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Tell us about your behavior in Act 3!

I had no technical issues running Act 3
I had some technical issues running Act 3
I can't run Act 3 :(
I read most of the material in the dreamscape
I didn't spend much time in the dreamscape
I sanitized the Gefs in 'Nothing is True'
I released the Gefs in 'Nothing is True'
I believed the Ridwan pilots had to die
I don't think the Ridwan pilots had to die
Kovacs was my favorite wingman
Falconer was my favorite wingman
Vidaura was my favorite wingman
Those wingmen were not my favorite people
I had a horrible time on the assassination
I had no trouble pulling off the assassination
I used the decoy transport during the assassination
I used the sensor flashbang during the assassination
I hacked a Mjolnir during the assassination
I pulled that assassination off with NO ITEMS
I destroyed the Gef reactor in 'One Future'
I captured the Gef habitat in 'One Future'
'One Future' made me regret my earlier decision about the Gef pilots
'One Future' didn't change my earlier decision about the Gef pilots
I hated flying the Custos-X
I loved flying the Custos-X
I was overwhelmed by 'Her Finest Hour'
I adapted well to 'Her Finest Hour'
I destroyed the Carthage
I took the Carthage's surrender
I summoned the Toutatis in 'Her Finest Hour'
I got the Toutatis killed by Serkr in 'Her Finest Hour'
I had no trouble with the turret placement in 'Eyes in the Storm'
Placing turrets was tricky during 'Eyes in the Storm'
I wasn't bothered by 'Universal Truth'
'Universal Truth' really freaked me out
I met the face of madness in 'Universal Truth'
I escaped 'Universal Truth' with my mind intact
I found the laughing man in 'Universal Truth'
I recognize the necessity of the Fedayeen
I'm uncomfortable with the Fedayeen
I have supported the UEF, and still do
I have supported the GTVA, and still do
I changed sides from UEF to GTVA
I changed sides from GTVA to UEF
Humanity is doomed!
Humanity has a chance!

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Offline General Battuta

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The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
23 votes! Please allocate them sensibly and don't vote for contradictory options.

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
Does "the laughing man" refer to a certain someone next to the Yangtze?
The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell.

 

Offline Shivan Hunter

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
"contradictory options"... I both recognize why the Fedayeen has to exist but I don't really like it so I put both.

I said I read most of the material in the dreamscape, but I'm not sure on that point. I talked to everyone I could see before waking up (usually only once, since every time I pinged someone again I got one-liners), but there may be more I missed. I found the easter egg that changes the music (\m/, btw) but can I do anything with those two firewalls? And am I remembering it incorrectly, or do they move closer in subsequent visits to the dreamscape?

...I most play this again!

 

Offline Hellzed

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
The first time I launched 3.6.17 buid on my Ubuntu 12.10 laptop, it crashed after creating a new pilot and proceeding to mainhall. And it crashed again, til I created a new .fs2_open folder in my home directory. Now it's ok, but I cannot reproduce this bug... so I can't get logs anymore.

Some word about the wingmen : they were interesting, but not as interesting as the ones in WiH Part 1. I guess losing the war together creates more links between people than winning it together.
Maybe it's the writing : In WiH Part 1, what made the parts between the missions feel real was the messages from the crew and wingmen, but also the strategic briefing telling us *where* our capship was standing in the war : which fleet, who was in charge.
I really liked the general dreamscape parts, and the impression of being both in and out the war at the same time (fighting the same war a different way), but sometimes I was almost forgetting I was still on a UEF capship.

The Custos-X was fun to fly, but not as fun as the Katana in The Blade Itself. Less systems, less turrets, less eye candy. And a main gun... Who need to aim a maingun when the crew can do it for you ?

Placing tanks on platforms in Eyes in the Storm was fun, i really liked this part, the "tower defence" feel. But the reactivity of controls (arrows) felt a bit weird : sometimes snappy, sometimes slow, a bit unpredicatble. Maybe some side effect of the auto-zooming on platforms, this feature just interferes with precise aiming. Plus you cannot really miss a shot, feels too easy.
The only tricky part in this mission was not engaging the Pegasus fighters : I got slaughtered by their primary guns frenzy 3 times before understanding I should keep close to the transport and go away with it. Maybe I'm not a good pilot enough.

Oh, and I always loose at least 30 fighters in Her Finest Hour, even after following instructions in the "recommendations" tab. The mission always goes smoothly, but i keep getting these pilots killed not. I don't understand. I'll have to replay till I find what's wrong.

No need to say it again, the best campaign I have ever played, along with WiH part 1. Best writing, best freding !



 
Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
Why is there no option for poor, dumb Sergey as favourite character?
The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell.

 
Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
Kovacs was my favorite Wingman. Obviously a bit mental, but not a cliche butcher or berserker. Just a broken down realistic in a crappy war. Seemed to have Laporte's back which counts for something.

With the recent revelations about the Vishnans, I'm inclined to support the GTVA even more. The war has been horrible, costly, but no more so than any other great ideological war in human history. Now we have both the Vishnans and Shivans passing arbitrary judgement on yet another cycle.

At least the GTVA is properly horrified by the idea of the human race being "shaped" into something by sufficiently advanced beings. Given that the Fedayeen are the self described scum of humanity, there's really no high ground the UEF can cling to anymore. They're as willing to burn 100,000 civilians to accomplish their goals as the GTVA are, which makes Laporte's angst about how the GTVA's citizens are "sheep" compared to Unbutu exceptionally, spectacularly, wrong.

Whether humanity lives or dies at the hands of the Shivans or Vishnans, they should face it on their own terms. The Vishnans aren't angels, and the Shivans certainly still are devils.  Flip em the bird and go down guns blazing if it comes to it. But I'm willing to bet there's still someway to exploit their goals/desires.

And since ant analogies have flown fast and thick in this series, remember, even an ant has a bite. And it can kill, if they work together.

« Last Edit: January 09, 2013, 01:57:36 am by manwiththemachinegun »

 
Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
Ah, but to the Shivans a human is apparently as unto a protein chain. I suppose even a single prion can kill you, though.
The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell.

 

Offline T-Man

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
I had no technical issues running Act 3      7 (3.5%)

Ran perfectly (only exception some slight stuttering on the opening cutscene, especially the first flythrough shot with the Solaris and Sanctus).

Sanatized the Gefs after some shock and thinking about it; decided in the end i didn't have a choice, their survival would comprimise the mission (welcome to 'black ops' :sigh:). Same for the Ridwan pilots (i assume these were the UEF that turn up in that mission?); i ended up engaging only after my pilots said they would do it though; dunno that seemed to snap me out of thinking.

Got Assassination on third try; i did summon the decoy bomb but i didn't give it time to turn up i don't think. Sensor decoy was handy!

I captured the Gef habitat in 'One Future'. Ironically my first run i did go for the reactor as i thought i didn't have the time to capture the station, but i aborted the mission when i read that hitting the reactor would destroy the whole thing instead of just stopping it. Sickeningly two faced as it might sound, i wouldn't kill thousands like that (despite the pilots earlier) if there was another option.

I loved flying the Custos-X  :cool:

I was overwhelmed by 'Her Finest Hour'. It was okay mission-wise (i took notes i confess) but i paniced a little from the time limit and in the end threw all my bombers at the Carthage's engines after frying the Mjolnirs and uploading the station virus. Mission accomplished but according to my comm menu's emptiness urr... casulty rate nigh-on 100% ( debrief mentioned 40%> so at least that :( ). Took Surrender as it ended the fight quickly. (Btw, the Toutatis turns up?)

I had no trouble with the turret placement in 'Eyes in the Storm'. That was fun!

I wasn't bothered by 'Universal Truth'... much... (loved all the information in it though, and did love the fear from the "don't turn round" bit. I did see a few tendrils of whatever was following me but never did turn; i think it did genuinely scare me a bit :o. I escaped 'Universal Truth' with my mind intact (secondary was achieved, though according to the little box in the middle i had become unstable, so not 100% on that).

I recognize the necessity of the Fedayeen, but they make be uncomfortable big time. Sorta accepted them until i found out one of my pilots was a Serial killer (they seemed so caring too :sad:); that's downright dangerous, what if they start killing squadmates? Or make the gestalt leader thing go serial?

I have supported the UEF, and still do (definately understand the GTVA and it's believers more now though; they're good guys after all i guess); it's a fabricated lie, but one i honestly think is a good model for humanity, so with it till the end! The Vishnans have given up and condemned it... but maybe it's time for the child to fly the roost? :cool:

Humanity has a chance! Ken Seems to think so, and from what he said of his origins he would certainly have the brainpower to think it over. No idea how they're gonna pull it off... but if we did the last two acts would be boring right? :lol:
« Last Edit: January 09, 2013, 02:26:51 am by T-Man »
Also goes by 'Murasaki-Tatsu' outside of Hard-Light

UEF fanboy. Rabid Imagination.

 
Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
Ah, but to the Shivans a human is apparently as unto a protein chain. I suppose even a single prion can kill you, though.

I'm not expecting a trench run against Shivantown in so many words, but everything has a weakness. Everything. War is the continuation of politics by physical means. If somehow military force can be used to leverage... something that the Shivans want or have a higher priority towards, that could be a path to survival.

I think some sort of victory is possible that combines some sort of surgical strike with a very, very intense investigation into what the Shivans really want, and set about denying them that. I don't believe like Bosch that coexistence with the Shivans is possible. Let's not forget, they've exterminated countless civilizations because they failed to meet some arbitrary standard of enlightenment. Who's to say they even understand the concept of honoring a deal with bacteria? They are impossible to attack directly, I wouldn't want them to be depicted as otherwise. But there's got to be something, a crack in their grand design, that can be exploited.
« Last Edit: January 09, 2013, 02:30:43 am by manwiththemachinegun »

 

Offline Ravenholme

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
Annnd voted.

And I have to agree with a lot of what manwiththemachinegun is saying.

I'm hoping the next two acts won't result in the death/defeat of Steele, but I guess there isn't too much hope for that.
Full Auto - I've got a bullet here with your name on it, and I'm going to keep firing until I find out which one it is.

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<The_E>   Errr
<The_E>   *sexp

 

Offline Useful Dave

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
Annnd voted.

And I have to agree with a lot of what manwiththemachinegun is saying.

I'm hoping the next two acts won't result in the death/defeat of Steele, but I guess there isn't too much hope for that.

The same, I've been following the list down to see how far I can go, the question is at what point I'll flake out. Lopez was an easy choice to make - although the discovery that I could've gotten the Toutatis Serkr'd in the process is mildly horrifying now that I think about it.

Funnily enough the Fedayeen didn't draw any form of discomfort from me, they just reminded me of Special Circumstances, and as per the case of SC it felt rather awesome in the sense of what a few people could actually achieve not necessarily via their direct intervention in the action, but knowing just how and where to use the assets at their disposal. Her Finest Hour felt rather like a 'Buntu Delenda Est in that sense, you could almost imagine a wing of SOC Pegasi sitting back then and waiting for the time to call in the Aurora.

Of course we all know that wasn't the case, but I found the most discomfort to be derived from the discovery how just how subverted the UEF was by the Vishnans. Where Acts 1-2 felt as though they were drawing upon the horror of war with an undertone of crazy-Porte, here we're seeing a Contact'd situation gone horribly wrong akin to the Chelgrians, not because of negligance, but full on abandonment.

 

Offline Ravenholme

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
They're SC meets the Envoy Corps from Richard Morgan's Takeshi-verse
Full Auto - I've got a bullet here with your name on it, and I'm going to keep firing until I find out which one it is.

<The_E>   Several sex-based solutions come to mind
<The_E>   Errr
<The_E>   *sexp

 

Offline kimo

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
I had some technical issues running Act 3
At first "Universal Truth" failed to load (Malloc Failed). Probably because I have those high-poly Sathanas, but after I switched off web browser and restart FS everything works fine.

I read most of the material in the dreamscape

I sanitized the Gefs in 'Nothing is True'
Mercy for terrorist? Not any more...

I believed the Ridwan pilots had to die
Wrong place, wrong time...

Those wingmen were not my favorite people
Can't explain why. I just don't like them too much.

I had no trouble pulling off the assassination
Not counting the fact, that at first I forgot about traffic noise :P

I used the decoy transport during the assassination
Decoy, Gattler & Grimler and outrun the escort without a scratch

I captured the Gef habitat in 'One Future'
*Sigh* Gef or not, I can't kill all those civilians. At least not when I have other options.

Crap, I checked wrong answer, and now I can't undo it.

'One Future' didn't change my earlier decision about the Gef pilots
Let me guess. Thanks to earlier sanitizing, this mission is easier?  :p

I loved flying the Custos-X
Maybe it's not Karuna, but still great.

I was overwhelmed by 'Her Finest Hour'
How many pages on briefing? How many options?!

"Are you getting all this?" No!
"You may want to take notes" Very funny  :doubt:

I needed few try to adapt. And I thought "Delenda est" was difficult...  :D

I took the Carthage's surrender
Destroy Carthage? It's enough, that I have to fight on the wrong side...

I summoned the Toutatis in 'Her Finest Hour'
Yeah. My leadership skills were... questionable. Most of the Toutatis air wing was destroyed and only one frigate survive (barely). Destroyer was my only option.

I had no trouble with the turret placement in 'Eyes in the Storm'
FS Tower defence :D Nice idea.

'Universal Truth' really freaked me out
I don't even know, how to describe this. All those information about Shivans, Vishnans and their plot...

I escaped 'Universal Truth' with my mind intact

I recognize the necessity of the Fedayeen
Someone have to do the dirty work.

I have supported the GTVA, and still do
Now even more than before. I always thought that Alliance, with all its weaknesses and flaws, is more real... more human. Peace and wealth of Federation are like humanity dream. Beautifull dream, but only dream. And now, after Act III, i can see Elders only as a dolls. Toys. And it looks like the Vishnans don't want to play any more.

Humanity is doomed!
Maybe not literally, but i can't see how we could survive without submission to Vishnans or Shivans...

PS
Laughing man?

PPS
Toutatis can be destroyed by Serk? How?  ;7

 

Offline Aesaar

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
Had no technical issues whatsoever.

Read everything I could in the dreamscape.  Was an excellent way of getting info about the greater scheme of things.

I sanitised the Gef pilots.  Didn't even have second thoughts about it.  Of course, they didn't endear themselves to me when they failed to kill the AWACS like they were supposed to.  The Ridwan pilots had to die for mission success.  It's black ops, and not supposed to be clean.

Kovacs was most interesting.  Probably the nearest thing to a normal person out of all three, yet had a very detached way of looking at things.  Didn't like any of them as much as our act 2 wingmates though.

The assassination wasn't too hard.  I covered all my bases on the second attempt: identified transport, got up behind it, triggered flashbang, triggered transport, dumbfired a Shrike into the engine, and unloaded my Sidhes into it.  Happily cruised away without getting hit.  And that's how I killed an old lady and got away with it.

Blew up the Gef reactor in One Future.  I didn't know about the Morena's weakpoint, so I sailed past it into the asteroid, killed the reactor, then got out and killed the Morena the old fashioned way.  Given the info I had at the time, it was necessary.  The Custos-X was a joy to fly, and provided an interesting possibility for the future of the cruiser class.

Her Finest Hour was an amazing mission.  It overwhelmed me at first, but I think I adapted decently.  "You may want to take notes", I did.  The reason it took me so many attempts (~10) was because I insisted on playing on Insane and the station's TerPulse kept on killing me.  And the Carthage's engines were a ***** to take down, but ultimately, calling everything in the menu and sending it all out at once did the job quite nicely.  Got knocked down to 2% health by collisions with my Great Mighty Fighter Blob. 

As a Tev supporter, I was happy I wasn't compelled to kill the Carthage, but I doubt she'll ever fight again, even if the GTVA win the war.

It says a lot about this mission that I failed it so much yet still think it's as good as it is.

Eyes in the Storm/BP Tower Defense was very fun.  Went better when I chose to give all my wingmen Uriels and took a Kent myself.  I find the Ainsarii is too big to mix it up with Nyxes.  Turret placement was fine.

Universal Truth was ****ing terrifying.  Not many games get psychological horror right, but this mission definitely did.  The first part, running from the Great Darkness, was where this was at its worst/best.  I failed the mission once (ran the wrong way after going through the first node, because I approached that node from the back), did fine the second time through. 

Revelations were handled perfectly.  This is how you do abusive precursors right.  Mass Effect would have benefited hugely from your input.

I don't know if I'd call the Fedayeen necessary (the Tevs get along fine with traditional SOC black ops), but I completely understand their utility.  They do make me uncomfortable, but that's to be expected.

I supported the GTVA before, and this act made me certain I chose correctly.  Humanity's right to self-determination is worth dying for.  Let's pull a Sheridan and get both these assholes to leave us alone!

I'm really, really hoping we get to see Fedayeen/3JRF/GTVA cooperation.  Their interests match up well enough for it to happen, I think.  If you kill off Steele, please at least give him a dignified soldier's death.  Same goes for Calder.


« Last Edit: January 09, 2013, 11:22:54 am by Aesaar »

 
Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
I had no technical issues running Act 3

I read most of the material in the dreamscape
Read pretty much everything I could find in the dreamscape, including spamming the fire button to see the different one-off lines.

I released the Gefs in 'Nothing is True'
I had a hard time with this decision, but killing them in cold blood after they held up their end of the bargain didn't sit well with me.

I believed the Ridwan pilots had to die
Wasn't aware that letting them go was an option. I opted to finish the job myself because I felt it was my burden to bear.

Those wingmen were not my favorite people
I liked the wingmen in Tenebra, but I didn't feel as close to them as the Wargods. I'd say it's because the Wargods had the whole camaraderie scenario stretched over 2 acts and more personal interaction (Mars vacation, friendly banter, etc). In short, the Fedayeen were my wingmen, but the Wargods were also my friends, which tracks right into the whole "squadron of sharks" line.

I had no trouble pulling off the assassination
Except for the times I killed myself with my own Shrikes....

I captured the Gef habitat in 'One Future'
Actually blew it up the first time, after I got the transport killed, and felt so bad during the debriefing that I replayed it to save the habitat.

'One Future' made me regret my earlier decision about the Gef pilots
Not sure what happens if you blow them up, but letting them go and seeing how they encouraged a 'no surrender, no retreat' idea did make me regret letting the Gefs live.

I loved flying the Custos-X
So. Much. Fun. I especially loved the feeling of flying the cruiser into the asteroid, destroying it's jump drive, and bugging out at top speed.

I adapted well to 'Her Finest Hour'
Did my first run on easy so I don't know how it really stacks up, I didn't even have to summon the Toutatis, and I beat it on my first try saving the frigate and most of my wingmen.

I took the Carthage's surrender
I liked the Lopez character, even if she did help destroy the Wargods she wouldn't of fallen into your trap if she didn't care deeply about her subordinates lives. A big tactical mistake, but I respected her humanity and felt nothing would be served by her death. Though the 10,000 prisoners line did make me go "Oh...didn't think about that part".

I had no trouble with the turret placement in 'Eyes in the Storm'
Navigational controls for selecting platforms were a bit sticky for my tastes but it was simple enough that I had no major issues.

'Universal Truth' really freaked me out
The thing coming up behind you in the darkness really freaked me out, maybe I'll have the courage to turn around next time I go through it.

I escaped 'Universal Truth' with my mind intact
Wasn't aware there was another way to complete the mission... Unless turning around at the above moment, or letting the Vishnans catch you is what you're talking about when you say "face of madness"... I'm going to have to play through that again.

I recognize the necessity of the Fedayeen / I'm uncomfortable with the Fedayeen
I feel both these things, and all I can really say is good job writing a faction that is gray enough that I can't really sort out my feelings on them.

I have supported the UEF, and still do
Despite the revelations of Act 3, I still felt that the UEF's ideals are admirable, though I don't appreciate the fact it was forced on us. To be specific, I no longer trust the UEF government or their overseers, but I do still value some of their ideals and when push comes to shove I'm still more partial to the UEF over the GTVA.

Humanity has a chance!
This is more hope than anything else. Either way, there's going to much more blood before this conflict is resolved.

In short, you guys did an amazing job. I was a bit worried going into it just because I liked WiH R1 so much that I didn't want to be disappointed if this didn't live up to my hopes. 30 seconds into 'Icarus' I was no longer worried, and you guys kept your A game going for the entire campaign. Whether it's mission or story structure you guys nailed it dead on, and you released it on the week of my birthday so thanks for the great gift. :D

Edit: Just rewatched Icarus and noticed the Masyaf frigate # is 1337. Cute.
« Last Edit: January 09, 2013, 09:28:01 am by Ryuseiken »

 
Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
Well ****.

Ran like a charm on both system's I've played it on.

Read everything in the dreamscape the first time I played, but I think I need to make up a script for this act to even begin to wrap my head around all of it.

Sanitized the **** out of those stupid space hippies. :p

Didn't realize I had any sort of option to let the Ridwan pilots survive, but, I didn't look for one either since I was too busy smashing them up with my space shotgun.

Wingmen wingmen wingmen... I went with Falconer, but then I was like no! Vidaura, then I was all no no Kovacs. Wut about Thorne?

Assassination... neither? Wasn't simple, but except for scanning the sensor system there wasn't anything I'd call horrible either. I used the transport, the sensor thingamajig and the mjolnir, though I didn't think to use it on the transport my first time. Steele got to be one awacs short :p

Captured the gef asteroid base the first time. Accidentally crashed into the core my second time blowing it up. :lol:

It didn't change my decision about earlier. Assholes probably would have been shooting at me anyway.

Liked the Custos-X. Maybe not loved it, since I had to go rebind all of my keys just to fly it properly. But it was a lot of fun so I'll say I loved it.

I guess I adapted well to Her Finest Hour. But I got most of my strike force slaughtered by those hideous pulse turrets the first time (I didn't know the wings jumped in on your position, so I pulled well back before calling anyone in) I didn't even know the Toutatis could be called in, or that Serkr came knocking until I read it here. Saved the Serenity too. ** Though for whatever reason I was like super-certain that the Serenity would feature in the inside-Jupiter mission before playing Act 3. No idea why.

Accepted Lopez's surrender the first time through. Though I did play the space-shotgun the escape pods like a good like psychopath. :D Wait no, that's not something to smile about. ****.

Didn't have trouble with Eye of the Storm at all, unless the time spent trying to figure out why ctrl wouldn't work for placing turrets counts (I rebound the key)

Universal Truth freaked me the **** out and cost a keyboard to the spilled milk god. Didn't find the laughing man or probably 90% of the stuff in it but I guess that I escaped with my mind intact. I got the Sync/Transcend failure debrief and the 'I'm so cold ever since I peeled off my skin' one too when I got caught trying to talk to Simms.

I accept the necessity of the Fedayeen. Hell, I even kind of like them.

Didn't pick anything for who I support. Needs to be an 'I wubbed the UEFs but now I don't know, but still **** you Steele' option :p.

I guess humanity has a chance? Maybe? Again I feel like I need to read this Act again to be sure what I think. 

*edit* surprised a Cassie question isn't on the list, but I felt stupid when I was told what Cassandra was. Yeah, obviously. Sure. :(
« Last Edit: January 09, 2013, 11:06:48 am by Suongadon »
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Offline Aardwolf

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
I had some technical issues running Act 3

I somehow crashed the game during the tower defense thing... I think I either failed the mission or died, and toggled the view, and it crashed. Also the arrow keys were incredibly unresponsive. I tried plugging in a USB numpad mid-mission but the drivers didn't install properly. Dunno if it would've helped.

Also on my second attempt at Universal Truth, in the nebula part with the comm nodes, I was unable to link with any of them.

I read most of the material in the dreamscape

Although I only discovered after a few missions that the one-line things they say after you dialog with them are randomized!

I released the Gefs in 'Nothing is True'

I thought I was giving them the jump coords for the Masyaf, not setting them free :blah: But then I failed the mission. But I stuck with that decision anyway.

Ridwan pilots: none of the above.

I thought they had to die, but I thought that because I thought that was the only way to proceed within the game. If I had seen a way to not kill them and not compromise the op I would've taken it.

Wingmen: none of the above

I didn't dislike them, but I didn't have a favorite either. Even though I talked to all of them every time I entered the dreamscape, the different personalities didn't really stick.

I had a horrible time on the assassination AND I hacked a Mjolnir during the assassination.

When I figured out I could hack the Mjolnir I just went with that. But the first several times when I tried to blow it up myself I got owned. One time I was doing very well but I accidentally tapped my touchpad in a way it interpreted as a click, and fubar'd the mission that way.

Not sure what "NO ITEMS" is supposed to mean? Debrief congratulated me on not taking any hits, though!

I destroyed the Gef reactor in 'One Future'

I wanted to stick with the capture but when I found out about the jumpgate and reactor I thought I was being railroaded, so I blew it up.

'One Future' didn't change my earlier decision about the Gef pilots

One, when I first made the decision I thought I was sending them back to the Masyaf. And two, even knowing I had sent them back home, that mission didn't seem too hard.

I was overwhelmed by 'Her Finest Hour'

I kept exploding. I didn't realize that marking targets was a toggle until several retries in. My wingmen kept getting neutered.

Eventually I came up with a strat where I had the frigates blow up the Radhanite, followed by the gas miners, and together with my wingmen I blew up the Mjolnirs and AWACS.

I took the Carthage's surrender

Took me a good 30 seconds to decide.

Placing turrets was tricky during 'Eyes in the Storm'

Worst camera controls ever. Maybe with numpad it wouldn't have sucked? Realizing the turrets wouldn't activate until I told them to, but the enemies would still attack them as soon as my side opened fire... well, I ended up activating all the turrets on the second wave, as the enemy was getting in range.

Also, those poor tank crews! :(

I wasn't bothered by 'Universal Truth'

Format-wise I wasn't that surprised, considering what 'Ken' from Act I was like. Not sure what to make of the intel. Why is Ken any more trustworthy than the Vishnans? ****, what if Sam can still track Noemi in the dreamscape even after she's been unplugged?

I met the face of madness in 'Universal Truth'

Didn't get to the jump nodes fast enough to escape from Sam's invisible friends. Had to retry. See technical difficulties above.

Fedayeen? Idk.

If I could be sure they were right, maybe... but this whole 'extinction' thing seems unfounded.

I have supported the UEF, and still do

Idunno. I like them more.

Humanity has a chance!

At least we'll still be around for BP3 :)

 

Offline ellerto

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
I took the Cartage's surrender. I read the winner's debriefing, but the campaign decided that I failed, so the next time I f**ked her to hell

 

Offline General Battuta

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
I took the Cartage's surrender. I read the winner's debriefing, but the campaign decided that I failed, so the next time I f**ked her to hell

That sounds like a pretty serious bug! Can you tell me more?

 

Offline ellerto

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
I took the Cartage's surrender. I read the winner's debriefing, but the campaign decided that I failed, so the next time I f**ked her to hell

That sounds like a pretty serious bug! Can you tell me more?

Sure.
I'll try to remember what did actually happen that time. I started by blowing AWACSes' dishes, then took out Auroras. Then scanned HQ's subsystems. In that order. With my wingmen covering me. Then, I'm not sure what went after what but I believe it went like this:
Tankers were dead and so were the two Mjolnirs. At this point I called the game start and i called in the reinforcements (not sure which ones, but as much as I could).
Maybe it is another bug, but except the HQ, i was not able to hack anything else.
Some blowing up happened, but don't exactly know how it looked like since I was occupied by some fighters and then I was trying to stay as far as possible from it.
They did disable the Carthage, but only 2 or 3 seconds before she jumped. Then I had to choose between accepting hers surrender or blowing her up. I decided to accept it. The rest played as it should. I got the #1 debriefing (I was so upset about it that I did actualy fire up the FRED and started for searching, but since it was 3AM i soon gave up). The recommendations said something about not dying (so obviously this was wrong as well) and I was unable to continue in the same way as if I failed the mission.