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[sr2josh]

I am trying to figure out when during the campaign to start the Priority: Shore Leave.  My only concerns are LI interaction and characters that may or may not appear.  If I'm romancing a certain character but they haven't appeared in the game yet, will they appear in Citadel DLC or will the romantic interactions be different?  Also, will other characters who haven't appeared yet in the game yet due to not having completed their side quests(i.e. Arrae ex-Cerberus scientists or Ardat Yakshi monastery) not appear during the DLC?

[grumpymooselion]

Right after Sanctuary.

[sr2josh]

Nevermind. Found my answers in the Citadel DLC FAQ.

[Legbiter]

For me it's right before going to see the Asari councilor. I find it dosen't make sense from a RP perspective to do it right before Cronos station because the narrative is so urgent.

[GimmeDaGun]

Since you can arrange the party and the individual meetings etc. any time (the latter as each indidual relationship locks), I think that the best place to start playing the story part of the dlc is right after Rannoch (in that case you will have all the possible members for the mission and it seems a right place, since the Normandy will be pretty battle worn by then). The rest you can do as you go, and will have a bit more of a natural flow of the content.This is what I reccomend if you want it to make it part of the journey and don't want to miss out any content.

But if you only want to play the dlc and see all its content at once: play it before the siege of the Illusive Man's base.

I would play the DLCs in this order:


Some (not major) spoilers ahead!


From Ashes: right after Palaven+Grissom Academy (the latter seems pretty urgent): this way you don't really miss any content (beside Javik visiting Jack's former place on the Normandy).

Omega: right after the Citadel Coup. To me it seems to be the right place to strike back to Cerberus + it seems logical that Aria gets her intel by then... maybe thanks to the coup attempt... after that you get a lot less Cerberus in the story anyway... so you could say that it was partly due to the fact that you have taken one of their main bases of operations + it nicely reveals how they keep working on harnessing the reapers.

Citadel: right after Rannoch. I think that the best place to start playing the story part of the dlc is right after Rannoch since by then you wiuld have all the possible members for the mission and it seems the right place for some R&R, since the Normandy will be pretty battle worn by then.

Leviathan: first two missions after the Citadel dlc (between them some R&R), before Thessia. Between Thessia and Sanctuarry there's a natural feel of haste (no time for anything else). Then afterwads play the last mission of the Leviathan dlc after Sanctuary. This way you have the revelation of the mystery behind the Catalyst\\Citadel and the reaper origins in logical order and at the right place with the right pacing. Before the final blow on Cerberus there's no such feel of haste. There is, but there's time for some preparation and doing something else. 

After these comes: some more R&R - during that time the Alliance can track down Cerberus, prepare its attack on it and finish up the Crucible - and then of course the party... By that time you have all of Shepards squad and friends etc., so you don't miss anything. And in that case it is really the last light moment with your crew before the last push.

... and then comes the endgame + EC.

Modifié par GimmeDaGun, 06 mars 2013 - 08:49 .

[Blooddrunk1004]

After Sanctuary, you have available all squad mates (if they are alive of course) + it makes more sense story wise . Since it's basically Shepard saying goodbye to his / her friends before he goes into hell.

[Fredvdp]

There's a small continuity error with Grunt if you do this right before the endgame kicks in, but otherwise I do think it's best to keep it for last.

[UNSC-Jedi]

Legbiter wrote...

For me it's right before going to see the Asari councilor. I find it dosen't make sense from a RP perspective to do it right before Cronos station because the narrative is so urgent.

I feel exactly the same way. I can understand wanting to do it right before the Cronos Station mission to give a fond farewell to the characters, but it doesn't make sense to have shore leave, a party, and R&R in your apartment right when you've got Cerberus cornered & the endgame of the war is in site. In particular, I figure Shepard would want payback against Kai Leng & The Illusive Man ASAP for losing Thessia.

[UNSC-Jedi]

GimmeDaGun wrote...

Since you can arrange the party and the individual meetings etc. any time (the latter as each indidual relationship locks), I think that the best place to start playing the story part of the dlc is right after Rannoch (in that case you will have all the possible members for the mission and it seems a right place, since the Normandy will be pretty battle worn by then). The rest you can do as you go, and will have a bit more of a natural flow of the content.This is what I reccomend if you want it to make it part of the journey and don't want to miss out any content.

But if you only want to play the dlc and see all its content at once: play it before the siege of the Illusive Man's base.

I would play the DLCs in this order:


Some (not major) spoilers ahead!


From Ashes: right after Palaven+Grissom Academy (the latter seems pretty urgent): this way you don't really miss any content (beside Javik visiting Jack's former place on the Normandy).

Omega: right after the Citadel Coup. To me it seems to be the right place to strike back to Cerberus + it seems logical that Aria gets her intel by then... maybe thanks to the coup attempt... after that you get a lot less Cerberus in the story anyway... so you could say that it was partly due to the fact that you have taken one of their main bases of operations + it nicely reveals how they keep working on harnessing the reapers.

Citadel: right after Rannoch. I think that the best place to start playing the story part of the dlc is right after Rannoch since by then you wiuld have all the possible members for the mission and it seems the right place for some R&R, since the Normandy will be pretty battle worn by then.

Leviathan: first two missions after the Citadel dlc (between them some R&R), before Thessia. Between Thessia and Sanctuarry there's a natural feel of haste (no time for anything else). Then afterwads play the last mission of the Leviathan dlc after Sanctuary. This way you have the revelation of the mystery behind the CatalystCitadel and the reaper origins in logical order and at the right place with the right pacing. Before the final blow on Cerberus there's no such feel of haste. There is, but there's time for some preparation and doing something else. 

After these comes: some more R&R - during that time the Alliance can track down Cerberus, prepare its attack on it and finish up the Crucible - and then of course the party... By that time you have all of Shepards squad and friends etc., so you don't miss anything. And in that case it is really the last light moment with your crew before the last push.

... and then comes the endgame + EC.

Pretty much the same idea I had, except I personally like to do the DLC in this order: From Ashes (just before the first N7 mission and Palaven), Leviathan (before Sur'Kesh/Tuchanka), then Citadel (like you, I'd want to do it right after Rannoch). I still might load other playthroughs just before Cronos to do the DLC with other LIs, though (I'm doing the Citadel DLC with my New Game+ Insanity playthrough for the Insanity achievements, and Liara is my LI--I've decided that she's my Shepard's "canon" LI, both for DudeShep and FemShep)

[SnakeEyes]

Blooddrunk1004 wrote...

After Sanctuary, you have available all squad mates (if they are alive of course) + it makes more sense story wise . Since it's basically Shepard saying goodbye to his / her friends before he goes into hell.

Yeah this was my thinking too. I can see where people are coming from, saying that doing it too close to the end throws off the urgency of the final mission, but I think you need to do it at the end so that the solemn final boarding of the Normandy has more effect. I'm always going to save it til after Sanctuary and before Chronos Station.

[Han Shot First]

GimmeDaGun wrote...

Since you can arrange the party and the individual meetings etc. any time (the latter as each indidual relationship locks), I think that the best place to start playing the story part of the dlc is right after Rannoch (in that case you will have all the possible members for the mission and it seems a right place, since the Normandy will be pretty battle worn by then). The rest you can do as you go, and will have a bit more of a natural flow of the content.This is what I reccomend if you want it to make it part of the journey and don't want to miss out any content.

But if you only want to play the dlc and see all its content at once: play it before the siege of the Illusive Man's base.

I would play the DLCs in this order:


Some (not major) spoilers ahead!


From Ashes: right after Palaven+Grissom Academy (the latter seems pretty urgent): this way you don't really miss any content (beside Javik visiting Jack's former place on the Normandy).

Omega: right after the Citadel Coup. To me it seems to be the right place to strike back to Cerberus + it seems logical that Aria gets her intel by then... maybe thanks to the coup attempt... after that you get a lot less Cerberus in the story anyway... so you could say that it was partly due to the fact that you have taken one of their main bases of operations + it nicely reveals how they keep working on harnessing the reapers.

Citadel: right after Rannoch. I think that the best place to start playing the story part of the dlc is right after Rannoch since by then you wiuld have all the possible members for the mission and it seems the right place for some R&R, since the Normandy will be pretty battle worn by then.

Leviathan: first two missions after the Citadel dlc (between them some R&R), before Thessia. Between Thessia and Sanctuarry there's a natural feel of haste (no time for anything else). Then afterwads play the last mission of the Leviathan dlc after Sanctuary. This way you have the revelation of the mystery behind the CatalystCitadel and the reaper origins in logical order and at the right place with the right pacing. Before the final blow on Cerberus there's no such feel of haste. There is, but there's time for some preparation and doing something else. 

After these comes: some more R&R - during that time the Alliance can track down Cerberus, prepare its attack on it and finish up the Crucible - and then of course the party... By that time you have all of Shepards squad and friends etc., so you don't miss anything. And in that case it is really the last light moment with your crew before the last push.

... and then comes the endgame + EC.

Good post.

I think your recommendations make the most sense as far as pacing and the story goes. I'm doing a complete playthrough of ME3 now, and that is exactly how I'm going to play it.

[templar_117]

Personally i play the DLC's main story after Rannoch, do the squad meet ups when they become available and don't throw the party until after I finish the game.

Modifié par templar_117, 14 mars 2013 - 07:28 .

[merrick97]

I do it AFTER I beat the main game. To me this DLC IS the ending.

[Fredvdp]

I think it's best to start early, but to do the final content of the DLC right before the point of no return.

[ZombifiedJake]

If you do it early will any squadmates be missing during the actual mission? (not referring to the post-mission stuff)

[Kelwing]

GimmeDaGun wrote...

Since you can arrange the party and the individual meetings etc. any time (the latter as each indidual relationship locks), I think that the best place to start playing the story part of the dlc is right after Rannoch (in that case you will have all the possible members for the mission and it seems a right place, since the Normandy will be pretty battle worn by then). The rest you can do as you go, and will have a bit more of a natural flow of the content.This is what I reccomend if you want it to make it part of the journey and don't want to miss out any content.

But if you only want to play the dlc and see all its content at once: play it before the siege of the Illusive Man's base.

I would play the DLCs in this order:


Some (not major) spoilers ahead!


From Ashes: right after Palaven+Grissom Academy (the latter seems pretty urgent): this way you don't really miss any content (beside Javik visiting Jack's former place on the Normandy).

Omega: right after the Citadel Coup. To me it seems to be the right place to strike back to Cerberus + it seems logical that Aria gets her intel by then... maybe thanks to the coup attempt... after that you get a lot less Cerberus in the story anyway... so you could say that it was partly due to the fact that you have taken one of their main bases of operations + it nicely reveals how they keep working on harnessing the reapers.

Citadel: right after Rannoch. I think that the best place to start playing the story part of the dlc is right after Rannoch since by then you wiuld have all the possible members for the mission and it seems the right place for some R&R, since the Normandy will be pretty battle worn by then.

Leviathan: first two missions after the Citadel dlc (between them some R&R), before Thessia. Between Thessia and Sanctuarry there's a natural feel of haste (no time for anything else). Then afterwads play the last mission of the Leviathan dlc after Sanctuary. This way you have the revelation of the mystery behind the CatalystCitadel and the reaper origins in logical order and at the right place with the right pacing. Before the final blow on Cerberus there's no such feel of haste. There is, but there's time for some preparation and doing something else. 

After these comes: some more R&R - during that time the Alliance can track down Cerberus, prepare its attack on it and finish up the Crucible - and then of course the party... By that time you have all of Shepards squad and friends etc., so you don't miss anything. And in that case it is really the last light moment with your crew before the last push.

... and then comes the endgame + EC.

That is how I start out a playthru. With Palaven > Grissom Academy > Ashes. Never really thought of when or where to play Omega, Leviathan and now Citidel. So I like your thinking of when and where. Will try it this way on current Shepard.

[MarchWaltz]

merrick97 wrote...

I do it AFTER I beat the main game. To me this DLC IS the ending.