Why do we have to push and hold "E" for everything?

Weren't there people who previously complained that they entered conversations or situations because they accidentally clicked E or something? It may have been in response to those complaints.

Personally, I dislike the hold addition for the most part. There are times that I recall where it made sense that an action took longer time but for the most part, I think it's unnecessarily.

This is what I wanted to point out as well. Some of the doors take WAY too long to unlock. It's really annoying when you just want to look around and explore the place a little bit.

I use a 360 controller for PC and the one thing that bugs me more is the "Y" sometimes won't appear to talk to someone, or I have to angle myself in an odd direction to get it to show up. Had that issue with DAI too.

Yep.  I'm having that exact same problem all the time, but for me it's the "E" (I'm on PC).  It was truly annoying in the beginning, but I'm getting used to it now.  Always have to approach the NPC on their left, and then angle slightly away (again to the left). 

Y do I need to keep pressing y for everything y oh y ;__;

I HATED how you were supposed to use the "hold E/Y/Δ" function for hacking.... Like, it's just moving more slowly. That's not a minigame or anything it's literally just a waste of time. If we're supposed to be hacking something make it a minigame. Anything is better than standing there while the circle slowly fills up

It may be a set animation to allow things to load up on the peasant boxes, like you had in the ME2 loading screens.

As a long-time Destiny player, I feel right at home XD

On the ps4, I use the triangle button. What bothers me more is that triangle is also used for melee. So when in combat, if there's a container close by or remains of an enemy, I can't melee an enemy until I pick up whatever that item is. So I end up shooting the enemy or using a power.

It's like the loot button in DAI. I am in the middle of a fight and I pick up look and get hit. My melee button does that in MEA. I stab so many doors during fights, trying to open them.

That was from DAO, a whopping 5 games ago.

Same here. And that's annoying as hell. Having to chase the sweet spot to enter a conversation. Even worse when the character in question zig zags away when you approach them.

There's another issue. If you happen to have your weapon drawn and you want to open a door, make sure to stand perfectly still. Otherwise you perform a melee attack, which made me fall through the ground at several buildings.