Forum:Leviathan DLC discussion

so the reapers, the cycle and even the catalyst are all the result of another problem. the organics creating synthetics problem. as far as i can tell, every instance we have seen of organics creating synthetics in the series has the synthetics being tools/servants/slaves. so despite that, the leviathan race STILL created a synthetic to solve the problem. i dont think i need to point out how that was the dumbest decision in the history of life. that IS the problem. if the catalyst is a sentient AI then i dont blame it for acting the way it did, though it is twisting what it means to preserve life. imagine being born in restraints or into some kind of servitude. if its just a VI then the blame for this lies entirely on the "apex race" that the leviathan claim to be.

i admit that choosing synthesis before the EC was a risk due to their being so many unknowns. and even after the EC it seemed many people still mistrusted the catalyst. but i thought it was a machine from the beginning and based on how other synthetics have behaved i couldnt find a reason for it to be lying. but after leviathan i think its clear that synthesis is the only choice that actually does anything as far as the original problem goes. i know its just a game but the level of mistrust and arrogance people had towards the catalyst and about picking destroy is exactly why something needs to change. organics let emotions cause them to make irrational decisions and most of the time in hindsight they agree they overreacted. synthetics think too logically and would think that what the reapers are doing is "preserving" life where as the organics being preserved would obviously not agree.

organics need a little more logic, synthetics need a little less logic. changing nothing about the original problem will only cause it to return in another form. i think that assuming it will not is being about as naive as one can be.