Mass Effect 2

[tyven]

do loyalty quests need to be done at a certain time or can they be done whenever? i havent even looked into them

[Thulius]

do loyalty quests need to be done at a certain time or can they be done whenever? i havent even looked into them

You'll know when they're available as long as you talk to your squad regularly (or just ask Kelly.) There's no way to miss them as far as I know, as soon as they become available they stay until the end of the game.

[Exoduso]

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Samara did the shield for me and I still lost Thane

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if that's the case, I guess you have to leave Thane alone for that part since he seems to obviously put himself in harm's way to protect everyone...

For those who finished the game with all the squad members...

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who did you have in your party for that section where you need someone to hold the shield to protect you from the swarm? since it's obvious Thane dies if you choose him..

Oh and on another note... how the hell can you get Jack loyal if you choose to side with Miranda? I never got my Paragon ability high enough to continue that chat with her... it was always locked out, until the very end... does it have to be maxed or something?

[Deejay]

Idk. I just did Miranda's loyalty quest and when I got back to the Normandy they got in a fight. I had enough paragon to tell them both to chill the fuck out. Then I went downstairs and Jack gave me her personal quest.

[macross]

My vanguard lvl4 ability was +100% to paragon and renegade. Dunno if others have that too, but I was maxxed out by the time their catfight popped up.

Didn't lose anyone on final mission either.

[Akucaen]

My vanguard lvl4 ability was +100% to paragon and renegade. Dunno if others have that too, but I was maxxed out by the time their catfight popped up.

Didn't lose anyone on final mission either.

I got that on soldier at some point but I can't remember where to save my life. Is that the level 4 as well? It's screwing with my playthrough since the first time I was over 50% paragon/renegade with it and nearly always had the option for either (always have paragon choices if there was one.) Don't have enough renegade points and I'm bothered about being able to diffuse some of the crap later on.

[Exoduso]

My vanguard lvl4 ability was +100% to paragon and renegade. Dunno if others have that too, but I was maxxed out by the time their catfight popped up.

Didn't lose anyone on final mission either.

Who did you choose for your party during the section with the swarm? Besides the biotic since it doesn't seem to matter...

[BRP]

I am going to guess there is a timer for the both the colony you fight the collectors in and final mission. So now I feel like starting up a 2nd play-through after all. Game might be too long for me to finish it though, but I really want my "perfect" ending for ME3.

[Exoduso]

I am going to guess there is a timer for the both the colony you fight the collectors in and final mission. So now I feel like starting up a 2nd play-through after all. Game might be too long for me to finish it though, but I really want my "perfect" ending for ME3.

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what happens if you delay too long in the colony? Nothing special happened to me there...

[macross]

Tunnels I picked tali, and miranda lead the other team.
Then I let miranda lead the next team again.
Shield I let samara do it, since she offered.
Jacob did the escort, saved entire crew.

I did all personal upgrades, like geth shield, krogan shotgun, mordins omni tool etc.
All ship upgrades. All loyalty quests were done as well, and everyone was still loyal in the end.

I tried to pick less offensive people to go kill stuff with me, since I figured the stronger combat guys might help the other team survive, and I didn't need help to kill stuff. So I never took like grunt or garrus or jacob.

[macross]

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what happens if you delay too long in the colony? Nothing special happened to me there...

Could be some hidden timer where you take too long people die?

For sure there are hidden timers that trigger other events.

[BRP]

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what happens if you delay too long in the colony? Nothing special happened to me there...

Colony:

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I am not sure, really. I think I took my time with it though, I can't even remember. For me almost everyone died save for Jaiden and some janitor. Some people survived offscreen I think, but everyone named died.

Final Mission:

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People who were able to save the whole team: Did you get the No One Left Behind(or whatever) achievement? Also has anyone been able to save more than just the doctor?

[Akucaen]

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what happens if you delay too long in the colony? Nothing special happened to me there...

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From what I read there's a countdown timer that starts and when it reaches points (or zero) your team members get fed up and leave the ship. It never happened to me since I did all my busy work with side-quests and other things before getting the reaper IFF, I figured that would launch me to the end like the final relay did in ME1. (Can't escape from it.)

[macross]

Colony:

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I am not sure, really. I think I took my time with it though, I can't even remember. For me almost everyone died save for Jaiden and some janitor. Some people survived offscreen I think, but everyone named died.

Just ashley and janitor for me.

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People who were able to save the whole team: Did you get the No One Left Behind(or whatever) achievement? Also has anyone been able to save more than just the doctor?

Yes and ...

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kelly, doctor, entire crew there. Will show lilith the colonist getting dissolved instead of kelly in the pod.

[BRP]

I am looking for information like that, but all I can find is garbage and no guides.

[macross]

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From what I read there's a countdown timer that starts and when it reaches points (or zero) your team members get fed up and leave the ship. It never happened to me since I did all my busy work with side-quests and other things before getting the reaper IFF, I figured that would launch me to the end like the final relay did in ME1. (Can't escape from it.)

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There's a timer after you get the IFF. It will trigger the final events where everyone on the normandy gets captured. Then if you don't go to omega4 right after that, your captured crew all dies.

So don't get the IFF till you have done everything you want to do. After you get it, immediately do legions loyalty quest to advance the game.

[Insanecyclone]

How high does your paragon/renegade have to be to stop the Miranda and Jack little catfight? I told Miranda to piss off on mistake and now I lost her apparent loyalty(finished jack then miranda's loyalty and this moment came up) but good thing I made a save before it.

[Exoduso]

Okay so we pretty much have the list of the specific specialists to survive every mission in the final dungeon... Tali/Legion work for the tunnel, Samara will protect your party in the swarm section (but avoid using Thane in the actual party...), and Jacob/Legion will get the group to safety...
Only thing that remains is how the hell do you keep the party at the door safe while you beat the final boss? I suppose you need to take specific people with you to ensure that the ones left behind manage to survive... or maybe it has to do with loyalty? Jack was the only one that was not loyal to me by the final dungeon, and she was the only one that didn't make it..

[BRP]

I had full loyalty for the crew, but still lost one, Mordin.

[Exoduso]

It seems to be very picky then... there IS an achievement for coming out of that mission with all your party members, so there's gotta be a way to get past that specific part without losing anybody.