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[Dinowarrior18]

Is there anyway to raise the Effective Military stenght without playing the MP or the iOS games. First, I can not afford xbox live Gold (I saved up money for a year to buy ME3 so yeah I am poor) and second I have a Android phone not a iPhone (cheaper and easier to mod). Seriously I have no intrest in multiplayer but they designed this game that you need multiplayer, there are 2 achievement I can not get unlease with multiplayer. Will there be DLC to override this or atleast a release of the Mass Effect phone games to Android?

[vadrillan]

I assume you mean Galactic Strength, and no, that will stay at 50% if you just play SP.

EMS/TMS goes up all the time obviously as you collect war assets, but you won't hit maximum with just SP.

[JaegerBane]

Yup. Only way is to play the iOS games or MP.

[Dinowarrior18]

That seems short sighted from bioware, but then again if they do not like my comment about their decision then I would like to preserve my "Artistic Integrity" by not playing a required MP or cheap iOS only game. (This is no way meant as an attack on bioware, just constructive critism.) However if there is Future DLC that changes the Default 50% to increase by single player actions that would be useful. I am sure there are many single players who would agree.

Modifié par Dinowarrior18, 14 avril 2012 - 01:57 .

[Keithernet]

At first I held the opinion that single players should be able to raise the Galactic Strength without playing MP, mostly because I am old and unsocial. LOL - But, I gave in and gave MP a try. Wow, it was fun! I got to 100% strength and became a better player overall. Plus I got to see the cool extra stuff in the ending.

[Washell]

Dinowarrior18 wrote...

That seems short sighted from bioware, but then again if they do not like my comment about their decision then I would like to preserve my "Artistic Integrity" by not playing a required MP or cheap iOS only game. (This is no way meant as an attack on bioware, just constructive critism.)

Wouldn't you say it's also short sighted to buy the only platform on the market where you need to pay in order to do multiplayer?

[JaegerBane]

Keithernet wrote...

At first I held the opinion that single players should be able to raise the Galactic Strength without playing MP, mostly because I am old and unsocial. LOL - But, I gave in and gave MP a try. Wow, it was fun! I got to 100% strength and became a better player overall. Plus I got to see the cool extra stuff in the ending.

I don't really see what this has to do with the concept of forcing the player to resort to MP to see the extras in the ending. The fact that you happened to enjoy doesn't change the fact that you were forced to do it to get the extras. That's what people get annoyed about.

[lazuli]

JaegerBane wrote...

Keithernet wrote...

At first I held the opinion that single players should be able to raise the Galactic Strength without playing MP, mostly because I am old and unsocial. LOL - But, I gave in and gave MP a try. Wow, it was fun! I got to 100% strength and became a better player overall. Plus I got to see the cool extra stuff in the ending.

I don't really see what this has to do with the concept of forcing the player to resort to MP to see the extras in the ending. The fact that you happened to enjoy doesn't change the fact that you were forced to do it to get the extras. That's what people get annoyed about.

People also get annoyed that they were explicitly told they wouldn't have to do multiplayer to get the most optimistic ending.  I would imagine that the stickied thread erroneously claiming it's possible to get enough points without playing multiplayer is also a slap in the face.  Get it together, Bioware.

[david46]

Patiently waiting for a white knight to arise and exorcize the multiplayer curse from the SP game. If only somehow you could make GMS=EMS it would make ME3 a real SP game. I know MP was included to seduce players and prepare the way for Bioware to become the EA MMO studio, so I get why it was shoehorned into the game. But why punish those of us who tried the demo and came away disappointed or those who have no interest in it.

I say the desired MP result was achieved, so Bioware needs to patch the game and remove the penalty.

[DxWill103]

My first play through I didn't touch MP. I completed every side quest and it was more than enough for the 'optimal' endings. MP isn't necessary, it just means you don't have to complete the side quests for max EMS if you do play.

[Gnaeus.Silvanus]

Just play MP and you'll see that this is even better than the ending.

[Kitty Fae]

DxWill103 wrote...

My first play through I didn't touch MP. I completed every side quest and it was more than enough for the 'optimal' endings. MP isn't necessary, it just means you don't have to complete the side quests for max EMS if you do play.

Dude. Either you dont know what you're talking about, or your out right lying. I think it's the former.

That is to say, there is extensive, exhaustive, and much talked about proof on these very forums, that getting 4000+ ems (required to get every ending) is simply not in the game code itself. No fish, NG+++ or best paragade that only makes decisions with war assets in mind will get you that magic number. Edit : Proof

Now, OP, if you have a PC, you can actually edit your save game in order to get enough EMS without multiplayer or other games.  Here is a link. It will take you to a discussion thread on game modding. Bear in mind that it is an at your own risk sort of thing.

Modifié par Kitty Fae, 14 avril 2012 - 06:07 .

[idspisp0pd]

DxWill103 wrote...

My first play through I didn't touch MP. I completed every side quest and it was more than enough for the 'optimal' endings. MP isn't necessary, it just means you don't have to complete the side quests for max EMS if you do play.

For the millionth time, this is incorrect. You can get the synthesis ending this way, but not the "Shepard takes a breath" ending to the Destroy choice, which devs have confirmed is the "ideal" ending they were referring to. In order to get that ending, you need 4000 EMS, i.e. 8000 war assets without multiplayer. This is impossible. Period.

[princekai13]

Quick question; well 2 actually.
first, I've heard of galactic readiness dropping if you stop playing multiplayer. Does this happen even after you hit 100%?
And second, does it carry over into my subsiquent playthroughs? or do I have to play multiplayer again?

Sorry MP really isn't my cup of tea. I'm trying to get it up to 100% now and really don't want to have to do this again. (the completionist in me sucks sometimes.)

[brian376]

galatic readyness carrys through playthroughs it goes down by 1% each day so all you gotta do is just play on a few maps and you will be back up

[Dimensio]

brian376 wrote...

galatic readyness carrys through playthroughs it goes down by 1% each day so all you gotta do is just play on a few maps and you will be back up

You are mistaken.  Galactic readiness decays at a nonlinear rate determined by overall readiness score.  A higher readiness decays faster than a lower readiness.  Your advice is also unhelpful to an individual unwilling or unable to play multiplayer yet who still wishes to view all single-player game content.

[princekai13]

I'm not sure if you were refering to me, but I actually am playing the multiplayer. I just didn't realise how tedious it was. Granted I'm not into multiplayer at all primarily because it gets real old real fast. I was just hoping I could just put in an hour or two, claim my achivement, then watch the best ending whenever i feel like popping in ME3 again.

Anyhwho, thanks for the info guys.

[JaegerBane]

Kitty Fae wrote...

DxWill103 wrote...

My first play through I didn't touch MP. I completed every side quest and it was more than enough for the 'optimal' endings. MP isn't necessary, it just means you don't have to complete the side quests for max EMS if you do play.

Dude. Either you dont know what you're talking about, or your out right lying. I think it's the former.

That is to say, there is extensive, exhaustive, and much talked about proof on these very forums, that getting 4000+ ems (required to get every ending) is simply not in the game code itself. No fish, NG+++ or best paragade that only makes decisions with war assets in mind will get you that magic number. Edit : Proof

Now, OP, if you have a PC, you can actually edit your save game in order to get enough EMS without multiplayer or other games.  Here is a link. It will take you to a discussion thread on game modding. Bear in mind that it is an at your own risk sort of thing.

There's a fairly straightforward way of figuring this out, without recourse to mining the forums.... just ask DxWill103 what his Effective Military Strength was at the end of the game. As you suspect, he may believe that he has experienced the optimal ending without realising that there is more to see.

[Kitty Fae]

Also. any promoted characters will carry thru all play thrus, regardless of how your readiness score drops over time. (Each one gives 75 points)

[Aren19]

I wish you could get the best ending without having to play MP or the iOS games, but it isn't possible. The highest I got was around 7000, but the readiness bar at 50% kept it at 3500 instead. So, if you really want that 4000 ending, you'll have to give in and play MP.