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« Reply #360 on: March 09, 2012, 11:10:16 PM »
fuk can u spoil which one then plz
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« Reply #361 on: March 09, 2012, 11:15:25 PM »
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« Reply #362 on: March 09, 2012, 11:16:13 PM »
ok cool i have that one now, except my quest log is broken so i dunno if it updated :piss t
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« Reply #363 on: March 10, 2012, 01:08:58 AM »
Anyone have any guesses about how this "War Readiness" formula is supposed to work?

My "total military strength" has increased while I've been playing, but my "readiness rating" hasn't changed from the 50% it started at.


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Progressing through the overarching campaign of Mass Effect 3 affects two primary statistics that impact the "end-game" players will receive: "Galactic Readiness," and "Effective Military Strength." Shortly after the game's release, some confusion arose about Mass Effect 3's multiple endings--specifically what one would need to do to achieve the game's "best" ending. Numerous claims from users arose, who believed that it wasn't possible to be completely prepared for the game's finale without boosting "Galactic Readiness," which can only be accomplished by playing the multiplayer component (or the iOS game, Infiltrator). Not true, says BioWare.


"You do NOT have to play multiplayer to get the best single-player endings," the official statement on the BioWare forums notes.

"Effective Military Strength" is the statistic that determines a player's success during Mass Effect 3's end-game. Collecting "War Assets" during the single-player campaign boosts this rating. Furthermore, there are more assets that can be collected than are necessary, but a certain threshold must be reached to get the "best" ending.

"Galactic Readiness," on the other hand, isn't even impacted by the single-player campaign at all, but increasing the stat by playing multiplayer (or Infiltrator) will reduce the number of War Assets one needs to collect in the single-player campaign to be successful.

"If you play a lot of multiplayer, you will need less War Assets from single-player to fill up your [Effective Military Strength] bar (i.e. it will balance out the requirements to account for you playing in both modes)," senior marketing manager Jarrett Lee states.

In summary, "Effective Military Strength" is the stat that determines Mass Effect 3's end-game proceedings, and it's a stat that "can be maximized via collecting War Assets alone, even if your Galactic Readiness is 50%."

Ya, that's fucking lame.
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« Reply #364 on: March 10, 2012, 01:26:29 AM »
I just loaded up my game and suddenly I have zero credits.  what the fuck?

edit:  and all of my fucking powers are gone.  Seriously, what the shit
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« Reply #365 on: March 10, 2012, 01:34:49 AM »
Just beat the game myself. Green Man's right, Bioware just dropped a steamer over 75 hours of RPG gaming with that ending.

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All the truces I brokered, all the people I helped, all the things I did over the course of three giant RPGs gets boiled down to three simple choices. Door #1, door #2, or door #3? And that's it. The best you can get for an "epilogue" is the crew of Normandy crash landing on some deserted planet where their gene pool will whither and die after a few generations of inbreeding. You don't see how your choices affected the universe, you don't see what happens to all the different cultures, and Shepard just evaporates in a flash of light to wind up as some bedtime story that some old dude tells to a little kid.
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« Reply #366 on: March 10, 2012, 01:36:33 AM »
I hate how every side mission is a stupid arena fight of enemies :piss
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« Reply #367 on: March 10, 2012, 02:00:05 AM »
Aaaand checking on the squad screen, the game has reverted my character to level-fucking-one.

Time to go hunting for previous saves to see if I can salvage something from the clusterfuck of a glitch.   :maf
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« Reply #368 on: March 10, 2012, 02:03:55 AM »
Worst ending since Lost.
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« Reply #369 on: March 10, 2012, 02:11:38 AM »
aaand a quick Google search shows I am far from the first person this happened to.

Unfortunately, I fucked around with my quicksaves and started a new mission before I noticed it, so now I have to backtrack five hours of gameplay.  :maf
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« Reply #370 on: March 10, 2012, 11:49:03 AM »
goddamnit first batman now mass effect

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« Reply #371 on: March 10, 2012, 12:09:00 PM »
Anyone who bought the Mass Effect 3 digital version from Amazon gets a free EA to make up for some installation issues: Mass Effect, Dead Rising, Dragon Age: Origins, or Mirror's Edge.
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« Reply #372 on: March 10, 2012, 12:17:09 PM »
Javik is pretty funny. I like how dismissive he is of the other races.

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« Reply #373 on: March 10, 2012, 04:48:42 PM »
I haven't heard a single person say anything good about ME3's ending.
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« Reply #374 on: March 10, 2012, 04:52:02 PM »
We'll see. I'll call it like I see it when I get there but I have a tendency not to agree with popular opinion aka forums on these things.


But like I said I'll give my opinion on it after I'm done. Which will probably be tomorrow with the pace I'm going.

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« Reply #375 on: March 10, 2012, 04:54:38 PM »
How are the official Bioware forums holding up?

Not that I really care, as I like to live life on the edge.
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« Reply #376 on: March 10, 2012, 04:55:32 PM »
Also Stoney, holy shit at the Demon Knight reference. Such a good, unusual film.
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« Reply #377 on: March 10, 2012, 05:01:14 PM »
How are the official Bioware forums holding up?

They're currently packed with complaining and outrage polls.
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« Reply #378 on: March 10, 2012, 06:04:09 PM »
Soo is three the best game in the trilogy or not as good as two? Press seems split on this point. Also I was linked to Metacritic a while back and the average for reviewers was 93 out of 100 and the user av. was 2.5 out of 5.
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« Reply #379 on: March 10, 2012, 06:21:59 PM »
not nearly as good as two. Two was awesome, felt less linear and had a better atmosphere
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« Reply #380 on: March 10, 2012, 06:27:35 PM »
Soo is three the best game in the trilogy or not as good as two? Press seems split on this point. Also I was linked to Metacritic a while back and the average for reviewers was 93 out of 100 and the user av. was 2.5 out of 5.

It does some things better than two [the combat, variety of locations] and some things not quite as well [overall atmosphere, story]. Overall, it's almost as good as ME2 but not quite.
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« Reply #381 on: March 10, 2012, 07:05:21 PM »
Two was my favorite for many reasons but two main reasons.

The combat was such an upgrade from the first title and I really dug the premise of two. Of going on a suicide mission and recruiting people and finding out their personal stories. Of working for this bad guy terrorist organization but being a good man. I thought they nailed the working for a sleazy guy boss in the illusive man aspect. (Although he was far more sinister in the book.)
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He's this way in ME 3 btw. Much more evil and willing to do awful things. I almost replayed two after reading the book because he's such a dick in the book and in the game I let him have the technology at the end of two because he comes off so much better in the game. Flawed but not evil
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Now a lot of people criticized two for not having anything to do with the main story or not progressing things enough story wise but none of that bothered me in the least. I think ME 1 had the strongest and most consistent story of the three games but I still preferred playing 2 by a pretty wide margin.

Still have a ways to go but I can say that 3 isn't as powerful for me in that premise. The personal stories aren't as powerful as they were in 2 for me and the overall story is enjoyable but not really at the level of the first one. ME 3 is like hanging out with good friends. Its nice to see the old gang back together again. I just kinda wish we were doing something slightly more compelling.  Which isn't to say there haven't been some strong individual moments. The combat is much better though than 2 which is nice. So right now about 40 hours in I would put ME 3 somewhere between ME 1 and ME 2 for me. We'll see how the final last leg of the game alters my opinion.
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« Reply #382 on: March 10, 2012, 07:39:23 PM »
not nearly as good as two. Two was awesome, felt less linear and had a better atmosphere

Did they add moving walkways to the corridor shooting this time?

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« Reply #383 on: March 10, 2012, 08:39:04 PM »
Are the books actually good? I'd like more Mass Effect in my life. Maybe It'll help me feel better.

Good? I would probably say no. There is no way I would recommend them as regular reading for example to somebody who wasn't insanely into that universe. They do create a decent amount of backstory for the universe and especially with detail for Anderson and Kahlee Sanders who the books are really about. I listened to them as audiobooks. So forsome reason I feel less guilty/embarrassed about consuming them that way versus actually carrying around and reading Mass Effect books.
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« Reply #384 on: March 10, 2012, 08:56:54 PM »
My brother argued, and the thought has occurred to me as well, that Bioware made the ending bad on purpose.

"Alright, guys, we heard your complaints and now here's the REAL ending. For only $20."

How sad is it that I actually think it's possible this is what they plan on doing?
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« Reply #385 on: March 10, 2012, 09:17:37 PM »
Despite my complaints, Mass Effect is up there with Star Wars and Star Trek in terms of intergalactic scifi, in my opinion. It's got a galaxy full of worlds, interesting and complex alien species with their own histories, a wide variety of different locations with unique aspects that separate them from the rest, and compelling situations and decisions. What really sets Mass Effect apart is that the VIEWER is given the power to determine the narrative [to a certain extent].

A choose your own adventure Mass Effect book would be sweet.
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« Reply #386 on: March 10, 2012, 10:16:25 PM »
Glad I'm getting this game for free. Yeah bitches.

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« Reply #387 on: March 10, 2012, 10:33:07 PM »
this game stumbles real badly at the beginning but thankfully regains its footing along the way and now i'm enjoying it a lot. i'm starting to get the same feeling I had when playing ME2. Tuchuncka was awesome:

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Thresher Maw vs. Reaper was  :omg :omg
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« Reply #388 on: March 11, 2012, 12:11:11 AM »
this game stumbles real badly at the beginning but thankfully regains its footing along the way and now i'm enjoying it a lot. i'm starting to get the same feeling I had when playing ME2.

Yeah, the first part isn't very good because there's no segue between end of ME2 and where ME3 beings, like two years later, even if you played the last ME2 DLC that supposedly bridged the gap between the two games. Didn't Bioware hype up Shepard's court martial? It's not even shown in ME3! And it's not like anything really came of it anyway, Shepard just hangs around on Earth for a while until the Reapers suddenly appear in the first ten seconds and Earth gets wasted. Then there's the last five minutes of the game.

The 25+ hours in between are great, though.
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« Reply #389 on: March 11, 2012, 12:36:37 AM »
I liked Mass Effect 2 a lot more.  just the entire game, except the combat and the token human squad mate.  better combat sounds like a nice improvement, but it's like uncharted 3 improving combat; I'm not playing these games for the combat.  It didn't have what I liked most about Mass Effect 2.  I mean, right after Mass Effect 2 I went through it again as female Shepard.  I planned to do the same with ME3 but it gets plain dull for long stretches.

It wasn't bad or anything.  Just felt like a long middling shooter.  The coolest moments were being dropped off in the shuttle all in real time.  Otherwise, it was the same thing for the entire game.  A good number of side missions were just single player horde mode in on.  Other side quests are "scan planet; deliver to dude on citadel."  Also never understood planet scanning and the reapers thing.  I just out raced them and didn't get the point of it.

best parts of the game for me were the bro moments with
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Garrus and Thane.  When disease ridden Thane busts out of nowhere and stops Liu Kang from assassinating the counsoler, I was like THANE YOU SO FUCKING COOL WRECK HIS SHIT FUUUKKKKYEAAAAAAAHHHHHH. 

And me and Garrus shooting bottles on the Citadel.  Garrus was my bro the entire game.  Just like old times.  Garrus is fucking awesome.
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Vega was alright too.  Jacob and Karth are the most boring characters ever. 
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When Jacob shows up in that one side quests, I completely forgot that he was in the mass effect universe.  I kept expecting Zaeed and Samara, but with Jacob, who remembers Jacob.
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some end game spoilers:

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after the point of no return the game went on way too long.  All the Earth stuff flat out sucked.  Having shoot outs on alien planets or sci-fi stuff is at least somewhat interesting.  The streets of London? don't care.  At one point my Shepard was like "It's good to be home," but I specifically chose 'Spacer' as my origin because who cares about Earth.  there's also mention of my mother in the game, but she never shows up.  it seemed like all choices were ultimately vapid and made no difference.  not just choices from the past games, but the choices you were making in ME3 didn't seem to matter.  The entire progression was a contrived trading operation to make build and protect a super weapon.  and in the end...whatever.  I chose the ending where I could just walk in a straight line.  Didn't matter at that point.
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although I said the choices don't matter, some of them are hilarious.  my favorites were (re: space fucking)
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-I Love You
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-Hey, I'm eye candy too.
-I prefer vagina, thank you very much.

not a choice, but I liked the moment where you get drunk and wake up next to Aria.
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oh, and the game looks pretty nice, but the demo section/intro is butt ugly.  I don't know what happened there.

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« Reply #390 on: March 11, 2012, 12:51:57 AM »
At this point I'm curious to get to the ending just to see how it can possibly be as bad as you guys are saying.
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« Reply #391 on: March 11, 2012, 01:25:18 AM »
Just finished the
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That was excellent. I think that storyline has always been my favorite in Mass Effect.

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« Reply #392 on: March 11, 2012, 01:34:05 AM »
Met up with Miranda...

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She was the romance I went with in ME2, but I've decided to stick with Liara. Felt kinda bad when I rejected her and she was crying with her back to me...
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« Reply #393 on: March 11, 2012, 04:52:00 AM »
ME3 journal is a worthless piece of shit,wtf Bioware.

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« Reply #394 on: March 11, 2012, 03:15:34 PM »
well fuck it, i broke down and made a new face because there will clearly never be a patch to fix the importer.  there's just too many facial options that were left out in me3.  SUPER HUGE WTF BIOWARE

here's my old shep:


and here's her c-list replacement:


FUCK YOU BIOWARE I HOPE YOU CAN FEEL MY IMPOTENT NERD RAGE FROM HERE
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« Reply #395 on: March 11, 2012, 03:24:03 PM »
Quarian section of the game <33333

Tali <3333333333333333333

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The face reveal was better than I expected. They didn't spoil it on a character model but instead of a nice IRL picture  :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat
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« Reply #396 on: March 11, 2012, 03:29:42 PM »
a nice photoshopped IRL picture
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« Reply #397 on: March 11, 2012, 03:34:12 PM »
and i just learned it's from a stock pic from the internet  :lol

was hot though not gonna front.

i also like that they have dialogue in the missions that reflect the relationship. it was weird taking Tali with me on missions in ME2 and there would be no mention of our thing.
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« Reply #398 on: March 11, 2012, 07:26:03 PM »
and i just learned it's from a stock pic from the internet  :lol
...of a cheeseburger, no less.
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« Reply #399 on: March 11, 2012, 07:37:53 PM »
and i just learned it's from a stock pic from the internet  :lol
...of a cheeseburger, no less.

No, the cheeseburger was the model for the new Ashley.
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« Reply #400 on: March 11, 2012, 08:29:16 PM »
Treesong: People say Bioware writers churn out a bunch of fanfic-level shit, but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt.
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« Reply #401 on: March 11, 2012, 09:10:33 PM »
Hanar Diplomat side mission is bugged, dammit. Between this and Skyrim, from here on out, any open world WRPG that let you do quests in different orders need to have a "THIS QUEST IS BUGGED, PLEASE JUST RESET IT SO I CAN DO THIS SHIT" button in the quest menu.
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« Reply #402 on: March 11, 2012, 09:22:13 PM »
Treesong: People say Bioware writers churn out a bunch of fanfic-level shit, but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt.
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« Reply #403 on: March 11, 2012, 09:23:25 PM »
Treesong: People say Bioware writers churn out a bunch of fanfic-level shit, but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Bioware Writers: NOW YOU CAN FUCK THE NORMANDY!!1
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Hardcore Bioware fans are way too sex deprived. Or there is massive overlap with the sexy fanfic community.
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« Reply #404 on: March 11, 2012, 10:07:48 PM »
Every time I meet a new character, Miss Treesong always asks if I fucked 'em in ME2 or what.
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« Reply #405 on: March 11, 2012, 10:24:52 PM »
Hanar Diplomat side mission is bugged, dammit. Between this and Skyrim, from here on out, any open world WRPG that let you do quests in different orders need to have a "THIS QUEST IS BUGGED, PLEASE JUST RESET IT SO I CAN DO THIS SHIT" button in the quest menu.

Yup just hit this bug today... fuck. I'm not sure whether or not I should hold off playing for a bit and see if Bioware comes up with a fix. And people wonder why I don't really play western RPGs very much, it's b/c of shit like this...
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« Reply #406 on: March 11, 2012, 10:30:23 PM »
Treesong: People say Bioware writers churn out a bunch of fanfic-level shit, but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Bioware Writers: NOW YOU CAN FUCK THE NORMANDY!!1
Treesong: ಠ_ಠ

You can also get into a romantic relationship with Jessica Chobot. :lol
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« Reply #407 on: March 11, 2012, 10:31:51 PM »
So this Galactic Readiness thingy. Is it basically just the green bar? Because the green bar has been completely filled awhile for me.

I'm pretty sure I'm near the end of the game:

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Citadel is at Earth. etc etc
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This better not be another one of those "don't wait too long lol!!' tricks.
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« Reply #408 on: March 11, 2012, 10:39:33 PM »
Yeah, you're basically at the final mission.
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« Reply #409 on: March 11, 2012, 10:41:09 PM »
I think you get the "best" ending by having your war readiness level past 4000.  You can increase it if needed by playing multiplayer. 

What point in the game is the point of no return/ending sequences?
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« Reply #410 on: March 11, 2012, 10:44:37 PM »
So this Galactic Readiness thingy. Is it basically just the green bar? Because the green bar has been completely filled awhile for me.

I'm pretty sure I'm near the end of the game:

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This better not be another one of those "don't wait too long lol!!' tricks.

Galactic Readiness is how much Military Strength is actually used, resulting in Effective Military Strength.

Military Strength is getting support in single player.  Galactic Readiness % depends on how much you've played multiplayer; by default it's at 50%.  So if you don't touch multiplayer and have  military strength of 7000, your effective military strength is 3500.  You can max out the bar without touching multiplayer if you do the side missions.

But (this isn't really a spoiler but just in case)
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to get the best ending, you must play multiplayer and have effective military strength above 5000, which is impossible in single player alone.
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« Reply #411 on: March 11, 2012, 10:51:37 PM »
uh... the fuck. that whole game mechanic blows.

all the auxiliary game mechanics in ME3 kinda blow.

galactic readiness, military strength, the scanning crap. wtf. crap crap crap crap. and i have to play multiplayer? wtf. crap crap crap.

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« Reply #412 on: March 11, 2012, 10:56:28 PM »
galactic readiness, military strength, the scanning crap. wtf. crap crap crap crap. and i have to play multiplayer? wtf. crap crap crap.

Not sure why people keep saying this.

As far as I understand you do not have to play multiplayer if you don't want. The ending is determined by your military strength and the choices you make. Not the readiness. The readiness is just an achievement thing and something that lowers the amount of War assets you need. I posted exactly what readiness entails earlier but here it is again.


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Progressing through the overarching campaign of Mass Effect 3 affects two primary statistics that impact the "end-game" players will receive: "Galactic Readiness," and "Effective Military Strength." Shortly after the game's release, some confusion arose about Mass Effect 3's multiple endings--specifically what one would need to do to achieve the game's "best" ending. Numerous claims from users arose, who believed that it wasn't possible to be completely prepared for the game's finale without boosting "Galactic Readiness," which can only be accomplished by playing the multiplayer component (or the iOS game, Infiltrator). Not true, says BioWare.


"You do NOT have to play multiplayer to get the best single-player endings," the official statement on the BioWare forums notes.

"Effective Military Strength" is the statistic that determines a player's success during Mass Effect 3's end-game. Collecting "War Assets" during the single-player campaign boosts this rating. Furthermore, there are more assets that can be collected than are necessary, but a certain threshold must be reached to get the "best" ending.

"Galactic Readiness," on the other hand, isn't even impacted by the single-player campaign at all, but increasing the stat by playing multiplayer (or Infiltrator) will reduce the number of War Assets one needs to collect in the single-player campaign to be successful.

"If you play a lot of multiplayer, you will need less War Assets from single-player to fill up your [Effective Military Strength] bar (i.e. it will balance out the requirements to account for you playing in both modes)," senior marketing manager Jarrett Lee states.

In summary, "Effective Military Strength" is the stat that determines Mass Effect 3's end-game proceedings, and it's a stat that "can be maximized via collecting War Assets alone, even if your Galactic Readiness is 50%."

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Re: MASS EFFECT 3 |OT|
« Reply #413 on: March 11, 2012, 10:58:00 PM »
i dont care. i will have the best ending. whatever it takes.


edit: people who have played and beaten the game have said that you need 5k to get the best ending and there's no way to do it with single player alone. i haven't gotten to the end so i have to differ to their statements. i'm at 3300 or something with my score cut in half so maybe if i go finish all the scanning
« Last Edit: March 11, 2012, 11:00:21 PM by fistfulofmetal »
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Re: MASS EFFECT 3 |OT|
« Reply #414 on: March 11, 2012, 11:01:18 PM »
You can get Jarvik as a squad member on the PC version without buying the DLC, all you have do is edit a line of code in a file somewhere. Good jon, Bioware. :lol
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« Reply #415 on: March 11, 2012, 11:02:55 PM »
ah fuck.

so the "point of no return" mission is:
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The Cerberus base mission
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godamnit.
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Re: MASS EFFECT 3 |OT|
« Reply #416 on: March 11, 2012, 11:04:51 PM »
i dont care. i will have the best ending. whatever it takes.


edit: people who have played and beaten the game have said that you need 5k to get the best ending and there's no way to do it with single player alone. i haven't gotten to the end so i have to differ to their statements. i'm at 3300 or something with my score cut in half so maybe if i go finish all the scanning

I'm not there yet so I can't speak to that. I was busy most of the day and didn't get to play all day like I planned. Will probably finish it tomorrow instead.

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« Reply #417 on: March 11, 2012, 11:08:13 PM »
it's probably worth mentioning that you can get banned from ME3 MP and single player DLC by playing multiplayer with a hacker...so be careful, or something...you can't really control who matchmaking matches you with.


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Re: MASS EFFECT 3 |OT|
« Reply #418 on: March 11, 2012, 11:08:47 PM »
it's probably worth mentioning that you can get banned from ME3 MP and single player DLC by playing multiplayer with a hacker...so be careful, or something...you can't really control who matchmaking matches you with.

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Re: MASS EFFECT 3 |OT|
« Reply #419 on: March 11, 2012, 11:11:52 PM »
You can get Jarvik as a squad member on the PC version without buying the DLC, all you have do is edit a line of code in a file somewhere. Good jon, Bioware. :lol

link to instructions?
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