I'd assume that at least some of the Alliance ships were upgraded, but the Normandy is just one (very small) ship, that was already half Turian in design. Taking those upgrades and applying them to whole fleets of larger vessels using different designs would take a lot more time than the 1 year that the Alliance had the SR2 for. That's without even considering the cost.DVS BSTrD said:It made more sense to given Shepard's history with bureaucrats. Through-out the series, his real obstacle has been the inaction of those in power. He's putting himself on their level "You guys DO realize we ALL have to fight this thing right? We clear on this? Sending me in on a covert mission isn't going to work this time. The official term for this situation is, I believe, an 'actual fucking war'. This means EVERYONE has to fight"Irridium said:Yeah, the beginning pissed me off.DoPo said:I don't know, it seemed to me that the Reaper just lashed out at the closest moving thing. A bit like a cat. It was going on about its business destroying stuff just by shooting here and there and suddenly two spots moved from the area the Reaper watched. Pretty instinctive response to attack them immediately. Shepard was a bit further away than the two other vessels.
That's how it seemed to me, though.
And people only complained about the ending? Sheesh, the dialogue near the beginning came off so cheesy and... strange? Unnatural? I don't know how to call it. I just had to groan. Well, rant over. Just venting here.
"This war isn't about strategy or tactics, it's about survival. WE FIGHT OR WE DIE!"
Um... when faced with a stupidly powerful enemy, strategy and tactics are what you NEED in order to have a chance at winning, Shepard. And "We fight or we die"? Seriously? That line is beyond stupid. It's like if the Normandy ran out of food, Joker said "Shepard, we're out of food", and Shepard replies "WE EAT OR WE STARVE!" Just so... stupid.
And I didn't like Shepard going on auto-pilot when speaking. That really annoyed me.
Besides Shepard's past tactics against the Reapers was never really amounted to anything more than "Shot this mutha-fucka" So I doubt he had any real strategy in mind for the Reaper invasion
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What really bugs ME is how fast the Reapers got through to Earth. I mean seriously, Garrus CAN'T be the only one who knows how to install the Thanix Canon. He'd been out of the military for AT LEAST two years by the time you recruited him. And just HOW long has it been since Shepard came back before the Reapers attacked? Even IF the alliance didn't believe the Reapers were a threat, reverse engineering newly acquired assets (like I don't know, EVERY FUCKING UPGRADE SHEPARD HAD INSTALLED ON THE NORMANDY) is standard procedure for any military worth a shit. With the entire fucking fleet in orbit, Don't expect me to believe nobody had the time to send a distress signal before the Reapers landed.
One thing you have to keep in mind about the upgrades is cost. The codex description for the upgraded hull armor has diamond particles fused into it making it ridiculously expensive. The Cyclonic Shield Projector is a tradeoff. I forget the details but I recall that it was a lot better than standard shields at some types of enemy fire but it was never designed for sustained combat or something and collapses sooner than standard shields (or something like that).DVS BSTrD said:What really bugs ME is how fast the Reapers got through to Earth. I mean seriously, Garrus CAN'T be the only one who knows how to install the Thanix Canon. He'd been out of the military for AT LEAST two years by the time you recruited him. And just HOW long has it been since Shepard came back before the Reapers attacked? Even IF the alliance didn't believe the Reapers were a threat, reverse engineering newly acquired assets (like I don't know, EVERY FUCKING UPGRADE SHEPARD HAD INSTALLED ON THE NORMANDY) is standard procedure for any military worth a shit. With the entire fucking fleet in orbit, Don't expect me to believe nobody had the time to send a distress signal before the Reapers landed.
I lol'd.Zachary Amaranth said:Coming soon: Mass Effect 3: No, we're serious this time.idarkphoenixi said:Theres also some crap about it all being indoctrination I guess. So maybe the entire game was just a dream (or nightmare).
There's still the matter of cost, my friend. Just because you have the technology doesn't mean you have the money to integrate said technology into every ship in your fleet. As I mentioned before, I believe in the War Assets codex it actually does mention that a lot of ships now rock out with a Thanix. And also as I mentioned, while the Thanix was proven to be the bane of the Collector ship, we really don't know how effective it is against a Sovereign-class Reaper whose technical specs can only be described as "Holy shit this thing is nigh indestructible." I mean hell, Sovereign himself had the remains of 2 fleets and the majority of a fresh fleet focus-firing on it and the only reason it died was because it's consciousness was currently inhabiting Saren's corpse and so when said corpse was destroyed, it stunned Sovereign just enough to lower its shields and open it to attack. At least that's what my interpretation of the ending of Mass Effect is.DVS BSTrD said:Most effective during opening volleys. But the thing is, most ships aren't actually designed for sustained space combat any way. Only hit and run attacks. Besides afterwards it's still as good as a standard shield.
As for the Thalix cannon, it's design was actually based on Sovereign's main gun. I'm not saying it should be a knock-out punch (No Alliance ship has as much power as a capital Reaper) but it should at least slow them down. And They've had three years to upgrade it into the fleet fleet especially if they we'rent already rebuilding it after the attack on the Citadel (they won't be in my story)
And I refuse to believe the Reapers could have reached Earth from the Mass Relay before SOMEBODY though to send a signal. Even at light speed it would still take them more than five and a half hours and the Alliance has the technology to have real time conversations from across the galaxy! Too much realism sacrificed for drama and it wasn't even necessary.
Thanks for that, was really weird how everywhere seemed to be bugged in regards to that article.Tanakh said:-ASSUMING snip CONTROL-
I know, right? I was like: Wow! Total uber-mega-twist! Seriously though, I just grabbed the first video YouTube spat out at me.floppylobster said:Any way, the biggest surprise of the video you posted - Shepard's a dude!? Mind blown.