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[Pwener2313]

So when I thought "Reaper War", the first thing that came to my mind was the invasion of every inhabited planet in the galaxy. But just attacking Earth? This has to be wrong, because if every Reaper attacks Earth at once, it would be a parking lot in hours (think of the Capital Wasteland from Fallout 3).

I hope Im wrong and it's the attack of every planet, but if it's only Earth then the Reaper threat has been taken and completaly destroyed. Really hoping we get a big ass war with the reapers all over the galaxy defending different planets. NOT JUST EARTH!!!

[The real truth]

I actually have a theory but its really long.

Long story short they want to create new reapers really fast without wasting time.

[ED209-XL]

Yeah I thought the Reapers would also take out the Citadel fleet first then move on to picking off single isloated systems.

[CroGamer002]

Reapers always attacked planet by planet.



Attacking everyone at once is against their strategy.





Also they only need to is to capture Citadel and shut down every Mass Relay and any system communications and cycle continues.

[Pwener2313]

If they close out clusters, then why was Shepard in a ship overlooking Earth? The IFF? It makes no sense really.

[CroGamer002]

^Grunt kills Thresher Maw with one shotgun shell.

[Pwener2313]

Huh, well played. Still, seems like a lame excuse.

[CroGamer002]

Well it's just a CGI trailer.



It has to look awesome.





I mean did you watch any Star Wars The Old Republic CGI trailer?

Doubt any of that will happen in game.

[Gentleman Moogle]

Do they actually shut down the mass relays? From what I remember, their attacks were always so effective because they essentially wiped out the main government/military seats in the initial strike (They're always concentrated on the citadel, remember), and that was enough to launch everything into galaxy-wide disarray, which the Reapers then took advantage of.



I don't remember seeing anything about the Reapers only going planet-by-planet, or shutting off the mass relays as they went. In fact, that seems like it might be counter-productive, since they rely on the relays to get around as well.

[Pwener2313]

Hey yeah, but the Citadel relay no longer works. But just heading to Earth because of revenge seems so idiotic on they're part.

Modifié par Pwener2313, 27 février 2011 - 12:24 .

[Gentleman Moogle]

Personally, I don't think it's motivated by revenge. I can see it going one of two ways; either the reapers are after Earth because humanity presents the biggest credible threat to their plan (ME seems to be building up Humans as "The Best Race") and they want to get rid of them first to leave the other races open for whomping on, or it has something to do with that weird human reaper thing from ME2.



Personally, I'd go with the first option. I think Shepard and Humanity in general have the reapers a little paranoid.

[Whereto]

Just because a trailer showed just earth, that doesn't mean that only earth is being attacked. Never got why everyone is making that conclusion

[Guywhoiam]

Gentleman Moogle wrote...

Do they actually shut down the mass relays? From what I remember, their attacks were always so effective because they essentially wiped out the main government/military seats in the initial strike (They're always concentrated on the citadel, remember), and that was enough to launch everything into galaxy-wide disarray, which the Reapers then took advantage of.

I don't remember seeing anything about the Reapers only going planet-by-planet, or shutting off the mass relays as they went. In fact, that seems like it might be counter-productive, since they rely on the relays to get around as well.

My theroy is:

With the Citadel Relay disabled, the Reapers would have to come through the other nearby relay, but that would mean running into the Alliance fleet which has replaced the Citadel Fleet. So, the Reapers attack Earth to try and force the Alliance to recall their ships, so that the Reapers could go and take the Citadel with considerably less resistance.

Modifié par weirdopo, 27 février 2011 - 12:39 .

[GnusmasTHX]

It was never said to be a simultaneous attack on every planet. Virgil already told you that the Prothean extinction took several centuries. Now without the Citadel it'll probably take even longer.



The Reapers themselves are entirely underwhelming aside from their technological advantage. They are like any other race in the galaxy except exceptionally successful (prior to ME1), and extremely old... But they're not so great that they can't be bested.

[CroGamer002]

Pwener2313 wrote...

Hey yeah, but the Citadel relay no longer works. But just heading to Earth because of revenge seems so idiotic on they're part.

Revenge?


Where did you get that?!

[Guywhoiam]

Meant to edit, accidently quoted.

Modifié par weirdopo, 27 février 2011 - 12:32 .

[charmingcharlie]

Pwener2313 wrote...

Hey yeah, but the Citadel relay no longer works. But just heading to Earth because of revenge seems so idiotic on they're part.

We don't know why they are on Earth, we don't know if Earth is the only planet under attack.  I really don't know why people have to draw conclusions so early in the day.  We have seen a 1 min CGI trailer you are not going to be able to figure out the plot of a 30 hour game from that 1 minute trailer.

There are a fair few reasons to attack Earth first (if that is what the trailer is showing) the main one being the reapers wanting to defeat what they percieve as the biggest threat.  They obviously know that Shepard a human has kicked their ass twice and they may percieve humanity as the biggest threat  Saying they are doing it out of "revenge" is assigning a human emotion to the reapers actions.

[Gentleman Moogle]

The only real flaw I see in that theory is that I can't see the Reapers NEEDING a diversion. The Reapers keep being touted as these godly-powerful things (And we can sort of see that with Sovereign; took the entire 5th Fleet to take her down), so why would they need to divert the Alliance away from the Citadel? Why not just bust in, eradicate anything with lungs, and get down to business? They've got to have the chops for it, unless BW has been over-hyping just how tough these bugs are.

[CroGamer002]

Whereto wrote...

Just because a trailer showed just earth, that doesn't mean that only earth is being attacked. Never got why everyone is making that conclusion

Earth is burning. Striking from beyond known space, a race of terrifying
machines have begun their destruction of the human race. As Commander
Shepard, an Alliance Marine, your only hope for saving mankind is to
rally the civilizations of the galaxy and launch one final mission to
take back the Earth.

[Gentleman Moogle]

Mesina2 wrote...

Whereto wrote...

Just because a trailer showed just earth, that doesn't mean that only earth is being attacked. Never got why everyone is making that conclusion

Earth is burning. Striking from beyond known space, a race of terrifying
machines have begun their destruction of the human race. As Commander
Shepard, an Alliance Marine, your only hope for saving mankind is to
rally the civilizations of the galaxy and launch one final mission to
take back the Earth.

Wait, what? Where the heck is that from?

[Pwener2313]

Thanks Mesina. Any questions?

@Moogle: That's ME3's promo. it's in the BW home page. Look for ME3.

Modifié par Pwener2313, 27 février 2011 - 12:37 .

[CroGamer002]

Mass Effect 3 Wiki.

Modifié par Mesina2, 27 février 2011 - 12:37 .

[charmingcharlie]

Gentleman Moogle wrote...

Wait, what? Where the heck is that from?

It's the PR blurb for the game on EA's store and naturally it adequately describes a 30 hour game

[Guywhoiam]

Gentleman Moogle wrote...

The only real flaw I see in that theory is that I can't see the Reapers NEEDING a diversion. The Reapers keep being touted as these godly-powerful things (And we can sort of see that with Sovereign; took the entire 5th Fleet to take her down), so why would they need to divert the Alliance away from the Citadel? Why not just bust in, eradicate anything with lungs, and get down to business? They've got to have the chops for it, unless BW has been over-hyping just how tough these bugs are.

Well, look at what Shepard has done. Maybe they are just more cautious when dealing with humans.

Or, they figure that the Alliance may be able to hold them off long enough for the fleets of other race to show up, so they want any resistance gone so they can cripple the Citadle before an SOS could be sent out.

[Gentleman Moogle]

Oooooh, interesting. Hadn't seen that before.

Still, it doesn't indicate that Earth is the only planet in the Reaper's sights. Only that it is one of the Reaper's first stops. I see no reason why the Reapers would tie up their entire force on one single planet, to be honest. Unless there's something on Earth that's keeping them there.

ETA: Actually, I take part of that back. There's not even enough indication to say that Earth will be one of the Reaper's first stops. All we really know is that, at some point during ME3, the Reapers will attack earth. 

Modifié par Gentleman Moogle, 27 février 2011 - 12:47 .