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

I never said they were bad writers; I said that it's unfortunate that they don't have anyone on their team that isn't passionate about the romance aspect of the storytelling. But, it's not just about the romance aspect that I'm trying to make a point; none of the main NPC's in Andromeda are particularly memorable or unique. All the bones for those stories are there, but they were never fleshed out fully, nor were they weaved into the plot in such a way that make them stick into a players minds and remember them. And again, I'm not blaming this on the writers, but on the development cycle. They clearly didn't have enough time to put full effort into writing those relationships, but it's those relationships that made Mass Effect the games that are so loved. Lots of things went wrong, and, unfortunately for everybody, one of the things that didn't get the time and effort it should have, was the writing and relationship building. Obviously some characters got more effort than others, predominantly the characters/romances that the company through would appeal to the biggest group of players; but what it lead to is a lot of people that had high hopes and weren't expecting to be disappointed over the one thing Bioware has gotten right in the past.

I agree. The impression that I've gotten from the bits and pieces of information that have come out, is that they really didn't have time for any of that, though. I think they were more pressed just to make sure there actually WAS writing and that everyone had something to say, rather than if what they were saying was any good. And I think that's the biggest disappointment. The core foundation of Bioware RPG's is those stories and interactions, and so those are the things that should have been sorted out and at the core of everything they developed. Instead they got caught up in grand designs, and the writing was left til last, and then it had to scramble.
I think, also, that the reason it's the LGBT community that sounds the loudest is because they're the romances that were left til absolute last and were given the least amount of attention; when compared to the other relationships it becomes painfully obvious where the issues are and it's because more effort was put into the more mainstream romances, probably to cover shortfalls in time. If it had been the other way around, then it would be the more mainstream players screaming their heads off; but, of course, Bioware/EA at least have the sense to piss off the smallest playerbase possible.

Eh, you could've gotten nothing, which is what you thought you were getting until now.

But hey, bitch some more, I guess.