Consequences of cheating

[ecto69]

Looks like there are at least some consequences to cheating with LI from prior Mass Effects.

iirc I was with Liara in ME1 and then Miranda in ME2
Broke it off with Miranda and she was ok with it
Started with Ashely and continued it.
Talking to Liara before heading to Ceberus HQ
She sounds pissed.... and if you try and chat her up after the dialog she is busy

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[tagzero]

Yep, definitely consequences. In one playthrough, I chose Kaidan in ME1 and Thane in ME2. Even though I broke it off with Thane immediately, I must have chosen the wrong responses to Kaidan in the hospital as he has no intention of rekindling the romance, and insists on just being friends.

[ecto69]

Originally Posted by tagzero

Yep, definitely consequences. In one playthrough, I chose Kaidan in ME1 and Thane in ME2. Even though I broke it off with Thane immediately, I must have chosen the wrong responses to Kaidan in the hospital as he has no intention of rekindling the romance, and insists on just being friends.

Did you know that you need to buy him a present to start the romance?

[GhostOnFire]

If I recall from ME2, james was pissed as hell when I dismissed him for thane "oooh don't tell me, its the sad drell eyes? All you girls fall for it" the only time I played a female shep and made a fool out of the male crew members

[Pabs_85]

Liara was crying in the gardens and Miranda was pissed off in the apartments after getting with Allers then getting with Ashley lol'

[kenjikazama]

Originally Posted by ecto69

Did you know that you need to buy him a present to start the romance?

you dont need to buy a gift. you can start the romance even without the gift, i never bought the gift on my first playthrough and i got the trophy, then bought it on my insanity run and it doesnt change, maybe if you screw up with a response then you need the gift to continue

[SoPoF]

I thought it was a bit weird ... first of all, the buzz is being sold at the hospital? I also thought it would be a gift for Dr. Chakwas, not Kaidan, and when I visit someone in hospital, I don't bring him a bottle of whiskey or something as a gift. A little uncommon.

However, I guess you can give it to him at a later time, too?

[dz06lt]

yeah liara verbally bitchslapped me too, it was funny. Hoever it didnt effect the final "gift" she gives you at the end

[xxSamuraiGirlxx]

Originally Posted by kenjikazama

you dont need to buy a gift. you can start the romance even without the gift, i never bought the gift on my first playthrough and i got the trophy, then bought it on my insanity run and it doesnt change, maybe if you screw up with a response then you need the gift to continue

the gift disappears after you speak to him so you miss the opportunity to give it to him.

i saw it in the store but didn't buy it the 1st time cause i didnt know what it was for. after i spoke to him i checked the store and it wasn't there anymore.

luckily i saved beforehand...

[tagzero]

To answer Ecto's original question, yes I bought the whiskey. However, I think I messed up on an ambiguous dialogue option. When Kaidan mentioned my infidelity, the paragon option was something like 'Let me me explain' and the Renegade was 'I'm sorry'. I chose the Renegade option, and Shep said something like 'Well, I couldn't wait forever ...'. I didn't think much of it at the time; by the time I got to the Apollo Cafe scene, 20 hrs later, and realised my mistake, it was obviously not worth going back.