Am I the only one here that actually enjoys this game?

I hope so, but that's the first I've heard of a DLC announcement. All I've seen is speculation that DLC is likely to be announced on the 10th.

IIRC they were running things when ME3 was live. Not sure if anything changed in the meantime...

I know that, I was referring to the fact that EA was also around when ME3 was still the big thing and we got the exact same responses about them, though we all know how ME3 turned out in the end...

Not trying to defend big corporations here, but they're often used to get the blame when things go awry, but never get credit when something's done right for a change.

Imho the N7 characters are already special. But regardless of how many characters or weapons are thrown in people tend to stick to a few (2-5?) only anyway. Normally the in comparison perceived overpowered ones. Meaning in reality most players are not looking for variety but for easy game play.

Since I heard about the S stuff diluting the pool further I lost any motivation to play.

I still play the odd game but can say my interest and, as a direct result, my time spent on MEA has dropped significantly.
I played tnrough the Campaign after I got bored with multiplayer and its ok ish.

Lack of new maps, character/power diversity, those 'S' weapons which feel a bit of a cheap excuse for introducing 'new' weapons, and a 'challenge' section which does not inspire me to even try different weapon types make the game difficult for me to enjoy..

Waiting for some new content, hoping for some good things but judging on how the game has been handled so far I'm not expecting too much..

Personally I've gone back to Bloodborne and Titanfall 2.

All people here post because they are passionate about the ME universe and I'm sure we all want to have a succesful multiplayer, the saltiness is purely a result of disappointment and frustration.

Is it game-breaking? Probably not. Is it a drip that causes the dam to break? More likely.

You know how long I take to unlock those fucking 50 cards? That about a fucking month. A fucking month to hopefully clear some useless RNG clutter to basically get to where I was before. I wouldn't bother if the game was actually more fun - but "gameplay is its own reward" isn't really the motto that strikes me with this MP.

If the goal is to max a manifest, then these new additions are just fodder separating you from consumables on your way to more URs. Consumables aren't as useful, so this doesn't bother me too much. The lack of originality on the other hand...

That said, maxing my manifest in MEAMP may require more patience than I have to give. I'm usually a completionist, (maxed two ME3MP manifests, but ME3MP was significantly more fun.) but MEAMP may take years to max at this rate.

Make that 5 to 10 mil. With expert packs. I´m not kidding. Every second expert pack was a UR. And my rares are far from maxed.

They'd also stand out more if they had slightly different performance characteristics. I'd love to see that new Predator get a 100% damage boost and a 60-70% ROF reduction. It looks slick as hell, but not enough to be worth the carpalling of my tunnels incurred using it on Gold.

What would be a hell of a drop rate for ultra rares. And that was my experience, picking up these additional gold cards while still dropping ultra rares in same pack or an ultra rare instead of an rare. What sounds like a nice deal.

I know though it's easier if everything else already is maxed out. But it doesn't take ages should you play regularly. I (repeating myself) like these long term incentives with cards and bonus values.

But (not specifically addressed to urizen) look at it the other way.
Let's assume the weapon pool would be restricted to the favorites only, e.g. Hurricane, Piranha, Dhan and a few others. People would complain about not being provided enough choice and variety.
Or all weapons and characters being provided all at once from the very beginning only requiring character levelling. Despite of 29 characters and 54 weapons (currently) everybody would be running around with an Angara avenger equipped with Hurricane and Piranha (or any other viable top-notch combination)!
Sounds boring.