Constructive feedback on things still wrong/still need improving with MP post 1.06

What I didn't like:

FB Zero could still use a possible reconfigure to keep it from being the go to farming map. I'd say this falls low on the priority list, though.



What I didn't like/a concern I have:

I did not play the remnant vault map, but some guys and I were talking about it. It sounds like this might have the potential/risk to be worse than FB Zero? This might want to be looked at. If it's as small and funneled as people say, as much as I'd like 10 minute rounds, not sure it's worth it at the expense of variety.

Doesn't feel like any pre-1.06 network/connectivity issues have changed. I'm still losing connection just as often as before.

Do we have any proof that Bioware actually looks at this place, when they already have reddit and Answers HQ spamming them with bug reports?

Honest question.

One of the mods here has said that he provides links to the pinned topics to one or more of the devs and they will look here and there for constructive material.

As far as how often and when, who knows.  But I thought a brand new specific pinned thread rather than 15+ pages of an existing one would help them out when they do stumble in here.

1. Assault rifles still suck (most of them) - they, in fact, a "sucker weapon class" now. Too many pointless guns - Zalkin, Cyclone, Halberd, Sandstorm and many more other. They don't pack a punch and take way too much time to kill stuff even in the "+50% damage for AR, -50% damage for rest" missions. I for one would prefer them to have severely higher damage with respectively reduced clip size. Plus - semi-auto ones like Mattock/Halberd/Sandstorm shall also stagger on hit IMHO.
2. Still many throwaway evos for character abilities - for instance, Active Barrier vs Saving Barrier, Shield-Powered vs Seismic Nova etc., where Saving Barrier and Seismic Nova are no-brainers to choose.
3. Still too many pointless, omittable powers - like, for instance, Shockwave - which is used mostly as detonator due to its rather low damage and - more important! - inconsistent hitting pattern. Plus - it doesn't even stagger reliably, as it did in ME3 (where it didn't shine either).

Rage was not triggering at low health on my Krogan Engineer after the patch. It was before the patch.


I also think weapon weights and carrying capacity need to be looked at to promote diversity in weapons. At the moment everyone is trying out different weapons or they don't own the best ones. But in 6 months people will be gravitating to just a few choices. Weapon weight opens up a significant area of design space to differentiate the weapons.

Rage is still terrible.

At least now that powers are good, I can skip it on every Krogan.

Sadly, Kroguard is better without Rage right now.

Has anyone else had certain character cards reset to one since the patch?

I just logged on today (Xbox) and my Asari Sentinal X and Turian Soldier VI were reset back to level one. They were still the same in-game level but the cards were reset.

I really hope that this doesn't mean that I have to grind through unlocking them again, or worse, I'm locked out of getting them again since I have already "earned" the cards already.

The Kett problem:

More playable now, but still too hard.

Bug fix: Something is up with your guys coding when you made it so cobras will do damage through the ascendant orb barrier. The ascendant will freeze and glitch out being invulnerable for a time period. Also, the bubble does not go back up properly. I don't know how to explain it, but it's really annoying and happens all the time.

Fix en lieu of off host weak point bug: It has come to my attention that the "ascendant orb" is considered a "weak point." Until off host bugs are fixed, this makes Kett needlessly harder than they need to be. While I would MUCH rather see off host crap stop being bugged off host, if it's truly going to take that long, here's a simple fix: cut the ascendant orb health into 1/4 and no longer have it register as "weak point." a roundabout fix that makes this work.

Balance fix: Destined having stealth grid is utterly broken. Don't care what you have to do to amend the lore, but it needs to be a tactical cloak. Groups of invisible destined, anointed, and chosen are exponentially harder to deal with invisible. And we can't all be Turian agents.

You do all this, the Kett become perfectly balanced.

p.s. keep working on the teleporting fiends.

^what he said.

Venom Shotgun

I feel like the patch brought this weapon somewhat closer to where it should be, as the ability for the pellets to explode on impact helps to make its damage output more reliable. With that said, half of this weapons problem still has to do with the charging mechanic. Most actions in the game will cause you to lose the charge effect, including: Sprinting, landing from a jump, using a power, and being staggered. In addition, I've noticed that you can only charge the weapon once the previously fired munition(s) have all exploded. This limits the weapons damage potential and effectiveness at area of denial.

My suggestion would be to rework the charge mechanic for the weapon so that you at least don't lose the charge when either sprinting or landing from a jump. It should also be allowed to charge immediately after firing a previously charged shot.

Lastly, there is still an issue with the rumble feature not initiating when charging the weapon at times (I play on Xbox One).

Carnifex

Remove the RoF cap on the gun and give it two more rounds in the magazine.

Turian Havoc Soldier

Maybe it's just me, but I feel this character could be made more unique by allowing for player-controlled movement when hovering; though you obviously wouldn't be able to change your hover height.  Having such an ability would really set the character apart, and play to her strengths, rather than just drifting off in one direction; hoping you'll land a shot. I'd even go a step further an say that, if you score a kill while hovering, you should be given an additional evade while in the air. This would complete the character as an air skirmisher, allowing you to quickly dart around the air securing kills.

The graphic for the gun I had equipped was on top of my consumables graphic last night.