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This thread is for those who have beaten at least one ME2 playthrough, or for those who don’t mind spoilers. And spoilers there will be 
Ok, first just let me say…how AWESOME was that?? I spent the last hour of the game on the edge of my seat, including yelling ‘no no no!’ when I thought Tali would die.
For those who mentioned the romances and how Ash/Kaiden smacks you down or how Liara has changed, let me say this.
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Ash/Kaiden relationship can be salvaged, I’m pretty sure. If you tell them you were in a coma for the two years, and that you are not WITH Cerberus but only being funded by them for the moment, they will later send you an ‘apology’ letter. Their whole point of view is that first they find out you’ve been alive for two years and haven’t contacted them (which has to hurt, they had no idea you were actually unconscious for the whole while. For all they know you just cast them aside), and that you are suddenly working for the ‘enemy’. Yeah, like anyone, they’re having a major ‘wtf’ anger issue. From everything I’ve gleaned from the Bioware production team, the original romances CAN be carried over into ME3 if you play your cards right.
As for Liara, if you do her quests and then choose the ‘why so much anger’ option after she mentions stuffing the Shadow Broker into a coffee cup, she will break down and explain some things to you. This option only appears ONCE and you don’t get it again. Don’t read below if you don’t want to know what it triggers:
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Basically, the gist of my understanding is, she found out it was the Shadow Broker who told the Collectors where to find you. So she blames the Shadow Broker for your death. Also, her friend that was helping her try and find you (find out if you were alive or not) ended up being captured and killed/tortured by the Shadow Broker. So she’s got a real hate on for him/her now.
She incurred a massive amount of personal debt trying to find you. From what I understand, she’s the one that finally locates your dead body. Whether she actually sees it or not is unclear but she ends up ‘making a deal with the devil’ with Cerberus and turns your body over to them on the desperate chance they’ll be able to save you. She was afraid this would make you hate her when you found out what she’d done.
My FemShep didn’t end up romancing anyone else so I can hold off and see what comes of this in ME3. My MaleShep I’m playing through now will also hold on after his confrontation with Ash to see what is resolved in ME3. The rest of my Sheps are free to pursue new romances in the second game, so that’ll be interesting as well (no Kaiden romances. I didn't like him at all).
And finally, I lost Legion. Not entirely sure how as his loyalty was up and I had all upgrades. Anyone have any ideas on what I should have done different to get everyone out alive?
Ok, first just let me say…how AWESOME was that?? I spent the last hour of the game on the edge of my seat, including yelling ‘no no no!’ when I thought Tali would die.
For those who mentioned the romances and how Ash/Kaiden smacks you down or how Liara has changed, let me say this.
SPOILERS
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Ash/Kaiden relationship can be salvaged, I’m pretty sure. If you tell them you were in a coma for the two years, and that you are not WITH Cerberus but only being funded by them for the moment, they will later send you an ‘apology’ letter. Their whole point of view is that first they find out you’ve been alive for two years and haven’t contacted them (which has to hurt, they had no idea you were actually unconscious for the whole while. For all they know you just cast them aside), and that you are suddenly working for the ‘enemy’. Yeah, like anyone, they’re having a major ‘wtf’ anger issue. From everything I’ve gleaned from the Bioware production team, the original romances CAN be carried over into ME3 if you play your cards right.
As for Liara, if you do her quests and then choose the ‘why so much anger’ option after she mentions stuffing the Shadow Broker into a coffee cup, she will break down and explain some things to you. This option only appears ONCE and you don’t get it again. Don’t read below if you don’t want to know what it triggers:
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Basically, the gist of my understanding is, she found out it was the Shadow Broker who told the Collectors where to find you. So she blames the Shadow Broker for your death. Also, her friend that was helping her try and find you (find out if you were alive or not) ended up being captured and killed/tortured by the Shadow Broker. So she’s got a real hate on for him/her now.
She incurred a massive amount of personal debt trying to find you. From what I understand, she’s the one that finally locates your dead body. Whether she actually sees it or not is unclear but she ends up ‘making a deal with the devil’ with Cerberus and turns your body over to them on the desperate chance they’ll be able to save you. She was afraid this would make you hate her when you found out what she’d done.
My FemShep didn’t end up romancing anyone else so I can hold off and see what comes of this in ME3. My MaleShep I’m playing through now will also hold on after his confrontation with Ash to see what is resolved in ME3. The rest of my Sheps are free to pursue new romances in the second game, so that’ll be interesting as well (no Kaiden romances. I didn't like him at all).
And finally, I lost Legion. Not entirely sure how as his loyalty was up and I had all upgrades. Anyone have any ideas on what I should have done different to get everyone out alive?
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