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[DarkDragon777]

I'd say a few months.

[Vanguard Alpha]

The combined galactic fleet could not stand up to thousands of 37+ million year old reaper dreadnoughts.

The best we can hope for is a stand of, or to make this cycle period not worth the hassel.

Even if everyone pulled together, even if all the races in hiding joined forces, it would still be a masacre unless they implement some cliche I-win scenario which in my mind, is just insulting.

ME3 is about resolving Sheperds arc, not the reapers!

[Kaiser Shepard]

pablodurando wrote...

Kaiser Shepard wrote...

It'll probably be as long as the Fifth Blight.

Personally I would've preferred it if they had just dropped the Collector plot and have the Reapers start their invasion in the second game, as I feel the scale of such a conflict isn't fit for just one game.

Ending the second game in the middle of the climactic war of the series where the player would probably be most interested in the game and then making them wait 2+ years to finish the war.  Their would be some very unhappy players.

Which actually wouldn't be that bad, especially if it means the series as a whole would be better because of it. Halo 2 supossedly had the same initial reaction to its cliffhanger ending, even though one major conflict was resolved, whereas I feel that it was the strongest entry in the series.

[DarkDragon777]

Maybe the galactic fleet is only a distraction.

[Luan]

I think it should take years. But I really want to see everyone fail, I want humanity to fight its ass off and lose, 'cause it'd be a very emotional story to watch. The Galaxy fought and fought, but eventually they lost.

[sighineedname]

Vanguard Alpha wrote...

The combined galactic fleet could not stand up to thousands of 37+ million year old reaper dreadnoughts.

The best we can hope for is a stand of, or to make this cycle period not worth the hassel.

Even if everyone pulled together, even if all the races in hiding joined forces, it would still be a masacre unless they implement some cliche I-win scenario which in my mind, is just insulting.

ME3 is about resolving Sheperds arc, not the reapers!

It's worth noting the reapers obviously overstate their own prowess. Their conventional method of reaping has been shutting down all the relays and piecemeal conquering the galaxy. If they were total badasses who could stand up to a galaxy's fleet, why would they bother with this? It's a slow way of getting the job done if you can just smash them all with a hammer.

As far as we know, the reapers are having to do this invasion very unconventionally.

[As a side note, if we assume the reapers maintain their 7 million per week kill rate (ie, ignoring the decline from the 2 million per day rate), it would take the reapers ~31 years to depopulate earth (11.4 billion population, from codex)]

[FenrisDeSolar]

Roughly ten years, but there should be three leaps in time of around three years each where Shepard and his companions do nothing but wait for something exciting to come along and kick them off their backsides.

[Steppenwolf]

You can count on Shepard finding an ace in the hole to use against the Reapers. As others have said, in a long, direct conflict the various civilizations don't stand a chance. I'm betting Earth is lost quickly since the Reapers strike there first. Or if they're attacking all the major civilizations at the same time they will be stretched too thin to hit the colonized worlds and Shepard will have to rely on banding those groups together while sacrificing the others. Likely forming strike teams(Krogans, Rachni, etc) to cut off the Reaper's resources or sabotage the Reapers themselves while his team goes looking for their ace in the hole.

[Warheadz]

I don't think it should take very long since Reapers are supposed to be machines of destruction... And as DA2 demonstrated, the timeskips don't really work.

[Steppenwolf]

sighineedname wrote...

Vanguard Alpha wrote...

The combined galactic fleet could not stand up to thousands of 37+ million year old reaper dreadnoughts.

The best we can hope for is a stand of, or to make this cycle period not worth the hassel.

Even if everyone pulled together, even if all the races in hiding joined forces, it would still be a masacre unless they implement some cliche I-win scenario which in my mind, is just insulting.

ME3 is about resolving Sheperds arc, not the reapers!

It's worth noting the reapers obviously overstate their own prowess. Their conventional method of reaping has been shutting down all the relays and piecemeal conquering the galaxy. If they were total badasses who could stand up to a galaxy's fleet, why would they bother with this? It's a slow way of getting the job done if you can just smash them all with a hammer.

As far as we know, the reapers are having to do this invasion very unconventionally.

[As a side note, if we assume the reapers maintain their 7 million per week kill rate (ie, ignoring the decline from the 2 million per day rate), it would take the reapers ~31 years to depopulate earth (11.4 billion population, from codex)]

The Reapers ae not pushovers. The Citadel battle with Sovereign proved that. Only interrupting or damaging Sovereign's link to Saren brought down its shields so the various fleets could take it out.
And assuming such a low rate of destruction is shortsighted. Ther're not interested in secrecy any more, as evidenced by the sheer carnage they're causing on their arrival. It's not a surgical maneuver this time. Shepard has thwarted all those plans. They're going for scorched-Earth now IMO. All out destruction.

[Khran1505]

this isnt my name wrote...

Several weeks or a few months. ME hasnt used logic, why the **** would they touch it now ?ers, or some unknown foe of the reapers sudenlly go after the galaxy becuase the reapers are no longer in control.

What makes you say they haven't touched on logic? Because ME is based around a future full of aliens and advanced alien technology and an ancient intergalactic machine race hellbent on our destruction?

[Brand New]

I don't see massive time lapses. It is just not bioware to do that. I can see a terminator salvation type story where they are like the combined army fighting off these massive machine forces.
One thing for sure is many people won't be happy with the way things end. It will either be a prolonged victory that we do not see or the end of all life. I would honestly be a fan if all was lost. It would just make sense.

[DCarter]

 As long as it takes for the story to make sense and be satisfying. The problem with having the war spanning a long time period is there's going to be an abundance of time that is skipped. This could leave the story disconnected if it's not done properly. 

[Grumpy young man]

Couple of months but with massive casualties, as any proper historical conflict had, not some current "war" that I won't name that has approx. 5000 military casualties on one side.

Modifié par Grumpy young man, 09 juillet 2011 - 07:23 .

[AfricanShepard]

Majin Paul wrote...

Mesina2 wrote...

^Even in Star Wars, Empire is not completely defeated, but aren't able to do any major attack on Republic.

But I'm thinking of making Reapers way more weaker, so that they're not main part of future Mass Effect games that take place after ME3.

I think doing that would cheapen the reapers, they're meant to be the ultimate threat and making them weaker after the story would cheapen the idea of being as strong as they were.

They're obviously not the ultimate threat because they get destroyed in the end somehow.

[AfricanShepard]

The Reapers use organic life to create soldiers and other Reapers. They're occupation of Earth is only the beginning of their harvesting cycle. Taking into account what "Vigil", the Prothean AI on Ilos, described(he shed light on the Reapers eradication of the galaxy 50 thousand years before Mass Effect began) the Reapers could potentially have harvested most of Earth's population in a few months. If we're trying to save Earth then this game probably won't span more than 6 to 12 months.

[Han Shot First]

OmegaXI wrote...

Theres always the chance that the reapers are not completly defeated only driven back or held at bay

I would hate that ending personally, because it isn't an ending at all.

It is a cliff hanger that makes you wait until some future game down the line to finally wrap up the Reaper plot line. Since ME3 is confirmed to be the end of Shepard's story (we don't be seeing him again), it would be extremely disappointing for the game to end with the extinction cycle only postoned, with the Reapers limping off to fight another day.

I think the game should end with the complete and total annihilation of the Reapers, with them never to return in any Mass Effect related game, book, or movie, unless it is a prequel. If the Mass Effect universe lives on beyond Mass Effect 3, any sequels should have new villians.

That isn't to say that the Reapers shouldn't cast a long shadow over the Mass Effect universe beyond Mass Effect 3. I would have no problem with new villians finding Reaper tech and using it for their own nefarious purposes, but the Reapers themselves should be dead and gone for good.

Modifié par Han Shot First, 10 juillet 2011 - 06:10 .

[ubermensch007]

Consider what we have seen...
- Not only: Do the Reaper star ships have the greatest  amount of firepower.
- Not only: Do the Reapers have the most powerful kinetic barriers of any star-ships in the known galaxy.
- Not only: Do theReapers have a damn near limitless supply of shock troops! (Husk)
They also have mind manipulating technology...( Indoctrination)

When Admiral Anderson says,
"God! How do you stop something so powerful?!"

And Commander Shepard replies,"I don't know?" www.youtube.com/watch

I fail to see how in the space of a mere one or two years... There going to find all the answers they seek.

Because the Reapers have them bested in next to every facet of warfare that matters.That leaves the Resistence with only there cleverness, wit and resourcefullness to fall back on.They are going to have to do as it was said in the TV Show "Survivor" Outwit, Outplay, Outlast... There enemy.

Modifié par ubermensch007, 10 juillet 2011 - 06:27 .