Let's talk Elaaden and the krogans.

Elaaden was my favorite planet. I liked that there were less 'chores' there compared to earlier planets, also because it's near the end of the game. I think every storyline could've been expanded more, but don't feel the Krogans were left short specifically.

I skipped Elaaden save for Turians and PeeBee. Thanks, I have already been to Tuchanka. I need less Krogan content, not more. The planet also does not have unique landscapes. It's recoloured Eos with Kadara's vegetation. So, fly away, Tempest, fly away! Hopefully, since I did not activate the Vault, the planet will slowly die along with the Krogans on it. Not as elegant as genophage, but good enough. Maybe I can sent Drack to deal with the issues there on an indefinite leave of absence.

You're right, they spent 1 year on it and then dumped it.

I hope you'll revisit it later. Clan Nakmor are not the one-dimensional brutes that you're used to seeing from the krogan. Poor writing for Morda aside, the visit to New Tuchanka is pretty good. Many of these krogan are trying to use the fresh start Morda and Jien gave them.

It only baffles you because you've never been in game development.

Nope. The quest with the village and the cat school witcher who is betrayed was a DLC, there were some other DLC missions, including the monsters one where you get the gathering of monsters and convince them to not instigate a conflict with humans.

I hate Eos, its very boring to drive on that planet, feels like driving in the middle of a huge city.

Elaaden on the other hand, very enjoyable. They should put more effort into the cut scenes on Elaaden though. Maybe cut some stuff out of Eos.

To me eladeen was fine.. Perhaps the lack of quests ment that I got them done before I got fed up with scenery.. But yeah, the whole Morda situation... No only the comments and voice acting, but the whole "we are going to war against initiative if you don't give us the core" "Ok, here's the core" "Then we are best friends ever after" and that's that.. Someone clipped few hours of questing to prove not all of the initiative suck and bring her around?

Yes....I know this. Fact is the vast majority isn't what I would call amazing DLC! Yet everyone rode their dick as being the greatest game studio ever in the history of gaming. One could say every single piece of "free DLC" should have been included in the base game.

There were 2 quests that were on par with ME:A Tasks, and 2 that would be on par with a world quest in ME:A. Let's also not forget they never thought people would want a NG+ and had to add it via "Free DLC".


16. Alternative Look For Triss



Makes an otherwise cool character look like a hokey dork.



15. Nilfgaardian Armor Set



Cool-looking armor, but it’s from Nilfgaard. Fuck Nilfgaard.



14. Elite Crossbow Set



Not as good as the high-level Witcher crossbows. Probably useful if you don’t have those crossbows yet, though. Then again... they’re crossbows. Who even cares.



13. Ballad Heroes - Gwent Card Set



I don’t care about Gwent. I know, I know, I should play. I barely have time to play Hearthstone, okay? Anyway, if I cared about Gwent, this would probably be higher.



12. Missing Miners



A ho-hum monster contract that I’ve already forgotten about.

11. Skellige Armor Set



The man-armor can’t match custom Witcher gear, but the horse-armor is top-notch.



10. Alternative Look For Yennefer



Not horrible, but corny when compared with Yen’s basic outfit. The feathers are neat.

9. Temerian Armor



Not particularly exciting on its own, but a solid set of armor for people starting a new game who don’t have Witcher gear yet.



8. Where The Cat And Wolf Play



A decent enough quest, but the culminating showdown was an anti-climax, at least for me.

7. Alternative Look For Ciri



The best of the “alternative look” options. Makes Ciri look somewhat more ready for battle than she did before.



6. New Finisher Animations



More blood, more severed limbs, more fun for everyone.

5. Fool’s Gold



Geralt has a serious conversation with a pig. That’s really all you need to know.



4. Beard and Hairstyle Set



Look, it’s more beards and hairdos. So what if we all stick with a beard and the silver-fox longhair look? It’s nice to have options.



3. Wolf School Gear



An in-depth treasure hunt that takes you to some really cool locations, including a tour of the hidden corners of Kaer Morhen. Cool armor, too.



2. New Game+



A sturdy new mode that makes the game harder in case you wanted to go through again and make different choices without reforging all your cool gear.

1. Skellige’s Most Wanted



Easily the best of the new missions, and all the better because it actually ties in with some of the decisions you made in the rest of the game.

Did you read the terminal describing their attempts at courtship?  I lol'ed big time at that.

It was a great touch, too, considering that the krogan are undergoing the process of re-integrating into a more balanced social structure since the males and females are no longer separated in sex-specific clans.

I unintentionally skipped Elaaden my first run because I got so caught up in chasing Archon who seemed a major threat that I thought I could hold off on Elaaden for a bit only to have Kandos say Elaaden won't happen during the council choice. I thought that was because I didn't do it but it seems that is his line anyway?

Elaaden was a boring desert. Reminded me of the desert we had in DAI. I was sad about that. We only get 5 planets and one is basically a nighttime jungle shoebox with no need for the nomad. One is a big effin desert that takes a while to drive across. One is a small borderline desert with a few bodies of water. One is a ball of ice that used to be parafreakingdise. One is an Ilos run but with less to see and more to drive with no stopping allowed. And the last is massive mountains with neatly carved paths between them. I call bullshit on Kadara's map because it is some lazy crap that they basically filled with a ton of mountains you can barely climb, a few caves, a few mob points, some puddles, and the thinnest of roads between the mountains. That is a terrible map. Elaaden was nothing. I mean a modder relatively new to making maps could do better. I know because I have seen it on Nexus for skyrim. Voeld was kind of cool due to some points of interest there at least.

All I am saying is they better step up their world development for the next game. The viability stuff only works once. Next time they have to have some decent maps with development and the kind like when you went back to Eden Prime in ME3 you could see a little something more than the port you saw in ME1. I want to see something like that but larger scale. I want to see all the worlds we helped with our vault work and I want to see transformation, civilization starting. I want to be in awe at changes that have started, to see life there and even the early start of cities and towns in other areas of the map. I want to go back and be like 'oh I remember this was where Resilience was and look at it now. It's like a town and they have a lake and memorial there. Or on Voeld, I want to go back and see icebergs and water and have some of the drastic shifts in weather be impacting the planet, perhaps it's got areas that are not safe while the ice melts and temperatures increase. Maybe you have some quests there and you see how the vaults helped and hurt it some, or see it partially transformed. I really hope they give us something to see the progress over time and the impact of the vaults and meridian. There's a lot they can do and they can even recycle the maps with just some additions and changes if needed.