Andromidius wrote...
The Reapers have always been very careful in the past. Very patient. They make sure they win before they've even started.
Suddenly dumbing this strategy in favour of brute force and shock tactics is bizzare. Its character assassination, turning them from an interesting and terrifying foe that lurks in the shadows before slaughtering all who stand in their path to... Well, little more then a technologically advanced barbarian horde with as much tactic subtly as a battering ram. Which is even more bizzare when they've got the key to the castle!
Actually, think back to the end of ME2.
Harbinger said to the Collector General...
You have failed. We will find another way.
Another way to do
what exactly? Harvest humanity? Well if that's the case why did they even bother with the collectors? ME3 says that they basically parked on Earth and began harvesting wholesale so the collector's weren't even necessary. Unless, of course, you think a little more broadly. Harvesting a species that's fighting back is not desirable. It's just
better to harvest when the species isn't resisting.
The collectors were used as a means of harvesting humanity without the reapers being at risk or even exerting any real effort. I have the suspicion that the reaper invasion and the indoctrination of Shepard is actually a xanatos gambit by the reapers: a plan to
pacify the council cycle.
Think about it. They employ shock and awe to cow the cycle. They allow the cycle to construct the crucible and draw their entire military might to Earth. They attempt to indoctrinate Shepard and possibly other major cycle leaders. (Anderson, Wrex, Victus, Liara, TIM etc.) And if I recall correctly, before Shepard manages to kill destroyers, the reapers weren't actually suffering significant losses.
This cycle proved to be a handful. Their vanguard was defeated. Their collector pawns were defeated. Their backup invasion plan was terminated. Their standard strategies weren't working. Divide and conquer will likely also prove more problematic than usual. Then again, "there is strength in harnessing the strengths of your enemy." The people causing them so many problems could prove to be invaluable assets if turned. So they developed a new strategy. It's a gamble, but they figure it's worth a shot.
But of course they commited their persistent error: they underestimated Shepard and Co, and the council cycle as a whole. Suddenly destroyers and capitals are dying, their plan to sieze control of the Citadel is thwarted, and Cerberus are actually turning into a liability with their progress at Sanctuary. The reapers are actually just as desperate to win as Shepard in the end, hence why the Catalyst is rushing Shepard's indoctrination.
Then again, destroyers aren't as important as capitals. The losses on Tuchanka and Rannoch are acceptable if it means the council cycle is that much more united. If the cycle finishes its crucible and they succeed in indoctrinating Shepard and the other cycle leaders, they can end the war in their favor and being harvesting the cycle slowly, patiently, safely.
Modifié par Simon_Says, 03 août 2012 - 07:07 .
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