[Matt D]

There's no way I'd start from scratch - I wouldn't want to miss out on all the things (& NPCs) that are carried over from ME1, even the little details.

AFAIK, default = effectively Renegade, with zero side quests.

- Sacrificed the Council in ME1

- Udina now leads an all-human Council

- Wrex died on Virmire

- rachni queen killed on Noveria

- Shiala (asari on Feros) is dead

- asari on Virmire (the one working in Saren's lab) is dead

- Gianna from Noveria is either dead, or doesn't ask for help (as you either let her get killed, or didn't help her, not sure)

- MaleShep = Ashley survived on Virmire, FemShep = Kaiden survived.


Starting from scratch also means missing out on XP & credit bonuses etc. OK, you still get some bonuses due to having beaten the game already, but you get more on top of that if you import an ME1 character.