BlindChance said:
Because I'm curious, and asked the question in some other forums, and crave more data. (MORE DATA.)
If you played Mass Effect 1, tell me which Shepard you're going to take across into Mass Effect 2. If you don't intend to play 2, tell me which one you consider your 'canonical' playthrough.
1. Male or female?
2. Which class?
3. Mostly paragon, or renegade?
4. And what the heck, what first name did they have?
I'm compiling the stats. (Also, if you post on PALGN.com.au or Gamecritics.com, let me know so I don't duplicate your results.)
For the record?
1. Female.
2. Engineer.
3. Paragon, with about 19% Renegade into the mix as well. (I killed the hostages in Bring Down the Sky. I don't negotiate with terrorists as a matter of principle.)
4. Chloe.
Ooh, nice topic choice. Familiar, but still interesting.
As for my Shepard:
1. Male.
2. Vanguard. I always though the biotics were nifty, but at first I didn't feel like playing one 'cause it seemed like a 'fragile caster' stereotype. But when they introduced the Vanguard, which is basically a tank-esque soldier with biotic powers, I said to myself, "I'm picking this class, it's awesome."
3. Honestly, most of the time I RPed Shepard, he was basically 90% Renegade, in part because it's so fun to play, but for the really important 'moral choice moments' like the Rachni thing, my Shepard always chose the Paragon option. Including the part at the end where you can choose to save the Council. In a nutshell: Jerk with a heart of gold buried very deep. My Shepard also romanced Liara and appointed Captain Anderson as ambassador.
4. I think it was 'Rhys Shepard.' I haven't checked in a while, though.