Who knew the 6.15 Omega Quests… (Spoilers)

[Cleretic]

I really hope SE gives us the percentage breakdown on what people picked here at some point.

So, practically speaking I don't think this is possible even if they wanted to. (And the fact it doesn't appear to be is probably indication that they didn't want to). They can't take metrics on dialog choices, because that's essentially entirely clientside with no recording of anything; the Anogg/Konogg choice was actually a quest fork, so they could measure by how many people picked up which quests. That said, if those stats were actually being collected I think we'd have seen the results in more or less the same order we saw them; not only are the topmost options statistically favored because of the 'don't care, I'll check the top one and move on' factor, but people also broadly just pick the 'good/nice guy' options more often than not. Mass Effect does collect statistics for player choices and it's always in that direction (unless it comes to punching reporters), and I remember that The Secret World actually did secretly record moral choice options without people knowing, and it was phenomenally 'good guys' inclined. Even with a similar sort of dynamic to what we see between Venat and Emet; the clear visual 'good guys' being inscrutible and daunting, with the visual 'bad guys' being REALLY shady but with some clear charisma while directly acknowledging that the other guys are clearly not benevolent.

Personally, I picked Venat, because my perspective was always that she was ultimately making the correct decision by Ancient philosophy, to do right by the planet (me being an environmentalist probably helps, too). Emet-Selch went against that in a time of extreme duress, which is completely understandable and I can't entirely say I wouldn't do the same, but I think still wrong. And incidentally I do love that Omega put forward Hermes when literally nobody else was or would have, Hermes potentially included. Even when learning emotions, Omega's still a logical being first and foremost, so it makes complete sense that they'd put 'well this guy was factually correct, surely that's also valid' on equal standing.

And honestly, the part of that scene that I most valued: the Watcher is based on the guy from the second Anamnesis recording! Didn't expect him of all people to come back into play, but I'm so happy he did. And answers the very small minority who seemed to think that Venat went against her allies' wishes; he was pretty clearly on board with it all.