Mass Effect 2: Suicide Mission (SPOILERS)

[ZypherZZ]

Warning: Major spoilers.

So did anyone else beat Mass Effect 2 yet? If so, what was your setup for the final suicide mission and what were your results?

I had;

Tunnels: Legion
I figured he was a robot and could withstand any hazard inside, and he's a tech specialist.
First Fire Team: Miranda
Found her to be sort of the leader type, so I went with it.
Escort crew back to Normandy: None.
I didn't want to risk any manpower to escort some crew members.
Swarm Protection: Samara
A thousand years with Biotics, I figured she could take it.
Second Fire Team: Garrus
He led a squad before, so I let him have a go at it.
Final Fight: Grunt/Tali
I upgraded Grunt a lot, although the final boss fight would've been easier if I picked a Biotic rather than Tali.

I gained the loyalty of every one on the crew, and the Normandy was fully upgraded (Weapons, Shields, Armor.) In the end my entire ground team and ship survived (although badly damaged). I did lose the other crew members though (Dr. Chawkwas, Kelly, the chef).


What was your setup?

[LionKingMax]

about the same for me, I didnt raed the forums before that and when I saw people crying because their guys died well...

I dunno, nobody died for me (Except Kelly and da Doctorrrrrr, which isnt an issue since I could restart the last mission)

Tunnels:Legion
1st Team: Garrus, Figured he would be the best leader (Already lead a squad b4, experienced, blablabla)
Swarm: Samara (Assuming she is around 600/800, if she got tired at the end I wouldnt expect Miranda to make it)
2nd team: Garrus (He didnt fail the first time did he?)
Final fight: The Assassin and Miranda (I did all the work so w/e)

Didnt know what the Normandy upgrades were for, lucky for me I upgraded it all before going in the Omega4 Relay.

I'm still not ready for ME3 though, since I played quite the renegade in my 1st game, I've killed a lot of people.

[Narfle]

You done "beat" games, silly wabbit, you play them until completion.

Its not you vs the game.

Its like saying "i beat that math test!" or "i went to see Forest Gump, and i beat the movie".

Silly wabbits.

[Tyrando]

tunnels: Legion, both times cause it worked the first
Miranda as second leader both times, cause it works
Thane for escorting, it stated "can adapt to any situation" in his bio, **** if going solo and saving a bunch of people aint covered then i dunno what is, worked perfectly.
Swarm: Samara & then Morinth (tehe Renegade)
final fight i firstly used Legion & Tali cause their just cool, and i had a nuke charged up which puts the boss at 50% after u fire, prettymuch regardless of where you aim it.

2nd time round i used Miranda & Jacob cause Renegade n all, saving the base for the illusive man, Cerberes fanclub! that and biotics.

full loyalty/ship upgrades both times.

i was disapointed with the Renegade ending tbh, you set the detonation to fire a pulse that will only kill organics, yet the ending is the exact same with regards to Harbinger gettin owned by explosions that well shouldnt be there ><

still i have both pure Paragon/Renegade stories to follow onto ME.3

ill eventually get round to a 3rd completion with Zaeed, which will just make things easier :P

[s0v4]

I sent legion to hack, honestly because i would miss him less than any other tech expert. And they claimed he would die...

Second team commander was garrus both times. Seemed logical he had a team before

Samara to hold the shield.

And no escort, I left them to go alone and they all died. Figured if its the suicide mission why would I bother saving them only to die 5 min later.

[Ularg]

My group: Tali + Garrus
Tunnels: Legion
Fire Team Leader: Miranda
(Sent Jacob back with my crew members)
My Second group: Tali + Legion
Fire Team Leader: Garrus
Barrier holder: Samara
Last group I think I had to pick another leader, so I choose Miranda while I used Tali + Garrus to finish off the mission.

Everyone on my team lived, all my crew lived, I had everyone loyal and every ship upgrade I could get my hands on along with the specialty upgrades and a ton of weapon upgrades.

I saved the base for Cerberus and got an earfull from my entire team, even the Cerberus ones, ugh!

[Nome]

Tunnels: Legion
Leader: Miranda

Barrier: Samara
Leader: Miranda
Escort: Jacob

Everyone lived, and I blew up the base :D

[Jayschwa]

--- First Attempt ---

Leader: Garrus
Tunnel: Thane
Thane got shot in the face with a rocket and died.

Leader: Garrus
Barrier: Miranda
Escort: Jacob
Miranda weak-sauced at the end, which permitted a huge swarm to carry Legion away :(

--- Second Attempt ---

Leader: Garrus
Tunnel: Legion

Leader: Garrus
Barrier: Samara
Escort: Jacob

Everybody survived.

Does anyone know what effect loyalty and ship upgrades have on the suicide mission? I went in with everyone loyal and the ship fully upgraded both times.

[Dederd]

exact same roles as Ularg. Same team too. Lost Legion, Gabby, Kelly and the Chef. Miranda was the only one who wasn't loyal because i told her to leave Jack alone. Blew up the place.

Seeing Kelly turn into a red paste made me wince :(

[Norroar]

--- First Attempt ---
Does anyone know what effect loyalty and ship upgrades have on the suicide mission? I went in with everyone loyal and the ship fully upgraded both times.

Loyalty determines whether the said person will fulfill the role you assigned him/her to. For example, if you put someone who is not loyal, on clearing the Tunnel, or leading another team, there is a very high (if not 100%) chance that they will die. However, you can survive the mission fully, simply by not using said disloyal characters.

I had everyone but Tali loyal to me, and at my attempts, she'd die if I send her through the Tunnel.

Tunnel: Legion
Leader: Miranda
My team: Jack and Thane

Barrier: Jack
- (I had Legion and Thane with me)
Leader: Garrus
Escort: Jacob

Final Battle: Jack and Legion


Everyone survived.



PS: Guess my romance.

[Ularg]

PS: Guess my romance.

MORDIN!

[Norroar]

Mordin <3

Reminds me of; SPOILER (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXRHDNW_yj8)

[Tyrando]

epic song is epic, kudo's to the VA.

[Xanares]

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=70779 ?

Anyway, here's my choice:

Tunnels: Legion
Leader #1: Miranda
Barrier: Samara
Escort: Mordin
Leader #2: Miranda

Everyone survived, well except the collector base. :P

[MagicCake]

Tunnel: Tali'Zorah vas Normandy

Leader: Garrus

Barrier: Jack

Escort: Jacob

Leader: Miranda

all time i had Grunt and the Mordin with me because I was a adept and could nuke shield and barriers, Grunt had Squad Incin and Mordin had Anti armor High Incin Blast. Easy push squad

[ZypherZZ]

Does anyone know what effect loyalty and ship upgrades have on the suicide mission? I went in with everyone loyal and the ship fully upgraded both times.

Like he said above, if you send someone loyal to do a task there's a high chance he won't make it. As for upgrading the ship, it depends on how many of the 3 core upgrades you do (Armor, Shields, Weapons). For each one you miss, you'll get hit by the collector ship when going into the collector base in the cutscene (right after you go into the omega 4 relay) and you'll lose a team member each time.

So if you don't upgrade your ship at all, you'll lose 3 team members right from the get-go.