This will reset all of Shepard's Ability Points, and that will be remembered when you start Mass Effect 3. This can be inconvenient because some players may have spent Ability Points in Mass Effect 2 on Powers they don't need or use because, well, what else are you going to spend them on?Ī trick is to go to the Research Terminal in the Normandy's Tech Lab and use the Retrain Powers option, then Save. This causes the slight problem in that your Ability Point spending is transferred over as well to approximate what you had in Mass Effect 2. However the Powers and Talents are also doubled, meaning they can be upgraded beyond what they were able to in Mass Effect 2. When you import your Mass Effect 2 Profile into Mass Effect 3, Shepard will start 3 at the Level they were at in Mass Effect 2, which is helpful since in Mass Effect 3 the Level Cap is doubled from 30 to 60.
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You can get your fish back in Mass Effect 3, and if you are able to keep it alive until the end of the game, then enter New Game Plus on that Profile, you'll unlock exclusive Intel that lets you add a 10% buff to either your Weapon Damage or Power Damage! If so, you'll want to make sure you have the Prejek Paddlefish, available at the Memories of Illium store on Illium for 8,000 Credits. If you're a hardcore Mass Effect player, you may be thinking of going into New Game Plus in Mass Effect 3. Notably, outside of the three Suicide Mission-related Normandy upgrades, none of the Research has any effect in Mass Effect 3, so you can safely ignore Research Projects you don't need to help with saving up. To get the maximum strength of 100, you'll need to have between 100,000 - 150,000 each of Palladium, Iridium and Platinum, and about 30,000 Element Zero. The strength of this asset can be either 10, 25 or 100 depending on how many you have. The Resources that you gathered for Research Projects in Mass Effect 2 will be utilized for the Mineral Resources War Asset in Mass Effect 3.
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If you forgot to purchase them you'll have had some of your Squad Mates die, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't upgrade them after: each one will bolster the strength of the Normandy War Asset. The Normandy can be upgraded with Heavy Armor, Multicore Shielding and a Thanix Cannon, which will help ensure no casualties when approaching the Collector Base in the run-up to the Suicide Mission. As mentioned above, War Assets affect a major decision at the end of Mass Effect 3, so you'll want as much of them as possible. There are several War Assets in Mass Effect 3 that are only available by performing certain actions in Mass Effect 2. War Assets contribute to a final score that determines your options and their effects in an important decision at the end of Mass Effect 3, so you'll want as much of them as possible. For example, a Loyal Kasumi will become a War Asset after you meet up with her again. Several War Assets, an important resource in Mass Effect 3, can only be earned by importing a Mass Effect 2 Profile. This is a huge boon because having lots of Morality Points allows you to pick Charm / Intimidate options to resolve situations in your favour more easily. Importing a Mass Effect 2 Shepard will give bonus Morality Points at the start of Mass Effect 3. This means that a fully-leveled ME2 Shepard starts ME3 at Level 30 (halfway there), allowing you to enable many Powers and Talents right from the start of the game. Shepard's Level in Mass Effect 2 is carried over directly into Mass Effect 3, which returns to a Level Cap of 60. While Mass Effect 3 does let you use the Genesis 2 comic to make important choices in the first two games, it's nowhere near as granular as playing them outright, and starting fresh will result in a fair amount of missed content. The most obvious reason, by importing your Mass Effect 2 save you get to continue your specific Shepard with their reputation, choices, Romance and more. There are many very important reasons on why you'll want to import your Mass Effect 2 save to Mass Effect 3 over starting 3 fresh or using the Galaxy 2 comic add-on: