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Post by KrrKs on Oct 31, 2017 18:09:31 GMT
As previously stated in the title I'd like a few other opinions about weapons balancing in ME:A SP. There are certain problems I have with the current balance in SP. In no particular order: - Currently the balancing is all over the place, some uncommon weapons do more DPS than certain ultra rare ones, and the overall most powerful weapon is probably the rare Hesh shotgun.
- Furthermore, some weapons increase their damage from rank one to ten by 71%, while others only gain 53%. So weapons do not scale uniformly with rank, shifting their effectiveness when compared to others.
- The behaviour of certain Milky Way weapons is drastically different from their trilogy one, e.g., the 6-shot Carnifex suddenly has 8 shots in Andromeda, anti shield shotguns gain an anti armour damage bonus, 8- or 6- Pellet weapons shoot 7 pellets, etc.
So I did way too much number crunching in a messy spreadsheet and a little bit of play-testing and came up with a balancing mod that fits a bit better to my own expectations. The question now is whether these expectations are shared by others, or do you feel that certain weapons should behave differently? Also, I need others to verify that I didn't do something completely stupid, like accidentally giving the Hurricane X a heat sink size of 1200 instead of altering its fire-rate as intended.  So here is the link to V1.3c: AndromedaFirearmsRebalancedIt contains the mod files for application via Frosty Mod Manager
The Project file for the editor. can also be found in the download section. Linked are the 1.05.9 versions, from the frosty page: frostytoolsuitedev.gitlab.io/. The Rebalance mod itself was created (mostly) using version 1.0.3alpha4 of the toolset.
Please post any remarks, found curiosities and similar in this thread!
Personally I'm pretty pleased with most weapons as of now, but there are still some that don't quite make sense to me because they are either still way too powerful (mostly shotguns) while others feel a bit too weak despite being exactly right according to my numbers.
As I touched several of the impact files, I also included incendiary-ammo's 25% anti armor bonus to each sp weapon. So If you already use the other mod that does that, you will not miss anything there. Just load the rebalance mod later in the load order, to keep the other effects of both mods intact.
The complete list of changes to the base game can be found in the spoiler below.
V1.3c
Weapon damage increase from rank 1 to rank 10 is now +70% for all weapons. Was somewhere between 1.53 and 1.71 (depending on weapon) in Vanilla.
All weapons now receive a 25% + consumable effectiveness damage increase to armor, when using incendiary ammo.
Removed the anti armour bonus from pellet firing shotguns.
Increased alien weapon bonus against shields to 25%; Set the anti armor bonus for pellet firing guns to 0%, instead they gain an 10% anti shield bonus when not affected by the alienweapon bonus.
Increased the shotgun barrel-mod damage stats to match those of other weapon types.
RoF = rate of fire (as round per minute); Dmg = damage; Stats given in A-B state that this stat is scaling from A at rank 1 to B at rank 10
Changes compared to base Game:
Type/WeaponName: Changes:
Assault Rifles:
M-8 Avenger Decreased weight from 0.25-0.13 to 0.2-0.1
Soned Increased damage from 32-49 to 41-70; Increased RoundsPerBurst from 3 to 10;
X5 Ghost Damage from 40-63 to 40-68; Increased weight from 0.2-0.1 to 0.3-0.15; Increased number of Augmentation slots from 2 (3 with cryo perk) to 3 (4); Increased RoundsPerBurst from 3 to 6;
Zalkin Decreased damage from 70-115 to 66-112
Cyclone Damage from 28-46 to 29-49; Increased RoundsPerBurst from 3 to 10;
M-37 Falcon Damage from 255-404 to 255-434; Increased force from 300 to base Dmg*1.2; Dmg Radius increased from 3m to 4m; Decreased magazine size from 6 to 4;
L-89 Halberd Buffed damage from 81-133 to 84-143; Increased spare heat sink capacity from 84-105 to 120-150 (75% of the Mattock);
M-96 Mattock Buffed damage from 54-88 to 63-107; Increased RoF from 405 to 450; Decreased magazine size from 20 to 16; Fixed projectile force;
P.A.W. Buffed damage from 35-54 to 38-64.6; Increased magazine size from 25-37 to 28-42
Revenant Buffed damage from 34-54 to 41-70; Increased RoF from 620 to 650; Increased recoil, zoomedrecoil, and blindfire recoil multipliers from 1.0-0.5 to 3-1.5 (x3); Increased shake, zoomedshake, and blindfire shake multipliers from 1.1 to 1.6 (+0.5)
Sandstorm Damage from 148-234 to 145-247; Decreased RoF from 210 to 180
Sweeper Damage from 76-120 to 72-122
Thokin Damage from 44-70 to 44-75
N7 Valkyrie Decreased damage from 106-163 to 90-153; Increased Rof from 500 to 600; Decreased burstfire delay from 0.35s to 0.25s; Decreased magazine size from 20 to 16; Increased weight from 0.2-0.1 to 0.25-0.13
Pistols:
M-3 Predator Increased damage from 34-58 to 42-71
Carnifex Damage from 190-311 to 190-323; Decreased magazine size from 8 to 6
N7 Eagle Increased damage from 57-88 to 59-100
M-5 Phalanx Decreased damage from 86-141 to 80-136, Decreased RoF from 260 to 250;
Scorpion Damage from 278-440 to 278-473; Fixed missing explosion radius when using incendiary or cryo ammo; Increased radius for explosion *cylinder* from 2m to 3m
Sidewinder Damage from 99-157 to 99-168
Talon Damage from 45-71 to 55-94; Reduced number of pellets from 7 to 6; Decreased AimError [min/max] from [9.3/12] to [3.6/6]; Decreased zoomed AimError from [5.2/7.8] to [1.5/3.6]; Decreased blindfire AimError from [18.3/24] to [7.2/12]; Increased AccuracyPenaltyDelays from 0.2s to 1.0s; Decreased weight from 0.3-0.15 to 0.2-0.1
Ushior Damage from 500-769 to 500-850
Shotguns:
M-23 Katana Decreased damage from 46-78 to 38-64.5; Increased number of pellets from 7 to 8; Decreased RoF from 75 to 60; Decreased weight from 0.4-0.2 to 0.3-0.15
N7 Crusader Increased damage from 360-554 to 370-629; Added 0.5m innate cover penetration distance, new penetration damage is 0.5*(1+rest_of_penetration_reduction_boni); Reduced ZoomedMinAimError from 1.5 to 0 and ZoomedMaxAimError from 2 to 1.5. Altered the (zoomed) Reticule to the Sniper version.
Dhan Decreased damage from 614-945 to 556-945;
Disciple Decreased damage from 54-88 to 38-64.5; Increased force from 16 to 64; Decreased RoF from 85 to 75; Decreased magazine size from 6 to 4; Decreased roundsperburst modifier for burstfire augments from 3 to 2; Tightened spread pattern by 20%; Decreased AimError [min/max] from [9/14] to [7.2/11.2]; Decreased zoomed AimError from [6/8] to [4.8/6.4]; Decreased blindfire AimError from [18/28] to [14.4/24.4]; Decreased weight from 0.35-0.18 to 0.25-0.13
Hesh Decreased damage from 52-82 to 42-71.4;
N7 Piranha Decreased damage from 41-63 to 37-63; Decreased Rof from 165 to 150;
Reegar Carbine Damage from 52-82 to 52-88; Decreased magazine size from 36 to 22; Increased anti shield scalar from 1.50 to 2.00; Decreased damage against Armour to 50%; Fixed missing AreaOfEffect AreaShape for special ammo;
Ruzad Increased damage from 71-116 to 93-158; Decreased RoF from 70 to 50 (that thing has an innate melee bonus of 10%)
Scattershot Increased damage from 27-43 to 32-54.4; Re-enabled its seeking ability that seems to have gone sometime between patch 1.07 and 1.10;
Venom Increased damage from 233-369 to 280-476; Decreased magazine size from 5 to 4
SMGs:
Charger Increased damage from 19-32 to 24-41; Increased RoundsPerBurst from 3 to 5;
N7 Hurricane Damage from 24-37 to 24-41; Increased RoF from 925 to 1200; Increased recoil, zoomedrecoil, and blindfire recoil multipliers from 1.0-0.5 to 1.2-0.7 (+0.2); Increased RoundsPerBurst from 3 to 4;
Equalizer Decreased damage from 36-57 to 33-56;
M-25 Hornet Decreased damage from 55-87 to 34-58; Increased RecoilMultiplier from 1.0-0.5 to 2.4-1.9 (+1.4)
Rozerad Increased damage from 17-26 to 30-51; Increased FinalRateOfFirePercent from 3 to 5; Increased Ramp up time from 1s to 3s;
Sniper Rifles: Removed general 50% hipfire penalty; (Increased MaxEffectiveRange from 100m to 2000m; Increased MaxRange from 2000m to 3000m; Increased FallOfSegmentLength from 25 to 80 - but these won't have much effect on gameplay as stuff only spawns at a couple hundret meters distance.)
Viper Decreased damage from 249-423 to 220-374; Increased magazine size from 3 to 6; Decreased weight from 0.5-0.25 to 0.4-0.2
Black Widow Damage from 465-715 to 465-791; Decreased RoF from 65 to 60; Added 0.75m innate cover penetration at 25% of damage (added the 25% flat to 'statmod_penetrationdamagepenalty_sniperrifles' upon equippin BW, so it is cumulative to other boni)
Incisor Decreased damage from 82-134 to 73-124; Increased RoF from 585 to 600; Decreased ZoomedShake-Pitch Amplitude from 0.7 to 0.4;
M-90 Indra Damage from 48-76 to 48-82; Shake and ZoomedShake: Durations decreased from 0.3s to 0.1s, changed Pitch Amplitudes from 0.4 to 0.3 and Pitch Phases from 0.1 to 0.5;
Inferno Decreased damage from 198-305 to 175-298; Increased tracer speed from 400 to 1200; Decreased gravity scalar to 0.3
Isharay Increased damage from 615-974 to 653-1110; Increased weight from 0.6-0.3 to 0.65-0.33;
Lanat Increased damage from 260-412 to 280-476; Decreased the divisor for the charged shots bonus from 2 to 1.6 - a fully charged shot should now do 2.25 times the normal shot damage instead of 2 times.
Naladen Increased damage from 288-443 to 300-510
Raptor Damage from 49-80 to 49-83
Shadow Decreased damage from 64-101 to 37-63; Increased beam range from 90m to 1000m
N7 Valiant Damage from 295-454 to 295-502; Decreased RoF from 125 to 100; Decreased magazine size from 5 to 3; Decreased reload time from 2s to 1.3s
Vanquisher Decreased damage from 278-440 to 259-440
Widow Increased damage from 495-810 to 588-1000; Decreased weight from 0.65-0.33 to 0.6-0.3; Added 1m innate cover penetration distance, new penetration damage is 0.5*(1+rest_of_penetration_reduction_boni)
Augments:
Beam Set innate anti-shield bonus to alienweapon-bonus (25%); Fixed Several inconsistencies in applied damage, damagetype, and force; Added incendiary ammo bonus damage to armor;
Grenade Removed 0.5s delay between possible damage applications; Fixed inconsistend damage bonus calculations; Added incendiary ammo bonus damage to armor; Fixed Impact effect when using special ammo;
Electrical Conduit Increased anti shield scalar from 150% to 200%; Decreased damage against Armour to 50% of base damage; Fixed missing or incorrect AreaOfEffect AreaShape for special ammo; Fixed inconsistend damage bonus calculations; Added incendiary ammo bonus damage to armor; Fixed Impact effect when using special ammo;
Plasma Charge Fixed inconsistend damage bonus calculations; Added incendiary ammo bonus damage to armor;
Sticky Grenade Removed 0.5s delay between possible damage applications; Fixed inconsistend damage bonus calculations; Added incendiary ammo bonus damage to armor; Fixed incorrect 80% penalty to Clip size (now the advertized 20% Penalty applies);
Mods:
Shotgun Barrels Increased the damage bonus of all shotgun barrels to match those of other weapon types.
SR ULM Increased weight reduction of rank 9 and 10 mods from 13% and 14% to 14% and 15%.
There now also an additional file on the mod's Nexus page, rebalancing the MP weapons made availbe by LegendDarkness97's ME Andromeda Weapon Pack. As it also fixes a couple bugs and inconveniences related to those weapons, I'd suggest checking this out if you use them.
As of the most up to date version, that additional file is stand alone.
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Post by sil on Nov 15, 2017 18:57:18 GMT
I haven't been able to test it, but I love the idea of bringing the weapons of ME:A in line with how ME3 had them.
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Post by kallas on Dec 19, 2017 14:45:51 GMT
this... this is the weapon balancing mod I was looking for, it fixes the behavior of weapons with shields and armor, do not buff the damage at comic levels
, perfect.
I'm doing a game play with this mod and so far no error.
some suggestions.
The Revenant: Should have a little more damage per bullet, much more kick back and a little more bloom.
the way it is now does not remind anything of the revenant of the mass effect 2-3 it has too much precision.
I think you should forget the rarity system when balancing weapons, and do it more individually.
And a question, I have never been able to understand why the crusader causes so much less damage than dhan, since it is heavier?
Sorry bad english.
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Post by KrrKs on Dec 20, 2017 16:08:03 GMT
Hey, thanks for the feedback.
I might look at the Revenant again if I find the time (maybe early january).
You are probably right that the current version (especially the higher levels) has too little recoil, but IIRC the rank 1 version is about right, or even too strong, in the mod.
As for revenant damage and accuracy: Upping the Revies damage and it does more DPS than the Kett Soned minigun. Currently the defining factor for those two weapons (without mods) is their raw DPS, the revenant does more damage at a lower rate of fire and can hit singular targets from afar. The soned has more DPS but has a hard time hitting anything smaller than an Eiroch, and is more useful for crowd control. If i reduce the Revenants accuary, it becomes a slightly worse Soned. And due to the fact that MEA engangements can happen over longer distances than the ME2/3 ones I think that its current accuracy is fitting. To reliably land headshots you still need all accuracy gains there are or stand directly in the enemies face. So I don't think I'll change that.
(But you can do that yourself, if it bothers you! The project file is included in the download.)
I think the original reason for the Dhan's absurdly high damage was its slow moving, short range, arcing projectile, while the crusader seems to have been forgotten somewhat. Shotgun balancing was kind of strange through the board anyway, (I'm not sure if I made it better, though...)
After the buff of my mod, the Crusader's single clip DPS is more comparable with semi automatic sniper rifles (as it also behaves more like a sniper rifle than a shotgun). It is also one of only three weapons with innate cover-piercing. That makes the heavy weight more acceptable, I think.
But i might need to look at that again, as I often neglected weight during the balancing process.
About forgetting the rarity system: That system already has an impact for uncommon and 'above' levels, due to the difference in modification slots. Vanilla balancing also had something like a 10% to 30% dps increase per rarity level (if i'm not mistaken), which i tried to even out to 20% per rarity.
I believe that a better way to balance out these differences would be to alter the way weapon research works or let higher rarity weapons cost significantly more resources to craft. But that might be a different mod, if i ever come around to start it.
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Post by kallas on Dec 21, 2017 12:34:25 GMT
ye, I forgot about the slots, I use a mod that puts the same amount of slots in all tiers of rarity.
is that the system of rarity is so stupid, they create a lot of weapons, but the only ones that are worth using are the utra-rares, because if you do not use them you are hurting yourself.
that's why I mentioned forgetting the rarity system, during balancing,
I'm not sure, but it seems more certain and correct to balance the weapons individually.
It's been a while since I played mass effect 2/3, but did it seem to me that weapons were individually balanced in those games? were there no weapons that were complete upgrades to each other?
Sory bad english.
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Post by KrrKs on Dec 21, 2017 17:06:58 GMT
About MEA weapon rarity, I guess that initially the more rare weapons had a somewhat specific role in mind. This can be seen e.g., with weapons like the Soned, Dhan, or Valiant. Common stuff like the Avenger or Charger/Tempest are allrounders that are somewhat good at every range and encounter without excelling at anything really.
... And then comes the completely overpowered Hornet and some others and the whole system falls apart.
As for ME2/3.: In ME2 each of the vanilla weapons has a specific role, and they are all very balanced between each other. The DLC weapons (Mattock, Locust, GPS, Eviscerator and so on) are mostly a bit too strong.
ME3 balance on the other hand is also all over the place, and strongly influenced by the weapon's MP rarity. Its even worse (imo) in ME3, as the Avenger and especially Shuriken are basically worthless, while each MEA weapon is very much usable in the campaign.
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Post by KrrKs on Jan 5, 2018 17:17:38 GMT
So, I altered some things in the new version (Link is in the OP). Thanks again kallas, you were right about the Revenant. I upped Its recoil and damage. The damage is now on par with the (mod's) Soned, but due to its lower RoF and better accuracy the revenant is still different enough. As for the Crusader. I compared it to the sniper rifles again, and it (imo) fits perfectly as it is. In the spoiler below are changes compared to the last version of the mod, mostly weight differences:
Assault Rifles:
M-8 Avenger Decreased weight from 0.25-0.13 to 0.2-0.1
X5 Ghost Increased weight from 0.2-0.1 to 0.3-0.15
Revenant Buffed damage from 37-62.9 to 41-70; Increased recoil, zoomedrecoil, and blindfire recoil multipliers from 1.5-1 to 3-1.5;
N7 Valkyrie Increased weight from 0.2-0.1 to 0.25-0.13
Pistols:
Talon Decreased weight from 0.3-0.15 to 0.2-0.1
Shotguns:
M-23 Katana Decreased weight from 0.4-0.2 to 0.3-0.15
Disciple Decreased weight from 0.35-0.18 to 0.25-0.13
Sniper Rifles:
Viper Increased magazine size from 3 to 6
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Post by KrrKs on Feb 11, 2018 20:28:37 GMT
Bump: Updated the OP with the following: There now also an additional file on the mod's Nexus page, rebalancing the MP weapons made availbe by LegendDarkness97's ME Andromeda Weapon Pack. As it also fixes a couple bugs and inconveniences related to those weapons, I'd suggest checking this out if you use them. Changes for that mod are in the spoilers below:
Weapon: Changes:
All Added 25% + consumable bonus damage increase to armor when incendiary ammo is active.
Referenced research projects in weapon files, so that these weapons can be deconstructed now.
Sovoa Decreased Dmg from 400-615 to 150-255; Decreased Explosion radius from 3m to 2.25m;
Increased weight from 30-15 to 40-20;
Fixed Alienweapon bonus not being applied when special ammo is active
Shorty Decreased Dmg from 25-38 to 22-37.4;
Increased weight from 42-21 to 45-23;
Added 10% Bonus damage to shields
Silhesh Decreased Dmg from 40-63 to 33-56;
Increased weight from 15-8 to 20-10;
Fixed projectile seeking
Kishock Decreased base Dmg from 550-846 to 500-850;
Changed charge up to also increase impact Dmg (70% of base) up to 50%;
Increased charge up time from 0.5s to 1.5s;
Increased gravity effect on charged projectile from 1% to 5%;
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Post by KrrKs on Mar 2, 2018 21:19:59 GMT
Element Zero recent remark in the twitter thread about the Indra got me to re-evaluate that gun and a few others, so there is now a version 1.2 of the mod available. The changelog compared to V1.1 can be found in the spoiler below:
Changes from v1.1 to v1.2:
Assault Rifles:
Sweeper Increased damage from 70-119 to 72-122
Shotguns:
N7 Piranha Decreased damage from 40-68 to 37-63;
Scattershot Decreased damage from 35-59.4 to 32-54.4; Re-enabled its seeking ability that seems to have gone sometime between patch 1.07 and 1.10;
SMGs:
N7 Hurricane Increased recoil, zoomedrecoil, and blindfire recoil multipliers from 1.0-0.5 to 1.2-0.7 (+0.2);
Equalizer Decreased damage from 36-61 to 33-56;
Sniper Rifles:
M-90 Indra Shake and ZoomedShake: Durations decreased from 0.3s to 0.1s, changed Pitch Amplitudes from 0.4 to 0.3 and Pitch Phases from 0.1 to 0.5;
Isharay Increased damage from 645-1097 to 653-1110; Increased weight from 0.6-0.3 to 0.65-0.33;
Widow Increased damage from 560-952 to 588-1000; Decreased weight from 0.65-0.33 to 0.6-0.3;
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Post by KrrKs on Feb 22, 2020 23:56:41 GMT
Bump.
Almost a year after release of v.1.3b, the update 1.3c increases the Crusader's zoomed accuracy to Viper levels. The changes-list in the first post is updated to reflect the current mod status.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Feb 23, 2020 8:48:28 GMT
Bump. Almost a year after release of v.1.3b, the update 1.3c increases the Crusader's zoomed accuracy to Viper levels. The changes-list in the first post is updated to reflect the current mod status. Cool I will test this mod next time I play MEA through. Did you see what they did for the MEAMP weapon balancing? Would be cool to have those in SP too 
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Post by KrrKs on Feb 23, 2020 16:30:01 GMT
Bump. Almost a year after release of v.1.3b, the update 1.3c increases the Crusader's zoomed accuracy to Viper levels. The changes-list in the first post is updated to reflect the current mod status. Cool I will test this mod next time I play MEA through. Did you see what they did for the MEAMP weapon balancing? Would be cool to have those in SP too  I didn't really keep track of MP balance changes.
Since MP Kits are limited to two weapons at most, some stuff that makes sense in SP does not work there at all. The the horde mode nature of MP with ammo boxes around every second corner on the other hand means that certain aspects of weapons have totally different meaning. I believe the Sidewinder is one of the weapons most affected by of these two aspects.
Another thing is that this mod was born mainly because i detest the vanilla MEA 8-shot Carnifex  . Everything else went from there, so the reasons for -and results of- some changes will be completely different.
But if you have suggestions, please share them! Maybe it won't take me year to do the next version 
For sake of completeness and alternatives, I should probably point out that there are at least three other weapon mods:
The first one by Forkinator seems pretty stable, and the second one has some cool ideas. No idea about the last one, though.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 24, 2020 13:38:13 GMT
Since I am playing ME:A again (three concurrent playthroughs on the go), I might have to give this mod a look. I generally do not bother with mods, but ME:A weapon balancing is... yeah.
I will have to take a closer look at it, but does the mod affect augmentation slots at all? In the base game, I felt I was shoehorned into crafting N7/Platinum/Ultra-rare tier weapons since they had the most augmentation slots available.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Feb 24, 2020 14:12:56 GMT
I'd say there is one mod MEA needs, its the fixpack...
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Post by KrrKs on Feb 24, 2020 18:23:03 GMT
[...] I will have to take a closer look at it, but does the mod affect augmentation slots at all? In the base game, I felt I was shoehorned into crafting N7/Platinum/Ultra-rare tier weapons since they had the most augmentation slots available.
I'll slightly edit some Augmentation effects (see e.g., the spoiler in the op for that), but not the number of slots per weapon.
But Unicephalon is right, the MEA Fixpack is definitely recommended.
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Post by KrrKs on Aug 26, 2023 0:34:09 GMT
So, a bit over 3 years since the last update: Version 1.4 now includes (and requires!) the Deluxe DLC Weapons, since that dlc is now freely available on the EA App (so it has at least one good thing going for it) Link: www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/596Changelog and all the other stuff in on that page. |
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Aug 30, 2023 17:34:31 GMT
So, a bit over 3 years since the last update: Version 1.4 now includes (and requires!) the Deluxe DLC Weapons, since that dlc is now freely available on the EA App (so it has at least one good thing going for it) Link: www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/596Changelog and all the other stuff in on that page.  Amazing Thank you!
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. Everything else went from there, so the reasons for -and results of- some changes will be completely different.
