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Concerning the ME2 figures, I think I will get the Tali and Thane. Grunt and Shep look pretty bad compared to Thane and Tali. I Wish DC Unlimited use the same designers that designed the awesome World of Warcraft figures.

Originally Posted by yester Your are so lucky. How many time did you play it? I did two runs and have a third one, but i did not want to play all the sidequests again. So i'll gave up on it. Congrats

I have done four full playthroughs of ME1 now-- one with a male vanguard and three with a female soldier. The only things I haven't done are grind out the tech and biotic achievements (I prefer to play it just running and gunning as a soldier) and beat the game on the harder difficulties. :P

I'm not fond of the planet-based sidequests either, but I've found that you can get the ally achievements by doing everything there is to do on the Citadel, at least one of the DLC packs, all of the optional quests on Feros and Noveria, and maybe one or two other things like Dahlia Dantius or the rogue VI. Not too bad.

Info on the Aegis DLC Pack that hit this morning:

What's better than the latest in high-tech armor? High-tech armor and a sniper rifle, of course! The Aegis Pack adds the M-29 Incisor sniper rifle and the Kestrel armor to Shepard's armor locker. The Incisor sniper rifle is a burst-fire weapon that excels in destroying enemy shields. The Kestrel armor comes in five pieces:

• The Kestrel Helmet adds weapon damage, shield strength, and headshot damage.
• The Kestrel Torso Sheath adds melee and weapon damage and shield strength.
• Kestrel Arm Sheathing adds melee and weapon damage and shield strength.
• Kestrel Shoulder Pieces adds shields and melee damage.
• The Kestrel hip-mounted Power Pack ups shields and heavy weapon ammo capacity.

The Aegis Pack — for those times when overkill doesn't seem like enough. Available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace now for 160 MS points.

Nice to see some additional armor bits and pieces.

Next story DLC, please.

...Wow. The entire pack aside from the Incisor depending on your style of play is MADE for Vanguards. Let us just hope the armor isn't ugly as sin but for 160 you couldn't convince me to pass this up.

Bravo Bioware. I love you again for at least... ten minutes. Tops.

Wow, I didn't even know we had another armor/weapon pack hitting. It has the Incisor Sniper Rifle.....finally! Looks like I'll pick this up after work today....not sure how I'm going to try it out. I guess I'll put it on hold for my next playthrough or story DLC.

Edit: Peek at the armor here:
http://www.ripten.com/2010/07/06/aeg...t-2-steph1138/

sweet, snaggin up this DLC when i get home. I am just starting playthrough 2 with my ME1 import adept this would have been great for my playthrough 1 Vanguard. I preordered my full set of figures already and am hoping to snag a shepard sculpture from Bowen. great games.. upcoming blog on my ME experience very shortly

Originally Posted by Ink.So.Well. ...Wow. The entire pack aside from the Incisor depending on your style of play is MADE for Vanguards. Let us just hope the armor isn't ugly as sin but for 160 you couldn't convince me to pass this up. Bravo Bioware. I love you again for at least... ten minutes. Tops.

Damn them for not bringing it out back in March when I was going through as a Vanguard.

I'll have to swap it out for my existing armor bits and pieces when I do the next DLC (whenever that happens) as my existing Vanguard.

Picking up the DLC now. Man, by time I import my renegade Shepard into ME2, it will be almost a different game. Because I have not played any of the DLC missions, some of the new armors, weapons, patch. It will be cool though, like a whole new experience.

I'm honestly wondering who is coming up with these designs and who is approving them, but for that price I suppose you get exactly what you pay for. That armor looks anything but high tech IMO.

Either way I can still dig it.

Originally Posted by RobMinhas Can you? It kind of pisses me off that she isn't loyal. Like really everyone else is fine but she has to be bitchy. Also, did you guys lose anyone during the suicide mission? I didn't lose anyone but I think I've heard about someone losing someone, although I'm not sure.

You have to be 100% either Paragon or Renegade but you can get back the one of the two ladies you pissed off after that particular mission. It's easiest to do right before Reaper IFF if you pay to respec your talents and max out the bottom Shepard talent (the one that bonuses to XP and your decisions) as it's a cummulative bonus so you can go from say 75% Paragon/20% Renegade to 100% Paragon/40% Renegade as I did.

So, here's a question. If I finished the game on first playthrough as a Vanguard on normal difficulty and I was thinking about doing another ME1 to ME2 playthrough, would it make sense to do ME1 on Insanity or just Hardcore? Whatever level I'd do on ME1 I'd do on ME2, though I was wondering if I should "ease" into Insanity from Normal via one run through on Hardcore?

Originally Posted by shrike4242 So, here's a question. If I finished the game on first playthrough as a Vanguard on normal difficulty and I was thinking about doing another ME1 to ME2 playthrough, would it make sense to do ME1 on Insanity or just Hardcore? Whatever level I'd do on ME1 I'd do on ME2, though I was wondering if I should "ease" into Insanity from Normal via one run through on Hardcore?

in my personal experience i found that insanity on ME1 is much harder than ME2, partially due to the change in the combat system and your class, etc. if you want to do a straight through transfer on the same difficulty, if you can make it through ME1 on insane without pulling your hair out, you'll have no problem on an insanity playthrough in ME2. mainly i HATE the Mako missions and i'm a way better FPS person so my ME2 experience went much smoother despite the difficulty because a headshot is a headshot and chaining biotics seems to flow much better.

Nice I can finally get that sniper rifle. If only I can grab the gamestop exclusive weapon as well. Possibly in the future as another pack.

Originally Posted by MSUHitman You have to be 100% either Paragon or Renegade but you can get back the one of the two ladies you pissed off after that particular mission. It's easiest to do right before Reaper IFF if you pay to respec your talents and max out the bottom Shepard talent (the one that bonuses to XP and your decisions) as it's a cummulative bonus so you can go from say 75% Paragon/20% Renegade to 100% Paragon/40% Renegade as I did.

yeah I think I am screwed getting Jack Loyal now, I just finished the Legion Loyalty and got 30 Paragon for rewriting the Geth but still I am not 100% Paragon, I have not bought the paid DLC though but I am at maybe 90% Paragon right now, I was able to diffuse the Tali/Legion confrontation anyway. Still haven't got any women inthe sack, I was stuck with Miranda she kept saying when things get quite but I got frustrated and switched to Tali and she can't take her suit off, although Mordin told me all kinds of stuff that did nothing when I went back to her lol.


I don't think there is anymore quests, I am pissed I ever downloaded the damn Zaeed thing because I let the people die to keep the a-hole loyal and got a ton of renegade a while ago when I started

oh well next time I play it looks Like I am going to take my first trip through the Omega 4 relay and see who lives

Originally Posted by Spybreak8 Nice I can finally get that sniper rifle. If only I can grab the gamestop exclusive weapon as well. Possibly in the future as another pack.

Ooh wow, very cool armor. I wish it had been out in time for Overlord so I had something new to wear it for. I guess I can go through with my other character.

I've read that the Incisor is not as good as the Widow for the player character, but that the AI party members become uncannily accurate when equipped with it-- possibly some kind of glitch.

What a bummer. My old love life ditched me, because of whom i work for now.
Can you get in love with Jack?

Btw. i thought i can see my stats on the bioware page. Other than registering the game nothing shows up. :(

Overall so far, i am very happy with the game. Have to get the DLC's but from what i read on this thread, i can skip at least one.

Originally Posted by yester What a bummer. My old love life ditched me, because of whom i work for now. Can you get in love with Jack? Btw. i thought i can see my stats on the bioware page. Other than registering the game nothing shows up. :(

You can totally get with Jack, and everyone should. I've said it before, but the number one thing I am looking forward to in the next Mass Effect game is the knockdown dragout romantic showdown between Ash and Jack.

The Bioware website only integrates with Dragon Age, and it doesn't work very well honestly. Cool idea though, maybe they'll do it with ME3. I like the idea of making a single player RPG more social, and being able to show off your customized character.

Originally Posted by yester Overall so far, i am very happy with the game. Have to get the DLC's but from what i read on this thread, i can skip at least one.

Don't get the Kasumi DLC (unless you feel you have to have a new character) but Overlord is a must buy and it fits the scale of the game quite nicely.

Originally Posted by Master Troll Don't get the Kasumi DLC (unless you feel you have to have a new character) but Overlord is a must buy and it fits the scale of the game quite nicely.

Why do you think that someone shouldn't get the Kasumi DLC? It adds in the best SMG the game has to offer, as well as the new character.

The ending part of the Kasumi DLC was one of the best fights in the game, IMO. I thought it was well worth the money, as was Overlord.