Need More Boss Battles: Remnant Architects Were Awesome

I really enjoyed the moments I got to assault a Kett base. Being heavily outnumbered and having to think and move tactically in order to survive was a big thrill for me.

I've posted about this a little but the other Pathfinders could be a way to have "Boss Quests" like Sarissa for example. She stole data on Kett routes through the Scourge which could lead to your team assaulting various Kett battleships (similar to how you attack the Archon's ship in the main story). Avitus could provide various enemy encounters like attacking a Roekaar base or Remnant base to save captured/stranded Natanus survivors. Not sure how Hayjer/Raeka would fit into this as they are looking for information on the Kett and exaltation. I suppose you could assault another Kett exaltation facility to gather intel on the Kett and Exaltation.

Wow. Indeed to each their own.

I enjoyed the Remnant Vaults the most.

Puzzles and Sudoku galore + Atmosphere akin to the Alien ship in the first Alien movie.

I agree. I'd hoped, prelaunch, that each Architect would be a unique construct. This may have been a bit odd, logically, but the battles would've been more varied. While I think the idea of Architects is really cool, and I loved seeing them in orbit executing self-repairs, the battles felt a bit bland. Only the very first one challenged me. Once I knew what to expect, I came equipped and mowed then down like giant Observers. (Before someone suggests upping the difficulty, I play exclusively on Insanity.)

That was my favorite one. I liked how it's discovered, and the battle was a bit more varied. I enjoyed ducking into buildings for cover and warmth, and then fleeing when the Architect targeted my building with its AoE attacks. That was definitely the best one!

I thought that the lead up to the dragons was much better. Hearing them in flight, sleeping, splashing in water, or whatnot-- all of this was epic. Dropping them in fewer than 10 seconds with a somewhat optimized build was less impressive. At least the Architects take effort, I guess, even if only the Voeld fight was interesting?

Remnant Architects were essentially MEA's dragon fights. That being said, I found these encounters to be far more entertaining than the lackluster, cookie cutter fights in DAI. My only issue with the Remnant Architects, especially on Insanity, is there really isn't a lot of incentive to kill them. I did it just for the sake of completion, but the loot was underwhelming and there's not even an achievement for killing them all. Truth be told, it came across as if BioWare wanted to do more with the feature but ran out of time.

I could definitely see a legitimate encounter with a Reaper working with this new combat system. Of course, the mere mention of a "Reaper" probably spooks half the player base at this point. I just enjoyed the Remnant Architects for their variety in mechanics, even if they were redundant. Far more engaging than killing a Behemoth or a Destroyer.

Thanks for sharing. yea as i said the Inquisition version that happened 3 years ago at least had a little more variety and i personally got better loot out of them if i recall but it could be just luck.

While great fun, they were all the same...

The one on Voeld was the most challenging with the cold.

But they need variety, like the high dragons in DA:I. They had different attacks, some had more armor, some called in dragonlings, they did fly bys, had specific weaknesses and resistances... Overall much better.

With the tech of the remnant, at least have different Architects!

Fun the first time, but boring after that.

Architects are repetitive

Maybe once

You mean besides when they bugged out and became invincible (weak spots took no damage) and forced you to restart the fight?


Cool as they looked they would need some work

I would like boss battles if they were a straight up fight. Kill the spawning remnant, shoot the leg, shoot the head, oh we gotta do it 3 or more times. Every bioware boss battle since Baldur's Gate has been like that and I've loathed every one of them.

It's totally idiotic. I wish we could just hit spacebar and skip the nonsense.