The citadel is a fairway away from where they started and its heavily defended. I suppose they could make a run for it, how long would that even take? but they have to go thru earth anyway and if they didn't deal with the properly wouldn't they be getting hit from behind? Locking everyone in their own system was a huge advantage when it was a surprise and over and done with before anyone knew what’s was going on but by the time they actual manage to capture the citadel when they are attacking head on they may have already lost most of that advantage. Most other races could already have mobilised most of their fleets. They would be having to fight of everyone at once. Yes I'm pulling this out of my arse and don't know what I'm talking about.
Why dont the reapers go for the citadel first?
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#27
Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:15
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Yes, amend that to Earth and other worlds first then - heh.
#28
Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:16
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I guess they cant attack directly the citadel since the citadel is well protected.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:17
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The Reapers went after, in their opinion, the strongest organics in the galaxy first.
Once they have humanity out of the way, then they'll go after the Citadel, as well as Palaven, Thessia, Sur'Kesh, Tuchanka, etc.
Once they have humanity out of the way, then they'll go after the Citadel, as well as Palaven, Thessia, Sur'Kesh, Tuchanka, etc.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:18
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Yeah I don't know why the Reapers still wouldn't go after the Citadel first.
It's not like Sovereign had that much trouble taking the station. Heck really they could probably just send like 5 Reapers to take it no problem. I chalk it up to once again the Reapers being stupid for our own sake.
Of course we don't know for certain that they haven't done this in ME3. There are Reapers on Tuchanka and Earth even, so I can't believe they would just ignore the Citadel. The Council's probably dead.
It's not like Sovereign had that much trouble taking the station. Heck really they could probably just send like 5 Reapers to take it no problem. I chalk it up to once again the Reapers being stupid for our own sake.
Of course we don't know for certain that they haven't done this in ME3. There are Reapers on Tuchanka and Earth even, so I can't believe they would just ignore the Citadel. The Council's probably dead.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:18
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@PARAGON87 They do attack other planets at the same time as Earth, you know
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:20
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Who cares what their plan is. Sherpard is going to kick the collective crap out of them.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:22
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Heavily protected against thousands of Reapers? Are you guys kidding me? They can reach Citadel through relays for few hours, when reinforcments arrive Citadel already will be captured and Network will be under Reaper control.
#34
Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:22
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Bluko wrote...
Yeah I don't know why the Reapers still wouldn't go after the Citadel first.
It's not like Sovereign had that much trouble taking the station. Heck really they could probably just send like 5 Reapers to take it no problem. I chalk it up to once again the Reapers being stupid for our own sake.
Of course we don't know for certain that they haven't done this in ME3. There are Reapers on Tuchanka and Earth even, so I can't believe they would just ignore the Citadel. The Council's probably dead.
Sovereign tok the citadel thanks to Saren.
No more sneaky attack now, Reapers are going medieval.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:22
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That's what I thought. They don't have to work their way through the Galaxy. It wouldn't make sence, after getting to the first relay....Chewin3 wrote...
@PARAGON87 They do attack other planets at the same time as Earth, you know
#36
Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:24
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Chewin3 wrote...
@PARAGON87 They do attack other planets at the same time as Earth, you know
You got me there, they did have to plow through batarian space to get to Earth, but still, from all the publicity that Earth is getting in all the trailers, it can be assumed that our homeworld was one of the first to be full-on attacked.
We don't fully know the extent of the Reaper invasion until we actually play that game, we don't know at what time of the game the events of Sur'Kesh or on Tuchanka take place.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:25
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Chewin3 wrote...
@PARAGON87 They do attack other planets at the same time as Earth, you know
Also, humanity is far from the strongest faction out there.
#38
Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:25
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They will first tackle the strongest organic forms, in this case, Humans since we've given them hell with shep.
Though attacking the citadel would cut off the various races, it would be a waste of time, the Turians would withdraw their Armada to defend Palaven, and so would all the other species so it would be meaningless, knowing the Council's cowardice they would probably leave the citadel before anyone knows it.
Though attacking the citadel would cut off the various races, it would be a waste of time, the Turians would withdraw their Armada to defend Palaven, and so would all the other species so it would be meaningless, knowing the Council's cowardice they would probably leave the citadel before anyone knows it.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:31
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AbsolutGrndZer0 wrote...
I think it's more a personal grudge with Shepard. I mean, he KILLED Sovereign, humiliated Harbinger, and stopped them, at least temporarily. Nobody has ever done that before. They are, in a word, pissed. Humans must die first, and that will be their downfall. Plus, Shepard can't REALLY beat them all, nobody can. They know this. So, attacking Earth first, getting rid of Shepard first, no big deal. But, in their superiority complex they are undermestimating us humans, especially Shepard... so.... they will lose, and Shepard will do a Nelson Laugh at Harbinger before he fires off that last missile.
Though I doubt any Reaper would admitt to such an emotion I do think they're a combination of mad and afraid of Shepard and humanity as a whole. So far as we know, only 2 (and a half if you include the unfinished human Reaper) have been killed.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:32
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You can't go direct from any relay to any other, they still have to follow the routes allowed by the network. The relay in Arrival happened to have a switch that let it access the Citadel as well as some others, it seems to have been the first "backup" plan of the Reapers if they couldn't jump straight to the Citadel. Of course, they could just fly along the relay network with their overwhelming force and get to the Citadel after a while (and they could also have other relays they could use to get to the Citadel that aren't currently known). This means you'll either be on a very tight schedule, they have some other reason they can't get there (the Citadel controls the network so it's possible that their routes have been closed off if we can control it) or they have some reason that they're not in a rush.
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#41
Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:33
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South first.
Isn't Palaven being attacked as well? The Reapers are attacking the nearest and strongest first: Turians, Humans and Batarians.
Isn't Palaven being attacked as well? The Reapers are attacking the nearest and strongest first: Turians, Humans and Batarians.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:38
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If Citadel is captured but Relay Network works as usual it only brings more questions.
I can accept that though.the Citadel controls the network so it's possible that their routes have been closed off if we can control it
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 08:48
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They have to start in batarian space and go to the Citadel from there. However, it makes more sense to just go to the Citadel first, isolate every system, and then attack Earth. Unless they already did that.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 09:13
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Dreadwing 67 wrote...
The collectors were suppose to take back the citadel with the Human Reaper.
Was this ever confirmed? I thought the whole point of the human Reaper was simply to explain how each Reaper is created and to reveal one of the Reapers' main motivations for doing the cycle (to protect "worthy" species from extinction). I had no idea the Reapers were planning to just repeat plan A with it; I always assumed the Reapers had immediately resorted to their plan B method of getting into the galaxy when Sov failed (I'm guessing that flying to the Alpha Relay was something they really didn't want to do unless they had to - perhaps flying there hindered them somehow, but I digress).
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 09:13
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Remember that the Citadel can close up, making it almost impervious to attack. The only reason the ME1 attack almost succeeded was Saren's sneak attack through the Conduit. A frontal assault would just lead to the Citadel closing and the Reapers sitting around picking their noses.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 09:15
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AwesomeName wrote...
Dreadwing 67 wrote...
The collectors were suppose to take back the citadel with the Human Reaper.
Was this ever confirmed? I thought the whole point of the human Reaper was simply to explain how each Reaper is created and to reveal one of the Reapers' main motivations for doing the cycle (to protect "worthy" species from extinction). I had no idea the Reapers were planning to just repeat plan A with it; I always assumed the Reapers had immediately resorted to their plan B method of getting into the galaxy when Sov failed (I'm guessing that flying to the Alpha Relay was something they really didn't want to do unless they had to - perhaps flying there hindered them somehow, but I digress).
No, not confirmed. And not really practical. I don't think anyone really knows the purpose of the human Reaper. There are some suppositions but I don't think anyone thinks that the human Reaper would have an active role in this invasion.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 09:16
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Same reason why Parallax goes for Earth first instead of Oa: Earth is the real center of the universe.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 09:20
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AbsolutGrndZer0 wrote...
I think it's more a personal grudge with Shepard. I mean, he KILLED Sovereign
Joker killed Sovereign, just sayin.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 09:25
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Dreadwing 67 wrote...
The collectors were suppose to take back the citadel with the Human Reaper.
It would have taken several decades to complete that Reaper and the Collectors were just one ship. Besides they were already close to the Alpha relay within the 2185-86 time span of ME2. Arrival pretty much subverts that plan.
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Posté 18 juin 2011 - 09:25
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I love how you posted answer and then everybody continues speculating on "why...?"Phaedon wrote...
A horrible paraphrase of Jesse Houston words:
"The Reapers are definitely not ignoring the rest of the galaxy, they just started reaping from the Hegemony systems and moved on to systems of the Alliance and Earth."
In time, they will attack the Citadel. In time.
