User blog comment:The Milkman/End of the Line/@comment-4835791-20120701213824/@comment-4950455-20120701214848

I don't understand why so many people were surprised that it's not possible to win in Refusal either. We have it emphasized throughout the entire game that the Reapers are too strong to beat conventionally; the EC further clarifies that the point of the attack on Earth was to get the Crucible through, not to win in any sort of stand-up fight. So this attitude of "It's not fair that if I don't use the one way to win I've been preparing throughout the game, I lose" has me puzzled.

Just another case of people being "shocked" at things happening the way they would be told they would.