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[DrFumb1ezX]

Everyone's equal in the sight of a scope. 'Cept midgets and children, because they're kinda hard to hit. XD

[capn233]

soccerchick wrote...

Everyone's equal in the sight of a scope. 'Cept midgets and children, because they're kinda hard to hit. XD

"How can you shoot women or children?"
"Easy! Ya just don't lead 'em so much!"

As for the topic, haven't had any issue gunning down the ones Shepard has met so far.  I imagine there are some decent batarians out there though, even if the Hegemony is a bunch of bastages from my Alliance point of view.

[LuluMae]

There have been individual Batarians in the games that I did not like and others that I thought seemed alright from what little I saw of them. It makes me wary of painting an entire race with such a broad brush as "bad guys." So, in short, I don't dislike Batarians as a whole. I don't find them visually appealing but that's not going to affect my opinion of them.

As to what happens to the Batarians we interact with in the game, that totally depends on the Shepard I'm playing. I'd find it interesting to be able to interact with Batarians more in ME3 outside of the mercenary or terrorist context, though the events of Arrival will probably make that difficult.

Modifié par LuluMae, 30 octobre 2011 - 05:34 .

[Sethan_1]

What would be interesting to see is if the Leviathan of Dis turned out to be a derelict Reaper... and the Batarian Hegemony were to go willing tools of the Reapers once the invasion begins.

It is very possible that via Indoctrination, the Batarian leadership could be led to the same conclusion that Saren came to - that cooperation means survival. It would (not incidentally) allow them to avenge themselves on all the Council races for real or imagined slights, and take back all the territory that 'should have been theirs.'

[Gabey5]

they have four eyes. Most people hate because they look..well...alien. If they looked like elves we would love

[Sajuro]

Most of BSN is more tsundere towards batarians than anything

[vader da slayer]

Jellyfish Opera wrote...

 I find Batarians to be one of the most interesting species in the Mass Effect universe. I find them fascinating culturally and visually. 

I noticed though that generally most peope don't like them and find them, for the most part, unappealing to look at. Anyways I was wondering what is your general feelings towards them.

when your entire races cultural hierarchy is based on how many slaves you own and the biggest buisness that your race is known for is enslaving every breathing sentient lifeform it can get its hands on, you gennerally are hated.

[gengyilang]

I actually wanted to see a heavily armed batarian as a party member once. I imagine a heavy-armored Revenant-wielding batarian would look really badass.

Anyway, a well rounded batarian in ME3 would be nice.

[robertm2]

i hate batarians and kill everyone the game lets me.there all so rude!

[Han Shot First]

I dislike them in an 'in character' sort of way. They are more often than not enemies of Shepard or humanity in general, in addition to supporting slavery and piracy and having a government that behaves like the North Korea of outer space. I dislike them because they've been written into the story as characters to hate. I hate them in the same way that I hate the Reapers or the Blue Suns.

I don't dislike their character design or history however. I think both the art department and the writers did a great job with the Batarians.

That being said, I would like to see a more well-rounded portrayal of them now that we are going into Mass Effect 3. We should meet some Batarians that aren't slavers, pirates, mercenaries, or all-around evil d-bags. On that note, Batarian squaddie for ME3!

Modifié par Han Shot First, 31 octobre 2011 - 04:14 .

[GMagnum]

dey ugly as hell smh

[Drone223]

Batarians are interesting and some of them are rather neat (the Shop keeper at Omega is one, and the plague victim), though I don't like how the Baterian goverment supports slavery, I would personally kick out the govermant and replace it with a new one and free the slaves 

[StowyMcStowstow]

As one poster put it in the Arrival thread:
-spoilers for Arrival incoming-
"this is how I felt when I killed the batarians:"


I do not like their government, but the batarians who don't partake in the whole "slavery" thing aren't bad. Those who do will be blown up like the ones in Arrival.

[didymos1120]

StowyMcStowstow wrote...

I do not like their government, but the batarians who don't partake in the whole "slavery" thing aren't bad. Those who do will be blown up like the ones in Arrival.

Didn't look too closely at the planet description, eh?

"Population: Estimated 90,000 (free), 215,000 (other)"

Guess what those 215,000 non-free people in the "other" category were.

[SandTrout]

didymos1120 wrote...

Yeah, that's not really how these things work.  Trying to reduce the persistance of autocratic states to things like "they're all just lazy" is more than a little silly.

It is more to the point that there is at least enough support/apathy for the current governmental structure that the government is A) capable of recruiting enough to its ranks to enforce the will of the leaders, and any unrest that does occur is limited enough in scope that it can be suppressed. If the government and culture is truely hated by the majority of the populace, then the government will A) be unable to recruit adequate numbers of competent, motivated labor to enforce its laws due to the stigma associated with joining it (Draftees don't make good officers), and unrest will be too widespread to be easily suppressed.

In this case, apathy, not necessarily active support, is all that is needed for the Hegemony's culture and government to persist. However, apathy is in itself a form of consent given to the government.

[Nashiktal]

Indeed, the batarians are not evil, its just their culture. I am sure the council races are suitably... antagonistic to the eyes of the batarian hegemony.

[FoxShadowblade]

I don't hate Batarians.

I just drop asteroids on their planets because they make a funny noise when splattered.

Seriously though, I kill everyone if the game lets me. Shepard has single-handedly killed more people than anyone else in the galaxy. If someone is able to be killed in the game, they've upset Shepard some way, and therefore are so incredibly stupid that life dictates their lives must end.

[WOLF_00]

OP; Batarians can't be trusted. They are just more advance than Vorcha with same attitude, also look at

http://masseffect.wi...s_Effect_Galaxy

The Bataerians Ambasdor tried to kill all Council member. Does that fit as appropriate political action? No at all!

The Bataerian on after life bar who tried to poison Shep; amazingly he is human heater!
Advice: shot them on sight and don't spare any!

[Cpt-Brit]

FoxShadowblade wrote...If someone is able to be killed in the game, they've upset Shepard some way, and therefore are so incredibly stupid that life dictates their lives must end.

I actually lol'd... while at work. Nice way to bring attention to the fact that i've not go much work...

Also I really REALLY hate Batarians as a race though individuals can be ok I suppose... In my Paragade and Paragon play throughs I always save the Batarian on Omega even though hes a first class bellend at first I can understand him been wary.

If I get the chance to take them out of the picture as a race in ME3 i'm probably gonna take it...

"Mindoir says Hi di*k lips!"

[OmegaXI]

bobobo878 wrote...

didymos1120 wrote...

bobobo878 wrote...
The Hegemony is only a symptom of the disease, though.  Like any other dictatorship, they are in power either because most Batarians approve of their support of terror, or because they are too lazy to overthrow them.

Yeah, that's not really how these things work.  Trying to reduce the persistance of autocratic states to things like "they're all just lazy" is more than a little silly.

Don't muddy the issue with your fancy-shmancy moral relativism arguments!

Lmao This made me spit my coffee

[OmegaXI]

Well its hard for me to put my perspective in words... so I'll hand it off to Brian Blessed to state my opinion of how to deal with the Batarians:

[OmegaXI]

"Let blood! Blood! BLOOD!!!! Be your motto! Slit their gizzards!"
"As the good lord said love thy neighbor as thy self, unless he's batarian in which case kill the bastard!"

[PorcelynDoll]

I don't think they are all bad people. I felt bad for the sick one in the plague zone and helped him. But I never know which pair of eyes to look at and all those noses, imagine when they get a cold!

[mango smoothie]

OmegaXI wrote...

Well its hard for me to put my perspective in words... so I'll hand it off to Brian Blessed to state my opinion of how to deal with the Batarians:

What about  this hero?

www.youtube.com/watch

Modifié par mango smoothie, 01 novembre 2011 - 08:04 .

[Nerevar-as]

PorcelynDoll wrote...

I don't think they are all bad people. I felt bad for the sick one in the plague zone and helped him. But I never know which pair of eyes to look at and all those noses, imagine when they get a cold!

I think it´s telling we meet nice batarians in Omega, that makes them outcasts from their society by default. As individuals it´s as Kaidan says in ME1, but their society needs to go, for being based on slavery for starters. I don´t understand why they even had representation on the Citadel before humanity appeared. And then there´s that piece of news in ME2 about how it´s part of their culture... I´d send Specters to deal with their political leaders as many times as necessary until they fall into line or at least stop raiding other systems.