More stupid newbie questions: Mass Effect 3

Oh yeah, tons left. I've only done the first 4 priority missions. Since then, I've been doing some side quests and parts of Leviathan. (Going after the daughter next.) It doesn't really matter when I finish Leviathan, does it? Or is it worth saving some parts for later?

With the EC in place, you only need 3100 EMS to get the breath ending.  That is easily attainable at 50% with an ME2 import, particularly if you do all the planet scanning.  Check your War Terminal after doing the Priority: Horizon mission and you'll probably find yourself comfortably over that amount at 50% GR.  If not, then you can get the app and work on getting your Galactic Readiness up higher.

It's still very much attainable even without the ME2 import.  I just finished a non-import ME3 game with the 3 main DLC (Omega, Leviathan, and Citadel) and wound up with 3558 EMS just before triggering the final mission.  In my case, I wasn't playing with the EC, so I didn't get the breath, but I certainly would have if I had the EC installed.

Thanks all I will check out that website if I end up needing higher galactic readiness due to poor choices.

I want to say up front that I do NOT want any spoilers for the "breath scene" granted by extended cut. But I know it can be amusing to read what newbies are thinking when you already know the ending, so here are some recent musings:

I've been thinking on how depressing it will be if Shepard's breath is taken with her body lying forgotten and left for dead on some battlefield, where no one --or at least, no one with good intentions-- will ever find her. I really want the ending to be more hopeful than that. Alliance forces are nearby checking for survivors, or even she wakes up in a morgue, where someone will be by soon-ish to check on things.

But I have a feeling it won't be any of that. I have a feeling she will have been left on an abandoned reaper ship that has been evacuated already by allied forces --maybe even scheduled for destruction-- and while her certain death won't happen on camera, it is going to be grim, just the slimmest chance that she could, if she got really lucky, free herself and reach safety again. But it would take suspension of disbelief the likes of which I do not have in order to imagine that happy ending.

So...again, no spoilers for me PLEASE, but feel free to amuse yourselves with cryptic comments, jokes and memes at my expense, maybe even some spoiler tags that I won't be able to open until I've finished the game.

GO WILD.

Not yet. I've only got Garrus, EDI, Liara, and James. My next priority mission is Sur'Kesh. A little while back, someone had recommended doing all side quests that pop up in my journal before doing the next priority mission, so I'm trying to do that. At the moment I'm doing Leviathan, though. I know it was recommended to wait to do the last part of it until later, but I'm too curious to find out what happens and what this thing is.

Generally everyone will have something to say after a mission, either about the mission or by having a conversation with someone else. About the only thing nobody comments on is Omega DLC.

I think I could warm up to Javik. I loved his comment about the Salarians.

Javik: The lizard people evolved?
Liara: I believe they're amphibian.
Javik: ...They used to eat flies.



Hang on now...I don't think Garrus said anything romantic after Shepard got back from diving solo. He had plenty to say about the Leviathans, but nothing personal. I feel cheated.

(1) is  the reason why people say to do "From Ashes" early; and (2) is the reason why people say to do the Leviathan DLC later in the game (after whatever romance you're doing has developed a little farther along).

Yeah, I went and watched Leviathan with an active Garrus romance on YouTube and it was so sweet As I was watching, it occurred to me that those lines probably require a "confirmed" romance, which I don't have yet, as several of you say. As a general rule, I take the LI along whenever possible (in Dragon Age, too).

I just finished rescuing Eve from Sur'Kesh, and I'm about to go check in with everyone. Hopefully it will yield something good.

I sure did! I'll make sure to keep chatting him up this time, too.

I just got ME 3 & From Ashes DLC is included in the Origin download. There are 3 other DLCs...Leviathan, Omega & Citadel. Which DLC is the best?

 I would get Leviathan.

Did you download the extended cut? I believe its still free.

Leviathan is most central to the plot.  Citadel is a feel good DLC.  Omega is good for extra war assets - a lot of them.  However, it's my least favorite.  It's Shepard plus Aria and sometimes a turian female.  They are only available to you on Omega.