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[Xabungle]

I know there are different choices etc. for this series and I have played through them a few times. However, has anyone seen or know of a diagram or chart that lists the playthrough for every mission/side-mission/dlc and what best order to do them in?

[cap and gown]

There is really no "best order." In fact, you should mix up the order between playthroughs for a very different experience. Doing Tuchanka: Bomb after the Coup, for instance, can be very different than doing it before. That said, here is my suggested order for missions to do between Horizon and the Collector Ship:

http://social.biowar.../index/17375622

Modifié par cap and gown, 28 décembre 2013 - 03:06 .

[SilJeff]

Edit: I give up, this commenting system's formatting is terrible. Adding color to text simply will not work. Just follow this the best you can...<_<

Sorry for being a bit late on this, and sorry if this post seems too long, but I made a flowchart for Mass Effect 3's missions including From Ashes, Leviathan, Omega, and Citadel. I will explain my reasoning for putting the DLC's where I put them at the end.


Key:
Underlined Text- Priority Missions
Underlined Bold Text- DLC Missions



Prologue: Earth
Priority: Mars
Priority: The Citadel (I)
Priority: Palaven


Benning: Evidence
Citadel: Barla Von
Citadel: Heating Unit Stabilizers
Citadel: Improved Power Grid
Irune: Book of Plenix
Shrike Abyssal: Prothean Obelisk
Aria: Blood Pack
Aria: Blue Suns
Aria: Eclipse
Citadel: Hanar Diplomat
N7: Cerberus Lab
Citadel: Alien Medi-Gel Formula (During N7: Cerberus Lab)
Apien Crest: Banner of the First Regiment
Ismar Frontier: Prototype Components
Kite's Nest: Pillars of Strength
Shrike Abyssal: Prothean Obelisk


Priority: Sur'Kesh


Grissom Academy: Investigation
Citadel: Biotic Amp Interfaces (During Grissom Academy: Investigation)

Priority: Eden Prime
Eden Prime: Resistance Movement (During Priority: Eden Prime)

Attican Traverse: Krogan Team
Citadel: Krogan Dying Message (During Attican Traverse: Krogan Team)
N7: Cerberus Abductions (Requires doing Attican Traverse: Krogan Team or Tuchanka: Turian Platoon)
Benning: Evidence (During N7: Cerberus Abductions)
Citadel: Barla Von
Citadel: GX12 Thermal Pipe
N7: Cerberus Attack
Citadel: Improved Power Grid (During N7: Cerberus Attack)
Tuchanka: Turian Platoon
Tuchanka: Bomb
Citadel: Cerberus Automated Turret Schematics (During Tuchanka: Bomb *Can't return item until after Citadel II*)


Priority: Tuchanka
Priority: The Citadel (II)


Citadel: Cerberus Ciphers
Citadel: Chemical Treatment
Citadel: Kakliosaur Fossil
Citadel: Reaper Code Fragments
Citadel: Target Jamming Technology
Dekunna: Code of the Ancients
Hades Nexus: Obelisk of Karza
Hades Nexus: Prothean Statue
Silean Nebula: Rings of Alune
N7: Cerberus Fighter Base
Citadel: Heating Unit Stabilizers (During N7: Cerberus Fighter Base)
Arrae: Ex-Cerberus Scientists
Citadel: Cerberus Turian Poison (During Arrae: Ex-Cerberus Scientists)
Athena Nebula: Hesperia Period Statue
Citadel: Batarian Codes
Citadel: Cerberus Retribution
Citadel: Inspirational Stories
Citadel: Medi-Gel Sabotage
Citadel: Medical Supplies
Citadel: Volus Ambassador
Citadel: Wounded Batarian
Messana: Distress —› Kallini: Ardat-Yakshi Monastery
Citadel: Asari Widow (During Kallini: Ardat-Yakshi Monastery)
Nimbus Cluster: Library of Asha
Valhallan Threshold: Prothean Data Drives
Citadel: Cerberus Automated Turret Schematics (Already got the item during Tuchanka: Bomb, just need to turn it in)
Irune: Book of Plenix

Citadel: Dr. Bryson —› Citadel: Leviathan I
Leviathan: Find Garneau
Mahavid: Leviathan

Citadel: Aria T'Loak
Omega: Aria T'Loak
Omega: Assist the Hacker
Omega: Assist the Mechanic
Omega: Assist Harot


Priority: Perseus Veil
Priority: Geth Dreadnought


Citadel: Kakliosaur Fossil
Citadel: Fuel Reactors
Citadel: Chemical Treatment (During N7: Fuel Reactors)
Rannoch: Admiral Koris
Citadel: Target Jamming Technology (During Rannoch: Admiral Koris)
Rannoch: Geth Fighter Squadrons
Citadel: Reaper Code Fragments (During Rannoch: Geth Fighter Squadrons) 


Priority: Rannoch


Dekunna: Code of the Ancients
Hades Nexus: Obelisk of Karza
Hades Nexus: Prothean Sphere
Silean Nebula: Rings of Aluna
Dekunna: Elcor Extraction (Just speak to the elcor ambassador again if Code of the Ancients is done)

Citadel: Leviathan II
Leviathan: Find Ann Bryson
Namakli: Leviathan

Citadel: Shore Leave
Citadel Wards: Ambush
Citadel: Identity Theft I
Silver Coast Casino: Infiltration
Citadel: Identity Theft II
Citadel Archives: Escape
Citadel Docks: Retake the Normandy
Citadel Arena Challenges (Assortment)
Citadel Arena: Unusual Scores


Priority: The Citadel (III)
Priority: Thessia
Priority: Horizon


N7: Communication Hub
Citadel: Cerberus Ciphers (During N7: Communication Hub)

Citadel: Leviathan III
Leviathan: Scan Locations
Despoina: Leviathan

Citadel: Party


Priority: Cerberus Headquarters
Priority: Earth



As for why I put the DLC where they are:
1. From Ashes- I know most people would say to do it ASAP, but I disagree. I put it after both Sur'Kesh and Grissom Academy because of how Javik can't be used right off if you get him ASAP and because of the Atlas Mech you fight in this DLC. It just pops up like any normal enemy, whereas the mech gets a big entrance in Sur'Kesh and a smaller but still significant entrance in Grissom Academy. This tells me that Sur'Kesh is meant to be the Atlas's introduction and Grissom Academy being the first occurance of it in a side mission, and thus both coming before Priority: Eden Prime

2. Leviathan- I simply like to take advantage of the fact that you can split the DLC up and play it in segments. So, I like to split it into thirds, each third ending on a combat mission. Plus, I think the various points of the story are not all meant to be in the beginning, middle, or end of the game. For example, I feel it is out of place for Dr. Bryson to first tell Hackett about his research right before endgame, and Shepard and crew will look like idiots on Thessia if they already knew about Leviathan because the entire DLC was finished early. One other thing, most people say to do the DLC right after Thessia, and I disagree because Citadel III, Thessia, and Horizon feel too interconnected for shepard to take a big detour to do things like this, Omega's DLC, or Citadel's DLC (as in, Shepard is completely obsessed with finding Cerberus after Kai Leng did what he did on Thessia, and it would be out of place to do anything but go to Horizon then and there)

3. Omega- I feel it is a great way to get revenge on Cerberus after pulling their little stunt on the Citadel in Citadel II. As for why I do it after the first third of Leviathan instead of before? It makes no difference either way, I just like taking care of the quicker one first [this case, 1/3rd of a smaller DLC versus the entirety of a larger one]

4. Citadel- I wait to do the mission part until after Rannoch because I want to bring as many people as I can to it, and it is after Rannoch that Tali officially joins the squad. I think it may be possible to bring her after the Geth Dreadnought [never tried it], but doing that means, similar to what I said above about Thessia, shoehorning in a huge mission in the middle of an interconnected plot arc. As for the Party, I want to have everyone be there who can be there, and you can't have Miranda until after Horizon. It is also the very last thing I like to do before the endgame.



I hope you found this helpful and sorry if it is a bit hard to read!

Modifié par SilJeff, 08 janvier 2014 - 02:25 .

[JosieJ]

In fact, it's possible to bring Tali along on the Citadel DLC right after you meet with the quarians, without even doing the Dreadnought mission. However, I totally agree with the way you have it listed. There's an urgency to the quarian missions that makes it just feel wrong to take time out to enjoy yourself (or fight for your life, whatever) on shore leave.

[daleshepard]

Ive been looking all over for something like this, thanks SilJeff!

[SilJeff]

daleshepard wrote...

Ive been looking all over for something like this, thanks SilJeff!

no problem 

[cap and gown]

From a meta-gaming perspective, I find doing the Citadel DLC best after Dreadnaught and Rannoch: Fighter Base. I want the Fighter Base mission for the two upgrades. Then the Citadel mission for the Suppressor and the mods. Then the arena stuff for more mods and the Cerberus Spirit Armor. Also, the claw game at the arcade has 4 weapon mods. It may not fit RP-wise, but it will buff your character quite a bit.

Also, I visit Bryson's office right after Priority: Palaven so I can get the mods there, most particularly the SMG stability mods. (Also, I think there is an SMG HVB mod there.) I have the collector's edition, so I have access to the Hurricane. But you need a stability mod to use it. The HVB will also make it much more effective.

Modifié par cap and gown, 18 janvier 2014 - 02:01 .