Mass Effect SP DLC (timing and speculation) thread

Anders was always mentaly unstable. The game makes this very clear since the first time he appears so what he did by the ending was a culmination of his illness. Also Meridith was always portrayed as a zealot so it wasn't really a surprise what she was trying to do by the ending but i agree that it makes no sense what Orsino does especially if you stand against Meredith.

Yes reused assets were the biggest problem the game had in my mind.

Anders was always mentaly unstable. The game makes this very clear since the first time he appears so what he did by the ending was a culmination of his illness. Also Meridith was always portrayed as a zealot so it wasn't really a surprise what she was trying to do by the ending but i agree that it makes no sense what Orsino does especially if you stand against Meredith.

Yes reused assets were the biggest problem the game had in my mind.

What made it even more confusing for some is if they missed the note from "O" then it seems like Orsino just came out of left field with his comments about Quentin.

That's all very cute, but EA doesn't give a rat's bum about any of that. To them ''the community'''s reaction is only important insofar as it impacts potential sales. The only questions that matter to them are ''how much does this cost us to develop?'' and ''will it sell?''. The thing is, work on the DLC was probably underway before the game even released; they don't just slap together that sort of thing in two months. As such, even if Andromeda didn't perform as expected, the sunk costs could already motivate EA to let this DLC release, at least, even if they canned DLC that was planned later down the line. And I doubt Andromeda did so terribly that they can't make buck out of a DLC that was already in the works, especially if it introduces popular races like Quarians. 

The patching support for the game also suggests that it's not abandoned. Maybe Rockstar patches its single-player game without supporting via single-player DLC (why do they need to, they make hundreds of millions out of milking GTA online), but EA doesn't allocate ressources to lost causes, usually. And the changes made by the patches are more than just bug fixes and gameplay tweaks, they revised animations, dialog, lighting, hair, and Jaal's romance scenes. That doesn't require a massive team, certainly, but it doesn't support the assertion that the game is left to die just yet.

I'm not saying the above is the gospel truth, but trying to judge everything on the basis of ''the community'''s reaction just flat out ignores how a business actually works.

It's actually thanks to the Orsino thing that I read everything now lol I kept repeating "what the fuck" for a half hour as I fought his "handsome" form.

I think my worst wtf though was Corypheus. That had to be the hardest and most stressful fight ever for me! It's easier now, but seriously he was one boss fight I was not prepared for, and I spent a lot of time running in circles, reenacting my famous fight with the Arishok.

My main issue with Meredith is that the idol gets some of the blame for her insanity, would be better if she was just a zealot that tipped over the edge and went batshit. It kind of excuses her behaviour, which ruins some of her character. Act II is still the strong suit of the game. The conflict between The Zealots of the Chantry and The Qunari with Hawke stuck in the middle is brilliant. Love the Arishok. Wish third act played a bit more like that and i would love it even more.

We never really got to know Meredith before she got the idol.  So we can't really know how crazy she might have been beforehand.  Everything we learn about her, and how zealous she really was, is is secondhand.  Might hav ebeen nice if we could judge for ourselves how crazy she was, and how far the idol pushed her.

Yes, if you support the Templars.

So the only way to make her more sympathetic and learn more about her past, you have to be backing her in the first place.

You're not getting it. It's not simply about not hiring, it's about not hiring in many years, and coincidentally, during this reported Montreal's fallout.