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[Auld Wulf]

Doesn't anyone worry about the Destroy death sentence? I'm not talking about the deaths of the geth and EDI, either. There are a lot of apex predators out there which are nearly as powerful, or as powerful as the Reapers. The Reapers make a good first line of defence. The only reason we beat the Reapers is because the Crucible made the Catalyst amicable.

Is slaughtering a species that would happily help you live if you let them live really a good idea?

[Seival]

My choice is Control. You can see the link to my thoughts in my signature (Control ending discussion).

[Steelcan]

Auld Wulf wrote...

Doesn't anyone worry about the Destroy death sentence? I'm not talking about the deaths of the geth and EDI, either. There are a lot of apex predators out there which are nearly as powerful, or as powerful as the Reapers. The Reapers make a good first line of defence. The only reason we beat the Reapers is because the Crucible made the Catalyst amicable.

Is slaughtering a species that would happily help you live if you let them live really a good idea?

. Happily?. Really?  The Catalyst only let us live because we held a gun to his head.

The only race that matches the Reapers are the Leviathans, and they are helpless without their orbs.

[jstme]

Auld Wulf wrote...

Doesn't anyone worry about the Destroy death sentence? I'm not talking about the deaths of the geth and EDI, either. There are a lot of apex predators out there which are nearly as powerful, or as powerful as the Reapers. The Reapers make a good first line of defence. The only reason we beat the Reapers is because the Crucible made the Catalyst amicable.

Is slaughtering a species that would happily help you live if you let them live really a good idea?

Reapers- first line of defence.... yeaah.
Ever rode a tiger?
Anyway, OP - i choose MEHEM because it is the only ending that allows me to replay the series.
Destroy makes me feel like i backstab and kill my allies while commiting suicide only because my archenemy suggested another one of its solutions.
Brrrr.  

[Steelcan]

I pick Destroy because I reject everything the Catalyst says about synthetics and organics. We will make our own future by climbing atop the challenges we face and we will usher in a new age, free from the manipulations of the Reapers.

[JShepppp]

Control:

1. Could not commit genocide in destroy, not after all the effort I made to unite Q/G.

2. Condemned the Reapers to death when they were forced/controlled by the Catalyst do their actions - or at least, it seemed that way. In Control, Shep-AI can determine if the Reapers truly are "good" or "evil" and can release them into freedom selectively.

3. New variables were presented that nobody knew about, and hence as a military officer, Shepard is/was expected to adapt and re-interpret the orders according to the situation. I was to end the Reaper THREAT, not the Reapers, and Control was the cleanest way.

4. Synthesis was alien to me and I could not make a choice so easily in such a short timeframe.

5. TIM had ONE valid point - the knowledge of the Reapers could propel civilization (note, I say "civilization" as everyone in the galaxy, not just humans, so that's different) a thousandfold into the future. I could not give that up when the possibility was there to keep it.

[Lost Mercenary]

Destroy: I wanted them gone.

I need no other reason.

[zakdillon]

Destroy.

1. I have no reason to trust the AI that has been trying to kill me constantly for the last couple years (and succeeded once!)
2. Hight EMS - sided with Quarians (turned out I was right. Legion flipped out and tried to kill me anyways. My suspicions were justified.)

BONUS ROUND: I live.

[tanisha__unknown]

Refuse.

1) it is the only ending that makes at least some kind of sense if you don't metagame.
2) dat speech...

Although since Citadel DLC I find that harder and harder...

I guess I'll switch to destroy, play the DLC after the game and imagine it to be the real finale....

[Grand Admiral Cheesecake]

Steelcan wrote...

I pick Destroy because I reject everything the Catalyst says about synthetics and organics. We will make our own future by climbing atop the challenges we face and we will usher in a new age, free from the manipulations of the Reapers.

I like this human, he understands.

[Han Shot First]

Destroy


 Reasons for that choice:

• It has been the goal since the beginning. "Dead Reapers is how we win this thing."
  
  
  
• As the only ending that does not leave the galaxy with a fully intact and operational Reaper fleet, it is also the only ending that can guarantee with absolute certainty, that galactic civilization will be safe from the Reapers for all time.
  
  
  
• The Catalyst's logic that conflict between synthetics and organics is inevitable, and that said conflicts will always end in the destruction of organics, is flawed. It is also easily debunked by both Shepard's first hand experiences with Synthetics, and galactic lore.
  
  
  
• With Control and Synthesis the Reaper War ends in a stalemate. In Refuse, the Reaper War ends in a disastrous defeat. Destroy is the only ending where the Reaper War is a victory for the Council fleets.
  
  
  
• I don't care for the idea of having an A.I. overlord governing the galaxy. I think the Catalyst needs to be destroyed. Synthesis however leaves it 'alive' and governing the Reaper fleets, whereas Control merely replaces it with Catalyst 2.0. Refuse allows it to win and annihilate all space faring life, until the next cycle completes and actually uses the Crucible.

Modifié par Han Shot First, 08 avril 2013 - 09:35 .

[frostajulie]

"I won't let fear compromise who I am"

My Shepard chooses refuse.

Why?

1. Upon activating the crucible we learn that the catalyst itself is responsible for the reapers and their "solution". As such anything it has to say is untrustworthy. The catalyst is now a part of the reaper force, the enemy and cannot be trusted with the current information.

2. The choices it offers are repulsive. They are antithetical to the themes of the entire series. Shepard has made a career from uniting disparate factions and pulling off the impossible through focusing on common goals and unity and the strength that can be found in diversity. Javik himself hammers that point home as this cycles greatest strength.

3. Shepard fears they will lose, she is tempted to choose Destroy or control. with destroy the mission is complete IF the catalyst can be believed which there is no good reason to believe it. She is tempted to choose control but since the catalyst cannot be trusted she suspects she will just get absorbed into the reapers. Synthesis is a laughable joke if it were not so repulsive, a genetic violation of every sentient lifeform in the galaxy without their consent. She has no right to make that call, nobody does.

So she does what she always has done, relies on the strength of her crew and her galaxy and her people to present a united front and defeat the reapers or die in the attempt, so she refuses because it is the only choice that does not involve at best trusting your enemy at worst collaborating with them.

So I refuse. And I lose but at least it was honest and not those false choices presented by Liowares Artistic integrity. Shep was ready to die she was not ready to gamble big with the fate of the entire galaxy on the whims of an enemy AI.

[TheCrazyHobo]

Destroy:

I choose to free the Universe from the machinations of the Reapers and their deranged AI overlord. Though the sacrifice was high, I believe that the universe will be better off charting its own course.

Conflicts may arise, races may fall, but in the end I can say "I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul."

Modifié par TheCrazyHobo, 08 avril 2013 - 09:34 .

[crimzontearz]

destroy

Shepard lives

nothing else matters

[Sailears]

I prefer the consequences of Destroy.

But I also prefer the visual effect of Shepard leaping into the beam in Synthesis - shooting a canister doesn't have the same dramatic effect.

[MegaIllusiveMan]

Control:

1) Galaxy Rebuilds faster, thus not making the other races starve while trapped on Earth while rebuilding the Mass Relays.
2) I secured peace with Geth and Quarians and supported EDI's romance with Joker... Why should I destroy?

Modifié par MegaIllusiveMan, 08 avril 2013 - 09:52 .

[DINOSAURUS]

Synthesis.

Simple process of elimination. I couldn't pick destroy, as it would render the peace between the Geth and Quarians pointless. I couldn't pick control, because it would feel too hypocritical after telling the Illusive Man that the Reapers couldn't, and indeed, shouldn't be controlled not five minutes earlier. That really only left me with synthesis. Cybernetic parts for everyone! Sure, why not?

Although, now I'm thinking that maybe destroy is the better option, and not because I'm meta-gaming. In the Leviathan DLC, Leviathan himself implies that the Catalyst has a screw loose. Makes you wonder how much of what it tells you is accurate.

[TheGreatDayne]

Um... I chose them all, at one point...

Synthesis: Because peace.
Destroy: Low EMS... Awesome for drama... I like them bittersweet ending stuff...
Control: It makes my crazy Shepard playthrough that much more funnier.

[Spartas Husky]

m3h we already know. most choose destroy.

Control your crazy enough you can do it

Synthesis you give up liberties for safety... we know how that always turns out

Destroy, err in the side of caution

[Red Panda]

I flipped a coin. Leaving it up to chance takes the power of choice away from the one.

[Cainhurst Crow]

I picked control, because of the redemption angle I could play in deposing the reapers corrupt boss and reforming them to use their power for good, rather than harm.

[Ultrabobo]

Destroy

because dead reapers is how we win this war
because what Steelcan wrote is what i think but he puts it better
because my Shepard refuses to be the one getting Joker laid. (i mean, if the crucible doesn't discriminate, i would end up controlling Reapers, Geth and EDI. All the respect for the best pilot in the galaxy, but there are limits)

[dreamgazer]

Destroy. A finite resolution to the true problem, and a path paved for life to develop on its own terms.

[Broganisity]

My morals led me to Destroy. Simple as that.

I never saw the Reapers as 'Pure Evil' just as I had with the Geth. I didn't know everything about them, after all. Still don't, most likely never will. This was Mass Effect, where Black was dark gray, White was light gray, and gray was the other forty-eight shades. What I did know was that the Geth were people (especially after recieving the specialized coding.), just like us and that the Reapers were created from races long past: they, too, were people.

That first time the Catalyst appeared? Victory through the end of the Reapers was the only thing on my mind. His words further solidified those thoughts. The vague descriptions of Control and Synthesis were simply the same to me:

Slavery.

Odd, isn't it? That I would rather destroy a potential treasure trove of knowledge and power rather than harness it. The starchild's wording made it seem as though I would simply be enslaving the Reapers to my every whim. Whether this is truly the case I do not and care not to know.

As for synthesis? I would be changing everyone in the Galaxy for a psuedo peace that comes from manipulation and nonconsential altercations. I couldn't do that, even if it meant the continued bigotry between races, philosophies, and compositions (synthetics against organics). I also found myself worried about the atrocities that could survive afterwards: would all those husks, Marauders, and Banshees regain sentience? What about those Praetorians and their husk heads? The thought of multiple human minds awakening to find themselves forcibly welded to a single metal carapace still sends shivers down my spine.

Which left me with the simple choice of destruction. The Galaxy would return to the way it was, but without the Reapers or Geth. It was the later that upset me for a week or so afterwards: I worked hard to establish a peace between Creators and the Created, only to lose it all. But sacrifices had to be made, it was something we all knew from the beginning. "Living" (the breath scene) at the end was...interesting, to say the least. After all: I was told that I would die, given my cybernetics. Call me a silly optimist but that gave me hope. Hope that the Geth could be repaired by their makers and usher in an era of peace between the two. Hope that Wrex (and Grunt I suppose) can guide his people into the arms of the rest of the Galaxy as friends and brothers (and sisters, but I'm sure know what I meant). Hope that The Shepard, vanguard of our salvation, could have his ride off into the sunset with Jack. Hope that my crew could live normal lives in this new-old world we fought so hard to make.

It is up to us to mentally create what happens in our endings, and that is what I did. I do not need any cutscenes or still frames to tell me what my choices did.

I've yet to make the choice again with the Extended Cut endings (well...Actually I just turned and shot the Catalyst in the face, but I don't count that!) though I know I'd just do it again. That's just the way I am, I suppose. Maybe the extended cut can clarify things but honestly? I don't need that clarification. The Extended Cut filled in the plot holes that bugged me the most, that's good enough for me.

Stay frost, my friends.