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NixyCRO
5 years ago
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ME3LE - War assets bug - No synthesis ending

So, I just finished talking with the Catalyst in ME3LE and didn't get the option for the Synthesis ending. 

I am a veteran of the series and I always managed to have enough EMS/TMS at the end for all of the endings, including the "good" destroy ending, in the original ME3.

I completed ME1 & ME2, all of the DLCs and like 90% of side quests, and when I checked the War Terminal before heading to Earth I had around 6250 EMS which I thought had to be enough to get all the endings, even though I found it a bit weird that the bar below was at like 75% considering everything that I have completed (in the original it was maxed out at this point).

This is a serious bug and really made me upset since this was the first time I wanted to do the Synthesis ending. I then downloaded the community made trilogy editor and loaded up the save file just before Earth to see what value it was reporting for the EMS/TMS and sure enough it said 3066, which is even weirder.

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  • Cliffme1ster's avatar
    Cliffme1ster
    5 years ago
    @NixyCRO I'mgoing off of what I personally experienced with my playthrough and from what I read previously. Firstly, depending on play style. Certain decisions between ME1 - ME3 will give you assets or lack there of. Secondly, since there is no MP as you already know and because of that all side quests completed and systems checked will go towards that point system. Thirdly, all the points do add up. So make sure you talk to everyone possible, do all the side stuff and check every system. When I finished on my most recent run. I had a little over 8200.

    My advice would be to do everything possible next time and see how you make out to really know if it's a bug or just a lack of collection.

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  • DocTheGamer's avatar
    DocTheGamer
    Seasoned Veteran
    5 years ago

    With no multiplayer the "Galactic Readiness" is permanently at 50%. This is intentional, not a bug. I don't know the exact number to unlock all endings, but in the original games it was 4,000 (lowered to 3,100 by the extended cut). At 3,066 you're too low for either. Even in the original games you would not have unlocked all the endings without multiplayer.

  • NixyCRO's avatar
    NixyCRO
    5 years ago

    What do you mean permanently at 50%? When I changed the value of the Normandy's 185 war asset points to 3000 sure enough the bar was maxed out (if you are talking about that).

    And as I said, the in-game galactic readiness value was around 6250 when I was heading to Earth, only the save editor was showing 3066 which was weird, so your theory really doesn't hold up.

  • NixyCRO's avatar
    NixyCRO
    5 years ago

    Yup Cliffme1ster, that is about the number that I saw when I was googling about this, people had around 8-9k points in galactic readiness by basically doing the same stuff I did, so something really bugged out for me here sadly.

  • Cliffme1ster's avatar
    Cliffme1ster
    5 years ago
    @NixyCRO Did you check every system for every salvage and war asset possible? Including all the Citadel fetch quests?
  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    @NixyCRO 

    EMS is no longer of interest in the MELE because there is no outside multiplicator anymore. (Multiplayer.)

    The Save editor that is working for the old and new games does the maths based on the old games, but as said, it is not of interest anymore.

    All what counts is the Total Military Strength, and here you need, as @Cliffme1ster rightly said 7800 points to be on the save side.

    There are roughly 8500 TMS points in the game, so you are be able to reach that, but it requires that you do the majority of all Missions, scan most of the planets and make the right decisions. 

  • NixyCRO's avatar
    NixyCRO
    5 years ago
    @Cliffme1ster didn't check every system, only some, but I did most of the Citadel fetch quests and all the N7 missions so that is what I was talking about when I said 90% of side quests.
    I doubt it is because of the salvage or the 2-3 Citadel fetch quests I missed because I am missing more than 2000 points here which I don't think would be possible to get by doing just the salvage stuff and completing the final few citadel side quests.
    I completed the same stuff as I usually did in the original trilogy, in which it was enough for Synthesis, but here it wasn't by a longshot for some reason.
  • NixyCRO's avatar
    NixyCRO
    5 years ago
    @holger1405 Ah, that explains why the save editor is reporting a weird number.
    And yeah, I was never aiming for 100% of TMS, but I don't remember the Synthesis ending being this hard to achieve. Usually I would get it without really breaking a sweat. I did make the right decisions, like making peace between the Quarians and the Geth, so I really don't think it is that.
  • NixyCRO's avatar
    NixyCRO
    5 years ago

    @Cliffme1sterwhat is the new balance like then? I must have missed the explanation for that since I know they had to rebalance it because of the missing MP, but I didn't really expect they would make the side stuff make such an impact.

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