The Mass Effect ending support group

It's a ridiculously stupid AI that got beaten by Shepard-led forces. It was also stupid enough to think that following the exact same pattern as every AI that came before it was a good idea. Theoretically smart but ultimately moronic. We already know that the Reapers intentionally caused some AI to turn on their creators. It's the height of stupidity and seemed designed so the Catalyst could "prove" to itself that it was right. The Catalyst was created by flawed beings and therefore flawed itself.

That would apply to a hell of a lot of games.  I can go back to Donkey Kong.  Can't think of anything earlier as far as video games go.

How she became it matters when you want to cry mary sue. In both cases she has Shepard or a small army assault the Broker's ship to free Feron.  She doesn't become the Shadow Broker because of her sheer skill.  The organization is self sustaining meaning anyone could take over. Literally a Yahng was the Shadow Broker and they are still primitive race that hasn't masters flight yet on their home world.

I am a very recent ME-junkie, for me its like:

- i disliked the ending, the whole game I was given plenty of choices, some of them were fundamental and sort of irreversible and that felt good. In ME3 choices ceased to exist, I mean they do but everything gets replaced with something identical but named differently (for example Mordin and Maleon and Padok Wiks).
- I can't really see that BioWare would change their stance about the endings (f***ing 'artistic integrity') although I would be really happy if after the breath scene in destroy they add some nice 'disney-style' ending when our Shepard gets some closure with their LI, like they are found in the rubble and there is an emotional reunion and even fade to black would do. I was devastated to see those sad faces at the memorial... Like I get it that someone's vision was like that but that reunion could be some result of hyper-grind-100%-completionist-playthrough, hard to get and sort of easter egg...
- I think it is possible to come up with new story based on all the endings but keeping all the choices within the next game might be a bit challenging... It appears BioWare chose the Destroy ending as a base which I am okay with, that's in my opinion a go to ending and the fate Reapers deserve.
- of course I am interested in playing any game settled within the Mass Effect Universe. I don't care if it's in Milky Way post war or somehow tied to Andromeda. I am one of the very few that actually overall liked Andromeda (although I am aware of its drawbacks, still I think that it has more good than bad things) so I would love to continue the adventure with Tempest Squad as well as Normandy Squad. Maybe even both in one game, we will see.
- Well, I have had a few playthroughs and only once I went with it all the way an then I chose Destroy. The rest of them I just stopped playing after defeating Kai Leng. Didn't want to put myself in the state of misery and saying goodbyes knowing it would leave me burst in tears...

Does t'soni have to be in ME4? As you know, choosing refuse can happen regards of ems. What if harbinger kills t'soni, then Shepard refuses to use the crucible? I will explain. I did a playthrough only using t'soni and the edibot for nearly the whole game. On the beam run, Harbinger killed the asari and destroyed the platform. I destroyed the reapers. At the memorial scene, I had all in attendance minus t'soni and the platform. I don't recall how many ME2 squadmates survived the playthrough.

What if I refused to use the giant microphone? My Shepard would call Hackett or, because of nothing happening, Hackett sends a shuttle to that location to see what's going on. Once Shepard gets back to the SR2, and receive some medical help, she/he talks with Hackett saying because of blah, blah, blah, the crucible wouldn't work. Hackett tells Shepard to take his/her ship, crew and squad to Ilos. The Alliance, along with the council, have been secretly repairing the archives on Ilos just in case. Shepard is put in cryro for x amount of time. She/he will also have a copy of the crucible plans. Before going to Ilos, gylph will mention to Shepard locations t'soni wanted to drop off her capsule. After waking up, Shepard and others travel to the various homeworlds to see the devastation left by the reapers. All the other people that were frozen, would be building the crucible. What happens in between all that, would be up to Bioware.

If the trilogy were to be remade, it wouldn't be hard to incorporate some stuff from MEA into the trilogy. ME1 has Shepard encountering Alec. Maybe run into Garson who explains she wants to go sightseeing in another galaxy. Or during ME4, Shepard runs into Garson who has plans to travel to Andromeda with folks who want to get away from the Milky Way after what happened and because they have nothing left. ME5, I mean MEA, would start with the ships leaving for Andromeda.

I think you know how I feel about Liara by name. If we could replace her with Shiala in ME1 for the LE it would be a selling point for me.


Honestly, it would have been better if the AI didn't exist, even if the Tempest crew ended up exploring other parts of the galaxy. The hanar alone show us that there's some weird creatures in the galaxy and so introducing them via once-closed relays that might have been blown open when the Crucible fired the Red Wave. It would also allow them access to the MW proper and so connect to the MET. My take is that Destroy is the only option that allows for some level of normalcy. It could also lead to N7s and Spectres being a kind of law enforcement needed in a wrecked galaxy. Even the Nexus could be a sort of Citadel 2.0 using something based on Reaper tech but removing access to some potential Reapers floating out in Dark Space.

I could come up with tons of ways to integrate the MEA and MET that would allow for an MEA cast becoming more appealing to MET players. It wouldn't necessarily make the Ryder Twins bad asses but could provide an opportunity for growth. N7 training from Alec aside, they could grow under the tutelage of more experienced MET squadmates.

No thanks. Sounds awful.

And Shepard did Arrival solo.  If they don't do it, a whole squad of special forces gets killed while completing the mission.

Or just send Deathstroke to kill Shepard, that way Shepard would be all kinds of levels of fucked. That way you won't need to send that Kai Leng loser.

True, but I want to see some Shepard Fanboy tears as Slade Wilson beats the living shit out of their beloved Shepard.... 😈😈😈😈

You might like the idea of my Cerberus Phantom Commander fighting an Indoctrinated Shepard.