I haven't done virmire yet but done most other side missions and with Liara I just said to her that I like her and she says shes going to think about it and with ashley I said I like you despite your baggage, can I have romance with either of them now or is it too late in the game? I think I didn't do enough rapport building early on.

Thanks.

If the only major event you have left is Virmire it will be dicey at best, also decisions you make on Virmire may impact things as well.  It is possible it can still happen, fair warning though you will have to choose one or the other.  For the record you will know it is working ok if you have a cutscene where they approach you after a main mission and want to "talk about your relationship".

 If you have no more dialog options then the you just wait until the last level. Although I thought Ashley would not talk to you if you talked to Liara since she is such a racist, either way I chose Liara after Ashley's racism became apparent.

" If you've exhausted their dialogue options while doing your main missions and your side quests, you'll be able to proceed with the romance once you decide to hit Virmire. Be warned, you will be forced to choose between them. "

Why would Ashley be alive to romance? If she is you've made the wrong choice.

Haha nah I'm going to make sure she lives cause I like her. But I don't think I get to build rapport and stuff now since I'm already at virmire I think I might have like 1 or 2 side missions left but I doubt that will open up any dialogue options.

Also I don't know who to choose. I think ashley is really hot and since shes human she appeals to me but there is just something about Liara and her amazing voice that gets to me. Arggggh. Also I want to be careful with my choice cause I know it will continue into mass effect 2 right?

go with ashley, its the road less traveled in the ME world.

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Haha nah I'm going to make sure she lives cause I like her. But I don't think I get to build rapport and stuff now since I'm already at virmire I think I might have like 1 or 2 side missions left but I doubt that will open up any dialogue options.

Also I don't know who to choose. I think ashley is really hot and since shes human she appeals to me but there is just something about Liara and her amazing voice that gets to me. Arggggh. Also I want to be careful with my choice cause I know it will continue into mass effect 2 right?

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" @diablo47ronin said:

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Haha nah I'm going to make sure she lives cause I like her. But I don't think I get to build rapport and stuff now since I'm already at virmire I think I might have like 1 or 2 side missions left but I doubt that will open up any dialogue options.

Also I don't know who to choose. I think ashley is really hot and since shes human she appeals to me but there is just something about Liara and her amazing voice that gets to me. Arggggh. Also I want to be careful with my choice cause I know it will continue into mass effect 2 right?

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If you choose Liara, you'll get the most out of the 'Lair of the Shadow Broker' DLC for ME2. "

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Haha nah I'm going to make sure she lives cause I like her."

" @ShiftyMagician: It's the default choice if you didn't carry over your save sooo- yeah. "

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" @ShiftyMagician: It's the default choice if you didn't carry over your save sooo- yeah. "

That's not true. I've just completed a run through ME2 on the pc without any carry-overs and the picture frame in Shepard cabin was empty. Also, when Shepard met Liara for the first time in her office, she didn't kiss him. That said, Lair of the Shadow Broker at least leaves the impression that Shepard and Liara are very close; regardless of their past. "

" @RVonE said:

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" @ShiftyMagician: It's the default choice if you didn't carry over your save sooo- yeah. "

That's not true. I've just completed a run through ME2 on the pc without any carry-overs and the picture frame in Shepard cabin was empty. Also, when Shepard met Liara for the first time in her office, she didn't kiss him. That said, Lair of the Shadow Broker at least leaves the impression that Shepard and Liara are very close; regardless of their past. "

Out of curiosity who was the cannon Virmire survivor?  I actually had three different saves to import so never bothered doing a cannon run. "

" @ShiftyMagician: It's the default choice if you didn't carry over your save sooo- yeah. "

" Always choose "Can't I have both?"  Trust me ;) "

"Ash survived Virmire. "

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" @ShiftyMagician: It's the default choice if you didn't carry over your save sooo- yeah. "

Honestly that is news to me, as I never played ME2 without a save from ME1 to see what they set as a default history.  Thanks for the clarification. "

" @Brendan said:

" Always choose "Can't I have both?"  Trust me ;) "

Quoted for truth.
 
@RVonE said:

"Ash survived Virmire. "

Quoted for how much that info sucks, psycho racist freakazoid!  Kaiden may have been as adventurous and interesting as pasteurized goats milk but at least I didn't want to punch him in the face every time he spoke. "

I don't care for kaiden.. I guess since I rather have girls and aliens around then human males. But anyway I think maybe I should try and save before I have to choose and try a run through both or something.

" go with ashley, its the road less traveled in the ME world. "

" @Karkarov said:

" @RVonE said:

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" @ShiftyMagician: It's the default choice if you didn't carry over your save sooo- yeah. "

That's not true. I've just completed a run through ME2 on the pc without any carry-overs and the picture frame in Shepard cabin was empty. Also, when Shepard met Liara for the first time in her office, she didn't kiss him. That said, Lair of the Shadow Broker at least leaves the impression that Shepard and Liara are very close; regardless of their past. "

Out of curiosity who was the cannon Virmire survivor?  I actually had three different saves to import so never bothered doing a cannon run. "

Ash survived Virmire. "

" @RVonE said:

" @Karkarov said:

" @RVonE said:

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" @ShiftyMagician: It's the default choice if you didn't carry over your save sooo- yeah. "

That's not true. I've just completed a run through ME2 on the pc without any carry-overs and the picture frame in Shepard cabin was empty. Also, when Shepard met Liara for the first time in her office, she didn't kiss him. That said, Lair of the Shadow Broker at least leaves the impression that Shepard and Liara are very close; regardless of their past. "

Out of curiosity who was the cannon Virmire survivor?  I actually had three different saves to import so never bothered doing a cannon run. "

Ash survived Virmire. "

I played ME1 on PC &ME2 on 360 so didn't import a save, &Kaidan was the one to survive. Think it's gender-dependent; I was playing a female Shepard "

Man Ashley is the better choice for a love interest simply because she is a far better character than Liara is. People can't seem to get beyond 'space racist' and actually see her character under it.

"@Karkarov said:

" @Brendan said:

" Always choose "Can't I have both?"  Trust me ;) "

Quoted for truth.
 
@RVonE said:

"Ash survived Virmire. "

Quoted for how much that info sucks, psycho racist freakazoid!  Kaiden may have been as adventurous and interesting as pasteurized goats milk but at least I didn't want to punch him in the face every time he spoke. "

While I kind of agree with some of the sentiment, having the good natured Kaiden die feels somewhat more impactful to me. "

@VelvetLore04 said:

"Man Ashley is the better choice for a love interest simply because she is a far better character than Liara is. People can't seem to get beyond 'space racist' and actually see her character under it. "

Even beyond the xenophobia she's never been a particularly likeable character for me. Half the time she talks I roll my eyes. I don't think I'd ever feel right persuing a relationship with her. 
 
Liara isn't perfect, and I can't shake the feeling she's sleeping with me because of my visions, but atleast I can speak to her without gritting my teeth. Plus the Shadowbroker DLC in ME2 gives the Liara romance more weight.

Ok guys this sucks. I did most all side missions then virmire and just started Ilos and before Ilos Liara came to me for sex. I wanted ashley so I turned Liara down. Is it impossible for me to get ashley now? All she says to me is I Wouldn't mind talking later. :(

" What I said to liara exactly is that Ash is special but that I feel attracted to her as well. But after that ash gave me the cold shoulder, she did the drinking celebration thing with me and talked about the family but then I talked to liara and that somehow killed my Ash romance. Given my choices I think I should have got the conference room confrontation so something is not right. I found the save where I talked to ash and we did the celebration but it is quite a ways back (about level 23 and my current save is 44... its like 15 hours back). So I was thinking of reloading from there and sticking with ash and straight up rejecting Liara. I guess I could go straight to Faros and then to virmire to save time and skip the side missions but do you think I'll be too weak at that point to finish the game? Also what will be the consequences of my lower level in ME2 ?Thanks! "

Hey shifty, what kind of bonuses do you get when your a higher level? Thanks.

Wait a second... wouldn't it make more sense that NOT having romanced Liara in ME1 would be the more unique way to play Shadow Broker, since romancing her is the default choice?

" @stinky said:

" go with ashley, its the road less traveled in the ME world. "

This. People often forget that there is a reason to Ashley's hate towards aliens and that she isn't perfect. "

Liara is by far the best!

"  If you have no more dialog options then the you just wait until the last level. Although I thought Ashley would not talk to you if you talked to Liara since she is such a racist, either way I chose Liara after Ashley's racism became apparent. "

" @ShiftyMagician: It's the default choice if you didn't carry over your save sooo- yeah. "

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" @ShiftyMagician: It's the default choice if you didn't carry over your save sooo- yeah. "

What? No it's not. Ashley is the default for a Maleshep and Kaiden is the default for a Femshep. I just recently played through ME & ME2 with Liara as my girlfriend, and she was in the intro cutscene in ME2 instead of Ashley or Kaiden. "

" Hey shifty, what kind of bonuses do you get when your a higher level? Thanks. "