The small stories you wished they'd expanded on

I have a number of plot ideas - even had the mission titles ready:

Slave to the Consort

Subdued by Justicars

Groping Tentacle (WIP)

Key to the Matriarch

There's a planet with a random pyramid too (ME1), with no explanation or anything to click on

Ooh, nice.   I'll remember to ask him

ME2

Played ME2 not long ago and remembered about this thread during two episodes (played a little):

1) That guy when you register to go after Garrus. You can save him from Garrus HS.
There is a small dialogue with him, even your team say something. You simply break his SMG (if you want of course), after you get a "thank you" letter from him.
If you save him actually would have been nice to know his further fate: became addict/did some good/did something stupide/?
Would like to have some small dialogue with him later, maybe similar to DA2: if you save that elven girl from a mad mage son of some rich asshole, with Aveline in your team you meet that elven girl and have small cutscene during which you know what she is doing (decided to be a guard), and you also get a letter from her father.
Or further in ME3 meet him like you can meet Jenna or your biggest fan.

Simply we have that small dialogue + "save" dialogue + team speech + a letter = too much attention to that guy thus would not hurt to know about him later in ME2/ME3.
At least it is me. I just saved him actually from death and would like to know was not it in vain or not.

2) During Citadel shopping saw famous Emily Wong.
IIRC in ME3 things should have been different with her, but we have what we have.
In ME2 we get a letter from her. But would have been nice to have some small cutscene with her at least. One reporter can get a punch, you meet even Parasini and have small mission.
If simple dialogue with Emily Wong can ask her about ME1 tasks (if you helped her), about current work.
If have enough par/ren points maybe convince her to talk about collectors and reapers even if she risks her job making such reports.
If I can't have her in ME3 and she has another fate, at least in ME2 Emily Wong could do something.

Well, actually, I feel it makes no sense that you recover a prothean, and you than have it running as a first line of defense. He should be brought to command centers, to give advice he had on a lifelong war with the protheans.

For me, that plotline would make more sense if you went to eden prime on the campain, whether buying DLC or not, and found a small group of protheans; I don't know, scientists, leaders, whatever; enough background people that would not make it critical that all of them are preserved in these desperate times; than who brought the DLC would also get an extra prothean; their greatest soldier, and this one will go to war with you.

This way, they could have delivered plot-critical info through letters, or videos, whatever, and still have their greedy fingers on the cookie jar.

But, critically to the question, I always found the idea that one prothean changed all perception of the race from Liara, to be bad writing. One single perspective, from one that fought a loosing war all his life, might be a little biased. Perhaps with more characters, we could have some down to earth (prothea? Wherever homeplanet) pragmatist; but also historians, idealists, some of the subservient races to force the slavery plot point; others that would expand the perception of the previous cicle.

I really feel it was a missed opportunity there.

Maybe in Mass Effect 1 where that Shadow Broker agent wants to buy that intel regarding Cerberus' activities from you. Admiral Kahoku died for that! There aren't any real repercussions for selling it instead of giving it to the Alliance or vice versa. By selling it, you get a paltry amount of credits and some Renegade points and that's it. There is no mention of your decision ever again.

Regarding the OP about that mysterious skull you find in the first game... maybe it's a kakliosaur skull?

Been playing ME2.

Met Gianna Parasini.

To tell the truth I really like her - in ME1 and ME2 - her manner of speech is damn attractive.

Was glad to talk to her in ME2.

And, of course, it's a shame there is no information about Gianna. Is she even alive in ME3? Would like to know how is she.

A lot of the artifacts you find in ME1 and 2 I wish there was more to. You find a pyramid, some ancient artifact, a giant metal floating ball that suddenly shrinks into a tiny heavy ball that falls to the ground. And pretty much above your head appears 167 XP, and it over. Using MEa as a example I didn't like the research points for gear, I feel that crap should have just unlocked on its own. But, I'd have dug it if you found a lot more remnant, ancient angara and unknown species artifacts, And what you were putting research points towards was figuring out what those were. Inconsequential items might be really cheap to research, but things that would be helping your settlements success and grow would cost more.

I'd have liked something like that in ME1 and 2, ME2 again you could pay to research upgrades, but they should have had payments to research artifacts. Even if the only reward is usually just a story

That Terra Firma guy from ME1. The one who asks for your vote. I always wanted to know what became of the choice if you agreed to support him.

MEHEM mod you say. Thanks for this information.



Make TIM happy?

Most notorious thief in the galaxy who has to contact you through an add board because she can't be seen in public, wears a hood to disguise her appearance and bamboozles you into a mission, the agenda of which she won't really disclose doesn't have some shady or morally ambiguous past?

Never said it was an issue. Just that the notion that she doesn't have a shady past is rather ludicrous.