You don't fix M/M issues by making a straight character bi.

From what some people said there was dialogue implying this that was datamined from game files. Not sure if this is true.

I'm one of the nexus modders, and there is still stuff that's cut. For example, certain missions had broader enemy spawn patterns and I restored some into my Respawn mod. There is still stuff out there for ME3, and ME2 is pretty much untouched. We know that Tali & Miranda both have audio files for femshep romances, that there are news broadcasts about Executor Palin, the Consort and others that don't appear due to bugs or being cut. There is cut dialogue for the Presidium Gardener, and in other places.

Modders have brought back a lot, but there is a lot left that hasn't been

To be honest, I think there are toxic individuals rather than a toxic community,
but sure, it's not possible to please everyone and hating via anonymity seems more prevalent these days.

I think EA (rather than BioWare) reasoned that BSN Prime was a 'no-win proposition' irrespective of how the game would be received.

I hope they just make all future characters in the next game playersexual so we get rid of this discussion once and for all so that they focus on other more pressing issues.

Actually, you're wrong. I've done a complete audio dump from Mass Effect 1 for my mod to make sure I get the right audio for Shep and another character, so I've gone through a lot of the lines. Though many of the Shepard lines are similar, there are areas where there are differences, and some places where there are Shep lines for one gender and not the other. These aren't just for romances either.

Don't you remember DA2? This created just as much consternation as what we have now.

I can see both sides of it; it is more believable and "real" to have characters with set orientations and preferences like the previous ME games. But on the other hand, playersexual gives just that, player choice. I personally would prefer playersexual as well but I have seen several informal polls that puts that opinion in the far minority.

Unless there's a major part of their character arc is their orientation such as Dorian, i don't see playersexual approach would take anything away from characterisation. See no reason why this change makes Jaal's characterisation inconsistent. In an artificially limited pool of options playersexuality seems the best route to me but they seem opposed for political representation reasons, so i doubt we'll see it return.

It's not just in high school. It's everywhere and places you would never expect it. I was in the service from 1989-1995. I heard rumors of gay soldiers, but I dismissed them because you couldn't get into the service at the time if you were homosexual. One of my best buddies who was stationed with me in Somalia was gay. He never told me. I only found out about it after having to pack his personal stuff into a duffel bag that would accompany his body back to the states. He never made a pass at me. He never mentioned anything other than he had a girlfriend back in "Joisey." He was a great soldier and I'm glad he trusted me enough to be his friend. We had some serious pen and paper battles that helped me escape Mogadishu and put me in a place called the Forgotten Realms. Anyway...

I think the quest bugs are more important so as to make the product more polished. I do appreciate that BioWare is concerned, but the foundation needs fixing before the curtains need to be realigned. Capiche?

Just another lazy move, in a game full of lazy bullshit. Nothing new to see here.

You really think they did that by popular internet demand? The internet that isn't a mirror of the player base at large?

Do you really think, that something like that is developed, voiced and implemented in a game within 4 to 5 weeks if it hadn't been already there? They left it out from the original release. For whatever reasons. Maybe it was bugged or they just didn't have the time to put on the finishing touches. But it had been there from the start. They only activated what was already in the game.

Actually this is a new romance written after talking to people who know their stuff, so I'm interested to see if they get it right or not. If they do, then talking to the LGBTQ community shows it works and should be done when writing gay, bi and lesbian LI's in games. Hopefully they learned this for future games.

Apparently they wanted to have Jaal being bi "make sense" so they wanted to write it without offending people who are bi/gay. As they said, they wanted to get it right.