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[StElmo]

Stelmo is back for more polling!

So there are big things happening at bioware, all the edmonton writing team are working on a DLC that also features new and supposedly tearful music from Sam Hulick - who did not compose for the prior ME3 DLCs.

So with that in mind, do you think this DLC will clear up ending questions? will it be Puzzle Theory, IT, More Clarification? Or will it be a side quest?

Simple poll below.

social.bioware.com/1968682/polls/42490/

EDIT: I heard a good argument that the people who will buy DLC this late, are the same people who want to spend more time in the universe and love it a lot - like super fans.

Are those people the ones on BSN? Where else would you go to discuss mass effect so easily? I think this poll is significant in that sense.

Modifié par StElmo, 03 janvier 2013 - 03:18 .

[Ghaleon]

Don't think it will be Bioware seems to have set their stance on that in stone. But i really wish it was

[Jonata]

How many time will they have to repeat that they are done with the endings? Like it or not there won't be any other changes to the endings as they are after the Extended Cut.

This was probably one of the DLCs that were on schedule even before the whole endings uproar that made them work on the EC... I'm pretty curious about it, though. With all the writing team working on the story and Sam Hulick composing it sounds pretty big for a sidequest.

Modifié par Jonata, 23 décembre 2012 - 06:36 .

[XxBrokenBonezxX]

I think it's obvious what the majority wants, but no, it probably won't be.

[RocketManSR2]

No, but I came back in the hopes that BioWare changes their minds for the final one. I also heard about how "all hands were on deck" and 8 writers were at work on it (if only the ending had had that many ), along with Hulick doing quite a bit of new music.

Modifié par RocketManSR2, 23 décembre 2012 - 06:42 .

[LucasShark]

No, and it will be underwhelming and a bit tedious like the others, and probably charge too much for what is there.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

No I don't expect it to be, but I hope it completes Puzzle Theory,

[devSin]

I don't know what this last DLC is going to be, but I doubt it will affect the ending in any meaningful way (certainly, it's not going to fix anything).

[RocketManSR2]

magnetite wrote...

I've done some research into this majority phenomenon, and at least as far as the BSN is concerned, there have been roughly about 9000 new posts in the last week in the Mass Effect 3 story forum. This game sold over 4 million copies. So, I'd say BSN is the vast minority. Kind of debunks that whole "BSN is the majority of the fanbase" thing some have been saying. Or the vocal ones are the only ones who they listen to.

It doesn't debunk anything. The BSN is a fairly large sample size of players. I'd wager a lot of others share our dislike of the ending.

[Ieldra]

@OP:
It would surprise me the new DLC affected the ending. The only thing that would change the mood of the ending significantly enough to make it worthwhile to produce is doing away with the Catalyst as the source of the exposition of the options of the final choice. I don't think they're going to do anything that radical.

Edit:
As for the "majority" opinion: large or small, we're not a representative sample.

Modifié par Ieldra2, 23 décembre 2012 - 07:35 .

[Maniccc]

magnetite wrote...

I've done some research into this majority phenomenon, and at least as far as the BSN is concerned, there have been roughly about 9000 new posts in the last week in the Mass Effect 3 story forum. This game sold over 4 million copies. So, I'd say BSN is the vast minority. Kind of debunks that whole "BSN is the majority of the fanbase" thing some have been saying. Or the vocal ones are the only ones who they listen to.

Of course the people on BSN are only a small portion of the entire fanbase, but that's now what matters.  The question is this: are they representative of the fanbase at large.  We don't know, but all things being equal, if I was running Bioware, I would pay close attention to what the vocal and intense fans were saying.  Marketing tells us that the small number of hardcore fans are the most powerful advertising you can get, and the marketing pros are right about this.  These small galvanized groups are the ones providing information and opinions all over the internet, opinions that the less intense fans, and especially the merely curious, rely on to make a decision.

User feedback is the most powerful tool in advertising if the feedback is positive; if negative it can be your worst enemy and cost you lots of money to fight.  It is always important to keep the most loyal fans generally happy, because if they feel betrayed, they will cause lots of problems.

[ash2880]

By leaking details about all the writers being involved, Seth Green doing more v/o work, the music, etc, they're clearly trying to create the impression that the upcoming DLC is major and significant.

This has already lead to people thinking "Hmm, a major and significant DLC must deal with the ending in some way!" And rightfully so in a sense, because it's a logical conclusion to draw. Especially if you've been holding out hope for something more.

And the day the DLC is announced, we learn it has nothing to do with the ending, and disappointed fans voice their displeasure, I fully expect that Bioware will come out saying "What? Why would anyone think it would relate to the ending? We said we were done with that." As if they never even imagined people would think that.

Because that's just how they roll.

Modifié par ash2880, 23 décembre 2012 - 10:11 .

[chidingewe8036]

Well i'll tell you what, it better be ending related because if they want ME4 or whatever to be a success they need to do something with those endings. If they have not thought about that yet they need to go back to the drawing board and start this particular DLC from the beginning and make it ending related because that is the only thing that will save this franchise and give it any type of future for the past, present, and future fans of Mass Effect.

[Brovikk Rasputin]

No. Bioware have said it will not be, a million times. Move on..

[Jadebaby]

Yes, and I want it too.

[shit's fucked cunts]

Expect it to, no. Want it to, yes.

[Dr_Extrem]

Brovikk Rasputin wrote...

No. Bioware have said it will not be, a million times. Move on..

you could call leviathan ending related though.

[Binary_Helix 1]

magnetite wrote...

I've done some research into this majority phenomenon, and at least as far as the BSN is concerned, there have been roughly about 9000 new posts in the last week in the Mass Effect 3 story forum. This game sold over 4 million copies. So, I'd say BSN is the vast minority. Kind of debunks that whole "BSN is the majority of the fanbase" thing some have been saying. Or the vocal ones are the only ones who they listen to.

Why do "pro-enders" assume that most fans are on their side? What little evidence exists on any "consensus" is that ME3 is the least popular of the trilogy (forum outrage, internet protests, fan fiction cults, retcon DLC). There is no silent majority.

Modifié par Binary_Helix 1, 23 décembre 2012 - 11:04 .

[Brovikk Rasputin]

Dr_Extrem wrote...

Brovikk Rasputin wrote...

No. Bioware have said it will not be, a million times. Move on..

you could call leviathan ending related though.

That's stretching it a bit, don't you think. It only adds a few lines of dialogue, but that's about it.

[Rifneno]

ROFL. More of these "BW said something and even though the last 8 million things they told us were bald-faced lies, how can you not believe this one?!" types. Awesome.

[Dr_Extrem]

Brovikk Rasputin wrote...

Dr_Extrem wrote...

Brovikk Rasputin wrote...

No. Bioware have said it will not be, a million times. Move on..

you could call leviathan ending related though.

That's stretching it a bit, don't you think. It only adds a few lines of dialogue, but that's about it.

not really .. it tried to hint the catalyst and the motivation of the reapers - this is ending related.

[SpamBot2000]

Ghaleon80 wrote...

Don't think it will be Bioware seems to have set their stance on that in stone. But i really wish it was

That reminds me of something I once heard...

"United we can break a fate once set in stone. Just hold the line until the end."

We'll free the Earth and sky.