Cross platform manifest sync

To be honest, at this time in the games lifecycle, they should've just unlocked everything by default. There's no way anyone who hasn't unlocked everything will do so before the game is undoubtedly shutdown when MEA hits.

I currently have ~210 hours on record, am nowhere near all the unlocks and with the way the shop is set up (duplicates, duplicates everywhere) I never will. And I spent a bit of money back in the day, so I'm even somewhat ahead of people that haven't. And I still can't play the classes exactly the way I want because some things are missing...

I don't think you're actually able to buy Bioware Points anymore and there's no other way to spend money on packs as far as I know (might be different on consoles, not sure). Add to that EA's track record with game servers and I'd wager it won't take long for them to shut it down. My guess'd be around September next year at max. 

just have one of the PC hackers give you unlimited credits. Manifest problems solved. Bioware isn't policing the game at all so feel free to hack away. No reason to slog through unlocking everything if you don't have to. Just be ready for a long time in the store.

I think you will hear the exactly same complaints again when ME:A releases. It's hard to let go of something achieved previously, particularly when it will be essentially the same game for MP module, not unlike cross-platform transfer. In a way I am happy that I will not unlock the full manifest because the transition to the ME:A will not feel like I am losing stuff I have developed an attachment to.

The Game of Acquisition is a part of the excitement of the game. The credits are only useful as long as you can get stuff you want with it. They have value while you do not have the possessions you want to have. Yearning and craving for stuff is a large motivating factor in addition to having one hell of a time. If you start feeling that you can only be happy once X or Y occurs, generally it's good to just start acting like the X and Y had already occurred. It totally increases the contentment and enjoyment of any process that has goals and cheevos.

At least in ME3MP it is possible to have fun regardless of possessions, unlike many other games where not having access to possessions means that you are luggage & will be yelled at by other players.

This is pretty much why I don't want to have everything unlocked, just the characters (or at least the characters I used to have). That way there's still plenty of guns to hope for.

Wanting kits vs wanting guns is exactly the same thing, and both desires go vs RNG. Is there a 99K pack weighed towards the kits like the Arsenal is weighed towards guns? It is probably easier than with the guns to get a kit you want, as you do not go against the mods and 10 iterations of every weapon you do not want, just against the kits table?

Truth be told, I would be happy for everybody who is like OP, I really would. I can understand the frustration in knowing that you'll have to sink a good portion of your life(even if you'll likely end up having fun with most of that time), just to get something you wish. I've been there... we all have.

That said, I sank a good portion of *my* life into this game and I'm *this* fucking close to maxing manifest. Still might take me another 100 hours or so, but I'll get there. And if they ever just give everything to new people, I'll be just a little salty. Basic human jealousy and nothing more, but there you go.

There is also point that inert made. When you get to the maxed manifest the hard way... you've earned it. There are tangible, but not immediately obvious benefits to that. When I started, I was using Predator on my vanguards, since having maxed cooldown is the right way to play vanguards, you know? Charge as often, dominate the game!

Bronze alone will set you straight. When you get to Gold, you'll learn guns are worth far more than powers, on most classes. So you have three seconds shorter cooldown because you're using Claymore? Who fucking cares! You have a High Lord, blow their fucking heads away.

The point, without being too verbose... when you've bled and cried and cursed and cried and bled some more... you learn to appreciate what you've got. You'll start your Gold career with Juggernaut... pretty much all of us have. And juggy is a good class, no matter what you may hear. But once you try drell(any of them), or turian sentinel, or krogan or batarian soldier and learn to play them well... you'll feel the satisfaction you never would have if you just cheated your way to it.

Because you damn well fucking earned it. Any nobody can take that away from you.

Good points all along!

And for the record.. I don't really want a maxed manifest.. I want to have things to unlock. I just want to have what I already did unlock on my xbox since I don't use it anymore. Trying to get it back would probabliy take at least 100+ hours and since they released more classes after I stopped playing I'd have even less of a chance to actually unlock those specific classes I used to have. Sure, I'd get other new fun stuff. But still. 

Especially since I wouldn't even have time to play every day and when I do, maybe just a game or two.

It just makes sense to have it synced across all three platforms. I'd say that would make people more likely to keep playing when they for some reason or other had to switch platforms.

And for the record, here are my (somewhat puny) manifests: 360 vs pc

If those four, only the Mantis (at 9).

But as I said, I don't really mind having to hunt for weapons.. I just want my classes that I'd gotten used to.