User blog comment:The Milkman/Indoctrination Theorists Say the Darndest Things/@comment-4220180-20121024022116/@comment-4950455-20121026052627

Oh, my mistake. I assumed when you said "the Reapers' goal" you were talking about their overall purpose - preventing organic/synthetic conflict - not their goal in relation to the Crucible.

Although that said, it honestly didn't seem like they were trying too hard to prevent its construction or destroy it, especially before the Extended Cut came out - which was when Marauder Shields was originally planned.