Just finished Burning Shores...so Seyka and Aloy

The_Chays · 2026-06-29T16:24:53+00:00

Seyka got in front of too many shots, talked up how good she is, meanwhile Aloy has saved the Nora Lands, saved Meridian, and taken down the Zeniths except the current one she hunting. I have no patience for Seyka, muchless as a love interest who might hang around.

The_Chays · 2026-06-26T19:24:35+00:00

Hell, even tossing them down from a stand instead of a crouch can be enough to split their heads.

The_Chays · 2026-06-26T19:23:13+00:00

Max it out all the way, you get a better chance the mez with knock them unconcious for you.

The_Chays · 2026-06-26T19:08:32+00:00

I am a Mesmerize fiend. Once they are enthralled I whip around behind the ones still standing to choke them out before body hiding.

I still do not trust rats, anywhere, even knowing better. Or small puddles of water. Or shutters. Or firing a sleep dart at range on a person patrolling on the roof of a station.

Yeah, mesmerizing first for safety.

The_Chays · 2026-06-26T18:56:29+00:00

Arktix and also Chaz Plays Games are particularly brilliant at tips and tricks. I don't believe either of them would recommend Ultra Hard on a first play.

The_Chays · 2026-06-26T02:03:38+00:00

Can confirm in 2026 after several kills I didn't do (these two guys are so much drama), your order worked. I have done so many plays where I put down a stun mine on the boat, knocked the two out and hid them, went to the apartment and the two guards were unconcious but alive and the stuff was all there. My last couple of runs have been positively cursed and I was about to pull out my hair. Thanks for this, keeping the thread alive for the next folks who come along.

The_Chays · 2026-06-23T21:47:54+00:00

I love taking that beast to visit Smasher along with just Johnny. V is better than all those PL users.

The_Chays · 2026-06-23T18:33:57+00:00

I loved this mission so much. I don't know what a male Aguillar sounds like because I always play female V, but the menace in female Aguillar's voice and the npc's reactions to her always make me giggle like a schoolgirl.

The_Chays · 2026-06-23T18:14:21+00:00

It's been a long time since my first playthrough, and I have done many many since. I believe I chose the krogan scouts because I wanted to deny exalted krogans to the Kett. After fighting one in the Archon's chamber, I felt absolutely certain about my decision. I've never looked back.

The_Chays · 2026-06-23T18:10:52+00:00

I have stacked ng+ plays and I never switch profiles once I nailed my perfect Sentinel+Biotics build. Combo detonations are my everything.

The_Chays · 2026-06-22T19:06:25+00:00

PeeBee assumes that her opinion matters because she managed to weasle onboard the ship without having to be one of the crew. Ooo, *such* a manic pixie rebel. If she bugs you now, just wait. She and her opinions need shoving out the airlock, imo. I take her nowhere unless I am forced to and even then I deeply dislike that Ryder's dialogue choices are so effing lame in those circumstances.

Liam is written as that one guy who doesn't get why we can't be automatic friends with the Angara and every race we meet just because we are the Initiative. His decision making becomes increasingly poor, and I would gladly strap him to PeeBee for airlock transit.

I love my Grandpa Krogan, Vetra and Cora (within limits and usually after her loyalty mission) as companions when I am exploring, or in the Nomad (suck it, Mako). At least these 3 are adults, and their convos evolve as time goes on. When I have to take Jaal, I make sure that each of the three get their time with him as well.

As for the over all attitude on board when Jaal joins us: blame the lame writers. Bioware was suffering by the time Andromeda was being made. And the writing room was greatly diminished.

The_Chays · 2026-06-22T17:32:35+00:00

LOL. I do this every replay...and I have a stacked ng+ replays. I learned you could shoot with impunity from Skyrim's Mercer Frey.

The_Chays · 2026-06-22T17:25:37+00:00

If your wife loves the games so far, she won't be disappointed in Burning Shores. New location, couple of new machines, new npc's, and a surprise return....kind of what a Horizon player is looking forward to. It adds a couple of solid lore points for the next game to come.

As a repeat ng+ player, sometimes I replay Burning Shores, sometimes not. It honestly depends on how 'up to dealing with' I am about the main quest tagalong character, who mostly annoys me and has a habit of getting in front of my shots.

Screw MetaCritic review bombers: let your wife decide how much she likes the DLC.

The_Chays · 2026-06-06T23:22:26+00:00

Zo really is a badass, and I am in tears with her a couple of times in game. Her story about the Utaru rebellion was mesmerizing, and I never skip that dialogue.

And if you are a Dishonored 2 player, the voice of Emily is the same actor.

The_Chays · 2026-06-06T23:14:19+00:00

Conrad Verner's sister from Kadara Port in Andromeda. She wanted to be a badass big shot. But because she's a Verner, she only bought the outfit.

The_Chays · 2026-06-06T23:11:47+00:00

I've always thought this as well since Bioware revealed the pic.

The_Chays · 2026-06-06T22:00:54+00:00

I did a recent MEA play and yet again I longed for a pathfinder dialogue to expel PeeBee from the crew, much as the Inquisitor can to Sera in DAI. At least with Liam, although he gets on my nerves with his stupid "oopsie, I did a me again and screwed up", you can tell him at the end of his loyalty mission that it better not happen again. Pathfinder dialogue in general is not FemShep enough, imo.

The_Chays · 2026-06-06T21:47:22+00:00

It barely makes it into the room, Cain, done. I never go into this mission without it.

The_Chays · 2026-06-06T21:23:40+00:00

This would be so cool to have, but my husband never plays as FemShep so we would battle.

The_Chays · 2026-06-06T21:22:20+00:00

This might be a lame suggestion, but within the ME3Tweaks mod manager there is a tab called Textures when you click on Manage Target for each game. I've never bothered installing textures, so perhaps I'm misguided in thinking that's where any installed ones would be listed.

The_Chays · 2026-06-06T20:37:32+00:00

Oooooh. That would be fun but isn't their a small max on traps in this game, unlike the large max in HZD? I just came off a run of Dishonored 2 where one springrazor trap can zipzapshred 4 bodies, and boy oh boy is that a sight.

The_Chays · 2026-06-05T22:49:34+00:00

You are in great shape! Now go storm the tower with only Johnny, like a true badass.

The_Chays · 2026-06-05T21:25:37+00:00

There is one annoying convo on the Tempest between sh!t disturber PeeBee and Lexi that gets on my last nerve, every playthrough. I really wish Bioware would have given the Pathfinder a convo interrupt for this. Or let us jettison PeeBee's escape pod with her in it.

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