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Lexizion
5 years ago

Re: Paragon VS Renegade VS Neutral

Sounds like you still have a lot of time to choose which path you want to take, though it's very possible to almost max out both paragon and renegade in one playthrough, especially if you're playing Legendary mode with the increased exp.

The problem with choosing only one path is it's not always clear exactly what the paragon and renegade options will end up doing in conversations. One minute your renegade points are earning you a few extra credits, the next they're pushing old ladies into oncoming traffic. My advice if you want a realistic experience is to just pick the option that feels right in the moment and you will probably find yourself with a lot of points in both paragon and renegade by the end of the game. Unless you want to choose a specific path, that is.

I usually go neutral, leaning slightly renegade because it makes you feel like a badass instead of an douchebag or a boy scout.

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  • aleq2000's avatar
    aleq2000
    5 years ago
    @Lexizion Thank you, I will try to keep that in mind. It's a bit of a dilemma for me right now: should I just keep playing naturally as it is, should I stick to a certain path, or should I edit my save file I'll to unlock all the options. And then have the freedom to choose. I am leaning a bit towards the latter.
  • Lexizion's avatar
    Lexizion
    5 years ago

    As long as you are doing all the side missions and picking non-neutral conversation options you can easily get high enough in both to make all the ranks in intimidate and charm available. Then you can put as many points into each as you like (this will be much easier if you're playing with the double exp option enabled).

    I would also mention that most paragon and renegade conversation options become available to you with as few as maybe 60% of the ranks unlocked. Only one or two end-game options become unavailable if you don't have them maxed out.

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