I don't think this is "poor" writing, exactly. Just lazy, convenient, and reliant on the vague "the plot demands" schlock magic people seem to dislike.
It works well enough at moving the story forward, though, and I do think the mystery behind it (and the Thorian) is remotely interesting.
Verisimilitude is a problem I think a lot of people lack here.
I don't think this is "poor" writing, exactly. Just lazy, convenient, and reliant on the vague "the plot demands" schlock magic people seem to dislike.
It works well enough at moving the story forward, though, and I do think the mystery behind it (and the Thorian) is remotely interesting.
Verisimilitude is a problem I think a lot of people lack here.
It's the Internet. It happens. Posters exaggerate sides of their opinion for effect.
So you're AlanC9's spokesperson?
And since you brought up conventional victory. What would be wrong with that?
What other point were you trying to make by saying they didn't shoot him from the back?
Or were you just showing your fabulous observational skills?
You just mentioned it yourself:
Remember? (I'll edit it back into the post where I quoted you.)
Not in the original post, but I wasn't replying to the original post.
If you didn't want to talk about conventional victory, why did you engage on the subject rather than just telling Psychevore that this was going OT?
Not in the post you first quoted
No, but you didn't say Psychevore was wrong in mentioning conventional victory leaving me to believe that's what you thought I meant in the post that you first quoted of mine.
Who says I don't want to talk about conventional victory?
What other point were you trying to make by saying they didn't shoot him from the back?
Or were you just showing your fabulous observational skills?
Thanks for the compliment about my observation skills.
The point I was making had Hackett attacked Sovereign from behind it would've minimized the loss of ships and life.
Thanks for the compliment about my observation skills.
The point I was making had Hackett attacked Sovereign from behind it would've minimized the loss of ships and life.
Well your observational skills suck:
8:50-9:20. They're hitting him from ALL angles it doesn't hurt Sovereign one bit
Well your observational skills suck:
8:50-9:20. They're hitting him from ALL angles it doesn't hurt Sovereign one bit
My observations skills are fine. It doesn't show any ship directly behind the reaper. And had Hackett had all ships firing from behind, they would've caused damage
Not in the post you first quoted
No, but you didn't say Psychevore was wrong in mentioning conventional victory leaving me to believe that's what you thought I meant in the post that you first quoted of mine.
Who says I don't want to talk about conventional victory?
My observations skills are fine. It doesn't show any ship directly behind the reaper. And had Hackett had all ships firing from behind, they would've caused damage
I'm going to take a wild guess that the writers simply did not add this vulnerability to the reapers until ME3.
I'm going to take a wild guess that the writers simply did not add this vulnerability to the reapers until ME3.
Mass Effect ships, even the Reapers, use spinal-mounted mass accelerators as their primary weaponry.
This isn't like Star Wars, where ships have turrets and a lot of them. Attacking a ship from behind means it can't fire its weapons at you
Sovereign seemed to have weapons all over it. It was basically firing death rays from its arms.
Fair enough, but how straight back can it aim?
Also, why were they engaging so close? Yes, Hackett is an idiot, but it seems most human leaders in the game are.
Fair enough, but how straight back can it aim?
Also, why were they engaging so close? Yes, Hackett is an idiot, but it seems most human leaders in the game are.
Because it is more impressive to do so. They might as well have hidden behind the citadel walls and used tv guided missiles. But that wouldn't be as cool looking. As far as it doesn't ruin the story or the narrative it is ok in my books. "There isn't sound is space or fires 
It's okay to have a bit of an artistic license, just don't let it backfire like in ME2.
Also, why were they engaging so close?
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