User blog comment:Ygrain/Leviathan: Do you know what you are doing, Bioware?/@comment-24174486-20120906181610/@comment-24174486-20120907142626

"With the Catalyst, it was mentioned once near the end"

CoughcoughThessiacough.

"_Proper_ foreshadowing, as was done in ME1 and 2."

Let's take the Conduit as an example: 1. Hear about the "Conduit" that Saren is searching for. 2. Finally learn what it is on Ilos from Vigil.

"Be a dutiful player in ME3, and what you get? Synthesis. ... Synthesis feels like the supposedly best solution, because it occupies the positions of rewards."

By that logic, you can argue that Destroy is the supposedly the best ending, because the best Destroy variation has the highest EMS requirement, to speak nothing about being the only ending variation in which the hero survives (which I don't doubt for a second is why Destroy is a more popular choice). It would also imply that Control is the worst choice for having the lowest EMS requirement for the best variation.

Also—and ME2 suffered from this too—it takes more effort to get the worst endings than the best. When I tried to get the worst ending in ME3, I actually ended up in the third-highest EMS bracket (second-best Destroy and best Control) due to multiplayer. Would that make the worst endings the best endings? X3

"I have no idea if they can or cannot control Shepbinger - because if they can, then we have just given them an army."

There's also no indication if Synthesis would avert the Leviathans' invasion if it would otherwise occur. After all, the Leviathans would also reap the benefits of Synthesis, making them and any potential thralls stronger.