54 réponses à ce sujet

[Kimarous]

social.bioware.com/23121/polls/9173/

Regardless of how you set up your character's background, Anderson will refer to Shepard as "the only person who can protect the galaxy." Now, given how there are nine different setups, which do YOU think is the "only person who can protect the galaxy"? Feel free to justify your opinion if you so desire.

Modifié par Kimarous, 10 août 2010 - 01:41 .

[Nezzer]

My main Sheps always have the Spacer and the War Hero background. Spacer means Shep's grew up in the military thus having a lot of experience and War Hero because Shep complete a mission succesfully without many casualties, showing Shep's ability to command. In my opinion this is the background that fits best in the "only person who can protect the galaxy"profile. Ruthless doesn't deserve such title as Shep lost his entire team. Sole Survivor may fit beacause Shep shows the capability of overcome any mental or physical challenge.

Modifié par Nezzer, 10 août 2010 - 01:20 .

[Miss Yuna of Atlanta]

My Shepard is an Earthborn War Hero. Her checkered, crime-ridden past only furthered her resolve to make something of herself. She's a bit more noteworthy than she anticipated, though. She just wanted a stable military career.

Personally, I think the best combination of pre-service history and psychological profile is either Earthborn/War Hero or Earthborn/Sole Survivor. An Earthborn Shepard is well aware of what despicable creatures lay in wait in the darkest depths of the galaxy. A War Hero shows a great deal of courage, skill, and luck(luck is very important), while a Sole Survivor shows, as Nihlus puts it, "a remarkable will to live."

....and also luck.


I think luck is very important for the hero of a grand epic. If a hero makes it out of every scrape based on his/her own ingenuity or prowess, then he/she gets Goku Syndrome. Can't beat this galactic death lord? MY POWER LEVEL IS RISING! Then cut to four episodes of
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!" with the occasional flashback to an earlier episode where Piccolo said something "important."

Modifié par Miss Yuna of Atlanta, 10 août 2010 - 10:55 .

[BellatrixLugosi]

I personally feel all the choices have merit. The Earthborn, ruthless combo though shows too much sociopathy though if you take it renegade

[tmk]

I originally made a ruthless spacer (infiltrator, female) simply because all other backgrounds sounded too much like some sort of orphan superhero (or tentacle monster attack survivor, which is hardly more exciting). In retrospect, however, colonist probably works better as background for ruthless.

After seeing biotics in action, I thought that holding the line almost on your own might not be completely out of question, so I made an earthborn war hero (vanguard, male). Now that I think about it, earthborn being a biotic is kinda iffy, but still possible I think... Maybe colonist works better with this one as well (or spacer, for the ultimate happy sappy paragon experience).

I really don't like the sole survivor profile because, well, let's just say that a lot of Zaeed's missions ended with him being the sole survivor, but I wouldn't trust him to save the galaxy. Supposedly it shows that you can concentrate in extreme situation and not give in to emotion, but same kinda goes for ruthless - except ruthless got results and didn't lose all squadmates. I figure that sole survivor could be a nice profile for a "worst possible playthrough" character...

But in the end, they can all save the galaxy, given enough save&loading, so really it's just a question of how realistic and coherent you want your story to be.

Miss Yuna of Atlanta wrote...
I think luck is very important for the hero of a grand epic. If a hero makes it out of every scrape based on his/her own ingenuity or prowess, then he/she gets Goku Syndrome.

I disagree. Luck is, well, luck, it isn't really an inherent property of a person (D&D style mechanics aside). The story involves obscene amounts of luck as it is, and I feel the less of it the better (as the chain of exceptionally good luck gets exponentially less probable as it gets longer). Otherwise you might as well call it a variant of Goku syndrome ("MY LUCK LEVEL IS RISING").

Modifié par tmk, 10 août 2010 - 06:10 .

[Forst1999]

The important thing is the military career. And, regardless if Shep is a Warhero, a Sole Survivor or ruthless, the Commander proved to be the best the Alliance has to offer. That makes the statement some kind of self-fulfilling prophecy: Shepard did something exceptional and Anderson indetifies this type of soldier as the best choice, simply because nobody did the other stuff.
My main Shep is a earthborn Warhero. It may be a little the old "from zero to hero" clichee, but i liked it. For similar reasons as Miss Yuna above. He has seen the dirt, the easy ways of being a criminal and a rather ruthless person, but now he is a big damn hero.
P.S.: Luck? Wasn't that what distinguished the Master Chief from the other Spartans in Halo? Not sure of this, but i think i heard this.

Modifié par Forst1999, 10 août 2010 - 06:58 .

[Zaxares]

My "canonical" Shepard is a Spacer War Hero. The War Hero service history indicates he has the skill, talent and determination to be able to achieve victory even against impossible odds, and his Spacer background means he has the experience and attitude necessary to present humanity's best face forward to the galaxy. A man with both military and diplomatic skill, in other words.



As Anderson says if you choose that background, "humanity needs a hero. And Shepard's the best we've got."

[Aggie Punbot]

I prefer to play as a Spacer Ruthless male Shep. That means he doesn't always take the nastiest options nor does he always take the nicest ones. He does exactly what is necessary to get the job done, no messing around with niceities. or whatnot. Sometimes you have to do something "mean" for the greater good and Spacer Ruthless Shepard understands that without being a complete d*ck about it.

[Sparda Stonerule]

Objectively I feel that having a Spacer with a Ruthless military career but who plays as a full Paragon is rather interesting. Any time Torfan is brought up he states that it was a tough choice and that he vows to never let that happen ever again.



However if I were to ever go Renegade I'd make an Earthborn War Hero. Imagine a man who saved the day but fell down in morality due to various factors.



Most of these are interesting due to Ruthless being Paragon and War Hero being Renegade. Paths that oppose or mildly conflict are more interesting than basic things. Sole Survivor is just odd because it doesn't say much about your military disposition. As it is meant to be neutral it's kind of boring to me.

[xKerberos]

I went Colonist + Sole Survivor. Ultimate bad luck Shepard. I didn't like Ruthless and Spacer was too sappy. Besides, the mission with the Cerberus scientists and Corporal Toombs was great. Not to mention the colonist girl Talitha.

Modifié par xKerberos, 11 août 2010 - 06:57 .

[oyukichan]

My canon Shep is Earthborn Sole Survivor. Street-wise and tough enough to survive any situation. I also have a Spacer War Hero and a Colonist Ruthless Shep. I've always thought that those went best together. If I were in the colonist's situation, I'd probably go the Torfan route, myself.

[PWENEFIED]

Name: Alliard J. Shepard
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Rank: Commander (N7)
Origin: Earthborn
Career Highlights: Skylian Blitz Hero (War Hero)
class: Soldier (with mild biotic abilities)

Modifié par PWENEFIED, 11 août 2010 - 06:07 .

[Nezzer]

Thomas Shepard(male)

Spacer

War Hero

Sentinel

Paragon

-SPOILERS AHEAD-

-Feros colonists: all alive

-Shiala: alive

-Rana Thanotopis: alive

-Rachni: alive

-Council: alive

-Wrex: alive

-Keerahee's STG team: alive

-Love interest: Liara

-Virmire Survivor: Ashley

-Major Kyle: arrested alive

-Cerberus scientist in Cpl. Toombs's mission: arrested alive

-Sirta Foundation scientists: all alive

-Administrator Anoleis: arrested by Gianna Parasini



100% paragon and succesful xD

[Nerevar-as]

With War Hero background what they say is that Shepard is the best humanity has to offer



I go with Colonist to get "I Remeber Me", it´s my favorite sidequest in the game, and Sole Survivor to get the "Only kind of person who can protect the galaxy" phrase. With Ruthless it just doesn´t fit to me, though after learning of the colonist background Torfan almost seems like a point that had to be made.

[Anezay]

PWENEFIED wrote...
Rank: Commander (N7)

N7 rates proficiency, not rank. Essentially, N means Shep is special forces, 7 means he's among the best at it, and Lutenant Commander means that he's reasonably highly ranked.
On topic:
Earthborn War Hero
Spacer joined the military because that's what mommy does. Colonist had nothing else to do. While Spacer Shep has had a comfortable life, and Colonist simply had a tramatic event in his teens, Earthborn was toughened through his whole life.
Holding off armies single handedly is pretty damn impressive. More so than the ruthless' strategy ("We have reserves") or the sole survivor's skills (not dying). Also, I think it fits pretty well with my infiltrator. Shep holed up in a building, sniping anyone who shows their face just sounds a lot like my own strategy.
Although, it's all subjective.

[OBakaSama]

Just gone back to ME1 to create some full runs. Created a bunch of new characters.



Personally I'll go with:



Spacer - War Hero: grew up with a military background, knows how it works.



Colonist - Ruthless: after the attack made Shepard hardened in resolve. (Though Sole Survivor would work well with that as well.)



Earthborn - Sole Survivor: street savvy, knows how to survive.

[ForumHelper]

Default Shepard of course!

[Quething]

I have a few of each and I enjoy the backstory for all of them (my Colonist/Ruthless especially, a Paragade torn between a strong sense of expedience and a desire for redemption), but if you're asking who "should" be the first human Spectre, I think War Hero is the only notoriety that truly makes sense. Ruthless' "throw men at it until we get through" isn't exactly brilliant military strategy or the kind of mindset that takes "protect" anything seriously, galaxy included. Sole Survivor just means you're very good at keeping yourself alive, which is great for you but doesn't speak to any kind of competence at anything else (plus it makes you the poster girl for PTSD, never a helpful thing to try to deal with in the middle of a war). War Hero is the only one that demonstrates the kind of unique abilities and Spectre prowess Shepard needs - fighting an overwhelming superior force single-handed and winning, and rallying a bunch of random strangers into a powerful combat team, exactly the same things you have to do against the Reapers.

[Pacifien]

I tend to go with three particular pairings.

1. Earthborn/War Hero - My usual Shepard. I like the appeal of a person coming from the gutters who then becomes a hero.

2. Colonist/Ruthless - Makes sense to me that someone who had their home destroyed would have a particularly ruthless grudge against Batarians.

3. Spacer/Sole Survivor - Someone from a privileged going through a traumatic experience.

Those three just seem to have a nice dichotomy to them. The following three are somewhat interesting to me as well.

4. Earthborn/Sole Survivor - A case of a Shepard who survived the tough streets taking his experiences to the next level to survive a Thresher Maw.

5. Colonist/War Hero - Someone loses their home and is determined not to let it happen to another colony.

6. Spacer/War Hero - Ultimate Goody.

I'm surprised to see Earthborn/War Hero winning out in the poll because I almost always see Colonist/Sole Survivor in fanfics.

[SonofMacPhisto]

Earthborn/Sole Survivor is my real Shep.  When I first played ME1, I figured I'd use Earthborn since I'm... well... ACTUALLY Earthborn.  Sole Survivor sounded interesting, and having faced several Thresher Maws in my career so far, you have to be a pretty big badass to take them down.

It's probably why I'm such a bro with Grunt.  Heh.

[MGSRukario]

Really, any of them make some kind of sense. If you want full Renegade, then they'd know you would get the job of saving the galaxy done, just at a lot of expense. Keep in mind they wouldn't have a Paragon Shep to compare to when selecting him here, since only one of them, and also keep in mind that they're considering him for the Spectres, which would mean he works solo for the most part.



Paragon is a more logical choice, though. For reasons which should really be apparent, mainly such as being able to have obtained many medals in his life showing as a competent soldier and that if you're protecting the galaxy you'd need a protective attitude. Paragon constantly jumps in whenever they hear something up, let's be honest.



I saw a comparison on TVTropes, too, that while Renegade Shep makes people suffer, Paragon Shep makes them suffer as penance. Made me think that really, they're sort of the same kinda person. Just one's more "jerk" than the other. They're still incredibly skilled at doing what they do, and since they're both Shepard, that's the same thing.

[Adriana22]

I'm suprised there's no Colonist/War Hero post yet .. I picked Colonist because .. well .. I grew up in small town, in small country (Czech Republic ) and ,,following my parents footsteps" (Spacer) just doesn't sounds like me, my relationship with parents is .. problematic.. And well, I'm definitely no orphan, so colonist seems like best fitting option..

And about War Hero carrier, I always putted aside my personal feelings and tried to save others in real life, even I didn't like them and it's unlikely, that I would survive in hard conditions or that I would be ruthless..

[Ileanos07]

You are underestimating ruthless origin. To throw man against well prepared defense is not a good strategy, yes. But sometimes it is just necessary and you do not have other options. Japanese at Port Arthur win only through mass assault with brutal causalties. But thanks to this victory, they won the war... Anyway my canon Shep was Colonist-War Hero

Btw.: Sorry for my English, I am czech too.

Modifié par Ileanos07, 01 septembre 2010 - 10:32 .

[Dean_the_Young]

Regardless of what else you choose, I feel Ruthless is the only reasonable service history, not least because it's based on a long-won reputation. Torfan is notorious, but it isn't singular: you have a reputation as the go-to man when things have to be done... which is exactly what is needed for a successful Spectre, which is the kind the Alliance needs. Your pattern of success is established. War Hero, however, is singular: it might mean you're great and skilled and all, or you could have simply been very lucky in the right place in the right moment. You're publicly lauded and known for it, but for repeated success I'd look far more at your N7 qualification than your Medal of Terra, Sole Survivor is almost a joke: you should have been dishonorably discharged, or at least still in therapy. Emotionally broken/traumatized people make poor soldiers to face the world.



Origin-wise, I'm far less particular. Any origin has a justification, and none of them are weak. An Earthborn has a history of having to fight for survival and to do without. A spacer grew up in a military family and was instilled the military ethos and values. A colonist might lack the early-sculpting, but certainly has the most direct experience with the need to be prepared to deal with other species and forces. (Plus, Talitha is win.)



Ruthless first and foremost, and while Colonist is a personal preference I won't sweat the origin.