Poll: Mass Effect 2 Ending Final Decision *SPOILERS*

[Snowalker]

I blew it up, because I heard if you try to save it, it can affect the outcome of the "No one gets left behind" achievement. Sorry, I just wanted that achievement damn bad.

 

[Atvomat_Nikonov]

I wasn't ready for the suicide mission, I wanted to get Legion's loyalty quest done, did that then went and lost them all. That'll teach me to do something for the damned Geth!

If you get Legion last, you should only have his loyalty mission (and possibly one other?) before going through the Omega-4 Relay.

Found that out completely by accident, since I had a feeling that the Reaper IFF was the 'gateway' quest to the next section of the game.

Yeah, I made a point to finish everything I could before adavncing with the main quest. I only had Legion's loyalty quest after getting the IFF, which I did along with a bit of mining before going through the relay.

Anyway, I didn't blow up the base because Cerberus grew on me. That tech could be useful, and I'm slightly sure that the Illusive Man won't fuck something up with it. I also didn't feel like blowing anything up after I lost Tali, Jack and Zaeed. Radiation Purges are slightly more peaceful.

 

[Zannah]

Whats with all the Cerberus hating going on? They just wan't the best for humanity (and the galaxy, as long as them Aliens don't get too cocky).

On unrelated notes, am I the only one bothered by the fact that the Uber-evil-collector Fleet of certain doom consists of ONE starship mimicrying Rock, that gets his ass handed to him by a small, only slightly armed personel carrier? Last time I checked, mankind had a fleet...

 

[CommyGingerbreadMan]

I kept it, Mordin made a good point in telling me we could use it against the Reapers, however if killing the Illusive man presents itself, I won't have two thoughts about it. I just hope my Shep knows to keep an eye on him. He is an extremist, but then again I thought all Geth were bad too.

 

[Amnestic]

Whats with all the Cerberus hating going on? They just wan't the best for humanity (and the galaxy, as long as them Aliens don't get too cocky).

On unrelated notes, am I the only one bothered by the fact that the Uber-evil-collector Fleet of certain doom consists of ONE starship mimicrying Rock, that gets his ass handed to him by a small, only slightly armed personel carrier? Last time I checked, mankind had a fleet...

Not mine, is awesome though.

As for the Normandy kicking the Collector's ass, bear in mind that she (yes, the Normandy is a girl.) is pretty much the most advanced starship in existence. She's not just 'any' personel carrier.

And the humans not turning up their fleet is to do with the relay thingy ain't it? Besides having Joker and EDI take down the Collector's in tangent is far more badass than if they had a bunch of human ships (which wouldn't be in the Terminus systems anyway, and also are occupied helping the Citadel) helped.

I don't trust Cerberus, and after the Illusive Man set me up on the Collector ship trap, I decided to stick it to him by blowing up the Collector base and stealing the Normandy.

 

[CmdrGoob]

Whats with all the Cerberus hating going on? They just wan't the best for humanity (and the galaxy, as long as them Aliens don't get too cocky).

On unrelated notes, am I the only one bothered by the fact that the Uber-evil-collector Fleet of certain doom consists of ONE starship mimicrying Rock, that gets his ass handed to him by a small, only slightly armed personel carrier? Last time I checked, mankind had a fleet...

Not mine, is awesome though.

As for the Normandy kicking the Collector's ass, bear in mind that she (yes, the Normandy is a girl.) is pretty much the most advanced starship in existence. She's not just 'any' personel carrier.

And the humans not turning up their fleet is to do with the relay thingy ain't it? Besides having Joker and EDI take down the Collector's in tangent is far more badass than if they had a bunch of human ships (which wouldn't be in the Terminus systems anyway, and also are occupied helping the Citadel) helped.

I don't trust Cerberus, and after the Illusive Man set me up on the Collector ship trap, I decided to stick it to him by blowing up the Collector base and stealing the Normandy.

Awesome graph, that's exactly why I let Cerberus keep the Collector base. I don't trust them, exactly, but they've been investing a ton in doing what's been needed even if they are a little shady.

 

[loremazd]

I picked no. This is scifi, people. Long term research projects -always- end badly. That and Reaper tech tends to do bad things to people.

 

[CmdrGoob]

Whats with all the Cerberus hating going on? They just wan't the best for humanity (and the galaxy, as long as them Aliens don't get too cocky).

On unrelated notes, am I the only one bothered by the fact that the Uber-evil-collector Fleet of certain doom consists of ONE starship mimicrying Rock, that gets his ass handed to him by a small, only slightly armed personel carrier? Last time I checked, mankind had a fleet...

Personel carrier? The Normandy 1 was the most advanced fighter in the Alliance fleet, and the Normandy 2 is even better!

And it makes sense that the collector presence is only small - they are not a fleet of doom, they are basically only left there as spies for the Reapers to monitor the galaxy for when the real invasion force of Reapers return ie. they have a small discreet force operating from a hidden base. When the Reaper invasion was halted, they had to change tactics and try to build a new Reaper for another suprise attack on the Citadel. That's the real threat, not the collectors themselves.

Edit: In fact, if you remember discussions about the Normandy in ME1, this is exactly the sort of mission the Normandy was built to pull off. The Normandy was designed to be fast, stealthy and deadly at arriving unexpectedly and making a strong, close range suprise attack.

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

I was a Renegade through my playthrough and still decided to blow the Collector Station up. Why? You can't fight fire with fire.

Tali explains earlier in the game that she was worried about sending back large pieces of geth because they might wreak havoc on local data networks or spotaneously reactivate themselves- Reaper technology is probably like that, but worse. I don't need indoctrinated Cerberus scientists go all 'Where we're going we won't need eyes to see' on me while I'm fighting the Reapers.

 

[Ruzzian Roulette]

After that little ordeal on the Collector Ship, I decided the Illusive Man couldn't be trusted to leave it up to chance, and flipped a coin. Heads to keep the station, Tails to blow it right the fuck up.


Tails.

 

[Baconmonster723]

Whats with all the Cerberus hating going on? They just wan't the best for humanity (and the galaxy, as long as them Aliens don't get too cocky).

Personally I didn't mind Cerberus until the Illusive man pushed me at the end. I couldn't forgive them for what they did in Mass Effect, but I couldn't thank them enough for bringing me back. However, in the end he showed his true colors. He wants it for Cerberus to "better humanitity" and "establish human dominance". When he said that I realized that I had made the right decision, I am not a huge alien lover (well........maybe : P ahhhh Tali), but I am not about to make humans into the douchebags that they are portrayed as already. Obviously, this is just my way of thinking don't get me wrong. But that's why I don't like Cerberus. I like Turians, Asari, Salarians, Volus, (OMG) Elcor, (OMGX2) Krogan, etc. and I'm not about to let him use it to take advantage of what will become a dire situation. I'm a spacer so I'm Alliance Military through and through (Plus is there a cooler person that you never see then Admiral Hackett?).

 

[DustyDrB]

I haven't seen anyone discussing this:
There is the possibly that Shepard dies in ME2. Does this mean he will be brought back again (unlikely) or that a new hero is going to be introduced in ME3. Or we can play all of the third game as a member of the old crew (unlikely as well, but a cool thought).

 

[CmdrGoob]

I haven't seen anyone discussing this:
There is the possibly that Shepard dies in ME2. Does this mean he will be brought back again (unlikely) or that a new hero is going to be introduced in ME3. Or we can play all of the third game as a member of the old crew (unlikely as well, but a cool thought).

From what I've heard, if Shepard dies in ME2, you won't be able to import that save into ME3. You must have Shepard still alive to import, otherwise you play a default Shepard like in ME2 if you don't import.

 

[Zannah]

Whats with all the Cerberus hating going on? They just wan't the best for humanity (and the galaxy, as long as them Aliens don't get too cocky).

On unrelated notes, am I the only one bothered by the fact that the Uber-evil-collector Fleet of certain doom consists of ONE starship mimicrying Rock, that gets his ass handed to him by a small, only slightly armed personel carrier? Last time I checked, mankind had a fleet...

Personel carrier? The Normandy 1 was the most advanced fighter in the Alliance fleet, and the Normandy 2 is even better!

And it makes sense that the collector presence is only small - they are not a fleet of doom, they are basically only left there as spies for the Reapers to monitor the galaxy for when the real invasion force of Reapers return ie. they have a small discreet force operating from a hidden base. When the Reaper invasion was halted, they had to change tactics and try to build a new Reaper for another suprise attack on the Citadel. That's the real threat, not the collectors themselves.

Edit: In fact, if you remember discussions about the Normandy in ME1, this is exactly the sort of mission the Normandy was built to pull off. The Normandy was designed to be fast, stealthy and deadly at arriving unexpectedly and making a strong, close range suprise attack.

My point was primarily, why could a single Ship, thats destroyed by a far smaller (advanced as it might be, the normandy is out of the class of a real cruiser, but we'll see how big the normandy III gets), and thats seriously threatened by the automatic defense of a colony, wreak that much havoc among human colonies, without lets say your average alliance military patrol blowing the bloody ting to dust?

 

[Zedzero]

No, because I had a hunch that kinda of power in the hands of the Illusive man would be dangerous, not to mention the whole Old Machine (Love the Geth) brainwash/ mind meld that he did with the collecters.

 

[Zedzero]

Whats with all the Cerberus hating going on? They just wan't the best for humanity (and the galaxy, as long as them Aliens don't get too cocky).

On unrelated notes, am I the only one bothered by the fact that the Uber-evil-collector Fleet of certain doom consists of ONE starship mimicrying Rock, that gets his ass handed to him by a small, only slightly armed personel carrier? Last time I checked, mankind had a fleet...

Personel carrier? The Normandy 1 was the most advanced fighter in the Alliance fleet, and the Normandy 2 is even better!

And it makes sense that the collector presence is only small - they are not a fleet of doom, they are basically only left there as spies for the Reapers to monitor the galaxy for when the real invasion force of Reapers return ie. they have a small discreet force operating from a hidden base. When the Reaper invasion was halted, they had to change tactics and try to build a new Reaper for another suprise attack on the Citadel. That's the real threat, not the collectors themselves.

Edit: In fact, if you remember discussions about the Normandy in ME1, this is exactly the sort of mission the Normandy was built to pull off. The Normandy was designed to be fast, stealthy and deadly at arriving unexpectedly and making a strong, close range suprise attack.

My point was primarily, why could a single Ship, thats destroyed by a far smaller (advanced as it might be, the normandy is out of the class of a real cruiser, but we'll see how big the normandy III gets), and thats seriously threatened by the automatic defense of a colony, wreak that much havoc among human colonies, without lets say your average alliance military patrol blowing the bloody ting to dust?

-insert "IT'S A GAME, GO WITH IT!!!" rebutle-

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

I blew it up.
Screw Cerberus, the Illusive Man even said that they could use it to stop defeat reapers "And even more"

Seeing as he comes off as a "Humans above all others" kind of guy to me, I didn't like the way that sounded.

 

[Zedzero]

Blew it up mostly for reasons covered in this thread already.

The last time Cerberus tried to study a Reaper the science team went crazy. And last time they tried to use Reaper technology it got the crew kidnapped.

So trying to use it would most likely backfire, or the Reapers could take it back. And even if that weren't the case, Cerberus would use it for a human supremacist push at galactic domination.

Any action against the reapers really needs to be with all species of the galaxy united. Hopefully the Geth could join against the reapers as well. Maybe even the Rachni (I let them live in ME1).

God I bloody hope so, honestly I NEED to see those rachni in ME3 or I'll pull a shepard at Bioware HQ. Probabaly my favriote species, and the fact they contact you on Illum just made me rage with anticipation to see them kickass in ME3.

Hunch on ME3: Unite Galatic Army, this is why I saved the Rachni (well not really), plus they are so damn cute. Kept the work on the cure for the Krogan Genephage, and put a virus in the Geth heretics. My army shall be EPIC.

 

[mattttherman3]

I have done both, on different playthroughs , insanity sucks, long live the nuke gun! Also Mass Effect 3, I think it will be you have to recruit the support of all the races to fight the reapers and then you board harbinger to implant some sort of virus.