David Hingtgen

Mach 2.5, with 1.9 at cruise? I'll believe that when it flies over my house that fast. Yeesh, I'd have trouble accepting that supercruise level from a YF-23. Also---every comment from "people whose opinion I give weight" put all the "little non-stealthy aspects" as more than countering the big, obvious stealth aspects. Thus, it's probably only a bit better than a EF-2000, stealth-wise.

Longer, with heavily redesigned wings. Plus what is basically the 787's engines, which makes them newer/better than even the A380 engine.

Heavy armor on a FemShep looks REALLY bulky at times. (most of the time IMHO). Light armor on ManShep and heavy armor on FemShep look equally "odd". (mainly because the heavy armor in ME 2 is even heavier than ME 1's was---if it was DA:O, it'd be classified as massive armor) ME 1 heavy armor on a female could look good, but ME 2's is just too much.

Chronocidal---those of us who have analyzed the MAXL carefully, know that it can't transform the same as the standard VF-11. Main issues are the shoulders, and "in fighter mode, the area right in front of the head". While the MAXL does do the Z-fold thing for the forward fuselage, it does not do it in the same way as the base VF-11. And the shoulders just simply appear out of anime-magic-aether-land. The VF-11 and MAXL are far more different than YF-19 vs VF-19Kai etc. I don't think the MAXL could use a single piece that Yamato's already designed, asides from a few joints and maybe landing gear.

He's asking about transformation scheme more than looks. Which is very similar to my tastes/puchasing decisions, and why I don't have a VF-0. It's damn close to a VF-1 in BOTH categories. As for the VF-27---it is basically a VF-25, but the upcoming VF-27 toy looks *far* superior to the VF-25 toy in every way. If you want DIFFERENT, get an Sv-51. Also simply one of the best Yamato's ever made. (YF-21 is also very unique, but in an annoying/fiddly way---if the limbs DIDN'T separate, it'd be much easier to transform,studier, and fit together in fighter mode much better, too---it was heavily compromised for a gimmick nobody uses--it's been years and I have yet to see a photo of someone who actually removed the limbs other than for initial review purposes) I'd really like to have seen what Yamato could have done, if they hadn't made the limbs removable.

I'm still waiting for light/medium armor. Like is apparently in the game already, just unused for some reason: http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q310/li...pg?t=1265492435 (that's not opening scene armor--opening scene armor seems to be the heavy version IIRC)

I was at Boeing's site watching it live.

Oooh, long-range shotgun! (I don't expect that armor to look good on FemSheps, since it looks like a recolored Inferno armor)

People post their results a lot more than they post how they did it, but the main threads for PC modding are: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/103/index/889432 http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage....;topic=53316000 And Texmod works just as well as it did for ME 1. (still, I want model-swapping above all else---I'd probably buy the PC version if I could have Liara's model used for Morinth, etc)

PC modders already got Eclipse armor: http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q310/li...pg?t=1265492435 I so wanted that. (Though at the moment it seems it's only possible to equip as "casual clothes" and not in combat)

See, that's the one I want most of all. I'd sell off all my other VF-1's to buy it if I had too. There's just little chance of anyone ever making it. (if anyone does, it'll be a hi-metal from Bandai) And Tober---there's VERY few parts the VF-11 and Mylene's share. It's more different than the VF-0A and VF-0D.

Yeah, I'd upload my FemShep if I could get decent pics. (at least a few people have commented on mine being good, as likenesses go)

So, did Yamato send a mix of pure white, light grey, etc hinges to the alternate source, so that everyone can get the right colors, too?

Never even owned that kit. But from what I know, Panda/Dragon plastic of that era is quite soft.

I thought you meant actually using NPC faces (which was figured out quite early in ME 1 for PC), since using NPC hair on Shep has already been done for ME 2 for PC. And my Gillian Anderson is way better than the one there.

I think I eventually did the "least-recommended" method from Cryptic too for the Beta, directly from their own server using their installer client. Everywhere else was incredibly slow.

As in using NPC faces on Shepard, as in model-swapping? Got a link?

Gah! That's just so very, very wrong.

You honestly have to ask if they're legit in that case?

48,000 eezo? That's more than you can use in the entire game IIRC. Anyways---I'm surprised no one's posted the "code" for any of their Shepard faces.

My strategy for the entire 2nd half of the beta was to devote everything to weapons energy, broadside a hole in their shields, hit "evasive manuevers" and "high yield torp", then turn 90 degrees and blow their hull apart. Evasive manuevers was such a HUGE boost to agility that I almost never missed an opportunity.

I wondered about throttle affecting turn radius. Never really experimented much in the Beta.

I saw a chart that shows that cruisers have slower and slower turn rates as you go---except for tier 5, which is faster than tier 4. Correct? If so, odd. I mean, I'll accept that canonically for Sovereign vs Galaxy, based on what they were built for. But for every ship in the tier to adhere to that? And yeah, there's slow, then there's stupidly slow. I see people complaining about difficulty simply getting places, and scanning anomalies, much less combat.

What's the point of selling the two add-on Bruticus limbs separately, when one of them comes with both fists---and it's the one that doesn't form an arm?

Which means I'm the only one with an on the team. I've wanted that since ME 1. And I want one in ME 3, too. PS---I meant, I also haven't heard anyone on any other forum having her die either.