For some reason I didn't find it extremely tedious/boring, but it certainly was far from the most entertaining part of the game. I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment and an XP whore.
For some reason I didn't find it extremely tedious/boring, but it certainly was far from the most entertaining part of the game. I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment and an XP whore.
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Ok so I was complaining to a friend about this the other day. Who in their right mind thought that driving the mako around on 100 identical planets would be fun? Sure, it's fun at first, but gets old quick. Especially because a majority of the objectives are top of huge mountains that are hard as shit to scale.
I wish they would have had less planets and more stuff on each planet to make it more worthwhile to drive all around.
Joker can land the mako in a tiny little space on Illos, but can't land you beside an objective on a planet?!
I don't get why you guys did those missions.
In RPGs, there are a few reasons to do side quests:
1 - Money - in Mass Effect you have an assload so that isn't an option
2 - Branching storylines - aside from a lot of reading, there isn't much depth to these
3 - Rare/Elite Items - the game has none, really, and the ones that are can be bought
4 - XP - this is the only reason to do these missions, but since XP stays across playthroughs, I would personally rather go through the main storyline a 2nd time than all sidequests once
In RPGs, there are a few reasons to do side quests:
1 - Money - in Mass Effect you have an assload so that isn't an option
2 - Branching storylines - aside from a lot of reading, there isn't much depth to these
3 - Rare/Elite Items - the game has none, really, and the ones that are can be bought
4 - XP - this is the only reason to do these missions, but since XP stays across playthroughs, I would personally rather go through the main storyline a 2nd time than all sidequests once
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Because I'm a completionist/achievement whore and like to see everything a game has to offer (especially when I really like the game). The planet with the space monkeys (Eletania) had a sphere (Prothean Artifact) that if you found the key for (I believe one of the monkeys held it) would reveal insight into the Protheans. Just boring old text, but I thought it was cool.
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Why am I doing them now? Ally achievements, that is it. I'm playign through on hardcore now, then insanity while trying to get the last 4 ally achievements.
bucwylde23
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There are achievements (and rewards that go with them) that require you to do a certain amount of side-quests. The Completionist is easy, but try getting the ally achievement for Liara (latest ally acquired) without strategically skipping much of the Citadel the first time through and then doing a ton of side-quests.
Plus, going through it the first time you don't know whether or not they are going to have interesting storylines. I thought the Cerberus, Biotic Commune, Hostage, and Geth hunting side-quests were all worthwhile. It was worth it visiting all of them once just to know which were good and which were bad.
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I did tried to do all the side quests the first time through, just becuase I wanted to get the "whole" game experience. On subsequent play-throughs I have not done all or even many of the side quests.
I'm on my fifth play-through now, trying to complete all the achievments - playing through as an Engineer this time to get the "tech" achievements. I will be skipping the majority of the sidequests, but may do some to get the requisite number of skill uses to get the Sabatoge, Hacking, Damping, and Overload achievments.
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Haven't used singularity yet much either.
But my favorites so far are Lift/Throw. Especially when used in combo's!
I thought it was hilarious in Virmire when the Krogan would charge me and I'd use lift on them and they would go sailing over the rooftops.
useless:
Stasis, Warp, AI Hacking, Neural shock
But my favorites so far are Lift/Throw. Especially when used in combo's!
I thought it was hilarious in Virmire when the Krogan would charge me and I'd use lift on them and they would go sailing over the rooftops.
useless:
Stasis, Warp, AI Hacking, Neural shock
Drako
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If you guys like lift and throw, you have to get singularity. It's fun to use in areas with explosives around, it will suck everything up together and explode.
I actually thought warp was pretty useful, it does a lot of damage over time. I agree that Stasis is pretty useless, but can be used in a pinch if you are hurting. AI Hacking is also pretty useless, although it can be fun to use.
I actually thought warp was pretty useful, it does a lot of damage over time. I agree that Stasis is pretty useless, but can be used in a pinch if you are hurting. AI Hacking is also pretty useless, although it can be fun to use.
Disagree. As a fairly combat-weak engineer on my insanity playthrough, nothing saved my butt from a charging Krogan like using Neural Shock to pop a blood vessel in his head. It would send him to the floor for 5 seconds every time and let my team pump him full of bullets.
EDIT: I didn't find any one power completely useless, but Stasis was pretty easily my least favorite. Freezing someone? Cool, great. Having them be immune WHILE frozen? Boring!
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How many playthroughs with one character did it take you to get to 60?
I've done three total, but all started from level 1 in order to play as the different classes.
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I got it on my second playthrough on hardcore... I played through the game 4 times total mostly for the ally achievements.
Drako
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It took me 5 playthroughs, and 3 different characters to get to 1000.
It took me 2 playthroughs with my second character to get to 60.
You level up a lot faster after you start racking up the acheivments. I think there are 3 or 4 achievments that give you 10% more XP, but I can't remember which ones those are.
Drako
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I went and looked up the XP adding achievments.
Power Gamer: Reach Level 50, get 5% more XP
Extreme Power Gamer: Reach Level 60, get 10% more XP
Completionist: Complete majority of quests, get 10% more XP
So you get 25% more XP if you have those achievments.
Power Gamer: Reach Level 50, get 5% more XP
Extreme Power Gamer: Reach Level 60, get 10% more XP
Completionist: Complete majority of quests, get 10% more XP
So you get 25% more XP if you have those achievments.
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