you can still finish the game.

I took a break and decided to do some side missions. Here's a list in case people didn't know.

ENDANGERED RESEARCH STATION: Found By Scanning
Cluster: Caleston Rift
System: Solveig
Planet: Sinmara

MINING THE CANYON: Found By Scanning
Cluster: Caleston Rift
System: Talava
Planet: Taitus

BLOOD PACK COMMUNICATIONS RELAY: Complete Patriarch And Deliver Assignments To Aria
Cluster: Cresent Nebula
System: Lusarn
Planet: Tarith

CAPTURED MINING FACILITY: Found By Scanning
Cluster: Cresent Nebula
System: Zelene
Planet: Helyme

WRECKED MERCHANT FREIGHTER: Found By Scanning
Cluster: Eagle Nebula
System: Amun
Planet: Neith

ABANDONED RESEARCH STATION: After Neith
Cluster: Eagle Nebula
System: Strabo
Planet: Jarrahe Station

QUARIAN CRASH SITE: Found By Email Or Scanning
Cluster: Hades Nexus
System: Sheol
Planet: Gei Hinnom

ECLIPSE SMUGGLING DEPOT: Found By Scanning
Cluster: Hourglass Nebula
System: Faryar
Planet: Daratar

ESTEVANICO: Found By Scanning
Cluster: Hourglass Nebula
System: Ploitari
Planet: Zanthu

ABANDONED MINE: Found By Scanning
Cluster: Minos Wasteland
System: Fortis
Planet: Aequitas

MSV STRONTIUM MULE: After Joab
Cluster: Omega Nebula
System: Arinlarkin
Planet: MSV Strontium Mule

LOST OPERATIVE: Found By Email
Cluster: Omega Nebula
System: Fathar
Planet: Lorek

ANOMALOUS WEATHER DETECTED: Found By Scanning
Cluster: Pylos Nebula
System: Dirada
Planet: Canalus

IMMINENT SHIP CRASH: Found By Email
Cluster: Pylos Nebula
System: Nariph
Planet: MSV Broken Arrow

ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG SITE: Found By Scanning
Cluster: Rosetta Nebula
System: Enoch
Planet: Joab

BLOOD PACK BASE: After Tarith
Cluster: The Shrike Abyssal
System: Xe Cha
Planet: Zada Ban

BLUE SUNS BASE: After MSV Strontium Mule
Cluster: Sigurd's Cradle
System: Decoris
Planet: Sanctum

JAVELIN LAUNCH: Found By Email
Cluster: Sigurd's Cradle
System: Skepsis
Planet: Franklin

HAHNE-KEDAR FACILITY: After Jarrahe Station
Cluster: Titan Nebula
System: Haskins
Planet: Capek

In light of Dave6's comments I am going to just say this.

I played the game as a strict paragorn and NEVER once did I ever have the charm option greyed out in a conversation. I didnt do anything fancy, I just stuck to being a paragorn and the bar got full WELL before the final mission.

The main thing to do is this:

1. Pick one way and STICK with it. Going back and forth (Ive read) will make it virtually impossible to

2. Max out your character class power (requires 10 points) as soon as possible and it will give a nice bonus to your Paragorn/Renegade score. Ex. Sentinel has a class power called Defender; Soldier-Combat Mastery.

3. TALK TO YOUR SQUADMATES AFTER every mission and say nice/mean things and you should get between 2-4 paragorn/renegade points after every conversation. That will add up rather quickly.

If you do the above, you will NEVER fail a charm/intimidate option conversation or lose

Once I got my paragorn meter completely full, only then did I start using more renegade options. On

Well yes, you can still finish the game, but you just wont get the "mega happy ending"

Well it's what I get for my first time playing the game and not knowing anything. :D Guess that's what is rewarding about playing thru it multiple times. Hopefully I can remember all this when I play it for the 2nd time.

Installing now:ohnoes:

I will add that it would be nice if the game added a balanced class so you CAN have the option of being mixing it up between renegade and paragorn. Sort of like how Fallout 3 has neutral karma and specific perks that go with that.

Remember you are playing a game that is also an RPG which means conversations and dialogue are very important.

I was the same the first time around, i think its the best way to play it, i just answered things how i would if i was Shep.
The second time around though i messed up and had an unloyal member on my Insanity playthrough so i missed out on the no one gets left behind trophy.
So im now on my third playthrough for that one trophy:rolleyes: im flying through it on the easiest difficulty. not challenging at all but good fun ploughing the enemys no probs.
I have all members loyal and ready to start the suicide mission so should have Platinum very soon:D....unless theres something ive over looked:ohnoes:

True, but in most RPG's, the choice of lawful/unlawful, good/evil is usually more clear, and the former doesn't really even come into play here. It doesn't make sense that to be the Paragon (good I am supposing) you need to handle your crew's daddy issues sensitively. I guess it's better to look at Paragon/Renegade as more Sensitive/Stern, since being a no-nonsense commander and expecting professional behavior from your crew does not make one a bad guy, and in many instance would improve your chances of success, which clearly it does not in this game.

I found it very difficult to choose which was a Paragon or Renegade response. it wasnt until halfway through mt 2nd playthrough i realised as a general rule Paragon is top right, renegade is bottom right and middle is neutral, i was a bit slow there:rolleyes:

That was kinda my problem. My main problem was not knowing anything about the game, so I didn't want to piss anyone off or be a kiss-ass. :p

Regardless, this has been one of my fav gaming experiences in a long while. :rock:

I always went with renegade because shepard is a lot more funnier. I found Paragon boring compared to renegade.

I sympathize. I noticed right away that I couldn't figure out the appropriate choice by reading them, since I was trying to choose paragon options, but got an occasional renegade point. So I asked here earlier.

Seriously, though,

Agreed. Infact ive decided im going to try and be more renegade in real lfe:D

watch out, that could backfire on you;)

lol yeah i could end up picking a few scars of my own

I love the Renegade options. They seem to appeal to my senses and it's typically always a response that I might give someone in real life :p

I think Bioware needs to either get rid of the romance aspect of the game or seriously improve it/grow it up. It's WAY too Disney-ish compared to all the other adult themes the game explores( interstellar-espionage, politics, prison breaks, assassinations, race-related themes, etc.) Everything about it is pure cheese, and really breaks the flow of the game up in its current form. Laying in bed and "hugging" with full armor and battlesuits is ridiculous, coming out of the shower in Normandy gear is unreal, etc.

Everything else in the game is so top notch, I would prefer them to either scrap the idea in it's current form or kick it up to Heavy Rain level of seriousness.

On that note, i'd also like to see the outfit/armor customization really grow. For a game that takes 50 hours to beat, having 4 outfits on the Normandy and a handful of different armor types gets pretty old.

You need either

Oh well. How are we supposed to know this kind of stuff beforehand?