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Post by sil on Sept 10, 2018 10:11:01 GMT
Last years N7 Day was a disappointment. It was the 10 year anniversary and it was barely celebrated in part due to Bioware abandoning Andromeda a short while before. They've made mistakes with how they handled ME:A's post-release and last years N7 Day, but, how about some relatively simple ideas on how to make this N7 Day a lot better? Some are very cheap, others aren't, but they'd all help. Follow these and you can't go far wrong: 1) Release something new for one of the games; It doesn't need to be much, just porting an MP weapon into SP for MEA would be a bonus and would immediately make players feel like Bioware still cares for Mass Effect. The cost of releasing such a free dlc might be a bit high, but the PR bonus is definitely worth it.2) Don't just respond to people on twitter and facebook; make the effort to blitz the forums and reddit with posts, interact with the community rather than keeping your distance. The more distance there is, the harsher the community tends to get, and its time that Bioware and their fanbase got back on an even keel.3) Host AMA's on reddit -and- the forums; allow players to ask anything about the stories, the lore, and more. Perhaps answer some of the lore mysteries like the jupiter brain in pluba or explain some design decision, or hell, just tell us your favourite parts. Because not everyone uses reddit, it makes sense to use the forums too.4) Show us something we haven't seen; there must be loads of concept art we've never had a chance to see, such as artwork for cut planets in ME:A or planets like the elcor or hanar homeworlds. If not, then perhaps create some new art so we can finally see what a volus looks like, or give an appearance to some of the background races that never received one. There are two galaxy's worth of art you could make or show.5) Expand the lore; this could be through an article focusing on one of the races with little lore or perhaps through a special set of Cerberus Daily News or Andromeda News Network messages posted through the day. Flesh out a part of the setting that we never saw.6) MP Stories; create a mini-story told via your website and blogs involving multiplayer. Advertise it early, keep people interested and offer cool bonuses for ME3 or MEA for taking part, perhaps make a competition out of it for goodies. Part of this could involve special MP missions.7) Make a modding spotlight; take some time out to look at your modding community, showcase some of the interesting mods that have been made for Mass Effect 3 and Andromeda. Modders are some of your most passionate fans and recognising their efforts would benefit them greatly.8) Post up short stories; create some new short stories for people to read. Set them on a battlefield we never saw with Shepard during the Reaper War, or some new planet in Andromeda, give us a short story about one of the 18 unknown events Glyph found in the Citadel Archives. These are cheap to make but well worth it for the fans.9) Create an interactive galaxy map/codex website; allow us to roam the galaxy on your website and see all of the planets, attach codex entries to them as we explore and gradually update it with planets from the background lore such as the raloi homeworld Turvess or the human colony of Shanxi. Use it as a platform to steadily grow both Andromeda and the Milky Way for fans.10) Give some hope for the future; give us some kind of tease to a future game or announce a bunch of new graphic novels and novels. Just don't make any of those new novels/comics a substitute for DLC. Use them to tell new stories from new characters.11) DON'T MENTION ANTHEM; the Mass Effect community is somewhat sore these days due to the way you cancelled Andromeda's DLC, and there is a lot of concern in the fandom that Anthem represents the end of the traditional story-heavy SP games that made us love Bioware. I know you're very keen on your new game but discussing Anthem on N7 Day would be like rubbing salt in the wound. I wouldn't recommend it.Of these ideas only a couple would be costly (galaxy map & free mini-dlc) but they would give the fandom the impression that you are supporting the Mass Effect community, and as a consequence, such a positive response to N7 Day might win you back some support from your traditional fanbase for your next game.
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Post by N7Pathfinder on Sept 10, 2018 11:46:17 GMT
I'm afraid they aren't gonna do anything. Probably a blog post from casey again, a video with all the mass effect games combined and tweets wishing #happyn7day.
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Post by sil on Sept 10, 2018 12:34:06 GMT
I'm afraid they aren't gonna do anything. Probably a blog post from casey again, a video with all the mass effect games combined and tweets wishing #happyn7day. You're most likely correct, but its true that it wouldn't take much effort to do something decent with N7 Day.
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Post by dmc1001 on Sept 10, 2018 13:22:12 GMT
Don't we already have a thread about N7 day?
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Post by sil on Sept 10, 2018 15:13:56 GMT
Don't we already have a thread about N7 day? For predictions, yes. This isn't about predicting it.
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Post by Tittus on Sept 10, 2018 16:46:09 GMT
If they just correct somethings in the Archives, I'll be happy.
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Post by scifiguy53425 on Sept 10, 2018 17:54:19 GMT
I'd be good with a 45-60 minute video announcing and previewing most of the things on that list. I can't see them delving into the forums but maybe they'll surprise me. I think twitter and Facebook posts are adequate anyway. Its difficult to say much beyond that because the Mass Effect community itself has pretty much done everything we could possibly do on our own.
I guess if they weren't feeling to write stories they could host some sort of contest and have someone relevant to the series read the winning piece. Maybe have Mark Meer, if he's willing, host the entire thing or just anyone relevant to the franchise. I'd be really interested in seeing any concept art from the trilogy previously not shown and have someone from the team talk about it in depth.
What I expect though is a live-stream, something in the same vein as N7-Day 2014, which I wouldn't be disappointed by honestly. Just the developers talking about the last game that came out. I've been debating whether I can see them plugging Anthem or not, and if they do I will laugh hysterically while crying a little inside.
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Post by sil on Sept 12, 2018 14:04:02 GMT
I'd be good with a 45-60 minute video announcing and previewing most of the things on that list. I can't see them delving into the forums but maybe they'll surprise me. I think twitter and Facebook posts are adequate anyway. Its difficult to say much beyond that because the Mass Effect community itself has pretty much done everything we could possibly do on our own. I guess if they weren't feeling to write stories they could host some sort of contest and have someone relevant to the series read the winning piece. Maybe have Mark Meer, if he's willing, host the entire thing or just anyone relevant to the franchise. I'd be really interested in seeing any concept art from the trilogy previously not shown and have someone from the team talk about it in depth. What I expect though is a live-stream, something in the same vein as N7-Day 2014, which I wouldn't be disappointed by honestly. Just the developers talking about the last game that came out. I've been debating whether I can see them plugging Anthem or not, and if they do I will laugh hysterically while crying a little inside. Yeah, there is a lot of things they could do, and they most wouldn't take a vast amount of effort or money. Just a little time to win back the fans. Though I must admit, I'm fully expecting N7 Day to be a pretty empty affair and for them to be plugging Anthem far more.
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Post by Basquemercat117 on Sept 12, 2018 21:09:44 GMT
i would love bioware to talk about the ideas they have and that they are working mass effect. if they have concept art show it off? just something to reassure they are working on it and to show mass effect isnt dead.
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Post by Fogg on Sept 15, 2018 19:57:26 GMT
N7 skin and/or weapon for Anthem, that's all we'll ever going to get on future N7 Days
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Post by sil on Sept 15, 2018 20:16:38 GMT
N7 skin and/or weapon for Anthem, that's all we'll ever going to get on future N7 Days From what I've heard they already have one in Anthem.
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Post by KaiserShep on Sept 17, 2018 10:12:34 GMT
Anything that doesn’t allude to new [singleplayer] game content is going to just get a meh rating. I’m keeping my expectations low, so as to avoid the painful sting of disappointment.
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Post by Link"Guess"ski on Oct 2, 2018 21:52:57 GMT
There won't be an N7 event. It'll be a brief nod from Casey on Twitter or a blog with some fandom/community enabling gesture and that's it.
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Post by dmc1001 on Oct 13, 2018 16:11:24 GMT
Why even have an N7 Day? Shepard isn't part of things anymore and Alec Ryder died ten minutes into MEA. We don't have any N7's anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2018 17:33:17 GMT
Pretty much off topic, but here goes ...
In MEA, Ryder has a conversation with the Angara ambassador to the Nexus. It triggers a quest, based on the renowned skills of an N7 (which Ryder is not, but did receive some N7 training from Dad Ryder). After successfully completing the three challenges, the Ambassador acknowledges the skills of an N7 … and makes an offer to Ryder, depending on Ryder's response. So the idea of N7s did make it to Andromeda, even if Ryder is not an N7. This leads us, in a notional MEA2 …
For SAM and Kandros to establish an N7 organization for AI folks. SAM possesses all the knowledge of Alec Ryder and Kandros would certainly be competent at running the organization. Initial optimism from the AI leadership, about the "peaceful" nature of another galaxy was dashed, so creating a cadre of N7 to lead strike teams and protect AI interests in the Helius cluster would make sense. In MEA2, Ryder could end up being the first N7 (outside of Alec) in Andromeda. Perhaps part of the story is how one sibling becomes an N7, while the other, as Pathfinder, engages in further exploration of the cluster or other clusters within Andromeda. Your choice as to which sibling is which, but BioWare would choose which was playable/which story would be told in MEA2.
I see N7-led units as a more disciplined, accountable organizations, as opposed to SPECTREs, which some in the Nexus leadership (Tann) might be inclined to mimic. You might even see the Nexus create their own SPECTRE organization (with Kandros as lead), with the human component on Meridian going with an N7 organization (being led by someone other than Kandros), setting up tension between the competing factions, where their responsibilities overlap. SPECTREs being an extra-judicial branch of the Nexus leadership, with the N7s being a military organization primarily tasked with defense of the colonies.
If Eos is a military outpost, Bradley could become the head of N7 training, based on Eos. If Eos is a scientific outpost, Cora (no longer part of the Tempest crew in MEA2) would become the head of N7 training on Meridian. If BioWare choses to run with the same Ryder you played in MEA and that Ryder sibling becomes the N7 for MEA2, Cora would in effect become Ryder's boss. Karma. Or if the non-playable sibling becomes the N7, Cora would still be the boss … Karma-lite.
So ... a continued reason to have an N7 day, now and into the future of ME.
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Post by NotN7 on Oct 13, 2018 21:25:12 GMT
Why even have an N7 Day? Shepard isn't part of things anymore and Alec Ryder died ten minutes into MEA. We don't have any N7's anymore. LOL! but on the same foot why have Star Trek conventions and comic coms etc . Shepard is still alive in our hearts and mind just like your love for Kaidan
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Post by griffith82 on Oct 13, 2018 23:18:55 GMT
Why even have an N7 Day? Shepard isn't part of things anymore and Alec Ryder died ten minutes into MEA. We don't have any N7's anymore. Its a celebration of ME plain and simple.
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Post by themikefest on Oct 14, 2018 0:40:21 GMT
Why even have an N7 Day? Shepard isn't part of things anymore and Alec Ryder died ten minutes into MEA. We don't have any N7's anymore. Because Shepard could make a return in ME4.
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Post by griffith82 on Oct 14, 2018 11:12:09 GMT
Why even have an N7 Day? Shepard isn't part of things anymore and Alec Ryder died ten minutes into MEA. We don't have any N7's anymore. Because Shepard could make a return in ME4. Nope.
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Post by themikefest on Oct 14, 2018 13:13:04 GMT
yep
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Post by dmc1001 on Oct 14, 2018 19:33:12 GMT
Why even have an N7 Day? Shepard isn't part of things anymore and Alec Ryder died ten minutes into MEA. We don't have any N7's anymore. LOL! but on the same foot why have Star Trek conventions and comic coms etc . Shepard is still alive in our hearts and mind just like your love for Kaidan Star Trek is still on TV and in movie theaters. N7's are gone. Now, if we learned that an N7 were in cryo aboard the Nexus, maybe. If fact, with Avitus and the potential mystery N7, we could rebuild both organizations. Could be an interesting concept, especially since Spectres were created around the time of the Krogan Rebellions. They could similarly be useful against the Kett. N7's are the best of the best and no longer have to be human only...maybe the N program is geared toward the best but once you hit N7 you get invited to the Spectres.
Just musing so don't take this too seriously.
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Post by KaiserShep on Oct 15, 2018 6:32:07 GMT
Why even have an N7 Day? Shepard isn't part of things anymore and Alec Ryder died ten minutes into MEA. We don't have any N7's anymore. Because Shepard could make a return in ME4. Putting aside the risk of reviving the character, I feel like we’re better off starting fresh with a new PC if we’re going to have more going on in the Milky Way. I don’t want to drag on the same old character history forever. I’d like to have a character with a different origin, and honestly a proper reason for our character to start at level 1.
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Post by griffith82 on Oct 15, 2018 11:39:55 GMT
Because Shepard could make a return in ME4. Putting aside the risk of reviving the character, I feel like we’re better off starting fresh with a new PC if we’re going to have more going on in the Milky Way. I don’t want to drag on the same old character history forever. I’d like to have a character with a different origin, and honestly a proper reason for our character to start at level 1. Biggest problem with any MW story is the endings. I'm positive that's why it will never happen.
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Post by themikefest on Oct 15, 2018 11:55:47 GMT
Because Shepard could make a return in ME4. Putting aside the risk of reviving the character, I feel like we’re better off starting fresh with a new PC if we’re going to have more going on in the Milky Way. I don’t want to drag on the same old character history forever. I’d like to have a character with a different origin, and honestly a proper reason for our character to start at level 1. I have no problem if a new main character starring in a game that takes place after the events of ME3. My preference is to have Shepard return.
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