I tried but I cannot find my original post, so I'll have to write everything all over again.
Can we trust you on that?
What? You think people go on the Internet in order to tell lies and mislead others?
Both ME1 and ME2 were worse off than ME3 in that regard.
I agree about ME2 (mostly because this is where the trainwreck of bad writing actually started) but not about ME1.
the entire plot of Mass Effect 1 is nonsensical
ME1 is the only game in the trilogy where its main plot actually makes sense.
The game does have flaws, but lots of things ME1 did wrong are what ME2 and ME3 did much worse.
Saren blows his cover and exposes Sovereign by attacking Eden Prime to obtain a Prothean beacon he already had (Virmire) to find a Conduit he didn't need, to gain access to the Presidium that he and his Asari commandos already had full access to.
Saren's and Sovereign's final goal was to bring back the Reapers from dark space. The main reason Eden Prime was attacked was to make sure the Alliance and the Council do not uncover the knowledge that the artifact has. The Prothean beacon showed the extinction of the Protheans to Shepard. It contained a clear warning of the Reaper invasion. It had information about the Conduit. Plus, the Alliance wanted to share the beacon with other Council members for full study. Obviously, this was an alarming threat to their plans!
The beacon from Eden Prime also contained information that the Virmire beacon didn't, and that's why Saren was needed to use it. Doesn't the recording from the trial support this? "Eden Prime was a major victory. The beacon has brought us one step closer to finding the Conduit."
Saren blows his cover and exposes Sovereign
It was necessary for both of them to show up on Eden Prime. The matter was very sensitive. The geth couldn’t take care of it alone.
And if it weren't for Shepard and the Normandy (which happens to be the fastest and stealthiest starship ever built) the amount of evidences from Eden Prime would have been zero. The only thing left would have been dust. No one would even know that the geth were involved. The Alliance was lucky.
All Saren needed to do was attack Citadel Control with his Asari commandos while Sovereign and the Geth attack the Citadel fleets. The element of surprise would be his and another extinction cycle would have gone on without a hitch.
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Saren didn't need either of the Prothean beacons or the Conduit. He had full access to the Presidium, as did his Asari commandos, and before Eden Prime he was under no suspicion for treachery. All he needed to do was to seize Citadel Control and open up the Citadel for Sovereign and the attacking Geth fleet. No diversion through Eden Prime was needed.
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Saren and his commandos should have been enough to seize Citadel Control
…Really? Are you really saying that taking over the most heavily secured place in the entire galaxy is a cakewalk? Especially within minutes?
NO! Absolutely NO!
I’m not sure if the dozen asari commandos had access but lets assume they did.
Do you actually think the Citadel doesn’t have anything to easily fight off against asari biotics? C-Sec has plenty of officers with advanced biotic training. Presidium is a very open area, meaning Saren and his troops can get easily surrounded. Thousands of other Citaldel security officers can arrive in less than a minute to provide backup.
For example, when you talk to Wrex on the Citadel he says “Ten to one, there’s a sniper watching our every step.” What could Saren and the commandos do against them? What would they do if a few gunships appeared to fight them? In the end, they would accomplish nothing except suicide.
Saren needs an army. Period.
Saren and his commandos should have been enough to seize Citadel Control, as he manages to seize the building with a similarly small force of Geth.
Small force? The place was full of geth. A lot of them were needed to be shot down before reaching Saren.
Saren’s followers were fighting elsewhere around the Citadel. Plenty of other geth and krogan were killed by Citadel defense forces before Shepard’s arrival, which made reaching Saren easier for him and his squad.
At Ilos Shepard was just minutes behind Saren in jumping through the Conduit, so it wouldn't be possible for Saren to have gotten a large army through. It is never stated how many troops Saren got through the Conduit, but given the extremely short time frame anything larger than a small unit would be impossible.
I’m… not entirely sure what to think about this. Been a long time since I played the game so I can't remember.
*Shrugs*
But since you argue that ME1 is worse that ME3, I’ll provide a similar example that ME3 did much worse.
In ME3, the Codex mentions that it takes days for the Migrant Fleet to travel through one relay. Then at the final battle for Earth, we see the entire combined galactic fleet takes only seconds to travel through the relay. What do you think about that?
The element of surprise would be his and another extinction cycle would have gone on without a hitch.
What element of surprise? What are you talking about?
I’m not sure I understand, but to me it sounds like you’re saying that attacking an enemy from his front side is a better “surprise” than the actual surprise of sneaking up and stabbing him in the back.
Walking through the front door means that the security would be aware of what’s happening. They would know about Saren, they would know the total number of people he has with him, what their training is, what exactly they are armed with, etc. I fail to see what qualifies for an element of surprise here?
I think a key part you’re missing is that the Conduit is a replica of a mass relay. It transfers ships and vehicles. Which means that using the conduit Saren can transfer fighters and dropships. He can transfer armatures and colossuses right behind enemy lines.
C-Sec would have terror raining on them within seconds. Isn’t this a great option alongside a bunch of ground troops?
No one at the Citadel has the experience nor the training when it comes to fighting the geth. I feel sorry for the poor bxstxrds who first had to face Juggernauts and Primes.
Do these not qualify for an element of surprise? Citadel security had no idea what hit them given how quickly Saren and his forces were moving.
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... I was too. 
