Ive got my EA access membership already for the Xbox (the real and original birthplace M.E) to play my 10 hours on the 16th.
but Im mighty peed off that the European & UK (are we still in Europe?) full game comes out 2 days after America. GRRRRR!!

EA will push everything on Origin agreed, they are tight fisted.. like Google is to Microsoft

#Andromeda

Side note.. im running Mass effect 3 again just to get my juices flowing for the release.

Congrats to the Healthy Henrys!!!!!!!!

Origin is required 100% but origin is a solid platform these days, i have no problem with it at all.

It's looking like it's gonna publish only on Origin, from what I'm reading. Hold off, if you want - but at the very least, it looks like Origin will be a requirement for pre-ordering, and then their upgraded version for early access (all of 10 hours, woo).

Like many of you, I'm a big #MassEffect fan and I'm looking forward to the next installment, #Andromeda.

Is Origin pretty much going to be a requirement? I'm thinking about pre-ordering it, but wanted to make sure I don't get locked into Origin if I don't need to be.

After some delay, we're happy to announce the winner of our #RedShirtRun event from 2016!  Congratulations to @DurianSol for being the randomly selected winner of the two participating Captains (myself excluded), who set an example for their crew by getting out and keeping fit, so as to be able to fend off any threat that a Starfleet officer might encounter! 

Both @robin and @DurianSol will receive 3 Stonewall Credits for their participation in the event and Durian, we'll be in touch to send some extra swag your way!  Thanks to those who joined us for this year's Red Shirt Run!

So last night Aikune sent me a link Fleet Qin build recommendations via in-game mail (thanks man!), and since I'm a filthy casual I apparently have several weeks' worth of grinding Iconian marks and dilithium coming up. :P  From what I can tell the only differences are about half of the ship's equipment and a few boff skills, everything else looks unchanged (skills, traits, doffs etc). 

Also, I prayed to the almighty googles about my cannons' crappy RoF and discovered something about the UI mechanics that I didn't know. If "fire all weapons" is keybound to a spam button (paired with "distribute shields" for instance), it constantly resets the firing cycles. Changing that keybind and making a few other tweaks has somewhat improved the DHC-burst performance, which should make the Iconian grind a bit less painful.

There's still a noticeable delay between when I hit the key and the first shots actually fire though, and I don't understand why. I'm practically on top of the target before the first shots fire, and raptors are fast but they're not that fast. Is there some particular order weapons should be equipped from right to left for optimum RoF, or some other such nonsense?

16 more games have been added to the bundle so its an even better deal now!

Quote by Bren

My sack is ready!

::Cough::

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Thanks to the gay cupids @GXV3 and @Bren, who sneaked into Stonewall mailboxes to spread some Valentine's day love during the night!

There's a new Humble Bundle out right now and it's a pretty good deal. There's a bunch of great games in the mix along with some books. At only $30 to unlock all the games, it's quite a bargain.

It's titled the Freedom Bundle and appropriately the funds go to the American Civil Liberties Union, Doctors Without Borders and the International Rescue Committee. They've already raised $3,400,000 and counting.

Head on over here to check it out.

Looking forward to logging on today to see if i got any :)

Cupid Bren checking in,

I received a lot of messages this Valentine's Day and they've all been passed on to the lucky person in question, so once the game is back up after patching, remember to check your emails to see if you received a message!

Sent my #SWCvalentine credit out!  Thanks for doing this - great idea!

Just dropped a form, here's the build link: http://skillplanner.stoacademy.com/e04c8ede2a57444766950ec298814b80

My KDF TAC is just...meh. Currently in a Fleet Qin Flight Deck Raptor with full VR MkXIV Adapted KHG gear, and he just doesn't seem to be particularly good at anything. I've actually been considering trying a T6 Kor BoP from sheer frustration, but that requires actual money so it has to wait. He also has a T5U Mogh which is fine to swap into when something tankier is needed, but with the Qin he's definitely not the imperial death-bringer that I think he should be.

(PS the ship is listed wrong on the build site -- it has an ENG/PILOT seat, not ENG/COMMAND which is how it's listed there. Skills are Attack Pattern Lambda and Hold Together.)

My sack is ready!

Roses are red
And that much is true
But Violets are purple
Not freaking BLUE!

Happy Valentines y'all