explanation of Meaningless Code please

[Jubbs]

so last night i just finished route C, my boi 9S lost his mind, A2 blew up the tower and fekkin died, 2B was stabbed through the abdomen, lots of stuff happened. I understand 90% of it all but i'm still not following something A2 said right before she curb stomped 9S into sanity. She mentioned that 2B is not 2B and is actually 2E, that she's killed 9S hundreds of times before and that it sucked for her so thats why she tries to block all emotion. I understand that 9S is a new type of "experimental" scanner and that he is prone to curiosity. Can someone give me a GOOD explanation of this? Thanks in advance

[Commandant Jurkowski]

I'm at the same story chapter.

I guess it'll be explained in the E ending? :>

[Aemony]

Oh god, you didn't...? I'm sorry in advance...

9S and 2B have both existed for about 4 years at the time of NieR:Automata. 9S is a so called "Scanner" model that is highly intelligent and that the leaders of YoRHa knew would find out the truth about Project YoRHa eventually.

So how do they control those highly intelligent individuals? Well, they assign a model to watch over them and execute them if the need arises. That's the purpose of the E model (E for Executioner, I think), to terminate YoRHa units that needs termination.

2B? Well, she's actually 2E. Her mission? Terminate 9S whenever he finds out too much about Project YoRHa and reset his memory fully.

Her torment? The poor gal is head over heels in love with 9S, and he is the same for her. Her whole existence since she first opened her eyes 4 years ago have been dedicated to kill the love of her life over and over and over again in a never-ending cycle of life and death.

It also seems that she is originally the one that came up with the Nines nickname for 9S, since we know that 9S retains a few fragments of his previous "life" and that is one of those, but he doesn't remember who first gave it to him.

[Jubbs]

Originally posted by Aemony:

Oh god, you didn't...? I'm sorry in advance...

9S and 2B have both existed for about 4 years at the time of NieR:Automata. 9S is a so called "Scanner" model that is highly intelligent and that the leaders of YoRHa knew would find out the truth about Project YoRHa eventually.

So how do they control those highly intelligent individuals? Well, they assign a model to watch over them and execute them if the need arises. That's the purpose of the E model (E for Executioner, I think), to terminate YoRHa units that needs termination.

2B? Well, she's actually 2E. Her mission? Terminate 9S whenever he finds out too much about Project YoRHa and reset his memory fully.

Her torment? The poor gal is head over heels in love with 9S, and he is the same for her. Her whole existence since she first opened her eyes 4 years ago have been dedicated to kill the love of her life over and over and over again in a never-ending cycle of life and death.

It also seems that she is originally the one that came up with the Nines nickname for 9S, since we know that 9S retains a few fragments of his previous "life" and that is one of those, but he doesn't remember who first gave it to him.

sh!t! Those are some feels holy god. Without spoilers, does it get better in D and E?

[Aemony]

Originally posted by Jubbs:

sh!t! Those are some feels holy god. Without spoilers, does it get better in D and E?

Choosing 9S at the prompt between A2 and 9S will give you ending D. If you already have ending C unlocked on that save then ending E will start after ending D (if you select a certain option during the credit scroll).

Regarding better? Use Chapter Select to jump to the choice at the end and select the other character and ending, and play through ending E and see for yourself.

I'll be here afterwards.

[Jubbs]

Originally posted by Aemony:

Originally posted by Jubbs:

sh!t! Those are some feels holy god. Without spoilers, does it get better in D and E?

Choosing 9S at the prompt between A2 and 9S will give you ending D. If you already have ending C unlocked on that save then ending E will start after ending D (if you select a certain option during the credit scroll).

Regarding better? Use Chapter Select to jump to the choice at the end and select the other character and ending, and play through ending E and see for yourself.

I'll be here afterwards.

just finished D and watched E because the credits was so damn hard. I'm actually pretty ok with E. All i wanted was for 2B and 9S to be able to live, and that happened so hell yeah, good ending. D was ♥♥♥♥ tho

[Aemony]

Originally posted by Jubbs:

Originally posted by Aemony:

Choosing 9S at the prompt between A2 and 9S will give you ending D. If you already have ending C unlocked on that save then ending E will start after ending D (if you select a certain option during the credit scroll).

Regarding better? Use Chapter Select to jump to the choice at the end and select the other character and ending, and play through ending E and see for yourself.

I'll be here afterwards.

just finished D and watched E because the credits was so damn hard. I'm actually pretty ok with E. All i wanted was for 2B and 9S to be able to live, and that happened so hell yeah, good ending. D was ♥♥♥♥ tho

:D

[myhr2]

Originally posted by Jubbs:

Originally posted by Aemony:

Choosing 9S at the prompt between A2 and 9S will give you ending D. If you already have ending C unlocked on that save then ending E will start after ending D (if you select a certain option during the credit scroll).

Regarding better? Use Chapter Select to jump to the choice at the end and select the other character and ending, and play through ending E and see for yourself.

I'll be here afterwards.

just finished D and watched E because the credits was so damn hard. I'm actually pretty ok with E. All i wanted was for 2B and 9S to be able to live, and that happened so hell yeah, good ending. D was ♥♥♥♥ tho

Just accept the online help if you die during ending E, you can't really loose once you accept it, and the feels, the feels!

[Commandant Jurkowski]

Originally posted by myhr2:

Originally posted by Jubbs:

just finished D and watched E because the credits was so damn hard. I'm actually pretty ok with E. All i wanted was for 2B and 9S to be able to live, and that happened so hell yeah, good ending. D was ♥♥♥♥ tho

Just accept the online help if you die during ending E, you can't really loose once you accept it, and the feels, the feels!

Ikr. I had to press 'Yes' to spread the love

[Jubbs]

Originally posted by myhr2:

Originally posted by Jubbs:

just finished D and watched E because the credits was so damn hard. I'm actually pretty ok with E. All i wanted was for 2B and 9S to be able to live, and that happened so hell yeah, good ending. D was ♥♥♥♥ tho

Just accept the online help if you die during ending E, you can't really loose once you accept it, and the feels, the feels!

yeah i couldnt really accept that i was done having only witnessed E on youtube, so i accepted people's help and beat it. So good, it was a god tier resolution. Though i couldnt bring myself to delete my save data to help some other poor soul. i'm a degenerate

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester]

I can't remember which post it was in the forum, but the below may be of interest. - You may want to play the game further first to finish more sidequests if you've not done so.


Little bits and bobs - some small snippets which expand on the story and can give a little clarification on some elements of the game. A couple of short "stories" and other things. (Apologies to whoever originally posted it, but I can't remember where I came across it, which is terrible considering it was only earlier today.)

https://www.reddit.com/r/nier/wiki/lore#wiki_just_finished_ending_e.3F

edited for the link >_<

[myhr2]

Originally posted by Jubbs:

Originally posted by myhr2:

Just accept the online help if you die during ending E, you can't really loose once you accept it, and the feels, the feels!

yeah i couldnt really accept that i was done having only witnessed E on youtube, so i accepted people's help and beat it. So good, it was a god tier resolution. Though i couldnt bring myself to delete my save data to help some other poor soul. i'm a degenerate

No you're not, you've just learn something about yourself, how far are you ready to go to help strangers finish a video game, and it in itself is enough, nobody is judging you (or nobody should, at the least)

[Kaldaien]

while (a --> x)

My favorite meaningless code :)

The mythical goes to operator that you'll never find documented anywhere credible[redd.it].

Sorry, I'll shutup. I couldn't resist that title though :P

[Aemony]

Originally posted by Jubbs:

Originally posted by myhr2:

Just accept the online help if you die during ending E, you can't really loose once you accept it, and the feels, the feels!

yeah i couldnt really accept that i was done having only witnessed E on youtube, so i accepted people's help and beat it. So good, it was a god tier resolution. Though i couldnt bring myself to delete my save data to help some other poor soul. i'm a degenerate

You could've backed up your saved, sacrificed them and then restored them.

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

while (a --> x)

My favorite meaningless code :)

The mythical goes to operator that you'll never find documented anywhere credible[redd.it].

Sorry, I'll shutup. I couldn't resist that title though :P

That post was hilarious to read through. I didn't know that C allowed whitespaces in such a way that those kinds of silly "operators" was possible.

[My Backyard Rabbit]

There is actually a continuation of Ending E, it's from the live concert.
Luckily someone translated the script to English. Definitely worth the read!
http://mintychu.dreamwidth.org/tag/script

Another news, an official novel of Nier: Automata will be released in August, in Japan only.

[Violette]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

while (a --> x)

My favorite meaningless code :)

The mythical goes to operator that you'll never find documented anywhere credible[redd.it].

Sorry, I'll shutup. I couldn't resist that title though :P

Thanks for the link, had a good laugh. The slides to operator was really funny as well.