User blog comment:The Milkman/Shades of Purple/@comment-2250460-20120929231424/@comment-5607673-20120930002039

'''The "better" options are reserved for those with high scores one way or the other. This, I think, can influence our decisions. It's always better to go with just one and stick with it, so if you respond to each situation as it comes, you may end up being locked out of certain coercion options.'''

Well, in Mass Effect 3, I had around 60% Renegade and 40& Paragon, and I always got all of the options available to me. In Mass Effect 2, I had a full Renegade and a 75% Paragon, and, again, all options were available to me. Same in ME1. So, I never got locked out of other options by not going with just one of them.