I like doing From Ashes when you have Ashley/Kaidan with you. Since it's where you first met(and with extra dialogue), it just doesn't feel right not bringing them along.
Damn, that's a good point too! At least I'll save this for my alternate Sheps. Personally, I can't stand not getting a squadmate ASAP, so I do that with Javik (getting him right after Mars). Screw plot timing!..in this case.
If it helps, this is my mission order, at least for my main Shepard. (N7 missions are done nearly ASAP but aren't very important to this order otherwise)
Act 1:
-Vancouver
-Mars
(some sidequests and Citadel visit)
-From Ashes DLC
-Palaven
-Grissom Academy
-Sur'Kesh
(some sidequests and Citadel visit)
-Turian Platoon
-Cerberus Bomb
-Rachni Planet
(complete ALL possible sidequests and full Citadel sweep)
-Tuchanka
Act 2:
-Citadel Coup
-Omega DLC
-Asari Monastery
-Ex-Cerberus Scientists
(some sidequests and Citadel visit)
-Geth Dreadnaught
-Save Admiral
-Geth Consensus
-Rannoch
Act 3:
-Leviathan DLC
-Citadel DLC story
-Thessia
-some Citadel DLC arena, visits, etc
-Sanctuary
(complete ALL possible sidequests and full Citadel sweep)
-rest of Citadel DLC arena, visits, party
-Cronos Station
-London
-Crucible/Citadel
In Leviathan the squad encounters banshees, and doesn't react to them except to say, "Ahh! Banshee!" so it makes sense to save that at least until after the ardat-yakshi monastery.
In my current playthrough, I'm considering doing Omega before the war summit/Sur'Kesh, just for something different.
In Leviathan the squad encounters banshees, and doesn't react to them except to say, "Ahh! Banshee!" so it makes sense to save that at least until after the ardat-yakshi monastery.
In my current playthrough, I'm considering doing Omega before the war summit/Sur'Kesh, just for something different.
I think you can do it whenever, it doesn't effect the story at all. It's mostly a gameplay experience as Omega rains Shepard down in a tempest of experience points.
Traynor won´t even notice the new chess board.
Am I the only one incapable of spreading Citadel?
I mean, the tone is so different from the rest of the game (more like a episode 100 or Christmas special) that for pure narrative purpose I rather do as a single special episode.
Traynor won´t even notice the new chess board.
Am I the only one incapable of spreading Citadel?
I mean, the tone is so different from the rest of the game (more like a episode 100 or Christmas special) that for pure narrative purpose I rather do as a single special episode.
On playthroughs now I just skip the party bit and only do the quest and romance content.
Except for my psuedo Vega romancing Shepard.
I consider Citadel to be Shepard's little 'sanctuary'..
(nevermind that sanctuary is a lie)
I think you can do it whenever, it doesn't effect the story at all. It's mostly a gameplay experience as Omega rains Shepard down in a tempest of experience points.
That's what I was thinking, two or three extra levels worth of points to put into cluster grenades.
RE: Citadel DLC, I've always done the whole thing in one shot, just before Cronos Station, but I can see why people like to break it up. Think I'll give it a try this time. Leviathan too.
If I´m playing seriously and not using cheats, I find very hard to try Omega early. I guess it´s ok to try on a me2 imported shepard, but if it´s one created at level 1 in me3, the fights will be pretty intense. Sure, it will reward the player with lots of mods and a generous amount of experience points, but the fights are hard, specially the segment in which you have to fight alone in order to free aria.
Traynor won´t even notice the new chess board.
Yeah I noticed that to. It would've been nice to play a game with her after receiving the chessboard or at least hear her make a comment about it.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone saved the Citadel DLC for after the ending? I keep hearing how it's one of those ''reunion'' episodes on TV shows when the cast gets back together for one last time. Obviously with the ending it doesn't make sense, but I can headcanon something easily or use MEHEM and the Citadel Mod that removes any Reaper or war references.
I haven't played Citadel DLC yet, but this seems like another possibility that might work.
Yeah I noticed that to. It would've been nice to play a game with her after receiving the chessboard or at least hear her make a comment about it.
I guess Omega stands out as an episode that absolutely no one who wasn't directly involved ever comments on. No 'new chessboard Commander?' or 'WTF were you for a few days? The Primarch is raising holy hell that we've been parked while Palaven is burning' or any reaction whatsoever. Despite that and the cutscene bugs, it does offer fun combat.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone saved the Citadel DLC for after the ending? I keep hearing how it's one of those ''reunion'' episodes on TV shows when the cast gets back together for one last time. Obviously with the ending it doesn't make sense, but I can headcanon something easily or use MEHEM and the Citadel Mod that removes any Reaper or war references.
I haven't played Citadel DLC yet, but this seems like another possibility that might work.
I do either.
But I'll never remove the Reaper War references.
If I'm going to eat with Kaidan, that Earth footage is staying right there. Right in the background. Everyone dying. While I eat with Kaidan.
I have one unrelated question, but I'll post it here since it feels pointless to make a whole new thread of it:
When you talk to Matriarch Atethyta in the Citadel Commons cafe, and you haven't romanced Liara, is there any way to make her stop refering you to as boyfriend/girlfriend (during the Paragon interrupt)? Somehow I think that may be another conversation bug, but maybe she just call you that for the heck of it? What do you guys know?
For this playthrough, I bought Leviathan, Omega and Citadel at the same time. I already had From Ashes.
I did From Ashes After the citadel's II . Why? to have the VS accompany me to Eden Prime.
Omega .. I should have done it right after Citadel II, just to spank cerberus a bit more..but well, I did it before rannoch anyway.
Leviathan I just started it (I'm just before rannoch. The droid escort part is beating my a** off on insanity. It's crazy). I planned to do the last part after thessia and before citadel.
And I will do Citadel after Thessia, just to cheer up my poor shep.
Act 1:
-Vancouver
-Mars
(some sidequests and Citadel visit)
-From Ashes DLC
-Palaven
-Grissom Academy
-Sur'Kesh
(some sidequests and Citadel visit)
-Turian Platoon
-Cerberus Bomb
-Rachni Planet
(complete ALL possible sidequests and full Citadel sweep)
-Tuchanka
Act 2:
-Citadel Coup
-Omega DLC
-Asari Monastery
-Ex-Cerberus Scientists
(some sidequests and Citadel visit)
-Geth Dreadnaught
-Save Admiral
-Geth Consensus
-Rannoch
Act 3:
-Leviathan DLC
-Citadel DLC story
-Thessia
-Sanctuary
(complete ALL possible sidequests and full Citadel sweep)
-Cronos Station
-London
-Crucible/Citadel High EMS Destroy
-some Citadel DLC arena, visits, etc
-rest of Citadel DLC arena, visits, party -- turn off your game.
Wait, you can play Citadel DLC post-credit? 
Also, please answer my question about Aethyta please 
Wait, you can play Citadel DLC post-credit?
Also, please answer my question about Aethyta please
Well yes, but no at the same time. After the credits when you load back in, you load a save that's right before Cerberus HQ.
No, Citadel is NOT 'post-end'.
However, it is deliberately designed to be many players' 'real ending'.
One could play the game, pick Destroy/Control/Synth, return to pre-Cronos, do all of Citadel DLC, and.. sit there.
Or they can push through for one more loop. Considering the dialogue spread throughout the DLC, I'd imagine the more likely reason people would have to go forward again, would be to Destroy the Reapers again.
And then there's the headcanon people have of things like picking Control and having ControllerShep create a simulation for himself where he can visit his friends, allies, and loves.
Lots of ways you can take it. If anything, Citadel DLC broadens horizons
The order I finally settled on is:
- From Ashes: post-Palaven, pre-Sur'kesh. Even tho I don't use him much on missions, I like getting Javik as soon as possible so I can start interacting with him. But I postpone it 'til after Palaven because evacuating the primarch feels like it's something that should be done immediately (and even then, Shepard is still too late).
- Citadel: the "Shore Leave" mission portion of it immediately after the coup. It's when it first becomes available, and the ship is right there anyway so it just seems to make narrative sense as a good time to stop there for a few days and have some repairs made. (The only downside to doing it here is that you don't have Tali yet, but unless your Shep is romancing her--which mine doesn't--then it's not really a big deal; YMMV.)
- Omega: Right after "Priority: Shore Leave". When Omega first came out, I didn't like it because it made no sense to me that Shepard would just leave the Normandy behind and put her/his ability to leave Omega completely at Aria's whim (suppose the fight to re-take it had gone on for months, and Aria refused to let Shep leave until it was over?). But by doing it right after the Shore Leave mission, I can believe that the Normandy is in drydock for a few days/couple of weeks, and Shepard figures it's as good a time as any to go help Aria. It's either that, or sit around the Citadel the whole time, watching biotiball with Steve & James and shooting holograms with Jack. Might as well go do something productive for the war effort.
- Leviathan: After Rannoch. As already mentioned, it just seems to make the most narrative sense to save it until after the first encounter with banshees at the A-Y monastery. And if you've already done the Shore Leave mission, then all the trips back to Bryson's Lab on the Citadel make a good excuse for doing all the various meet-ups with the crew in the apartment and on the Strip.
- Citadel: "The Party": After the end, with the pre-Cronos autosave point that the game returns you to. Make the party an epilogue, and treat it as a flashback (the stargazer's "One more story...") to some undetermined time after the Shore Leave mission. This lets you have everyone there, including Miranda, and not only does it not jar with the post-Thessia, pre-Cronos tone of the story at that point, but it fits perfectly as the final farewell it was written to be. I love having the very last moments be "It's been a good ride"; "The best", and watching Shep run off to join the rest of the team as the screen fades to black on the Normandy... *sniff*
From Ashes: Before Palaven.
Omega: After Coup
Leviathan: First two missions after Rannoch and the last after Horizon
Citadel: After Horizon and Leviathan and before point of no return.
I am firmly in the camp that Omega should be done before starting the diplomatic summit. After getting the 3 merc groups for Aria, I start it up and leave the Normandy idling with Victus on the Citadel. It gets it out of the way early, which I like and to me at least makes Cerberus' attack on the Citadel later make a bit more sense.
I am firmly in the camp that Omega should be done before starting the diplomatic summit. After getting the 3 merc groups for Aria, I start it up and leave the Normandy idling with Victus on the Citadel. It gets it out of the way early, which I like and to me at least makes Cerberus' attack on the Citadel later make a bit more sense.
Out of curiosity, in what way? I played Omega at that point in my last playthrough, and I never really thought about it affecting the coup attempt.
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