probably have to break out my death dealing Vanguard or Adept for this.

I've actually found Infiltrator to be a lot easier than the other professions I've tried so far (Vanguard, Adept) when played as a specialized sniper. Sniper rifles pack a serious punch if you get the upgrades and only go for headshots, and the slowdown you get for a few seconds whenever activating the scope as an Infiltrator makes headshots fairly easy to line up. Just stay in cover all the time, only popping up for a second to shoot an enemy in the head before returning to cover, repeat until they all die. If you use the disruptor ammo their shields go down in no time and you can take down pretty much any enemy except YMIR Mechs, Gunships, Praetorians and Scions in 1-2 headshots.

And if someone manages to get close enough to flank you or flush you out of cover, just cloak and sprint away to find a new cover safely. :)

I picked Dominate for my bonus power on the Infiltrator. Along with AI hacking it provides you the ability provoke in-fighting in pretty much all types of enemy groups, which not only takes heat off you but generally cause them to abandon their cover to deal with their former ally shooting them in the back. :)

Won't win any speed-running contests with that playing style but it's pretty safe. Haven't died a single time, and only lost my shields and taken health damage twice so far (Insanity diff).


Exactly, and why I put lost in quotations. Kind of makes you wonder where they were going to go if they gave you everyone at the start, as a lot of the game is

Maybe at one point they gave you all dossiers right away allowing you to pick freely in what order you wanted to recruit anyone. Just speculation... but everyone does seem to have dialog interjection for all parts of the game. :)

Maybe at one point they gave you all dossiers right away allowing you to pick freely in what order you wanted to recruit anyone. Just speculation... but everyone does seem to have dialog interjection for all parts of the game. :)

Guess I took you too literally (as in they "give you" Jacob and Miranda at the beginning). One of the things I noticed in inserting Tali and Legion pre-Omega is that the game then assumed you'd been to Horizon and you could now go to both Illium and to the IFF site. Seems to me they could have done as you said w/the dossiers and then gone for Horizon (in case you decided to get Mordin last) and then the derelict. Though those might have seemed "on top" of one another at that point. So, while it might be interesting to alter saved files for a mix-n-match on recruitment missions, it'll probably mess up your game otherwise.

Probably best not to bring them on their own recruitment missions though, might be weird.

Might be the way I checked off some of the boxes w/the SE, but I noticed that in putting Zaeed in the party, he didn't show up for the recruitment mission on Omega. Perhaps that won't be a problem (or maybe I just need to uncheck a box or two otherwise)?

I have been playing ME2 for a while, and I just encountered Kaiden on Horizon, anyways, is it just me or is the voice actor for Kaiden Alenko the same as Carth Onasi?

Uh, yeah. Raphael Sbarge does the voice for Kaiden and Carth. My favorite role of his is still Scorch in Republic Commando, though.

and I just encountered Kaidan on Horizon, anyways, is it just

lolz.. I just did a double take there, thinking I'd missed something in the game :p

Then I remember, I ordered him to die in ME1 so no Kaidan for me. I can't say it was a difficult decision... I wasn't getting anything from him or Wrex as characters in the story.

A relevant image search will get you this, which makes me feel I wasn't the only one that found him forgettable/expendable in ME1.

http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/i/5134/original/Kaidan_Alenko.jpg)

ah well, I'm sure there a few Kaidan fans out there that would have been excited to see him in ME2??

mtfbwya

Kaidan is possibly the most reviled character in game history.

Kaidan is possibly the most reviled character in game history.

lolz.. I disliked Jacob more than Kaidan. Basically anyone that whinges about their dad is out the airlock... its the freakin' Normandy, not Degrassi Junior High.

*makes plans to re-do suicide mission and get Jacob killed off* :thmbup1:

mtfbwya

Basically anyone that whinges about their dad is out the airlock... its the freakin' Normandy, not Degrassi Junior High.
As opposed to complaining about their kids :xp:

Agree on the part about Jacob though... ;)

I dunno, I thought Jacob was OK as a character and don't really get all the hate towards the guy. He actually seemed more lively than Kaidan, who I also have nothing against. If it's about dad issues, hell, I'd sooner hate Miranda, despite her ample... assets. :naughty:

Jacob was kind of wooden, or at least more closed off than some of the other crew. Still, he wasn't particularly annoying. Outside of Udina, didn't particularly "hate" any of the major players.

@Astro--did manage to lose Jacob (despite his being loyal) on the "long walk" by having Thane as the biotic umbrella. Also, lost Jack the same way when I skipped Samara's and Jack's loyalty missions.

I dunno, I thought Jacob was OK as a character and don't really get all the hate towards the guy. He actually seemed more lively than Kaidan, who I also have nothing against. If it's about dad issues, hell, I'd sooner hate Miranda, despite her ample... assets. :naughty:

If you play as a female Shepard who isn't interested in romance Jacob becomes pretty much impossible to talk to on the Normandy.

And unlike the other characters who might be a bit clammed up first but then open up more as the game progresses Jacob seems to be the other way around. When you first meet him on the Lazarus station he seems like a likable enough fellow, but then becomes increasingly less sociable and talkative the further along you get. And he's the "normal" soldier guy in a crew otherwise full of eccentric weirdos. :)

Also he seems to be consistently giving you very poor advice. :p