User blog comment:JordanaBrewsterFAN/From Ashes availible without DLC/@comment-24174486-20121111183412/@comment-1786741-20121112125456

I'm sure they had the bulk of From Ashes done before ME3 went gold. At the very least it was planned content set aside months beforehand. I guess it's not the only thing they left out..... something more of an unfinished ending persuasion XD