What would your ideal ending for Mass effect 3 be? [Major Spoilers]

[Joseph Harrison]

So, I just beat Mass Effect 3 seconds ago and while I did not HATE the ending, it was FAR from the ending I was hoping for. Many are speculating that Bioware will release DLC that will retcon and change the ending and I was wondering what would you personally want for an ending.

For Me:
I would have had everything up to the point where you open the Citadel arms be the same, I really liked the confrontation with TIM. But after you plug in the Crucible all the Reapers are destroyed. You would have your final words with Anderson, he would tell you he is proud and then pass away .
THEN you would be transported up into a new level and it would be similar to the area in the actual ending. Then from the beam ahead of you would emerge a holographic version, similar looking to the kid, of the Illusive Man and he would walk up to you. Cue Renegade interrupt where you would fire some shots at him and he would chuckle and introduce himself. He would say he is the Architect( or some other not incredibly lame name, its 12 o'clock) and explain to you that the purpose of the Reapers is to collect the genetic material from civilizations and act as a genetic library , because they believe that organics will inevitably cause the extinction of all organic life through war. ParaShep will refute this and show an example of how all of sentient life is working together right now, ReneShep will say that organics should live anyway and its not the Reapers decision to make. The Architect would laugh and then tell you that it was interesting to meet you and that if you wanted to live you would have to get off the station immediately for the Crucible was going to explode. He motions to a shuttle nearby and you get in and it flies you to the Normandy where you tell everyone to gtfo cuz the Crucible is gonna explode. Then it does.
Cue Epilogue where you talk to all your crew and significant characters from throughout the series then a series of cut scenes that hint at the fate of all the species in the galaxy.

Thoughts? Opinions? Disingenuous Assertions?
Please don't just post Bioware hate, if you don't have an idea for the ending or an opinion n someone else's ending then don't post please.

 

[SajuukKhar]

If the ending doesn't involve the destruction of all Mass Relays then it simply doesn't work with the themes of the series.

Shepard being with his crew in the end is OK as long as the Mass Relays get nuked into Oblivion.

Beyond that you do see the future of the species in-game, the actions you take for the Geth/Quarrians, the Krogans on their genophage, and the Rachnai all show you what their futures hold.

All you really need to know is that the other species survives, which given that it was never stated that any of them died is already told to you without the need for cutscenes showing it.

 

[Kingme18]

If the ending doesn't involve the destruction of all Mass Relays then it simply doesn't work with the themes of the series.

Shepard being with his crew in the end is OK as long as the Mass Relays get nuked into Oblivion.

Beyond that you do see the future of the species in-game, the actions you take for the Geth/Quarrians, the Krogans on their genophage, and the Rachnai all show you what their futures hold.

All you really need to know is that the other species survives, which given that it was never stated that any of them died is already told to you without the need for cutscenes showing it.

Why do the mass effect relays need to be destroyed?(Not trying to argue, it's a legit question)
I just wanna know what the heck keepers are. Please?

OT: I am satisfied with the ending I chose. It made me quite happy. Sorry to everyone else who wasn't, your loss.

 

[synobal]

If the ending doesn't involve the destruction of all Mass Relays then it simply doesn't work with the themes of the series.

Shepard being with his crew in the end is OK as long as the Mass Relays get nuked into Oblivion.

Beyond that you do see the future of the species in-game, the actions you take for the Geth/Quarrians, the Krogans on their genophage, and the Rachnai all show you what their futures hold.

All you really need to know is that the other species survives, which given that it was never stated that any of them died is already told to you without the need for cutscenes showing it.

Why do the mass effect relays need to be destroyed?(Not trying to argue, it's a legit question)
I just wanna know what the heck keepers are. Please?

OT: I am satisfied with the ending I chose. It made me quite happy. Sorry to everyone else who wasn't, your loss.

Sovereign talks about how the Mass Effect relays and the citadel are left for races to find so that they progress along a technological path that they choose. This not only helps to explain why all the races have remarkably similar technology, but why no one builds new mass relays.

The destruction of the relays and the citadel symbolizes/signifies the end of reaper influence over organic life in the milkyway galaxy. Forcing the races to finally make their own unique mass relays of find some new method of long distance and instantaneous (or near) interstellar travel.

 

[SajuukKhar]

Sovereign talks about how the Mass Effect relays and the citadel are left for races to find so that they progress along a technological path that they choose. This not only helps to explain why all the races have remarkably similar technology, but why no one builds new mass relays.

The destruction of the relays and the citadel symbolizes the end of reaper influence over organic life in the milkyway galaxy. Forcing the races to finally make their own unique mass relays of find some new method of long distance and instantaneous (or near) interstellar travel.

This is basically what I would have said.

To say it in another way The Reapers are the slave-masters and The Mass relays/Citadel are the chains they use to keep us enslaved.

 

[Kingme18]

If the ending doesn't involve the destruction of all Mass Relays then it simply doesn't work with the themes of the series.

Shepard being with his crew in the end is OK as long as the Mass Relays get nuked into Oblivion.

Beyond that you do see the future of the species in-game, the actions you take for the Geth/Quarrians, the Krogans on their genophage, and the Rachnai all show you what their futures hold.

All you really need to know is that the other species survives, which given that it was never stated that any of them died is already told to you without the need for cutscenes showing it.

Why do the mass effect relays need to be destroyed?(Not trying to argue, it's a legit question)
I just wanna know what the heck keepers are. Please?

OT: I am satisfied with the ending I chose. It made me quite happy. Sorry to everyone else who wasn't, your loss.

Sovereign talks about how the Mass Effect relays and the citadel are left for races to find so that they progress along a technological path that they choose. This not only helps to explain why all the races have remarkably similar technology, but why no one builds new mass relays.

The destruction of the relays and the citadel symbolizes/signifies the end of reaper influence over organic life in the milkyway galaxy. Forcing the races to finally make their own unique mass relays of find some new method of long distance and instantaneous (or near) interstellar travel.

Ahh, I see. Now all of the races that joined together are stuck on Earth... I wonder how they would work with that!

 

[synobal]

If the ending doesn't involve the destruction of all Mass Relays then it simply doesn't work with the themes of the series.

Shepard being with his crew in the end is OK as long as the Mass Relays get nuked into Oblivion.

Beyond that you do see the future of the species in-game, the actions you take for the Geth/Quarrians, the Krogans on their genophage, and the Rachnai all show you what their futures hold.

All you really need to know is that the other species survives, which given that it was never stated that any of them died is already told to you without the need for cutscenes showing it.

Why do the mass effect relays need to be destroyed?(Not trying to argue, it's a legit question)
I just wanna know what the heck keepers are. Please?

OT: I am satisfied with the ending I chose. It made me quite happy. Sorry to everyone else who wasn't, your loss.

Sovereign talks about how the Mass Effect relays and the citadel are left for races to find so that they progress along a technological path that they choose. This not only helps to explain why all the races have remarkably similar technology, but why no one builds new mass relays.

The destruction of the relays and the citadel symbolizes/signifies the end of reaper influence over organic life in the milkyway galaxy. Forcing the races to finally make their own unique mass relays of find some new method of long distance and instantaneous (or near) interstellar travel.

Ahh, I see. Now all of the races that joined together are stuck on Earth... I wonder how they would work with that!

We don't actually know that they are stuck on earth, it's likely that some of each race is stuck on earth but from what I gather is after shepherd was hit with that laser beam, they with drew most the ground forces since the attack had failed.

Then when the crucible started to fire it is likely that the fleet left, since they had no idea what the damn thing was going to do. Hence the Normandy trying to outrun that blast wave. Also we really don't know just how long it took the crucible to fire. It's almost certain that shepherd lost some time, and I don't think the final cut scene is done in anything close to real time.

I personally think that most of each races fleet made it back to their home systems prior to the crucible going off.

 

[Bravo 21]

One option that I wouldn't have minded seeing would be where the reapers arrive, and the fuck all yo' shit. I mean everything. What happens to the protheans happens to you, and If your lucky and play your cards right, maybe you leave something like Vigil or Javik for the next cycle.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

Off the top of my head:

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an outright war is waged against the Reapers -Reapers win by far
--remants either retreat from the galaxy entirely or do their best to hide from the Reapers. Survival first
--or Reapers completely annilate/convert this cycle

an outright war is waged against the Reapers -ends in more of a stalemate
--if the Citadel/Crucible can be used to destroy only Reapers within range (that system) then all races retreat to one system, holding off the Reapers but unable to expand
--Reapers are convinced to leave this cycle alone, they will return in the cycle
----if resources are not high enough Shep may have to offer entire races to the Reapers w/o a fight to get them to leave
--the Reapers remain but control the population, space races can only expand so much

an outright war is waged against the Reapers -space races hold off the Reapers
--certain Relays can be used to "shoot" large amounts of the Reapers back into deep space but at the cost of their systems making the war against the Reapers easier
--space races combine all their forces into one large fleet, picking off Reapers one by one, system to system
----most probably many homeworlds will be completely defenceless and completely destroyed by the Reapers or used as decoys by space races
--all space races' fleets stay at home, sustaining massive causulties to military forces but protecting civilians
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survival first, retreat from the Reapers -few escape
--difficult to run from the Reapers, other races don't agree
--retreat to late, Reapers destroy most races

survival first, retreat from the Reapers -some escape
--civilians are sent (somehow) to another galaxy or put in stasis until approx. when this cycle is over
--military forces are wiped out to distract to Reapers or defending civilian shuttles

survival first, retreat from the Reapers -most escape
--mostly dummy fleet is used to divert the Reapers away from major systems
--most civilian and military forces survive underground or far away from the Milky Way
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Ally with Cerberus -Go team Cerberus!
--contol Reapers
----proclaim yourself King and rule the galaxy
--control then destroy Reapers
----finish off the Batarians first
--defeat Reapers
----proclaim yourself King of the galaxy
----or just King of the humans
----or just the King of Liara, your choice