User blog comment:Temporaryeditor78/maximizing war assets w/o multiplayer/@comment-4953843-20120807072054

crap. i haven't the strength to plow through a nonimport me3 game (yet) so i'll just state the basics i can infer. i'm assuming you didn't pick the numerous option since that will leave less assets than the pittance you already have. get the values listed below and deduct them from my theoretical maximum assets number. divide by 2 if you ain't touching multiplayer. you should be able to arrive at a rough estimate of the maximum EMS for nonimports.
 * alien:
 * no rachni queen. kill the breeder she's indoctrinated. if you don't want to lower your krogan and alliance asset points further. (-100)
 * no bring down the sky, no balak (-15)
 * volus bombers vs turian colony: pick volus bombers for less impact. no way to get both. (-10)
 * no destiny ascension, old council assumed dead. but negated by earth's fleets being full strength, the calculations already done in my blog entry above (only -25)
 * jondum bau or hanar homeworld: pick hanar homeworld. no way to get both. (-40)
 * alliance:
 * your normandy has no upgrades and you never picked up any minerals (50/115 and 0/100)
 * no david archer. (-5)
 * kasumi dies. (-25)
 * zaeed dies. (-25)
 * your virmire survivor -may- die because udina frames you and you'll have a hard time passing the reputation checks (-25)
 * no zhu's hope colonists and shiala. (-30)
 * asari: no change if you play it right
 * crucible
 * conrad dies. (-5)
 * game assumes collector base destroyed. you get reaper heart instead of brain. (-10)
 * ex-cerberus
 * no kelly -> no ex-cerberus engineers. (-10)
 * no gavin archer, he suicides (-25)
 * miranda dies (-25)
 * geth - you don't get them. pick quarians instead. peace impossible.
 * krogan
 * wrex died, you get wreav. sabotage genophage cure for max assets and convince mordin to live.
 * eve dies. no maelon cure. (-50)
 * grunt dies. (-25 himself, -25 aralakh company)
 * quarian - no change if you play it right. no deductions because you never did anything with the geth on ME2 because you never imported anything.
 * salarian
 * no salarian 3rd fleet because thane died, kirrahe died, salarian councilor dies. (-125)
 * convince mordin to live, you offset eve dying by +25.
 * turian - no change other than that already noted above