User blog comment:JediSpectre117/Council not helping in ME3/@comment-1221773-20110925175301/@comment-1900300-20110928144828

I dont understand your point. If the Reapers have already taken over the Citadel, then not only woud it be unreasonabe to go there, it would be impossible a the first thing the Reapers would do is shut down the relays and prevent a counter attack. So basically Bioware would not have put you in a position where not only does Shepard look like he has done nothing, or worse failed completely, but they would have to defy their own mythology to make the rest of the game work. But we do know you return to the Citadel, so it stands to reason the Reapers have not taken it over during the game. It may come under attack at some point, but it simply must not fall into their hands or the war is lost, so you will have to defend it. Unfortunatly, this may be to similar to the end of ME, so if the do try it then it will need a different edge.