Mass effect 1..... bit easy no?

[Dupont666]

I just went through mass effect 1 in 11-13 hours on level 37 and it seemed a bit to easy for my liking.

In the final battle I didnt even get hit.... It was on the default setting so now Im going through it again to bump up my character and visit all the unknown worlds, tho this time the enemies seem a little harder, but not much that a couple of the abilities (throw, lift, warp, etc) cant deal with...

bit disappointed, but now off to find the super rated armour and it would be so much better if my character could actually train to use an assault rifle instead of only a pistol.

So now if I rank up can I take my bod to mass effect 2 or do I only take his characteristics and not his abilities?

[Steve Evil]

All you carry over to ME2 is your choices and look of your character (look can be changed). You start from scratch again, so can pick a new class.

You'll find it will play out in subtle different ways if certain characters died, whether you were good or bad etc.

[Dupont666]

M4FFU said:

I've just started ME1, having finished ME2 [yes, backward, I know :P] and I thought the opening 'bit' was tougher than ME2.

Still, there's a an insane level if you think normal is lemon squeezy.

The opening bit on the train going to the other hub, defusing bombs, etc...

Second time round I didnt even need to hide from enemies... just waltzed up the middle, but does help that when I took on the old crew again I had 57 points to play with on them and my assault rifles do 240+ of damage.

The only thing I hate is the mako and its dodgy handling, that and I cant pick up an assault rifle and use it.

[Rarefied Brains]

I find with the Mako the only sensible way to pilot is is to use the 'aim-down sight' view as much as possible.

[dwilkie]

Don't forget, on the default level only bosses are scaled to you - 37 is quite a high level to do Saren at, I was only 20 something the first time I played it.

If you do it on the hardest level, everything is scaled up in relation to your level and it makes it pretty hard. Also I find the order you do the missions in effects their difficulty quite a lot, and if you play as a soldier that's probably the hardest - the first time I played through I had no biotics in my team for the end game fight with Saren, so was reliant on just trying to shoot him. That's quite a hard thing to do as he only bloody sits still to shoot rockets at you.

[Dupont666]

dwilkie said:

Don't forget, on the default level only bosses are scaled to you - 37 is quite a high level to do Saren at, I was only 20 something the first time I played it.

If you do it on the hardest level, everything is scaled up in relation to your level and it makes it pretty hard. Also I find the order you do the missions in effects their difficulty quite a lot, and if you play as a soldier that's probably the hardest - the first time I played through I had no biotics in my team for the end game fight with Saren, so was reliant on just trying to shoot him. That's quite a hard thing to do as he only bloody sits still to shoot rockets at you.

Found the turret section at the end the most difficult as team members kept dying all the time...

Most bosses are just crap... The first time against Saren, he lasted approximately 10-15 seconds before the cut scene and the trying to throw me off the edge...

Lift... Warp... throw... rinse and repeat with another character and its bye bye saren...

[darth_pies]

Steve Evil said:

All you carry over to ME2 is your choices and look of your character (look can be changed). You start from scratch again, so can pick a new class.

You'll find it will play out in subtle different ways if certain characters died, whether you were good or bad etc.

...and a chunk of cash/resources as a bonus depending on how high a level character you import.

[Steve Evil]

M4FFU said:

Steve Evil said:

All you carry over to ME2 is your choices and look of your character (look can be changed). You start from scratch again, so can pick a new class.

You'll find it will play out in subtle different ways if certain characters died, whether you were good or bad etc.

I think you get a nice starter amount of cash, and certain decisions will effect play.

So, I'd start as level 1 tho, even after a ME1/ME2 import?

Yeah you get starter cash and resources as mentioned. If you import an ME1 character into ME2 then you start at level 1-5, depending on how high your level was when you finished ME1, I think a level 60 ME1 character will start at level 5 in ME2. If you decide to play through ME2 again with the same character then you start at the level you finished ME2 at with that character, so in my case I completed it at level 27, then did it again, starting at level 27.

[Dupont666]

Steve Evil said:

M4FFU said:

Steve Evil said:

All you carry over to ME2 is your choices and look of your character (look can be changed). You start from scratch again, so can pick a new class.

You'll find it will play out in subtle different ways if certain characters died, whether you were good or bad etc.

I think you get a nice starter amount of cash, and certain decisions will effect play.

So, I'd start as level 1 tho, even after a ME1/ME2 import?

Yeah you get starter cash and resources as mentioned. If you import an ME1 character into ME2 then you start at level 1-5, depending on how high your level was when you finished ME1, I think a level 60 ME1 character will start at level 5 in ME2. If you decide to play through ME2 again with the same character then you start at the level you finished ME2 at with that character, so in my case I completed it at level 27, then did it again, starting at level 27.

Thats what Im doing at the moment in ME1, except my little dude is lvl38 now and its only to go and get all the hidden decent weapons and such... shame none can be carried across

[Shinobi]

To the OP, just turn the difficulty up.

[Dupont666]

Shinobi said:

To the OP, just turn the difficulty up.

Done that now on the 2nd run through