User blog comment:James12708/Possibility of a Mass Effect 4/@comment-5687135-20121031201025/@comment-24174486-20121031234633

"All Bioware has to say is 'you did, but it was a very narrow win'."

Except with Refusal, they're already said something. And that is "You lose. Period." It doesn't matter how much EMS you have—there is no "narrow win". Given that BioWare made it quite clear with the Refusal ending that they're not retconning the Reapers' strength just because some people didn't pay attention to how the Reapers utterly curb-stomp all opposition, it's silly to expect BioWare to make a "oh wait, you did win without the Crucible" ending.