Arian Dynas wrote...
No need to be a dick about it.
I skipped a line, I apologize.
Sorry, a bit touchy on the subject. Getting a lot of it in the past few months. Still am, as can be observed by the other new posts about what Nazara means (if they're addressed at me anyway).
Bill Casey wrote...
For someone who can dig through files...
How does the 1000 point war asset bonus for Anderson work?
Is it only if you do the renegade interrupt while he's pointing the gun at Anderson?
If you make TIM shoot himself, does it give you the bonus?
What about if he shoves Anderson down?
If TIM kills Anderson, you need 5000 to survive. If Anderson dies of... I have no idea what he does of since Shepard has his abdominal wound, but if he dies afterward when Shepard and Anderson are chatting over TIM's dead body, you only need 4000. It takes some reputation or paragon/renegade, I don't know what since I never had a problem with it. But I guess if you don't meet certain requirements, the only way to stop TIM is to renegade interrupt and shoot him after he's already shot Anderson in the back of the head execution style and is about to shoot you.
Also, it only effects whether you survive destroy. It doesn't help open the other paths with lower EMS.
BatmanTurian wrote...
I have an alternate theory about Harbinger's name if you're willing to entertain it. I know that you are a supporter of the theory that Harbinger is a Prothean Reaper. I played From Ashes again the other day in a NG+ and Javik says among his people there were certain individuals who personified traits for their species. Perhaps Harbinger was the name the Prothean who became the central mind for Harbinger chose. Perhaps he had another name before that, like Herald, for instance, a person who might have been at the top of the Prothean Media Empire. Herald is a synonym for Harbinger.
He maybe changed his name once he was indoctrinated, seeing himself as a disciple bringing forth the message of the Reapers and using the media to do it, and since he was savvy and maybe the Reapers needed a PR guy, they chose Harbinger to be the central mind. His creepy obsession with Shepard? Well it almost has a paparazzi obsession in it, I think.
Anyway, I don't necessarily agree with your theory, but this could flesh it out more. I agree that it isn't definitive that the Protheans didn't have a Reaper made from them. There were many individual species that called themselves Protheans when they were taken over by the Prothean empire, so it may not have even had to be Javik's species, the original Protheans, who could be Harbinger. But anyway, just throwing you a bone to chew on.
Interesting idea. Damn, I wish we had more information on how Reaper's minds work. It's hard to theorize when we don't even know the basics.

Ashley can be compared to Tali, who is... well I don't know what to call it since Geth are machines but I'll just go with speciesist since Geth can technically reproduce. When Tali meets Legion and comes to some kind of understanding about the Geth, she changes her mind about them or at least gains a strong sense of doubt. The moment she and Legion came to an understanding was a great scene of character growth and I came to respect Tali far more after that.
I agree completely. The Tali/Legion scenes are excellent. They should have given Ashley some similar scenes to denote she doesn't feel the same way about aliens. I never really considered ill of her for the mistrust of aliens but a lot of people did. Would've been nice for them to clear the air.