IoCaster wrote...
The funny stuff is how so many people are rationalizing why Zaeed is not qualified to lead the 2nd team based on their own assumptions. The reality is that BioWare decided which characters would fill that role. That's all there is to it. Based on the facts presented in the game Zaeed is qualified for the role. It's a very simple mission and he got the job done. He lead his team to the rendezvous with no losses. Any other character that you choose will do the same. The tech dies after the fact when Shepard is on the scene and in command. It's a gameplay mechanic and all of this speculation about Zaeed being a solitary merc or too selfish or whatever is meaningless.
If you choose a non-loyal Jacob, Miranda or Garrus to lead the 2nd team the tech dies as well. Are they suddenly unqualified to lead now? Or are they so unprofessional that they let themselves be distracted by daddy, sis or revenge issues? It's a simple gameplay mechanic and BioWare chose to have it play out that way for their own reasons.
Now don't get me wrong because I enjoyed the mission and the overall game, but I recognize it for what it is. If some of you folks have gotten so immersed and invested in the story that it makes sense to you then be happy and have fun. At the same time do try to understand that some of us are not as immersed and have a tough time believing the setup to some of these events. It's just a video game, it doesn't have to make sense and it's still fun for me.
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Your logic and rationalization is flawed, however. To be successful, you need someone in that position who is both qualified to lead and fully focused on the task at hand (ie, loyal).
Zaeed is not qualified to lead the team, even if he's focused and trying his best. He's just not leadership material, and that's why the tech dies. It was Zaeed's job to make sure the fire team extracted themselves properly, and he failed at that job, which allowed the Collectors a break to return fire and take out the tech that was trying to close the door.
That it happened at the very last moment doesn't mean Zaeed did his job successfully. He almost did, but unfortunately failed at the very last moment.
If anything, you're assuming more than anyone else, because there are mountains of evidence in the game that flat out tell you "Zaeed is not a good leader if squad survival is important." You seem to want to ignore that because you seem determined that Zaeed is good at the job, therefore it's simply a game mechanic, when most players and Bioware themselves disagree with your assessment for all of the same reasons.
Technically, yes, it is a game mechanic. Just as sending Grunt through the tunnels as your tech and failing would be a game mechanic. They're game mechanics, yes, but with reason. Grunt's not a tech, and Zaeed isn't a good leader. That's why they fail. It isn't some arbitrary whim of Bioware, it's because it's that's who those characters are, fundamentally. Wishing them into that mould isn't going to make them suddenly fit, they just don't have the personalities or skills for it.
I would agree to some extent that a tech death would ultimately fall on Shepard's shoulders however, since he's the ultimate leader of the entire group and if he picks someone who isn't a good leader to lead the fire team (like Zaeed), that means Shepard has failed as a good leader be cause he failed to correctly identify and assign roles based on the strengths of his crew.
Using Grunt as your tech is a bad idea. It's a lot more obviously bad than picking Zaeed as leader of the fire team, but both choices would be a failure of command on Shepard's part and fall under the general category of "bad decison" because neither are qualified for those jobs.
Modifié par FlyingBrickyard, 12 avril 2010 - 01:45 .
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