Liara's planet is pretty short and easy, as plot-critical quests go. Plus you can take her to Noveria, where you'll hear some not-very-good emoting. I usually hit some of the optional quests first to get my level up and acquire some marginally better gear.

Same here.

 

Start by doing lots (or at least some) side quests, then go to Therum (in the top-corner system in Artemis Tau) to get Liara. It's the easiest planet. No need for heavy weapons or armor.

 

Feros plays a lot like a corridor shooter, so get good weapons first.

 

Noveria is easy enough, except for Benezia... you need a decent level (and shields/health) before you can take her on.

 

About the facial customisation... yes, it is a bit of a pain. My first character was nice though, and I recently realised he looked a lot like Vin Diesel.

My second character (female shepard), is a bit weird. It's hard to make a decent looking woman in this game. They all have huge eyes and plastic hair.

Edited December 30, 200718 yr by WILL THE ALMIGHTY

Yeah my recommendation would be do as many quests as you can, pick up Liara, then go to the first main mission planet. Continue on doing quests and going to various systems to explore and kill pirate camps. Once you hit a decent level hit up the next main quest. From there I think Hacket starts giving you quests you can do.

*high-fives Tale*

on my second play though I got to novaria and pretty much moved to another game. I'll get back to it at some point but I've got a hankering for some KH2. I personally think that attaching achievements to parts of the game is a stupid idea in something this big and complex. Admittedly I did like the assault rifle achievement giving all my characters proficiency with the suckers.

Am I doing something wrong?

 

I finished my second playthrough, the one where I was looking for every side quest, and I got the completist achievement... in under 23 hours.

 

Granted, I never really returned to the Citadel, so I might have missed a few (if not many things), but I still got the completist achievement... not to mention explosive ammo, Super-armor with ridiculously powerful shields and rifles that never miss.

Am I missing something? How many side-quests can you find on the Citadel anyway?

Not sure; but there are over 50 quests in the entire game.

Total number of sidequests is around 70 (or at least from what I've heard over at Bioware's forum), so if you did all those in under 23 hours, plus the main quests, that's pretty impressive.

Just checked the game guide... and I've pretty much done all the side quests outside of the citadel (only about 9 or more in the citadel).

 

But even then, 23 hours is a lot shorter than what I expected... I spent more time on Kotor's main quest.

Edited January 1, 200818 yr by WILL THE ALMIGHTY

Just finished ME this morning. Really enjoyed it and am looking forward to the sequel.

I still haven't gotten around to beginning my new play-through of ME yet. That should change today.

I'd play on Hardcore, just because once you get the Spectre weapons, the game gets ridiculously easy on anything but Hardcore/Insane.

Same here. Not only did I have an armor with about 800 shields (with mods), but I also had weapons that overloaded in 30 seconds, not to mention they never lost accuracy.

Edited January 3, 200818 yr by WILL THE ALMIGHTY

Even on Hardcore, I'm taking down enemies with 2 shotgun blasts. The only time you run into trouble is with big groups of enemies firing on you.

I've only died a few times... and that's only when fighting the big four-legged geth or rocket towers.

 

At least we get to see the oh-so-awesome desintegrating effect more often.

The only time I really have a problem is with larger groups of enemies. If you isolate 2 or 3 guys you're fine. It's when you get surrounded that you get shredded.

Where's this Conrad Verner guy? I can't remember him. The journal says I ran into him or something, then says what harm would there be in talking to him, but I don't know where abouts on the Citadel he is. He has to be on the Citadel though because it's a Citadel side-quest.

Where's this Conrad Verner guy? I can't remember him. The journal says I ran into him or something, then says what harm would there be in talking to him, but I don't know where abouts on the Citadel he is. He has to be on the Citadel though because it's a Citadel side-quest.

 

He is in the Upper Markets of the Ward almost in a corner I think in front of some stairs. You have to leave the Citadel and completing a mission you can go back and he will be there.

Is that the crazy fan? I didn't trust that guy at all, I kept expecting something terrible to happen just because I signed something for him. Seriously, I contemplated shooting him just to be safe.

He's just an obsessive fan who asks you if you can make him a spectre too. Provided you've invested in convo skills, you can talk sense into him.

So I killed Benezia, and I just picked up her daughter. When do I get to have sex?

Is there any word yet on whether this game will be ported over to the PC?

I just want to have sex with them both, why can't they understand!

keep leading them both on and you can get them to fight!

Score!