Mass Effect: Andromeda first reaction thread

Mar 20, 2017 21:00

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Newbie-ish redhedlvr March 22 2017, 13:49:52 UTC
I'm newish to console games. Usually a PC MMOer most of the time. So some of the mechanics are whizzing past at amazing speed.

Anyway my question. There are these rectangular boxes with up to 4 box-like symbols above them that are laying around on the ground. I tried looking them up in the codex and believe them to be a supply cache (?) maybe? My question is, how do I access it? I keep hitting the triangle button which I use to interact with other objects and conversations, but it does nothing that I can tell. Does it automatically restore my ammo, health, whatever just by walking up to it?

Totally lost here, but am pushing on. Haven't gotten very far in the story yet due to RL time issues yesterday. The story seems like something I'd usually choose in a book or movie so I'm eager to progress along in the game.

Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom.

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RE: Newbie-ish rose_in_shadow March 22 2017, 14:51:20 UTC
Yes, there are two types of boxes. The ones with orange and yellow and the other one with red. The orange and yellow boxes refill your ammo and grenades/mines. The red restores health. If they do anything else, I haven't figured that out.

Edit: Sorry I didn't answer part of your question. Yes, the refill is automatic. If you go to one after a fight, you'll hear it click to reload.

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RE: Newbie-ish redhedlvr March 23 2017, 11:00:19 UTC
Thanks! I thought that's what is going on.

:)

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RE: Newbie-ish arielstarshadow March 23 2017, 21:42:21 UTC
Doesn't the red one also have a blue icon? I have no idea what that's designating

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Re: Newbie-ish tersa March 24 2017, 04:57:25 UTC
I'm guessing Shields, to go with Health.

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Re: Newbie-ish arielstarshadow March 24 2017, 15:04:24 UTC
That would make sense!

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RE: Newbie-ish rose_in_shadow March 24 2017, 09:38:33 UTC
I just figured that out yesterday. The blue lines indicate the limits of the box. When you go for an ammo refill one of the blue lines disappears.

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RE: Newbie-ish itches March 25 2017, 00:24:50 UTC
Shit. When you say it, it seems super obvious, but I had no bloody idea what was going on there. Thanks!

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