SpamBot2000 wrote...
The Spamming Troll wrote...
"a little beacon of hope" is the exact opposite of how i wanted to finish ME3.
Vast black hole of despair?
Despair Event Horizon... ME 3 was trying to cross it..
SpamBot2000 wrote...
The Spamming Troll wrote...
"a little beacon of hope" is the exact opposite of how i wanted to finish ME3.
Vast black hole of despair?
3DandBeyond wrote...
Why were people sure Anderson had died and sure Shepard had too but a friend or LI doesn't believe this? I mean Liara did have some "psychic" connection at least, but Garrus? Maybe hope and maybe the need to find a body at least. But Anderson is just debris.
Like I said, this is not even a necessary requirement that he'll be rescued. Someone will come to the Citadel and someone can find him - he's probably the only alive guy tehre, shouldn't be hard to find.3DandBeyond wrote...
Shepard also had an amazing gun from nowhere that had infinite ammo and Shepard never used the "communicator" to talk with Hackett or anyone else once glow boy said what the crucible and citadel would do. Shepard is buried under rubble and we have no idea what state s/he is in and here's a real interesting point, how often did we see Shepard in other scenes talk with other people and how consistent was it? In at least one scene Shepard puts his/her omnitool almost in his/her mouth to communicate but that's not how s/he talks to Hackett.
Also, can Shepard talk-Shepard isn't even shown as breathing. S/he takes one gasp. To talk with someone you also have to have the ability to talk and a mouth. We don't know this is even physically possible for Shepard. Shepard had a hell of a lot of trouble talking with Hackett and could barely move and that was before being hit by the amazing exploding tube.
I know, because I watched both low EMS red and high EMS red. Red beam not affecting normal tech in high EMS is pretty much obvious when you watch it. Sword Fleet, Normandy, soldiers on Earth.3DandBeyond wrote...
You don't know the kid isn't lying-where'd you get that idea? He has lied before and he has been doing some awful things and comes before you trying to appear innocent (as a kid which he is not). He has every reason to lie-he needs Shepard to make his new solution work.
I have high EMS-nowhere does the kid say that destroy will only destroy reaper tech or things with reaper code. Please explain to me why this (in your opinion) truthful kid would tell Shepard, "even you are part synthetic" and what that means. And please quote where in a high EMS destroy it says anything about leaving other tech alone. It says a lot of stupid things including, "there will be losses but no more than you have already sustained" (paraphrasing). What does that mean? If EDI and the geth are destroyed those are additional losses. The kid says, "the technology you rely on will be affected". He also says, "others will be destroyed as well. The crucible will not discriminate."
All that doesn't make it impossible for him to survive even few days - medigel, natural resilience, luck of the hero. All depends on the author of the story. We don't know what author wanted to do, but we can figure out what was the intention behind adding this scene in a way and place it was added.3DandBeyond wrote...
Shepard was in bad shape on the citadel. Shepard is likely very seriously injured. No one knows (not even psychic LI) if Shepard is alive and for sure they don't know where Shepard is. Shepard very likely (given the state Shepard was in-the bleeding, the lapses into unconsciousness) near death or even more badly hurt and with a lot of crap on top of him/her that's kind of heavy. Shepard doesn't have a day or days and that's if the Normandy can get there in time and can find where there is and can get the torso to help in time.
Pitznik wrote...
[Ok, why no comm buoys? I have to admit, I have no idea how the communication is Mass Effect was supposed to work. Is there some codex entry describing it? After Anderson/hackett molested me every other mission in ME3 I just assumed "it works, because it works".iakus wrote...
- Even with FTL, Sword Fleet is out of communication with the Sol system. No comm buoys means reliance of light speed communication at best. That could mean hours, days, weeks of time lag. Or more, assuming they're meeting in another system. Sword has no way of knowing what's going on aboard the Citadel. Unless you're suggesting Shepard has access to a QEC device in all that rubble...
Modifié par Haiyato, 19 juillet 2012 - 05:46 .
Pitznik wrote...
Like I said, this is not even a necessary requirement that he'll be rescued. Someone will come to the Citadel and someone can find him - he's probably the only alive guy tehre, shouldn't be hard to find.3DandBeyond wrote...
Shepard also had an amazing gun from nowhere that had infinite ammo and Shepard never used the "communicator" to talk with Hackett or anyone else once glow boy said what the crucible and citadel would do. Shepard is buried under rubble and we have no idea what state s/he is in and here's a real interesting point, how often did we see Shepard in other scenes talk with other people and how consistent was it? In at least one scene Shepard puts his/her omnitool almost in his/her mouth to communicate but that's not how s/he talks to Hackett.
Also, can Shepard talk-Shepard isn't even shown as breathing. S/he takes one gasp. To talk with someone you also have to have the ability to talk and a mouth. We don't know this is even physically possible for Shepard. Shepard had a hell of a lot of trouble talking with Hackett and could barely move and that was before being hit by the amazing exploding tube.I know, because I watched both low EMS red and high EMS red. Red beam not affecting normal tech in high EMS is pretty much obvious when you watch it. Sword Fleet, Normandy, soldiers on Earth.3DandBeyond wrote...
You don't know the kid isn't lying-where'd you get that idea? He has lied before and he has been doing some awful things and comes before you trying to appear innocent (as a kid which he is not). He has every reason to lie-he needs Shepard to make his new solution work.
I have high EMS-nowhere does the kid say that destroy will only destroy reaper tech or things with reaper code. Please explain to me why this (in your opinion) truthful kid would tell Shepard, "even you are part synthetic" and what that means. And please quote where in a high EMS destroy it says anything about leaving other tech alone. It says a lot of stupid things including, "there will be losses but no more than you have already sustained" (paraphrasing). What does that mean? If EDI and the geth are destroyed those are additional losses. The kid says, "the technology you rely on will be affected". He also says, "others will be destroyed as well. The crucible will not discriminate."All that doesn't make it impossible for him to survive even few days - medigel, natural resilience, luck of the hero. All depends on the author of the story. We don't know what author wanted to do, but we can figure out what was the intention behind adding this scene in a way and place it was added.3DandBeyond wrote...
Shepard was in bad shape on the citadel. Shepard is likely very seriously injured. No one knows (not even psychic LI) if Shepard is alive and for sure they don't know where Shepard is. Shepard very likely (given the state Shepard was in-the bleeding, the lapses into unconsciousness) near death or even more badly hurt and with a lot of crap on top of him/her that's kind of heavy. Shepard doesn't have a day or days and that's if the Normandy can get there in time and can find where there is and can get the torso to help in time.
Guess that concludes our discussion on this topic. I can't convince you to my interpretation, and I can't convince myself to yours. It will have to stay that wayI really wish Mr Hepler would put more thought in what he says, but maybe he'll learn this lesson once single player DLCs will sell badly. Who knows, maybe even Bioware will reconsider, if the interest in DLCs won't meet their expectations and they'll give us some cheesy but happy reunion scene - possibility is still open, without retconning even.
Screw headcanon! >:-[3DandBeyond wrote...
iakus wrote...
Taboo-XX wrote...
Do you honestly believe Shepard is going to lie there and wait for the Normandy crew to rescue him?
"Surprise! I wasn't dead after all! Now help me up, my legs have rotted off!"
"Hello? Anybody out there? I think I need medical attention..."
In short:
Head canon needed for a live Shepard must be for all that happens before, during, and after the torso is found.
Head canon needed for a dead Shepard doesn't have to occur for anything. Head canon can be used to gain some context of what happens after we see the fate of Shepard and the galaxy.
Modifié par DrwEddy, 19 juillet 2012 - 06:02 .
They don't even have to do that, I think that most people who currently aren't happy would be happy with a non-cheesy reunion. It doesn't have to be Shep and LI gushing how they love each other or anything like that. There will probably still be complaining (there always is here) but most of it would probably be no worse than "I'd have liked a bit more but oh well."Pitznik wrote...
Who knows, maybe even Bioware will reconsider, if the interest in DLCs won't meet their expectations and they'll give us some cheesy but happy reunion scene - possibility is still open, without retconning even.
Reorte wrote...
They don't even have to do that, I think that most people who currently aren't happy would be happy with a non-cheesy reunion. It doesn't have to be Shep and LI gushing how they love each other or anything like that. There will probably still be complaining (there always is here) but most of it would probably be no worse than "I'd have liked a bit more but oh well."Pitznik wrote...
Who knows, maybe even Bioware will reconsider, if the interest in DLCs won't meet their expectations and they'll give us some cheesy but happy reunion scene - possibility is still open, without retconning even.
nitefyre410 wrote...
SpamBot2000 wrote...
The Spamming Troll wrote...
"a little beacon of hope" is the exact opposite of how i wanted to finish ME3.
Vast black hole of despair?
Despair Event Horizon... ME 3 was trying to cross it..
Pitznik wrote...
Reorte in this thread pointed out that there are stars "nearby" (1 day of flight for FTL) that have planets, so it could be one of them, terraformed somewhat. Not out of the question.
Pitznik wrote...
They have plenty of labs, Earth isn't utterly destroyed.
Pitznik wrote...
Also they do not have to FTL to other relays, most of the relays will be repaired by inhabitants of the system relay was in - this will be impossible for some relays, but main ones in turian or salarian home systems would be probably repaired much faster than Charon relay.
Pitznik wrote...
Also, again: destroy ends with him being alive. Not "probably alive" but just alive. What happens next isn't said, so it can be anything, death, rescue
Pitznik wrote...
Difference being, I don't have to add anything new to the story for Shepard to be alive in destroy, because he is. I don't have to headcanon anything, he can stay there forever eternally breathing under the rubble, neither rescued or deadThe Twilight God wrote...
As I said before, Shep can be dead or alive in any ending. You have to headcanon shep lmaking out of the rubble alive in destroy so it's no more or less valid than headcanonning control shep making an avatar body or synthesis shep catching out of a mutated techno-plant fully grown 2 weeks later.For me it is important, taking story as it is, without adding any new elements.
Modifié par The Twilight God, 19 juillet 2012 - 06:35 .
The Spamming Troll wrote...
nitefyre410 wrote...
SpamBot2000 wrote...
The Spamming Troll wrote...
"a little beacon of hope" is the exact opposite of how i wanted to finish ME3.
Vast black hole of despair?
Despair Event Horizon... ME 3 was trying to cross it..
your trying to hard.
a LARGE beacon of hope is what i was looking for.
SpamBot2000 wrote...
And of course Mac Walters does interviews where he's saying "Of course WE know what happens, but we decided we should let the players speculate."
There are two stars within 12 ly of Earth that are potential planet candidates, Epsilon Eridani and Tau Ceti. There's evidence (albeit not conclusive) of a gas giant sized planet at least at Epsilon Eridani, at a position which doesn't rule out an Earth-sized one nearer. It's not the most obvious choice for live (other evidence suggests lots of asteroids and solar activity) but it's not totally implausible.The Twilight God wrote...
Pitznik wrote...
Reorte in this thread pointed out that there are stars "nearby" (1 day of flight for FTL) that have planets, so it could be one of them, terraformed somewhat. Not out of the question.
What planets? Where did he get this info from? Or did he just headcanon these planets that are closer to earth, but overlooked in favor of worlds in distance star clusters like Terra Nova, Benning, Eden Prime, Shanxi who were the first colonies?
Modifié par Reorte, 19 juillet 2012 - 06:44 .
Apollo-XL5 wrote...
Why do people moan about there not being a cannon ending, Shepard is the avatar of the player, There are so many choices to make through out the trilogy that noone's story will be exactly the same and so it being cannon can not happen. That is why there wont be a Mass Effect 4 based after the reapers were defeated.
Apollo-XL5 wrote...
Why do people moan about there not being a cannon ending, Shepard is the avatar of the player, There are so many choices to make through out the trilogy that noone's story will be exactly the same and so it being cannon can not happen. That is why there wont be a Mass Effect 4 based after the reapers were defeated.
Planets, as in never mentioned in the ME planets that really exist and happen to be not so far away. I didn't bother to check if any of them is potentially terraformable, and I don't know what basic conditions it would have to fulfill to be.The Twilight God wrote...
What planets? Where did he get this info from? Or did he just headcanon these planets that are closer to earth, but overlooked in favor of worlds in distance star clusters like Terra Nova, Benning, Eden Prime, Shanxi who were the first colonies?
As far as I remember Reapers focused on biggest cities. That means there is plenty left. Also, months? I wonder how exactly Bioware imagined humans defending cities from Reapers for months...The Twilight God wrote...
Where are you getting this from? The planet has no remaining infrastructure. The Reapers have been bombarding it for months.
Bah, I was wrong about that, then. That really sucks :/ Now I wonder where is nearest dextro based world from Earth... That makes the "victory" over Reapers rather bitter.The Twilight God wrote...
Yes, they do. It's not like the relays link all habitable systems. Take Arcturus. It is the only relay the Sol Realy goes to. Arcturus then llinks out to several other relays, none of which go directly to an other species homeworld. You seem to be under the impression Sol can link straight to Thessia or something. Doesn't work that way. So, yes, they will have to FTL. The the century estimate is based on EVERYONE fixing their surrounding relays. If it was just the people around earth doing it it would take millenia. Bioware MUST take out relay non-functionality in high EMS endings to give players who actual care about consistency and don't just pull happy endings out of their rear any hope at all.
No point in showing game's main hero breathing under rubble, if he is reduced to vegetable. Realism isn't important - if something is possible, it can happen.The Twilight God wrote...
Not realistically. Realistically Shep is a goner. A comatose vegetable isn't "alive" in my book anyway.
That's not important - it's like Shepard surviving in ME1 after the fight with Saren - he just did and that's it. Scene speaks for itself. People survive explosions, survive being stuck under the rubble after earthquakes, survive heavy wounds. Likelyhood is irrelevant.The Twilight God wrote...
anyway, Shepard surviving Destroy requires not only post-credit headcanon, but pre-credits. You have to headcanon, the circumstances and context of the rubble scene, what happened to account for how anyone found him before he bleeds out or succombs to infections and why the Crucible didn't turn Shepard into a blind, quadrapalegic, brain damaged vegetable.
Pitznik wrote...
That's not important - it's like Shepard surviving in ME1 after the fight with Saren - he just did and that's it. Scene speaks for itself. People survive explosions, survive being stuck under the rubble after earthquakes, survive heavy wounds. Likelyhood is irrelevant.
Modifié par 3DandBeyond, 19 juillet 2012 - 07:18 .
3DandBeyond wrote...
Feelings matter, Shepard matters, heroes matter, endings matter.
Vox Draco wrote...
3DandBeyond wrote...
Feelings matter, Shepard matters, heroes matter, endings matter.
"I tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end, it doesn't even matter"...the Mass Effect anthem...
Modifié par Pitznik, 19 juillet 2012 - 07:21 .