User blog comment:RayShepp654/How to defeat the Reapers Theories/@comment-1221773-20101031021231/@comment-1221773-20101101011603

Yeah, a virus would be no different in scope than an anti-Reaper supergun. I really hope there's no fire-and-forget way to defeat the Reapers like that in ME3. That's why I think sealing the Reapers in dark space is the best way to go, it requires no deus ex machina to sustain it. Sure, the Reapers may still be out there and could reappear in subsequent games, but is that so bad? If they can't hurt the galaxy for a thousand or even a hundred years, maybe the galaxy can close the technological gap by then so we can fight them on even ground and not have to look for superweapons. And another trilogy of ME games for those battles to occur in is a win in my book.