Originally Posted by Ink.So.Well. I'm not sure why you went the e-mail route. I've gone through chat and gotten every pack they failed to give me without fail. I'd try again that way before giving up completely.

i'll give it a go, i can get away with a lot at work but a chat window would be pushing it.

Originally Posted by Ink.So.Well. I'm not sure why you went the e-mail route. I've gone through chat and gotten every pack they failed to give me without fail. I'd try again that way before giving up completely.

At this time, it's pointless to try again because it has already been too long.

From here on out, the best bet is to try Live Chat a day or two after the Packs have been handed out. Just be sure to have your EA login/pass ready to go.

Extended Cut is apparently finished and QA tested.

Now maybe we'll actually hear something about it?

Hmm nice, I'll keep my ear to the ground.

Originally Posted by Ryuukishi Extended Cut is apparently finished and QA tested. Now maybe we'll actually hear something about it?

Good chance of it at Comic Con this year. This was posted back on June 7th:

Put together the ‪#SDCC‬ roster today. Lot's of great stuff to talk about *and* show there.

I noticed that tweet from Gamble and wondered. The Bioware guys have been making coy comments via twitter in the past few weeks. HOWEVER, the tweets in the thread that Spy linked to do not really say it's the EC specifically. Still, how can it not be, KWIM?

The Mass Effect Infiltrator game is on sale for 99 cents for android users.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...infiltrator_na

Originally Posted by chubbyninja1319 I noticed that tweet from Gamble and wondered. The Bioware guys have been making coy comments via twitter in the past few weeks. HOWEVER, the tweets in the thread that Spy linked to do not really say it's the EC specifically. Still, how can it not be, KWIM?

I don't remember specifically, but I'm pretty sure they said that all other single player DLC plans were put on hold until after the Extended Cut was released. They say a lot of things though, so who really knows. :P

Maybe my expectations of the EC are out of whack. I thought it was, basically, some cut scenes. But if the is extensive QA going on, it kinda makes me think there is playable parts to it. Was there playable sectIons all along?

Originally Posted by chubbyninja1319 Maybe my expectations of the EC are out of whack. I thought it was, basically, some cut scenes. But if the is extensive QA going on, it kinda makes me think there is playable parts to it. Was there playable sectIons all along?

Well we know they scrapped the boss fight at the end due to time concerns, among other things like it didn't fit or "it felt too "vidego gamey", so I wouldn't be surprised that they put in some kind of gameplay change in the end with the time and that they're Bioware. Yeah I was just expecting an epilogue and more "deleted scenes" stuff.

I would be surprised if there's anything past a dialogue choice or two. Honestly I am expecting non-interactive cutscenes only. But hopefully there's a ton of branching and variation based on past choices.

I picked up Infiltrator-- just got an Android phone last week, so good timing on this sale. I only played a couple minutes but it seems pretty cool.

Originally Posted by blueweltall The Mass Effect Infiltrator game is on sale for 99 cents for android users. https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...infiltrator_na

Thanks for posting that. I have been wanting to play the game but didn't want to spend more than a buck on it. I just can't see paying much for an app on a phone that on my next phone may or may not work.

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Yeah, if they're actually going by what they said, then all planned DLC was pushed for the EC, there will be zero gameplay in the EC, and the potential boss fight was deemed to video gamey.

Looking forward to seeing what they have planned.

And thanks for the heads up on Infiltrator, Weltall (great game, btw.) I'll pick that up for a buck.

In fairness on the whole "too video gamey" thing, what they were specifically talking about was the concept of the Illusive Man morphing into a giant monster and that being the final boss fight. And I completely agree with that. The non-physical confrontation you get instead is an awesome sequence and a much better representation of what that character is all about than a shootout with a monster would have been.

Besides, ME2 had a conventional final boss fight and BioWare got nothing but complaints about it.

Oh yeah, I'm with you too. Typical ending complaints aside, I really dug the final confrontation in 3.

Originally Posted by IanKazimer Oh yeah, I'm with you too. Typical ending complaints aside, I really dug the final confrontation in 3.

As will I, once they release EC and I get to play the "complete" product.

Also picked up ME: Infiltrator. Have to wait to get home to DL all of it, being so big at 450MB.

I'm not hugely looking forward to replaying all of Cronos Station, Priority: Earth, and Citadel Finale just to get to the new stuff. I think that's the last hard save I made on my main character. Maybe I'll put it on "Story" difficulty.

Originally Posted by Ryuukishi I'm not hugely looking forward to replaying all of Cronos Station, Priority: Earth, and Citadel Finale just to get to the new stuff. I think that's the last hard save I made on my main character. Maybe I'll put it on "Story" difficulty.

That's where I stopped on playthrough #1 and will stop on playthrough #2 if EC isn't out when I make it to that point.

As I just finished Citadel 2 with the Cerberus attack, and going through the side/N7 missions before heading off to the Perseus Veil and just getting in playtime Fri/Sat late evenings and random 1/2-1hr spots here and there, EC might be out by the time I make it up to the end missions.

Thankfully I've got saves right at the end for both of my playthroughs. My first one has all of the choices that I actually want reflected.

Originally Posted by IanKazimer Thankfully I've got saves right at the end for both of my playthroughs. My first one has all of the choices that I actually want reflected.

Since the game pretty much fast tracks you into the end after you only have Cronos Station as your next mission option, seemed like the right time to stop PT #1 and move to PT #2.

Which is pretty funny at the moment, as I have Traynor, Allers and Kaiden all offering themselves up to my femShep. Since I'm trying to keep on the "Liara as a LI from ME1 to ME3" path I started with this femShep, I went down the "WTF happens with Traynor in the shower" sequence, reloaded previous save, then dealt with Allers "following me home". Allers' info isn't in the guide anywhere, so I can only assume she was added after the guide publisher had access to the game, though from the ME Wiki, she's a "freebie" non-LI like Kelly Chambers was in ME2.

Poor Kaiden, turning him down felt like killing his dog.