Lore: Weapons and Customisation

Weeeelll....they broke weapon lore between ME1 and ME2 (the idea that "ammo" is projected by a small mass relay inside the weapon, hence why infinite ammo).

Also ME3 introduced us to some mods. Admittedly none as "silly" as Andromeda's, but still precedence is precedence.

Keeping gameplay fresh, fun, and interesting should be a priority so I'm fine with it however they explain it in the lore.  A lot of these new feature and abilities look pretty good and really promotes experimentation with different weapon/mod combinations.

plasma would not seek heat but could be projected in a curving arc from the point of fire, a computer could calculate a target and bend the arc from the start of the gun and guide the end point projectile to target but that would rely on information at the weapon site not like a missile more like a CIWS kind of set up. I didnt use cryo ammo in ME and avoid it in most games because it just doesnt make sense that I can stop youu from moving, or stop you from moving fast, by freezing you, cooling you down, but that freezing in itself does not instantly kill you? no sense made. I dont like weapons that would not make sense in real life even if they are really common in games, like the freezing weapon. if the tech can be explained by lore as per my guided plasma, im ok with that. I do not want to see weapons from borderlands in mass effect... please no.

Nonsensically seeking projectiles have been a mass effect thing since at least ME2, to be fair

(I don't think they were in ME1, but I could be wrong)

I could honestly care less. science FICTION for a reason! Albeit who knows what we can achieve in one or two thousand years in real life. Remember, fiction of today can be reality tomorrow. We could give Newton the middle finger in 500 and defy the laws of physics. Nothing is absolute in science. There may be things we can never comprehend. 

Well where else are the thermal clips suppose to go? I'm glad your weapon now opens up to put thermal clips in.

The little side slot, I dunno, I never thought much of it because it never bothered me. I don't think shotguns take 8 thermal clips though lol.

Yes and no.
They are leaving the Milky Way design with heat sinking in.
The Andromeda natives guns are the Plasma based weapons.
The other type are the Remnant guns ... i think that they are plasma based as well but use the ME1 overheat feature -i think.

As to plasma shooting in a straight line... this is true -though probably to avoid the Napalm effect that it would realistically have they are putting it in projectile form.
Yet I would not mind to see a napalm style weapon in game besides the flame thrower.

The casings aren't casings in this case, they're just the thermal clips. So instead of ejecting one, it's ejecting a shit ton to have that classic real life shotgun vibe. Same reason why thermal clips are loaded into the grip of pistols now instead of the sides like they used to be.

Besides, what happens in gameplay isn't necessarily what happens in lore, so I see no problem with it.

Rule of cool always trumps sensible reload animations; no one complains about ridiculous reloading in Battlefield.

Thank you for the correction.

Speaking of the N7 Typhoon, I hope that also comes back. Even without mods it was a monstrously powerful rifle.

Ever try it with the Juggy? Spec out for weapon stability and it practically becomes a laser.

I feel you on that. I was lucky and got the Juggernaut with the free pack when the DLC dropped, but other than that my luck was crap with most other characters.

I also gave James the Typhoon in my game. Definitely matched his character, and also the AI doesn't suffer from recoil like the player so he was pretty accurate with it.