This just came into my mind, so bear with me. What if there was a MAss Effect 3 DLC that expanded on Priority: Earth? Namely, one that would add a system similar to Dragon Age: Origin's Denerium battle, where you could allocate your assets to critical moments of the battle?
Like this: Priority Earth gets an expansion, to make it seem like more of a major ground battle, with new areas, Shepard helping out on multiple fronts, and chances to split up your party members ala Suicide Mission in ME2. You then get to choose certain types of war assets to help you out in combat. Use a strafing run War Asset and see Volus Bombers swoop by. Use an infantry charge War Asset and watch a squad of Krogan deploy to your combat zone.
Wouldn't that be neat? It would not only expand the lackluster Priority Earth mission, but also allow you to see your forces in combat firsthand.
I had a second idea. Despite the Leviathan DLC not affecting much of the ending apart from a few Catalyst lines, what if, in the future, more Singleplayer DLCs came out, and their assets could be pooled as well? Sounds normal enough, right? But what if, with all those DLC assets, you are able to top a theoretical threshold that opens a new ending?
If more weapons like that, that beat the Reapers in unconventional ways were gathered by playing through more DLC, what would happen if you chose to Refuse? Right now all it does is show that you failed.
But if you had these unconventional weapons, and sufficiently powerful allies gathered from DLCs, and then you refused, what if it opened up the possibility of beating the Reapers through strength of arms?
Like this: Priority Earth gets an expansion, to make it seem like more of a major ground battle, with new areas, Shepard helping out on multiple fronts, and chances to split up your party members ala Suicide Mission in ME2. You then get to choose certain types of war assets to help you out in combat. Use a strafing run War Asset and see Volus Bombers swoop by. Use an infantry charge War Asset and watch a squad of Krogan deploy to your combat zone.
Wouldn't that be neat? It would not only expand the lackluster Priority Earth mission, but also allow you to see your forces in combat firsthand.
I had a second idea. Despite the Leviathan DLC not affecting much of the ending apart from a few Catalyst lines, what if, in the future, more Singleplayer DLCs came out, and their assets could be pooled as well? Sounds normal enough, right? But what if, with all those DLC assets, you are able to top a theoretical threshold that opens a new ending?
In Leviathan, they mention using Indoctrination Spheres to take control of enemy reapers and make them fight each other. If this was featured as a War Asset, it could be one of the deadliest weapons in your arsenal. Highjack a Destroyer and turn it on the Husk ground forces.
If more weapons like that, that beat the Reapers in unconventional ways were gathered by playing through more DLC, what would happen if you chose to Refuse? Right now all it does is show that you failed.
But if you had these unconventional weapons, and sufficiently powerful allies gathered from DLCs, and then you refused, what if it opened up the possibility of beating the Reapers through strength of arms?