User blog comment:StagedDom19/Missing the Main Problem/@comment-5124348-20120710142656/@comment-5274392-20120710162439

I never believed the Collectors were a threat to Earth. They had a single ship, that was destroyed by two shots from a Thanix Cannon. Since the Dreadnaughts are more powerful than such a weapon, and the Alliance has several, it is safe to assume the Collectors would have been blasted by thet time they hit Pluto. If anything, ME2 made you hate most of the ME universe. Besides the Council and Alliance not doing anything about the growing Collector attacks, they blatantly say Shepard is delusional about Soverign. The entire game you are pretty much going against the system, doing unsanctioned actions. I feel as though the game might have inadvertently caused care for the universe, but I don't see it as Bioware's intent when they made it. If anything, it seems they want you to throw yourself at Cerberus till the very end, as they are the only ones doing anything. Personally, I think it's just to show how little a chance the galaxy has against the Reapers, mostly due to learning how Reapers are created.