User blog comment:The Milkman/No Love For Leviathan?/@comment-5038903-20120916134142/@comment-24174486-20120920060545

1. Well, we're shown different impacts upon the mass relay network, the Reapers, and the crew of the Normandy. And of course, you can't disregard the scenes that vary based on EMS, with lower EMS resulting in the Crucible causing more and more damage. I doubt most players actually realized that, since if you qualify for Synthesis, you'll get the "no collateral damage" outcome for all endings.

2. The only way there would be no people whining about the ending was if they made an ending which everyone liked. Which, as I've said before, is impossible in writing. And considering how many anti-ending arguments rely on ignoring everything that happens in the ending, I don't think having anything happening differently would change much. XD