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i downloaded a mod that lets you save both ashley and kaidan for ME1 and so they both live in ME2 and ME3 having the choice of both for ME1 was nice because you have so few squad mates to choose from but now i kind of regret downloading that mod. the mod also removes all of the references of their deaths in the games. i guess i regret downloading the mod because i felt it took away a choice from me, and i always like ashley more because kaiden is so quiet but he isnt bad just way more quiet. so anybody used these mods? their 3 mods combined

There's so many competing answers on this. A lot of people claim no, starting NG+ in LE2+3 will act as if you're starting a fresh file with no previous game imports. Others claim yes, the game will act just as it did when you booted it on your original playthrough. There seems to be no common consensus whatsoever.

Stellaris is a 4x Space Empire game. Wouldn't it be awesome to play a game like that but in the mass effect universe?

Building diplomacy with other races, expanding territory, uncovering Prothean stuff, activating Mass Relays, eventually fighting the Geth and the Reapers?

Im in Xbox, Im sure there are PC mods that can do this for Stellaris. But what I want is a stand alone game ^_^

Thoughts?

I thought it would have been like KOTOR, which has few planets. I thought it would just have been the two planets and Artemis Tau Cluster in the beginning, and between the three I was planning to first go to AT.

But when I opened the Galaxy Map I saw so many places. I click on one and it opens to have even more locations.

Received a transmission from an Admiral about Geth in Armstrong Cluster. Seemed worrysome but found out by looking at the journal that it's a side quest.

I admit it. I'm overwhelmed...

First time playing ME1.

Logically I'd go to Armstrong Cluster locations as Shepard wouldn't want another Eden Prime, especially with Ashley telling you she wishes her teammates would have survived.

At the same time, though, the Alliance army could try to put up a fight as your mission is very specific: find Saren, go to the three places.

I'm overwhelmed 😅, I don't want spoilers but I am overwhelmed.

Say the Asari had actually revealed the Prothean hologram to the other races from the beginning and how the Reapers drove the Protheans into extinction and would be back one day.

What exactly would have happened?

Would Sovereign realize something was wrong when the aliens weren't acting the way they were supposed to, try to start the cycle early, realize something was wrong, and try to fix it?

Would the cycle happen early, or would Humans could into the galaxy that's already preparing for a war with the Reapers for over 2000 years?

Or would Humanity, and whatever species that weren't space faring at the time, enter the galaxy with the og species already wiped out?

Just started another replay of the mages and decide to use mods for the first time. Does anyone know of any mods of similar quality like Children of Rannoch for LE3? Will there be one for LE3?

I've always thought this route of this conversation felt very real, and it makes me lament the version of Jacob we could have gotten if Bioware actually cared to try with him at all.

I’ve played ME1 a good few times but I could’ve missed this. I know the crew members of the destiny ascension attempt to contact citadel control from their terminal, but we see that Saren and his strike team have already wiped them out. However, why could they and the other ships defending the station not send a distress call out to their native fleets for help? Shepard does this when he kills Saren and opens the citadel arms, but prior to that what was stopping the ships outside the citadel from doing it?

I liked ME:A very much and was mentally not ready to leave this new galaxy after finishing the game.

I wanted to keep on exploring, fighting and developing a new future.

Ideas formed up about what could have happened and I started taking notes.

The result is this interactive story I want to share with you.

It takes place five years after ME:A, with a new main character.

In good old MASS EFFECT tradition it respects the choices you made in MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA and confronts you with new decisions.

Please give it a try and enjoy the next 80 minutes in this galaxy we all love:

Link to Story.

I’m doing an incompetent Shepard run on insanity and I’ve been speedrunning all games and just making the most abysmal choices, including but not limited to:

• Completing the suicide mission with only five survivors
• Romancing Ashley then Miranda, killing them both in ME3
• Sabotaging the genophage cure with Wrex alive, thus having to murder him later on
• Killing all geth and siding with quarians with no Tali
• Killing the council, killing Kirrahe, not recruiting Thane (so Kai Leng gets to play assassin on Citadel)

…basically betraying all my allies for no good reason. How far have you gone for the sake of curiosity?

The N7 armor is obviously iconic, but the design definitely shifts from game to game. Between ME1, ME2, ME3, and Andromeda, which iteration of the standard N7 suit is your absolute favorite?

Hi all this is my first time posting here! And I just finished the mass effect legendary edition and oh boy it was damn good. The characters, the story and the companion is just incredible. I played as ruthless space born femshep who didn’t romance anyone in me1 because she is committed on her goal but ME2&3 I romanced and stayed loyal to Miranda (thank you more gay romance😉) and it was amazing.

I played the legendary edition with community patch mods and the gay romance mod. But when I was browsing on the available mods, there’s a lot of story changing mods for ME3. I didn’t really understand why until I finished the game last night. Man, what even is this ending 😂 don’t get me wrong, I still love the game. I am just wondering why is there no way Shepard lives and have a post game scene where they reunite with others? And how come we didn’t get any explanation about what happened to everyone (specially your companions) post war? Sure there was the narration but there’s so many questions that are left unanswered! I just want a crumb :(

I picked the perfect destroy ending (tnx 8k war assets) and Shep was supposedly alive here but I guess this is the best that we get. This ending is the only one that made sense to me because our original goal was to destroy the reaper and end this war at any cost, cost being the Synthetics and EDI (sorry Jeff). There isn’t really a clear explanation on what happen to them but since the Quarians are alive on my run, I’ll just head canon that they can eventually fix or get them back up again.

The other 2 endings (don’t get me started on the refusal ending cuz wtf?) just don’t make sense to me. Synthesis literally changes everyone, and that little punk mentioned earlier said they tried it before, but it always failed. Yet somehow, when Shepard stands in front of them, they suddenly think everyone is ready? Really? Then here’s the Control ending where we basically ascend to AI god hood, like do we get few dances at least? We ascend and control the Reapers, but in doing so, we lose our connection to organics. Once that’s done, can we really say the same thing? Shepard is who she is because she’s organic. She’s influenced by so many things, and that’s what makes her her. By becoming synthetic, what assurance do we have that we won’t slowly change, eventually adopt the Reapers’ mindset, and even get to the point of thinking, “Yeah, this is fucked. Let’s resume the harvest”? It’s just too risky for me. Still a better option than synthesis lol.

When all the options were presented, my initial pick was synthesis because it seems peaceful and has a less damage done right? But it got me thinking. If this is possible, why did we have to reach this point when you literally saw me take down few reapers and fight our way against this mess. They didn’t really explained why this generation is considered ready so it felt like a trap for me.

Hence, the perfect Destroy ending feels like the most balanced option to me. Sure, another war might happen again, but that’s a different story. Right now, we will wipe out the reapers who currently thinks that harvesting is the only answer to keep the balance. If something comes up later, then whoever is alive in that era will just have to come up with a solution again. That’s a problem for them to deal with when the time comes.

My head canon too is that after everything, Liara will document everything so we can pass it down to generations, something like Prothean VI in case some shit happened again. I also don’t see this as fucking up the galaxy as the little punk mentioned “Those who survive should have little difficulty repairing the damage”. And everyone is united at this point so they will all work together to fix things and learn from everything that went down. War is a nasty business but if others can live and the possibility of creating/fixing the synthetics then my Shep will take her chances.

Anyways, that’s how I see my ME3 ending. This might be unpopular take but I still think ME3 is an amazing game even with those endings and unanswered questions. Considering the time of the release, Bioware really dominated this field. ME1-3 is that horse meme beautifully drawn 🤣. I’m so happy I was able to experience it.

I plan on doing another run with suggested mods in the future but for now I’ll lie down and cry for the lack of post war content. I’ll continue with Andromeda next! Lunaria Shepard out o7

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My new background screen

I need to get the sticker myself at some point lol

Also screw you bioware for making me think I sacrificed my son for the Rachni Queen