Presumably some of the organizers may have known of Shepard’s claims, but as far as the public (i.e. The civilians that make up the vast majority of people making the trip) wouldn’t know about an impending invasion, or the existence of Reapers at all. Remember, the official story was that Sovereign was simply a…

Small nitpick: you are decidedly not refugees, as the Arc ships all left the Milky Way before the events of ME3. So (not counting one character’s potential ties to The Illusive Man) no one knows they have anything to run away from.

My justification for continuing to watch Tom Cruise movies: Either I get to see awesome stunts, or I read about how Tom Cruise died doing an awesome stunt. Win/win

Come on Bolivia... it’s just like how in the Madden series, people actually show up to Jacksonville games — it’s fiction.

I was playing The Division, tooling round in the dark zone waiting for my roommate to log on and join me. I got in a fight that quickly went sideways on me, and before I knew it, I was crawling around behind an abandoned car, hoping my roommate would make it to me in time to get me up. It wasn’t looking good though.…

In regards to your first point, I had a similar thought, so I cranked up the difficulty and made a bunch of noise in that one military base. I definitely felt like the stealth approach will be advisable in some of the tougher situations beyond the beginning areas. I’m with you on the “where’s the lethal takedowns” bit…

That, plus it looks like it will take less skill points to fully upgrade the binoculars than the drones, meaning you can trade off somewhat less recon ability for more skill points in other areas if you so choose.

I got the sense, based on the colors of the map icons, that clearing an outpost or village or what have you in the main game will actually put it into rebel hands, like in the recent far cry games. This, in all fairness, is the conclusion I came to based on the flavor text that pops up when highlighting particular…

I’m curious what would actually happen if a Single state decided to just not pay like that.

Launched before the events of ME3, when the imminent Reaper invasion was not public knowledge. Privately funded, not citadel/government/shephard sponsored. It seems Bioware wants the “hopeful explorer” vibe, not the “beleaguered survivor” vibe.

The ark ships left after ME2, before the Reapers were common knowledge. 4 arks, each made by a different species (presumably human, Asari, Turian, and Salarian) plus the nexus ship (meant to serve as a new Citadel to the Milky Way species once they’re settled.) the videos are in-universe recruitment vids, so they were…

The Andromeda Initiative is privately funded, it’s not part of the Systems Alliance Navy. So it’s not military at all.

Me too. Perhaps a distorted communication sent into the void, largely unreteievable, but it’s clear that... something... has happened back home

The ships launched after ME2, before the Reapers’ existence was common knowledge. Which, in meta terms, means they’ve found a way that they don’t need to make any one ending canon. Whatever happened at the end of whichever save file is your primary, that’s your canon!

Yeah I was thinking DA2, though for some reason in my head that opening segment was the start of DAI. Stupid brain.

I’m hoping so. The ark ships apparently launched between the events of ME2 and ME3, and I don’t recall if the geth had made friends with the other civilizations yet or not

Doesn’t matter. The ark ships were launched before the events of ME3, when the reapers weren’t common knowledge, so whatever ended up happening in the Milky Way is a non-issue to this game.

Not a prequel. The ark ships were launched in the time between ME2 and ME3, + a 600 year journey in stasis.

I never saw the direct quote myself, so grain of salt, but I believe it’s been said that whichever sibling you don’t choose sticks around as part of the “main cast.” Maybe not as a squad mate, but at least as a supporting cast member.

But will there be more scarves? I play this game mostly for the scarves. Especially the shemaghs.