Poll: Paragon vs Renegade.

[Undead Dragon King]

and once Paragon but still willing to punch a reporter in the face.

I've wanted to do it. But you have reasons both times for being civil with her if you're playing Paragon. Fist you have to show the Alliance that you'll be a great Specter while also remaining a loyal human. The second time is even more important, you have to justify your decision you made concerning the Council to Alliance families who lost loved ones in the attack.

In Mass Effect 3, Kalisah bint Sinan al-Jalani, if she shows up within 50 feet of me, will get a fist to the face that was 3 years in the making. I just can't wait to hear Shepard's recation when he finally clocks her.

 

[Beryl77]

I always go Paragon, sometimes I choose renegade but only a few times. It's because you don't really feel like the bad guy. Even if you go Renegade, you're still the good guy, you still do the "good" mission of saving the galaxy.
The choice in Mass Effect isn't between good guy or bad guy, it's between good guy or asshole. Renegade Shepard is simply an asshole. The bad guy wouldn't stop the Reapers, he'd side with them and try to find a way to benefit of all this, he'd make some kind of deal with the Reapers.
I've tried playing renegade in the Mass Effect games and it just feels off.

 

[Erttheking]

Paragon 97% of the time renegade the rest

 

[Rivenart]

I go Paragon

Also burning the reporter is much more fun than punching her

What mod is this, and where can I get it?

They don't mean burning with fire, but with words, in One you can simply beat her at her own game with high enough paragon/charm and two you can outright insult her "You're viewers deserve better then you" or something to that effect with the same.

I agree that many of the renegade interrupts should be more about common sense then morality, most of them it's fairly clear talking won't do anything and gaining renegade points for shooting a non sentient robot is just plain silly.

Anyways, mostly Paragon bar for the few definately deserving a shot in the foot or face, or in krogan's case a headbutt to earn some respect the way they do. Can't deny that the renegade options are funny though but when playing myself I just don't have the (lack of) heart to do it.

 

[Sewer Rat]

Personally I prefer to go paragon with my main Shepard. I wanted to prove that humans are ready to be a council race and are level headed enough to do it. That being said though, I did kill the council, as I felt
A) It was the soundest option from a strategic standpoint to keep the forces back rather than risk losing many ships to save one.
and B) seriously, fuck the council.

 

[darkcalling]

I'm kinda on the fence.

I have two Shepherds. A female Paragon and a male Renegade. Paragon's ready for ME3. Renegade I still need to beat ME2 with.

 

[CrazyBlaze]

Yeah I think I explained that badly. Lets try again. In Skyrim the characters feel lifeless. It doesn't feel like you are doing something bad when you lie to them or steal from them. In a Bioware game, especially dealing with your squad, the characters have a defined personality and react appropriately. You can actually feel bad if you wrong a character, like

Spoiler

Tali's loyalty misson where you give the father's evidence of what he did on the ship with the geth parts,

 

[Tahaneira]

Paragon. At least, the majority. ME1 Renegade choices always grated on my nerves; they would always make male Shepard sound so whiny, and female Shepard completely devoid of emotion. The only Renegade act I took in ME1 was giving the Cerberus info to the Shadow Broker. I figured it might be a good thing to have the galaxy's preeminent information broker owe me a favor. Once I saw what he did to Liara and my body, I did another playthrough and told him to go to hell. So yeah, pretty much all Paragon there.

ME2 Renegades were better, I'll give it that; I can't resist taking a few of the action commands and when I tell off the Illusive Man I use the Renegade speech, but I'm still predominantly Paragon.

 

[JdaS]

Probably 85% Paragon 15% Renegade. She's a CO I'd follow. Tough but fair. With a disposition for camaraderie and the heart to grab a difficult situation by the balls.

Renegade stuff is mostly actions. Like in ME2, headbutting that merc down the Dantius Towers. "How about goodbye?" So amazingly 90s action, it always makes me smile.

 

[Flight]

Personally, I prefer to go for Paragon. However, that doesn't mean Shepard can't flip off the odd authority figure when he/she deems it necessary. I always prefer to go for the "nicer" options in game, anyway, since not being a jerk will generally get me what I want in-game.

 

[Freechoice]

I went paragade almost perfectly and the game basically said "fuck you" and I lost every female save for Miranda.

Dat ass saved herself by not being annoying and picking fights with a cool character like Albert Legion.

 

[Gatx]

I always pick the paragon options though if an NPC particularly irks me, I throw in a renegade.