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[Neizd]

Stopping Elcor from destroying the citadel, because somebody stole their careal... that is a great conflict.

[Talvaris]

I agree with the levithan ending one it makes a lot of sense. Just for the fact that whichever ending you pick they would see it as their chance to rise up again and reclaim their lost position in the galaxy. An it would make sense that whoever the hero or heroine of Mass Effect 4 is sent out to stop it or finds out about it and trys to stop it. Though who knows we will have to wait and see what the team in Bioware Montreal comes up with. Though I know I am for sure looking forward to it.

[xAmilli0n]

With the Reaper conflict over, one possibility is what to do with all this Reaper tech, and who should have control of it. Whoever gains control of it and implements it first will have a huge advantage over the rest of the galaxy. Seems prime for conflict.

I'm ignoring specific endings as either way, there will be lots of Reaper tech to salvage.

[Luigitornado]

I honestly want to see something on a smaller scale. Nothing that will have ripples throughout the galaxy.

[futurepixels]

All Endings: Synthesis actually was inevitable in the Mass Effect galaxy.

You import your save for all your other decision-based outcomes in the galaxy, except with the main choice, the galaxy is eventually synthesized no matter what.

Unfortunately, this also meant that eventually all synthesized beings ended up back in the Leviathan thralls. You play as a character you create (choosing race) and either fight to unsynthesize the galaxy and release the galaxy from Leviathan control, or fight against an anti-synthesize group and preserve the synthesized galaxy, hopefully also convincing the Leviathan to release the galaxy in the process.

Note: This would give great opportunities to reference actual real controversies within the community about synthesis. Imagine if in a game where you import a save where Shepard chose synthesis, there is a group of conspiracy theorists who believe that Shepard was indoctrinated when he chose synthesis, and that the Reapers are somehow still a threat.

This would also give Bioware a chance to explain how and why synthesis works, and expand the issues around why it was inevitable.

Disclosure: I hate the idea of synthesis, and chose Destroy for all of my Shepards, but I like this idea for ME4.

Modifié par futurepixels, 13 novembre 2012 - 08:11 .

[Chala]

Hybrids (A.k.a "Synthesis guys") vs Pure!

[Talvaris]

That does sound interesting futurepixels. Since the synthesis ending doesn't say that everyone became drones so you assume that everyone still is a indvidual. An if anything has been seen by our own history that will always lead to some type of conflict. An those who hate the idea of synthesis it would make sense they would start a rebellion to end such a thing and return the galaxy as they see it to its rightful stage.

[chefcook90]

futurepixels wrote...

All Endings: Synthesis actually was inevitable in the Mass Effect galaxy.

You import your save for all your other decision-based outcomes in the galaxy, except with the main choice, the galaxy is eventually synthesized no matter what.

Unfortunately, this also meant that eventually all synthesized beings ended up back in the Leviathan thralls. You play as a character you create (choosing race) and either fight to unsynthesize the galaxy and release the galaxy from Leviathan control, or fight against an anti-synthesize group and preserve the synthesized galaxy, hopefully also convincing the Leviathan to release the galaxy in the process.

Note: This would give great opportunities to reference actual real controversies within the community about synthesis. Imagine if in a game where you import a save where Shepard chose synthesis, there is a group of conspiracy theorists who believe that Shepard was indoctrinated when he chose synthesis, and that the Reapers are somehow still a threat.

This would also give Bioware a chance to explain how and why synthesis works, and expand the issues around why it was inevitable.

Disclosure: I hate the idea of synthesis, and chose Destroy for all of my Shepards, but I like this idea for ME4.

^This^

So... nobody liked my idea of the vorcha inexplicitly becoming more intelligent and threatening the galaxy?

[Red Panda]

Being a Volus white-collar criminal looking to claim a seat on the council?

[dorktainian]

the asari become the new bad guys... those tentacles on their head turn into medusa head snakes and they rampage through the galaxy turning everyone that sees them into stone....

In conflict with a new intergalactic police force formed from the remains of the spectres.... but based largely on monty pythons ministry of silly walks.

[Sajuro]

Thieves break into the Citadel controls, steal nothing but refuse to leave
Thieves break into the Council Chambers, redecorate poorly
Threat of Krogans
Threat of Shooty Stabby Krogans
Threat of Articulate Krogans
Ardat Yakshi cursed never to get laid slowly goes crazy
Evil Synthetics attack on a farming colony
Evil Synthetics attack on the Citadel
The Citadel attacks, Evil Synthetics help the party
Marauder Shields realizes child hood dream to be a stage show dancer
Inaccurate historical reenactment of the Reaper war causes ShepardAI to snap, resume the harvest
Yahg Soldier and Salarian noble harbor a forbidden love
Teenagers attempt to summon captain planet using dark energy
Reformed Banshee working as a hairstylist falls under suspicion
The Yahg set up a small colony next to a Krogan colony
Resistance fighters attempt to crash the Destiny Ascension into the Citadel (Control/Synthesis)
Ambitious resistance fighters attempt to crash the Citadel into the Sun
Post modern resistance fighters attempt to crash ShepAI/Harbinger into himself.
A blind human extremist declares that she will kill all of the Asari, only to realize that she is an Asari
The citadel is under threat of a wildly dancing yet stoic Krogan
The galaxy falls under threat of macho Volus, planet after planet falls because no one believes they exist.

Modifié par Sajuro, 13 novembre 2012 - 10:05 .

[drayfish]

Since it's just going to get abandoned at the end anyway, how about:

Mo' money; mo' problems.

You are Molak Fan, an enterprising Volus who rises from obscurity as a janitor for a disused warehouse to become a slighty more conspicuous night watchman at an abandoned quarry.

Eventually you meet a Cerberus recruiter, who asks you, Molak Fan, for directions to the highway. You can answer him in a paragon manner (politely), or in a renegade way (which is still pretty polite), and he will steal your lunch money as he leaves.

It is a trilogy.

[Silky_ZaChaos]

I'm going to post a seperate thread for my own plot guess, but the short of it is that the Council and Alliance are hording Reaper tech and are trying to re-build one

[Peranor]

The driving conflict in ME4 will be organics vs synthetics. It is inevitable you know.

[Fifmut]

Bad people activate the Citadel relay, go to dark space and find out that the Reapers had a base there, they try to use the tech and possibly a lot of resources (gathered during the millions of years of harvesting) to get power. Shepard has to stop them. Yes, Shepard.

[FluffyCannibal]

I think that the Catalyst survived ME3. A machine that advanced would definitely have self-preservation protocols, and it would explain the breather scene - Shepard simply got caught up in the 'bubble' the Catalyst used to protect itself. The Catalyst wouldn't work as a Big Big Bad Guy in another trilogy, but it could definitely be an Assistant Big Bad Guy.

[D1ck1e]

Shepard doesn't get over getting turned down by Aria during the Omega rescue mission and is determined to rectify the situation, at all cost.

[Mathias]

dorktainian wrote...

how about good vs evil......?

or is that too simple?

And a bad guy who's motivation is clear?

Worked for Mass Effect 1. Just sayin.

[Mathias]

anorling wrote...



The driving conflict in ME4 will be organics vs synthetics. It is inevitable you know.

Oh my god...

Worst part about that is that it's entirely possible they'll go that route.

[Wulfram]

Salarians vs Everyone Else.
Everyone Else is pissed off because the Salarians contribution to the war was half-assed, resentful because they got off easy and a little scared because, thanks to missing the worst devastation of the Reaper War, they're now the greatest power in the galaxy.  The Salarians are pissed off and resentful because the Genophage was cured. And they're scared because they know everyone hates them for their half-assed contribution to the war effort, as well as because the Krogan population is increasing rapidly.

Asari vs Everyone Else:
The Asari political establishment was discredited by the fall of Thessia and revelations about the beacon. So they chuck in their failing democratic system, and embrace Fascism.

Krogan vs Everyone Else.
Need room for their growing population

Turians vs Everyone Else
They've got a bad ass fleet and army, but pretty much nothing else since the Reapers trashed it. So they're going to go conquering

Geth vs Everyone Else
Everyone will hate and fear them because they're synthetic, guilty of widescale warcrimes, allied volountarily with the reapers and still carry some Reaper code. The logical Geth response to this threat is to destroy it.

Humans vs Everyone else
They've always been arrogant, bullying, grasping xenophobes who want the whole galaxy presented to them on a plate, and claiming the credit for saving the galaxy will only make them more self-righteous.

Modifié par Wulfram, 13 novembre 2012 - 11:22 .

[Vic-TIM of Circumstance]

Wulfram wrote...
Geth vs Everyone Else
Everyone will hate and fear them because they're synthetic, guilty of widescale warcrimes, allied volountarily with the reapers and still carry some Reaper code. The logical Geth response to this threat is to destroy it.

I don't think this is even possible as EVERY choice you take in the end of the trilogy deals with and settles this conflict in some way.

Modifié par Vic-TIM of Circumstance, 13 novembre 2012 - 11:49 .

[KingZayd]

Control:
Galaxy vs Reapers controlled by Shepard.

Modifié par KingZayd, 14 novembre 2012 - 12:56 .

[DRTJR]

You start the game as a smuggle named "Captain [insert name here] Riley" who along with you plucky group of outlaws stumble on to an Asari separatist group trying to destabilise the current council which the Asari no longer have a seat at. The twist is that it isn't an extremist faction of the Asari, it's the Asari commandos. Throw in Cerberus now run by the Lawson twins as a rouge element and you have an intense political thriller with a lot of shooting.

[xxprokillazxx]

Im Betting That The Destroy(HIgh Ems) Ending is canon and that As the Galaxy is trying to rebuild the Leviathans see this as a chance to reclaim their old glory and start spreading those orb Artifacts to try to Enthrall everyone and its up to you (the New Hero) to stop them from taking over the Galaxy.