I know the shields saved me once, but were there any other upgrades that specifically saved me on the final issue? Joker specifically said, “good thing we upgraded that” in the mission.
I did almost all the upgrades recommended by the crew, but I am not sure I did all of them. I can’t remember any more.
You also need the upgraded armor (for coming through the relay, I think) and the upgraded cannons (for destroying the Collector ship). The other stuff is not required.
She IS the second in command. I’d think she’d be the obvious choice.
(I happen to like Miranda, a lot).
Here’s a video of what happens if you totally crap the bed in the Suicide Mission. It is possible to make it so that no one survives, not even Shepard. In which case, of course, you can’t import her to ME3.
Hey, she was my primary squad mate. If she is available as a squad mate in 3, she will be as permanent as I can make someone. I will use Tali a lot as well.
Anyway, nothing against Miranda, but I didn’t see her as a leader of a platoon of sorts.
Some other special dialogue moments you almost certainly missed, because you played the game correctly, and without the use of sequence-breaking or cheat codes:
Taking Legion to recruit Tali on Haestrom (which is almost impossible unless you’re sequence-breaking):
Taking Legion on Tali’s loyalty mission triggers some… interesting reactions from the quarians.
Taking the aliens into the quarantine zone on Omega:
Wow, had no idea he could do almost anything. I kind of hated they threw in one more crew member that late.
Choosing to destroy the Collector Base with Miranda in the party triggers unique dialogue:
Squad and crewmate reactions to your destroying the Collector Base:
By the way, you’ve been going mostly pure Paragon so far, but handing over the Collector Base to Cerberus is the Renegade ending to ME2.
You’re playing as FemShep, as I recall.
Your romance options for ME2 are Jacob, Garrus, and Thane.
BroShep’s options are Miranda, Tali, and Jack.
It’s possible to sleep with Morinth after the Suicide Mission, but it kills you, of course, despite Morinth asserting that it wouldn’t.
Taking Tali and Legion on Garrus’s recruitment mission triggers hidden dialogue:
Mahaloth, did you like using the Warp power to detonate biotic effects (like Pull or Singularity) in Mass Effect 2? If so, you’ll enjoy the expanded combo system in Mass Effect 3 (e.g. using Concussive Shot on a burning enemy creates a fiery explosion).
I did the tutorial/intro on Mass Effect 3 and finally got up into the Normandy. I kind of fell in love with the ship design in ME2 so wandering around and seeing it now is kind of sad. Not to mention it is kind of empty, missing my crew mates.
It’s OK, but man…they took out chunks of it.
I see that. Yeah, I do that sometimes and it’s nice to see combat might be improved even more. I think I can run for an unlimited amount of time now, too. Finally!
I regret not doing this. She was in my party and I think that was the better choice.
Ugh.
Singularity/Warp combos are almost my entire ME2/3 offense, at least until I get the Flare bonus ability from the ME3 Omega DLC. Guns are just for peeling off shields.
You should go through the trilogy at least a few more times if, for no other reason, than to explore the fantastic abilities you can have as different classes.
I love playing as a Vanguard and spamming Biotic Charge/Nova in ME3. You teleport to your target, knock them back, and then use your shield power to perform a powerful biotic attack. It’s so freaking cool. You can even teleport to targets that are on a different level than you are.
And, of course, run through the game again so you can explore other romances. Garrus is my big turian boyfriend in ME2, and Tali is my sweet quarian girlfriend. Thane is very sweet, too.
In Mass Effect: Andromeda, 99% of my offense has been Incinerate (prime/detonate) and Throw (detonate) and the turret that primes targets.
If you let Wrex die in ME1, and then play ME2 so everyone dies except Shepard (very difficult, but not impossible), ME3 becomes kind of an amazing experience.
Agreed; I did the simpler thing of letting everyone except Grunt and Morinth die and ME3 was a very lonely place.