User blog comment:The Milkman/The Writing of the Ending/@comment-4913722-20120531101849/@comment-3546663-20120601222539

That option exists solely so us Renegades don't have to walk around looking like the effing Terminator. And I had more than enough War Assets to survive my first(and so far only) playthrough, but I died because I didn't play the multiplayer. Which, according to pre-release statements, I should NOT have had to do to get the "best" ending.