#bc each asset is worth 90 (75 if council saved). thats maybe 1/3 lost but im increasing it bc its been AT LEAST 2 years since the battle and

[weirdbabs]

i am once again thinking about how fucked it is that sacrificing like half to three fourths of the ships/crews to save 3 people is considered a paragon option but sacrificing about 75% of your unit to defeat the enemy is renegade. why would sacrificing thousands of people to save 3 be considered “compassionate” or “heroic” while sacrificing 75% of your unit (which is 7-14 people apparently, so like 5-11 people) to ensure you won is considered “ruthless” or “apathetic”

(i know why. its bc the first mass effect game doesnt really seem to have a grip on what it wants its morality to be much more than blue= nice, good and red= bad, mean)

#mass effect #the later games get it better imo. i really like how they did it in 3 where often times the choices lead to the same thing #like choosing the renegade vs paragon option in the geth/quarian conflict. both save both races but both speeches feel right for the option #you know? #the ME wiki describes renegade as ‘ruthless’ and ‘apathetic’ which like. *throws hands in the air* I GUESS #like personally i dont think of renegade shep as apathetic based on the ruthless background but whatever. to each their own #didnt feel like saying this when i typed it bc i was trying to get something to my mom so that took priority but i said 50-75% of the troops #bc each asset is worth 90 (75 if council saved). thats maybe 1/3 lost but im increasing it bc its been AT LEAST 2 years since the battle and #we KNOW that they had a surge of people enlisting post to fight the geth. figure in more people enlisting right after earth was hit and i #figure that numbers somewhere between 50 and 75% lost. especially since i couldnt find an actual number anywhere #personally i think me3 starts 3. maybe 3.5 years after the battle bc 2 years dead + me2 + 6 months under house arrest