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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 Naxal

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
I had some technical issues running Act 3
The ships in her finest hour refused targets after a while, also stutters but that's probably just my PC being too bad for this mass of ships :D

I read most of the material in the dreamscape
Read ALL the things!
I found the randomising to be hugely annoying and just bad design tbh.

I sanitized the Gefs in 'Nothing is True'
I don't understand why people say releasing them wouldn't matter 'cause no one would believe them.
They're allied to Steele so he has reason to at least listen to their version. And he knows the Fedayeen and probably wouldn't put such a false flag operation past them.
The whole point of the mission is to drive a wedge between the two and when you're trying to do that you really shouldn't let em live to tell the truth.
But even if this wasn't the case there is simply no reason to let them live. The Gefs are enemies and the pilots + fighter crafts a military asset to them. A minor one, true, but then again all the effort required is a button push...

I don't think the Ridwan pilots had to die
Uups looks like I remembered this wrong, they actually come in when you're still fighting and identify you as Fedayeen. Of course they have to die in this case.

Those wingmen were not my favorite people
Didn't really relate to them like to the wargods, they just kinda blended together.

I had no trouble pulling off the assassination
I hacked a Mjolnir during the assassination

Easy, first try without a scratch. Well second try technically as I wanted to hear the whole conversation and just sat there the first time :p

I captured the Gef habitat in 'One Future'
No reason to kill them all, they're gonna be removed as a threat with both options.

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

Why would it?

I loved flying the Custos-X
Nice. I only tried The Blade Itself once and sucked and then didn't want to anymore but this one was good. I should do the Blade again :D

I was overwhelmed by 'Her Finest Hour'
This one was a *****!
After getting killed one or two times I at least got far enough to get Toutatis Serkr'd :p
Then managed to win but had too high losses for my liking so restart. Then it took me a few times to win again... with more losses then last time  :doubt:
Said '**** it' and moved on.

I took the Carthage's surrender
Of course I did.
It's an important asset with probably lots of usable/researchable material.
I find Laporte's desire for vengeance HUGELY annoying and making her unlikeable. After all it primarily stems for the destruction of the Wargods rather than Luna.
So she hates the GTVA with for the horrible crime of... destroying enemy military forces in a war?
With enough bloodlust that she considers the slaughter of surrendering enemies... The Wargods never attempted to surrender.

I summoned the Toutatis in 'Her Finest Hour'
I got the Toutatis killed by Serkr in 'Her Finest Hour'
see above

I had no trouble with the turret placement in 'Eyes in the Storm'
Haha, the things you can mod in!

I wasn't bothered by 'Universal Truth'
Well it was kinda cool at least the Vishnans attacking part.

I met the face of madness in 'Universal Truth'
Is that something special or just gameovers? I got these, nice that there's different results of Laporte going crazy.

I escaped 'Universal Truth' with my mind intact
Again not sure if there's another way to win or this option is intended for no game-over madness.
In any case I did it eventually so I picked it :p

I recognize the necessity of the Fedayeen
Someone's gotta do it.

I have supported the GTVA, and still do
I never trusted the Vishnans, turns out I was right :p
Plus if anyone can safe mankind it's Steele so don't kill him! :O
But the UEF society and prosperity sure is nice. The GTVA can adopt Ubuntu once Steele has dealt with the Shivans, Vishnans and whatever other aliens come crawling out of their black-hole :nod:

Humanity has a chance!

Of course it has... it's a game :p
« Last Edit: June 23, 2013, 07:48:14 am by Naxal »

 

Offline SypheDMar

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  • Student, Volunteer, Savior
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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
It's been awhile since I played. I *think* this is all correct.

I had no technical issues running Act 3
It ran very well!

I read most of the material in the dreamscape
It's one of the reasons I play BP. The story is immersive.

I released the Gefs in 'Nothing is True'
I couldn't justify murdering them.

I don't think the Ridwan pilots had to die
I had my wingmates kill them because I thought there was no choice in the matter. I didn't want to do it myself.

Vidaura was my favorite wingman
I really like this person. Looks out for me, even if she is a serial killer. Also made me think that it'd be nice if real life governments can retrain serial killers into productive people in society.

I had no trouble pulling off the assassination
Assassination was cake and unlike the Gefs, well deserved. The hardest part was being inside the explosion radius of the transport. I had less than 10% and was running for my life after I destroyed the transport. Didn't think it'd hurt that much... jumped out easily enough, though. Tev fighters couldn't outrun me.

I pulled that assassination off with NO ITEMS
It was by accident. After the briefing, I forgot about the items I had. Didn't even see Mjolnirs. Just focused on scanning the sucker and blowing her to smithereens.

I captured the Gef habitat in 'One Future'
Can't justify destroying the habitat. It's good for the UEF and good for humanity. Also, I'm not a monster.

'One Future' didn't change my earlier decision about the Gef pilots
Killing those who wanted to kill me is okay, even if more people had to die. Killing the Gef fighters who helped me... can't do it.

I loved flying the Custos-X
It was fun. I hated the primary weapon when the destroyer was moving. It wasn't until I read the threads that I realized that there was auto-aim. Made so much sense why I was missing everytime.

I was overwhelmed by 'Her Finest Hour'
I was doing everything right! And then I read the Wiki... I didn't realize I could disable the corvettes. Once that happened, the game was cake. I'm an idiot.

I took the Carthage's surrender
We got a free destroyer, and Anita Lopez is a good person on the wrong side of the war.

I summoned the Toutatis in 'Her Finest Hour'
A few playthrough in, I summoned the Toutatis. Did not end well...

I got the Toutatis killed by Serkr in 'Her Finest Hour'
:(

I had no trouble with the turret placement in 'Eyes in the Storm'
You could see the paths. It was pretty easy. Only reading the forum did I know that I could do nothing and still win. I was very active.

'Universal Truth' really freaked me out
Shivan faces... Vishnan faces... I'm a baby.

I escaped 'Universal Truth' with my mind intact
I failed the first time because I didn't see Vishnans chasing after me. The next playthrough I was very successful.

I recognize the necessity of the Fedayeen
They do what the UEF can't. Since the Fedayeen are completely autonomous, the UEF has not done anything wrong yet. This allows the UEF to be the answer to the Shivans... if the GTVA didn't get involved.

I have supported the UEF, and still do
Clearly, I cannot count on the Vishnans. I don't think that Ken has my interest in mind, either. Still, the UEF is the future for humanity, considering what they have done to the population on Earth.

Humanity has a chance!
Always! I pray that Ken is not an asshole.

 

Offline InsaneBaron

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
I had technical issues running Act III
HFH had the artillery bug and the casualties debriefing bug, EitS had the flying-out-of-the-map bug. I got around them though.

I read most of the material in the Dreamscape
And by most I mean all. The story and characters wouldn't have made sense other wise. Very creative, guys!

I released the Gefs in "Nothing is True".
Whatever situations the Fedayeen threw me into, I was determined to stick to the straight and narrow whenever I had a choice. Two Gef pilots wouldn't cost us the war... would they? Anyway, it did me some good to hear Kukri 2 shout, "Gaia bless you!" as he left.
EDIT: I heard one of the Gef pilots says, "Ghanna, I'm coming home!" if released. Isn't Ghanna Sergei's daughter? The Hostage? Implying that her husband was a Prisoner of the Fedayeen all the way back in act one, since he clearly didn't know she was dead/captured. Ouch.

I don't think the Ridwan pilots had to die.
It took me a while to sort out the morals of what we were doing on that mission. The attack itself? Perfectly legit strike on enemy forces. Blaming it on the Gefs... that's pushing it, but Kostadin Pilots really did attack the convoy, UEF pilots really did try and help the Vasudans, and MacDuff really was cheating Steele, even if not in that instance. You could argue that we didn't lie, we just didn't speak up. It's a tough question, and I'm not sure of the answer. But killing allied pilots in cold blood was wrong. We should have tried SOMETHING; identifying ourselves and telling them to keep mum, or even demanding that they come to the Masyaf and sit out the war. We might not have succeeded, but good ends don't justify evil means. I wouldn't do it myself, so Falconer did the job.

Kovacs was my favorite wingman
Falconer, quite frankly, was creepy. I couldn't make heads or tails of Viduara. Kovacs was no serial killer, just a shell-shocked veteran who wouldn't give up. While he might not have been as enthusiastic about Laporte as Viduara, he recognized talent when he saw it (much faster than Falconer).

I had a horrible time with that assassination
The problem was I did understand the "com spike" feature. I thougt I had to "guess" which transport had the traitor by watching the comms meter, with the result that I would jump the nearest transport as soon as I had a spike. Once some fellow players explained that it would tell me when I had found it...

I pulled that assassination off with NO ITEMS
Over the weekend I'm gonna replay that mission and try a more finesse approach. As it was, I had scanned all the station's subsystems, but once I found the transport I just jumped it. Long-range Shrikes to the engines, some escort dodging, a Gattler burst, more dodging, alt-J and it was done. Now Steele, THAT'S a legit stealth attack.

I captured the Gef habitat in "One Future"
Again, Straight and Narrow. I highly doubt that the people on board the habitat were happy with MacDuff's plans (I noticed MacDuff himself wasn't going to die for Gaia, oh no. HE had to command the operation from the safety of his superdestroyer.)

"One Future" didn't change my mind about the Gef pilots
If anything, I was vindicated that they hadn't persuaded Steele. After fighting the Moreena Macduff, two extra cruisers were easy as cake- my Arquebus cut through them like butter.

I loved flying the Custos-X
It was an awesome cross between the Katana in "The Blade Itself" and a normal strikecraft. Tell me it comes back in part 3! Please? :D )

I adapted well to "Her Finest Hour"
And I thought you guys wouldn't be able to top "One Future". WOW. I actually did take notes on the briefing and the Wiki article :P . I was able to accomplish most of the preparation directives (saving the Serenity, knocking out both AWACS, eliminating the Mjolnirs, destroying the minelayers, wiping out Pisces wing, infecting the sentries, smashing the Carthage's Radomes, and even demolishing ALL THREE Corvettes). I got the debrief bug, but when I redid it in the techroom I got the accurate "light losses". Basically a Freespace RTS, with my main job (other than infecting the sentries) being to direct the battle. I tried it a couple times to get around the debrief bug; on my "Official" beating of the mission I got the Carthage so fasdt I didn't have time to call in the Toutatis!

I took the Carthage's surrender
Honorable agreements save lives in war. I respected Lopez; unlike Steele she takes care of her soldiers and doesn't commit war crimes. If I were a Tev pilot I'd sign up for the Carthage. The surrender reduced casualties on my side. Most importantly, it proved that Laporte could "Toe the line... Do this without becoming a monster". Besides, think what we could do with a whole Orion and 10,000 POWs?

Placing turrets was tricky in "Eyes in the Storm"
Mainly because of bugs. REALLY creative Freding guys, but it needs some work.

"Universal Truth" really freaked me out
That one mission had more shocking revelations and scary implications than the whole of Age of Aquarius. Basically it was the whole of Transcend packed into one mission. Incredible job, guys!

I'm uncomfortable with the Fedayeen
I recognize the necessity of the Fedayeen
I might not like them, but we do need them. See the next comment

Sides...
I WAS on the UEF side. After Universal Truth, I don't think I can trust anyone OUTSIDE the Fedayeen, although Calder and his men, while they might not understand, are sincere and willing to help.

Humanity has a chance!
We've got Ken, we've got Me. We can do this.
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Offline 666maslo666

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Re: The Monumental Tenebra Census (read me and post me!) (BIG spoilers!)
I encountered a few technical issues - the resolution double vision problem on my other PC, the lagging in Her Finest Hour and the repair platform death in Eyes in the Storm. Also in Her Finest Hour, the artillery tagging sometimes stopped working.

I read most of the material in the dreamscape
Read pretty much everything I could find in the dreamscape.

I released the Gefs in 'Nothing is True'.

I believed the Ridwan pilots didnt have to die. I was sure the Fedayeen could arrange it so that nothing would get out (perhaps by issuing fake KIA certificates?). I was probably wrong, seeing as the traitor was an Elder.

I liked the Wardogs more.

I had some trouble pulling off the assassination, had to lower difficulty to manage the escape.

I destroyed the Gef habitat in 'One Future'. I fly like crap with the slow Custos-X.

'One Future' made me regret my earlier decision about the Gef pilots. They should have been grateful, bastards.

I hated flying the Custos-X. Slow and not particularly tough. The Karuna was better, but I like fighters the most.

I adapted well to 'Her Finest Hour'. After some initial trouble I read the Wiki recommendations and managed to beat it on Hard.

I took the Carthage's surrender. It was the right thing to do. Besides, violating BETAC is not wise while the GTVA could still win :D

I had some trouble with the turret placement in 'Eyes in the Storm' - the movement is very erratic with the sudden acceleration. Could it be done with mouse? Also, the repair platform bug..

'Universal Truth' was very well made, but I am spoiled by many horrors already, so not particularly freaky.

I escaped 'Universal Truth' with my mind intact, except when I purposefuly turned around to see what would happen if I do it.

I recognize the necessity of the Fedayeen. When the stake is survival of humanity, everything is permitted.

I have supported the UEF, and now I support only the Fedayeen, altrough if pressed I would still side with the UEF, since the GTVA started the war.

Humanity has a chance! If Noemi can pull of what the Shivans want...
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