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aleq2000
5 years ago

Paragon VS Renegade VS Neutral

Hi

I am still in ME1, 7 hours played, done with "Bring Down the Sky" DLC.

I am lvl 10 soldier, and I almost maxed out both my Charm and Intimidate.

So far I have been rather neutral (3 blocks of Renegade and 3 blocks of Paragon).

Do I still have plenty of time and possibilities to decide my main path for the rest of the trilogy?

And also, is it worth it playing without being too much Paragon or too much Renegade? For instance 60 para, 40 rene.

I heard that I lose many possibilities by staying neutral.

But at the same time I don't like the idea, that I always have to behave in one way for the rest of the game, just to min/max the outcome. I played the way I played so far by picking responses that felt right in the moment. I don't mind things going a bit wrong for me later, if you know what I mean. I'd rather pick actions and responses intuitively. My primary concern are romances.

What do you think?

Edit: I am on Noveria, right after the power reroute puzzle

me legendary edition

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  • Nekasus's avatar
    Nekasus
    5 years ago

    @holger1405 I think good roleplay comes from not having a binary "This good" or "This not good" system. Dragon age origins does this effectively. Decisions made within that game are very impactful on the story, without needing to be min-maxed through arbitrary good or bad meter filling. This way you're free to explore decisions without being forced into a certain roleplay character in order to unlock them. This is why I advocate for the use of a save editor to give max paragon +/ renegade points, in order to be able to play a morally grey and more nuanced sheperd, without being locked out of the resolutions I want to take. After all, I know damn well my sheperd would want to save all of his crew but still shove a guy out of a window or blow up some mercs. It doesnt help that sometimes decisions that give paragon really should give renegade and vice versa. 

  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    @Nekasus 

    I also think that you should not feel forced to make a decision because you think you need to make it to have a certain outcome. 

    But that is not what ME does imho. 

    I make more than a few Renegade or Neutral decisions in every playthrough, and I still never had a problem to get the dialogue options I need to settle the dispute between Miranda and Jack for example.

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