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Reading a really interesting thread on the BSN about killing of squadmates in Mass Effect 2 for worst possible outcomes in 3 (well, added to making worst decisions about other stuff when presented with them).
I was enjoying it (although currently skim reading a lot of it because I'm not interested in the variations of how to make it worse/change which characters survive etc.) Note the "was". Then I started noticing the sigs for some of the posters. Which were all about how crappy ME3's ending was (because, while the thread itself is, in part, over 2 years old, most of these people are still hanging about on the BSN).
And I'm finding it really off-putting, you know?
I know there is every chance I may hate the ending myself, but I am getting super sick of "man, that was really sucky blah blah blah" (and "here is my alternate version").
It also reminded me why I tend to stay away from the BSN, too.
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In slightly better news, after about fifty years' worth of trying and fuck knows how many gil in upgrades, I beat Barthandelus.
I am SO SURE it was not this difficult first time around *goes to check tags* *tags do not reveal if it was a pain in the arse or not* Huh.
One thing I like about this replay is that, now I can switch my battle team around, I can have who the hell I like in my team (the official guide recommends Lightning, Fang, and Hope for everything after you reach Gran Pulse, and I did this on my first playthrough. Then I got bored). Up till Barthandelus' second appearence, I had Snow leading (yeah, playing a Sentinel involves a lot of sitting around, but I can kind of deal), Sazh (just because, also he's the best Synergist and useful, therefore, for casting Haste), and Lightning, because no-one else has the same mixture of roles as her.
Had to swap Sazh for Hope for the boss fight because, while I was almost winning with the previous combination, I wasn't quite, because Lightning is not the best healer (Hope is, then Vanille, then probably Lightning). And really, for the best heals, you need two healers at once and...I didn't have that.
The game then swapped me Hope for Vanille when we got back to Cocoon, and that's the way I'm keeping it for now.
I'm going to swap team leaders occasionally, so I can see the different summons (also because Snow, I love you, you great lunk, but I can live without you from time to time). I have never seen Alexander, Hecatoncheir, Brunhildr, or Bahamut in action (the last of which is shameful. Because Bahamut's my bro).
In fact, I think it's time to go and kick some more arse *nod nod*
I was enjoying it (although currently skim reading a lot of it because I'm not interested in the variations of how to make it worse/change which characters survive etc.) Note the "was". Then I started noticing the sigs for some of the posters. Which were all about how crappy ME3's ending was (because, while the thread itself is, in part, over 2 years old, most of these people are still hanging about on the BSN).
And I'm finding it really off-putting, you know?
I know there is every chance I may hate the ending myself, but I am getting super sick of "man, that was really sucky blah blah blah" (and "here is my alternate version").
It also reminded me why I tend to stay away from the BSN, too.
~*~
In slightly better news, after about fifty years' worth of trying and fuck knows how many gil in upgrades, I beat Barthandelus.
I am SO SURE it was not this difficult first time around *goes to check tags* *tags do not reveal if it was a pain in the arse or not* Huh.
One thing I like about this replay is that, now I can switch my battle team around, I can have who the hell I like in my team (the official guide recommends Lightning, Fang, and Hope for everything after you reach Gran Pulse, and I did this on my first playthrough. Then I got bored). Up till Barthandelus' second appearence, I had Snow leading (yeah, playing a Sentinel involves a lot of sitting around, but I can kind of deal), Sazh (just because, also he's the best Synergist and useful, therefore, for casting Haste), and Lightning, because no-one else has the same mixture of roles as her.
Had to swap Sazh for Hope for the boss fight because, while I was almost winning with the previous combination, I wasn't quite, because Lightning is not the best healer (Hope is, then Vanille, then probably Lightning). And really, for the best heals, you need two healers at once and...I didn't have that.
The game then swapped me Hope for Vanille when we got back to Cocoon, and that's the way I'm keeping it for now.
I'm going to swap team leaders occasionally, so I can see the different summons (also because Snow, I love you, you great lunk, but I can live without you from time to time). I have never seen Alexander, Hecatoncheir, Brunhildr, or Bahamut in action (the last of which is shameful. Because Bahamut's my bro).
In fact, I think it's time to go and kick some more arse *nod nod*
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Aha, yes! I think I'm going with an all female team once I finish, with Vanille in the lead (and maybe actually switch it up occasionally so I don't get bored). Yikes for Vanille not getting Haste. Synergist must be her worst job then? (Well, middling, I'm guessing, since I can't imagine her being much cop as a Sentinel, either). Talking of which, I was surprised how long it takes Hope to get Haste, as he's second best Synergist after Sazh (as in, I'm at the end of the game, and he pretty much only just got it. Whut).
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She's a pretty solid Syn other than that (I think Commando and Sentinel are her dump roles) but the lack of Haste is a little tragic. :/