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[Culise]

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YOU RELOAD THAT GAME RIGHT NOW AND SAVE TALI, MISTER

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Mordin's where it's at, bro. Guess who died the first time I did that mission

Spoiler: The ME2 spoilers continue (click to show/hide)

Originally, I never understood how people had any deaths on that mission, as I managed to go through it without any fatalities the first time.  It was only later that I learned that the "Hold the Line" segment is based on a hidden calculated defense value, in addition to loyalty, that I only coincidentally met because I had a tendency to bring the squishies with me.

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Same here. I sent him into the vent shaft instead of Tali because I knew the poor sod who went in there wasn't coming back out. Well, technically he did, but not for long. Jack got carried off by the seeker swarm(though I had Thane doing the shield thing) and Samara was gutshot shortly after. I guess the only guaranteed survivors are the ones you take to fight the Reaper larva.

Spoiler: PRE-EDIT because Culise ninja'd (click to show/hide)

Holy shit, you can have everyone survive?!

Plus, I thought the loyalty quests were all mandatory?

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Nope. If I recall, the people you bring with you to fight the larva have to be loyal to survive the battle.  The best place for non-loyal party members is to hold the line, assuming you have enough other loyal people to cover them.  By the bye, this means you can kill every single person you bring with you into the fight except Joker.  You even get a special ending if you screw up by the numbers.

[Sirus]

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YOU RELOAD THAT GAME RIGHT NOW AND SAVE TALI, MISTER

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Mordin's where it's at, bro. Guess who died the first time I did that mission

Spoiler: The ME2 spoilers continue (click to show/hide)

Originally, I never understood how people had any deaths on that mission, as I managed to go through it without any fatalities the first time.  It was only later that I learned that the "Hold the Line" segment is based on a hidden calculated defense value, in addition to loyalty, that I only coincidentally met because I had a tendency to bring the squishies with me.

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Same here. I sent him into the vent shaft instead of Tali because I knew the poor sod who went in there wasn't coming back out. Well, technically he did, but not for long. Jack got carried off by the seeker swarm(though I had Thane doing the shield thing) and Samara was gutshot shortly after. I guess the only guaranteed survivors are the ones you take to fight the Reaper larva.

Spoiler: PRE-EDIT because Culise ninja'd (click to show/hide)

Holy shit, you can have everyone survive?!

Plus, I thought the loyalty quests were all mandatory?

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There's no real reason not to go on the loyalty missions, unless you didn't have them all done by the time the Collectors steal your crew and you want to go rescue them ASAP. But yes, you can have every single person survive ME2.

NOW GO SAVE TALI (and anyone else who died I guess)

[hector13]

Stop the de-rail! Even though I'd like to continue it but it's not really ownage... /sanctimoniousness, probably

[Sirus]

Fair. However, if Akura does manage to do the thing he should come back and post it. THAT would be ownage!

[Akura]

Fair. However, if Akura does manage to do the thing he should come back and post it. THAT would be ownage!

Ugh, I've been binging on this game for the past week or two.

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I did load up the freeplay mode that takes place after the ending. Mordin, Jack, and Samara are missing from the crew list that you see in the elevator options. BUT TALI IS ALIVE. She's just got "a fever, a nasty cough, and sinuses filled with something I can't even describe. And it was totally worth it".

[Sirus]

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Dang, you lost a lot of people.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Is it considered an own if, in Mass Effect 2, you go into the last mission with the intent of failing as hard as possible and

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only Morinth, Joker and I think Chakwas survive?

[hector13]

No, since folk lived

[SeriousConcentrate]

Joker always lives though. I can't remember if Chakwas also is unkillable. Finally, the third survivor was planned because of how much damage she could do to the universe with no oversight.

I also did a variant of that where I left Zaeed to hold the line solo. This was so I'd have enough survivors for Shep to make it, then I killed Zaeed later during his loyalty mission so I could have as few people as possible survive to ME3.

Boy was that a bad idea. Playing ME3, I mean.

[Culise]

Phew.  I got my first UFO attack mission in XCOM2 when a hunter stumbled across me and shot me down.  I panicked when I activated two alien pods simultaneously, then a third pod maneuvering right next to my first spotter.  Turns out I didn't need to worry quite so much.   Gauss weapons, squadsight, heavy use of grenades against armor and clusters, and massive overwatch abuse against reinforcements gave me this beautiful sight.

Spoiler: Commander difficulty, if it matters (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: The MVP, who's actually a custom character from an old PBP game that never got off the ground. The game only gave me one sharpshooter, but I only needed the one. (click to show/hide)

[EnigmaticHat]

Boy was that a bad idea. Playing ME3, I mean.

I stopped at 2, mainly because I didn't want Origin.  Also tho 2 left me with good feelings about the story whereas from what I've heard of the ending (and the fact that they decided to show Tali's face) it sounds like 3 would leave me with a bad taste in my mouth.

[SOLDIER First]

Completed Chapter 6 on Hard Classic without any casualties, in one try. ...No, I'm not counting the other tries from the last time I played my Hard Classic file.
I think I'm getting the hang of this "strategy" thing (read: putting weak units just within range of one enemy so capable people can kill them).
Fire Emblem Awakening

[Twinwolf]

Or, unequip all weapons from Frederick McLaughsOffDamage and move him into range and do the same thing.

[SOLDIER First]

Frederick McOnlyEverGetsTenEXP, you mean?
And that would have worked if Freddy wasn't paired off to Donny so the latter has 5< Defense.

[Tawa]

Why would you want to lower Donnel's defense?