@Allison_X5-734 Whether the devs choose to decrease the requirements or not doesn't really affect me, since I'm a completionist myself. But I've read several reports of people doing all the side quests (and maybe only missing some stuff here and there) and even when reaching a high EMS rating of 6-7k, they still couldn't get a good ending or trigger shepard's "breathing scene". I can't verify this myself, or gauge whether the new system is fair or not, because I've put my playthrough on hold until a patch fixes some of the bugs in this game (the missing spectre weapons & broken leveling system where you can't max level)
But if what these people are saying is true, and that they're getting the bad ending even when reaching 6k+ EMS, then I feel there needs to be some slight adjustment to it. There should be a slightly bigger margin of freedom for the players without needing them to do almost everything perfect.