Well, to be perfectly honest with you guys...
My finger...slipped.
I meant to save Ashley.

>>91021
I find her death and words being misinterpreted by turians better then Kaden becoming funds towards the Ascension Project. Cerberus doesn't need any more money in their pockets.

>>90989
>>91014
>>91019
>>91021

>>91032
One of these days you're just going to have to accept nobody likes Ashley but you.

>>91033

Me and at least two other people in this thread.

And most everyone outside of here that I know who's played Mass Effect.

>>91034
That can't be a lot then.

But seriously, people gotta dump their hate somewhere. Williams is providing a service to the team which she is capable of handling. Imagine if people devoted all their hate to Garrus. He couldn't deal.

>>91035

I like both humans, but of all the people to let die, Ashley's sort of the only choice for me. Not much need for an assault rifle tank when I already am one most of the time, and it's always funner letting your romantic interest die. Makes Shepard's decisions a lot more painful.

  So can we talk some NPC love, rather than squad member hate?

Because I found my new favorite NPC.

>>91034
That's funny. Most people I know couldn't stand Ashley.

>>91043

Then perhaps we are each of us suffering from perception bias based on who our friends are, and should stop assuming that our positions are the generally-held one unless polling data becomes available.

>>91039

This is awesome.

>>91039
Fun fact I missed when I first saw this. This is the same dance Shepard tries to pull (and fails) on the dancing asari during Samara's loyalty mission. I'm kind of pissed we don't get to see Shepard do the full dance with a non-shitty camera angle.

  The priiizzzeeee

I never tire of GARrus jokes. They're as bad as Chuck Norris but much more witty. My favorites are:

-Garrus Vakarian can calibrate a gun so well, it needs a cigarette afterward.
-Garrus chose to get hit by that gunship. He was tired of looking so damn good.
-They named the bridge Archangel held on Omega after his real name once he left. They had to rename it later, unfortunately; no one crosses Garrus Vakarian and lives.
-Garrus Vakarian's favorite store on the Citadel is himself. He dishes out pain at unbelievable prices.
-Morinth once had a mind-meld with Garrus Vakarian. She complained he never called her back.
-On Tuchanka, Garrus got twenty-four mating requests. There were also seven for his sniper rifle.

>>91033
I can see why people might dislike Ash, but the whole idea that she's part of some kind of highly religious pro-human extremist is just stupid. She might be a pro-human bigot at the start, but she lightens up considerably once your mission progresses (much like Presley, by the way). Hell, one of the final sidequest in the original Mass Effect concerns Terra Firma, a group of pro-human extremists, lobbying for a seat in the Alliance parliament and Ashley downright tells them they're being retarded if she's in your party at the time.

Her religious views are mentioned, like, twice in the whole game and are easily avoidable if you choose the right conversation options. Besides, I don't really see how it matters. Freedom of religion, and all that jazz.

That said, I'm still totally ditching Ash for Jack in Mass Effect 3.

>>91055
These are groan-worthy but I love them. Why haven't I seen any of these before? I must be lurking the wrong forums.

I'm Commander Professor and this is my favorite comic on the Citadel.

  >>91059
Well most people don't progress their relationship with Ashley.

When I first played I know I didn't, largely because of her attitude early on. She was a huuuuuuuuge bitch.

"YOU SHOULDN'T LET DEM ALIENS ON OUR SHIP CUZ I DON TRUSS EM"


Now I hate on her because it's fucking hilarious. Video related.

  And Asshole Shepard is the BEST SHEPARD.

I want to play this game so baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.

But my computer can't handle ittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.

;__________________________;

>>91084

>"YOU SHOULDN'T LET DEM ALIENS ON OUR SHIP CUZ I DON TRUSS EM"

Yeah, it's really bitchy to be hesitant to about allowing members of other species that you don't even know very well to have free access to your species' top secret research project ship.

:I

>>91085

dear bioware why is shephard so static its creepy plz lern 2 animate

>>91103
To be fair, she kind of tagged along. I understand Priesly giving Shepard that kind of shit. He's stationed on the Normandy. Williams? She's lucky to be included for the mission.

>>91103

The quarian and the krogan are perfectly understandable, I get that it's only been maybe 30 years since the First Contact War, and they both have a long-standing prejudiced view from other aliens. But Garrus' species BUILT THAT FUCKING SHIP WITH THE HUMANS, AND HE'S A GOVERNMENTAL WORKER FOR THE CITADEL.

It's really my only beef with her. That one important detail makes her a little bigoted no matter what dialogue choices you make. At least you can help change her mind (sort of, since she's indifferent rather than disgusted) as time goes on, but when you first meet her? BITCH BITCH BITCH BITCH BITCH.

>>91108
>Priesly
Oh my god lapse in spelling. That should be PRESSLY.

>>91103
>Some random bitch that Shepard saved from certain death questioning him and those he trusts just because they aren't human, including Garrus, who belongs to the species that helped the humans build the Normandy.

  >>91110
My problem with Ashley? This.

>>91110

He's also from a species that was pretty recently trying to genocide humanity, so. You know. Things work out.

  I don't hate Ashely but I didn't really care for her either. Also no one tells me how to run my ship. But all that aside does anyone else find Shepard's cheapness amusing? Such as stealing a single credit.

>>91156
You saying you don't pick up pennies you see on the ground?

>>91159
I, for one, hate pennies. But Shepard being a skinflint is hilarious.

>>91159
Actually, no I don't. With this I just find it really amusing that Shepard spends time to crack the safes in the most secure facilities in the galaxy with thousands of credits inside and open wallets he finds with one credit inside.

>>91159
I don't even own any pennies. They are the most useless things in the world.

I just realized something.
Keeping the Base may be a good thing.
Think about it. The Council's doing everything in their power to dissuade rumors or theories concerning what the fuck Sovereign is, and they still don't believe you, after all your evidence given. Or lack thereof.

You not only have the "birthing cradle" of new Reapers, but, if memory serves space stations don't have bottomless pits. There is a dead human-reaper in the sub-basement.

You have all the proof the Council needs to warrant galaxy-wide weaponization.

Also, I really hope ME3 explores the northwest, or at least an organic-spacefaring race. It needs to be done.

>>91270
I really hate how there was no, "I'm going to turn this into the council option."

>>91270
I wouldn't be surprised if the Council tried to spin it as a human threat (especially that annoying finger quoting Turian). I mean, you've got a base only a human ship can access, a crew carrying weapons made by the Collectors, and a gigantic human-shaped death machine sitting around. There's enough material for someone prone to conspiracy theories to get entirely the wrong idea.

>>91278
The council would spin it as a Cerberus plot to manipulate the galaxy, and that it was actually Cerberus who was abducting and murdering the colonists as part of a freak science project.

Either way, I strongly regret not killing the council.

Best Mass Effect Endings? Play a paragon in the first game, a "nice" renegade in the second. When I say "nice" of course I mean don't torture Veetor and keep Kal'Reeger alive.

>>91295
I always die a little bit inside when I let Kal help me fight...and then he dies because I'm a slow poke.

>>91278
"THE REAPERS ARE REAL, AND THE HUMANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM! SEND THE CITADEL FORCES TO BLOW UP EARTH!"

>>91321
If they did that they would only unite Humanity under Cerberus.

>especially that annoying finger quoting Turian
Speaking of which...

>>91321
One small problem with that.
Asari/Salarian/Turian forces, possibly with support from the Hanar, Elcor and Batarians, because, fuck, Batarians, versus the "sleeping giant" of humanity, Quarians, Rachni, Krogan, and the Geth. Who do you think would win that war?

And canon or not, humanity can be a notoriously dirty and incredibly vindictive fighter.

Asteroid X-51? Drop or blow up a few moons in retaliation.
A Mass Relay too much of a strategic liability? Drag the fucker into a sun.

>>91363
Don't only humans have massive carrier class ships that allow them to sidestep some regualtions on size?

>>91368
After the battle of the Citadel, the Geth likely do as well.

Question.
How do I screengrab this page? With spoilers removed?

>>91370
Tediously. You'd have to screencap multiple times so you can hover over every spoiler. Or, alternately, just highlight the spoilered text in each cap.

>>91370
...Why do you want to save this? It's not /that/ interesting.

>>91375
Eh. I thought it'd be nice to do.

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