Poll: SPOILERS: In Mass Effect 2, did you destroy or keep the Collector Base?

[Jake0fTrades]

Just what the title says. Personally, I didn't see any harm in destroying it, and keeping it as a resource just seemed like an all-around good idea, but the game considers keeping the base as a "Renegade" option. Anyone care to explain to me what's wrong with keeping the base?

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Keeping and using something you know nothing about can backfire. Horribly.

I have two Shepards, a male paragon and female 90% renegade (because some of the renegade choices are just heartless). The first destroyed the base, the second kept it.

 

[Risingblade]

It's full of those insects and reaper technology takes over your brain plus how are you going to defend it when they reaper decide to take it back? It took a whole fleet just to take one down.

 

[erbkaiser]

Cerberus cannot be trusted, if their actions in the past (ME1, Jack) are to be used as a guideline. So they are probably the worst to be trusted with this immense facility/weapon.

I finished ME1 once as mainly Renegade, in which I kept it. This fits with my other actions in both games which were always human-first/Ceberus first. In my current playthrough (mainly Paragon) I will destroy it (continued from a ME1 game where I saved the Citadel etc.).

Can't wait to see what the consequences will be in ME3 for either choice.

 

[greyghost81]

I've done both with different characters, but my default option is to destroy it. I understand the knee-jerk reaction of keeping the base as a renegade-leaning choice seeing as the major function of the base is to develop a Reaper, and the Reaper therein is the product of a campaign of genocide.

 

[pretentiousname01]

You may want to fix your title as thats kinda very spoilerish right in the face.

I gave the station to cerberus. Reasoning being. I as Commander Shepard solve problems. If they become a problem I will solve them. Solve them in the face.

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quoted for attention

You posted this 4 times? With the spoiler right in the title.

Nice to see the capcha/advertisements working

 

[voetballeeuw]

I blew that shit up. And was delightfully surprised when Shepard gave the Illusive Man the finger and commandeered the ship.

 

[Spencer Petersen]

Why cant I just inform the council of its existence? Why cant I just destroy the Omega Relay? Why cant I get there before Cerberus and download the data to the citadel? That would be some proof that the Reapers exist. There's so few options its infuriating.

 

[everfreeDragon]

I blew it to pieces, verbally murdered TIM and kept the fancy ship he gave me.

 

[DustyDrB]

I can understand a repeat thread post, but a fourpeat? Geez, man. The title of it is kind of spoilerish, especially considering a lot of people are going to be playing the game for their first time this month. Not everything is as common knowledge is you may think. The fact that you go there is a spoiler, and the fact that you have this choice is also one.

And on-topic: My main Shep blew it up.

 

[Kortney]

I destroyed it. That was obviously the right choice to do when encountered with enemy intelligence. Just like the burning of the Library of Alexandria! Great decisions for everyone!

 

[Megacherv]

I kept it, and then I got upset when my entire crew started getting really angry at me...

...dicks...

 

[Azex]

i killed it. its too dangerous and i dont want problems down the line

 

[Hader]

I destroyed it. Something told me it wouldn't matter as much as they want you to think in ME3, so I will take the slightly harder path. On top of that, getting rid of that base was probably best for everyone in the long run.

Plus, TIM was just getting on my nerves.

 

[Tr3mbl3Tr3mbl3]

Can we all just agree as a fan-base to stop posting polls for Mass Effect decisions and threads about ME3 speculation? I'm tired of so many of the same threads!

But yes, I preserved it. Might work out for the better in ME3, assuming The Illusive Man doesn't stab you in the back.

 

[themerrygambit]

As Sovereign said in the first ME the reapers want you to use their technology so that your species develops along the lines they want.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I would have kept it if I could have given it to the Council. Since that wasn't an option, I destroyed it.

 

[BlackIvory]

XD dude, you cant write a spoiler warning and the actual spoiler both in the title...
kinda defeats the whole spoiler warning purpose

EDIT-
I destroyed it, don't trust those elitist cerberus guys >.>

 

[Dejawesp]

The Illusive man spent enormous resources to save Shepards life. Gave Shepard a ship and a crew and free hands to go about saving the world and he only ever asked for one thing in return. That base. So I gave it to him. Yeah its probably not the best idea in the world but I'd feel like an ungrateful twat if I turned on him now. (Plus he's martin Sheen and I just can't hate Martin Sheen)

Meanwhile I don't really like how you have to hate Cerberus to get paragon. Even as small of a commend as "We can trust cerberus for now" gives you renegade points. I mean does Shepard have to be an dislikeable paranoid loon through the whole game just to be good?

Can't you be civil and polite towards Cerberus and judge them based on their actions through the game? Seems to me all Cerberus personnel in the game are honest and honourable with Shepard. Meanwhile Shepard is supposed to be rude and uncooperative in return in order to be "good"

And final. In the end for ME3 whether you gave him the base or not with not make a big difference on the game. If Mass Effect 2 Has taught us anything its that all those moral choices and crossroads didn't amount to anything in the next game short of a few different words in a dialogue or a few extra dialogues here and there. And I can understand that, Bioware is not going to design a whole different game for every single possible choice in the first game. Games cost money and take time to make after all.