GGW KillerTiger wrote...
Actually the Illusive Man was indoctrinated and fighting it while he used Indoctrination to control his troops. So basically the Illusive Man tried to turn himself into a mini-reaper but it kind of backfired. He never was under reaper control.
The Geth only used Reaper A.I. contstructs to increase their own power and weren't really under reaper control either. Well I guess it depends on what part of the ME3 story you're in for if they're under reaper control or not. Ok so yea they were until deep into the story later.
So erm yea ..... Just some food for thought ....
He may have been fighitng it but it got him in the end anyway. Who's to say the Reapers allowed it to happen because it brought infighting and dissention to the Galaxy? Fighting a war on two fronts is harder then fighting one. That's basic tactics. To goad two possible allies into becoming enemies is a brillant stratagy. People use it all the time in games. Two factions fighting each other? Let them wear each other out then you sweep in and mop them both up once they've beat on each other long enough.
Understand that the Reaper Upgrades were a SIGNAL. Just like indoctrination. Yes it increased their combat capablites but at the same time, the Reapers WERE controlling the Geth. The Geth went to the Reapers for help but that help came at a price, their freedom. "We'll help you out but you work for us now." They said. Why do you think there was a Reaper on Rannoch broadcasting the signal at the time and when it died the Geth reverted?
On top of that, it took Legion who had been brocasting the code as a booster in the Dreadnaught to reapply the code as he was still aware enought to figure out how the code worked so he could apply it to the Geth without sacraficing their freedom.
Cerberus is a little fuzzy but indoctrination is meant to work that way. You can't tell if you've been indoctrinated until it's too late. They let you THINK freely but at the same time subtle whispers in the back of your mind tell you what they Reapers actually want you to do. The Geth were outright mind controlled by the Reapers.