New characters from datamine

My preliminary thoughts on Platinum efficacy of the remaining characters, obviously subject to passives/details on warp/powers remaining as listed.

Artificer: will be a platinum staple. I think cryo beam is being slept on - it's almost as good as Snap Freeze (the power) at debuffing armor. Although Snap Freeze (the evolution) isn't as great on Platinum as it is on gold, the debuff is more than good enough and has an added niche as a trap to help guard key choke points.

I was originally afraid that VI would get in the way of cryo beam by detonating at inopportune times or priming away the debuff (if it works like that, not sure), but then I remembered that the Artificer has another top-tier power in invasion and can go 1 rank in VI. Two of the best debuffs makes this a solid alternative to the Scrapper, especially if she gets elemental tech.

Commando: could be great, but depends a lot on what passives she gets (really hope they don't fuck her over by not giving her offensive biotics like they did to the BatVan) and how good warp's debuff is. At minimum she'll be a decent off-dps but if warp is good enough maybe she can take the Scrapper's spot in a lineup.

Guardian: shield boost/10. If warp is decent this will be an alternative to the Salarian Operator on platinum.

Juggernaut: we all know how great Snap Freeze is by now. The thing is, shockwave is basically useless on this kit (and also random as hell) - it detonates Snap Freeze and ends its debuff and otherwise isn't as good as, say, concussive shot at CCing red bars/dogs in a pinch. That leaves fortification vs flak Cannon, and on platinum I gotta give it hands down to a great dps power over an (admittedly good) survivability power. Obviously depends on passives (and I hope the shockwave reference is wrong, seriously wtf), but it's looking like the Juggernaut's skillset will be overshadowed by the Scrapper.

Really looking forward to the Artificer and the Commando. If the commando gets Barrier and a custom offensive tree that grants options in weapon damage and debuff stacking like her power set implies she could be glorious.

The commando and guardian interest me the most.

Oh yes indeed gimme gimme

Also the more I think about the Artificer .... debuff master

A long time ago xaijin told us we would get Platinum-specific characters... looks like he was right.

Goddamnit, I want that Commando.

Gimme my Warp back. I need my Biotic magic missile.

gimme gimme gimme

As such, it will have a 20 second cool down.

Nah they made us wait this long for it, they'll probably make it 18 so we can enjoy the wait again after each use.

If you recall throughout the original ME trilogy, Batarians regardless of gender look and sound alike. Some characters that diffidently sound like men have been referred to as her in previous games, not sure if its intentional. Not sure if this was just out of laziness though, kind of like how we went to another galaxy and somehow only manage to encounter 2 sentient alien species, and like 75% of one(the Kett) and just Anagaran lol Or how the Scourge is literally never explained as to why it exists or where it came from, but I digress...

It's going to sound boastful and eDong, but I'm putting forth my feelings on the matter of not having much more to do is all:

600+ hours in MP.
About to grab my Batarian Vanguard X in next four boxes.
All UR guns are rank II or higher.
Everything else barring variants are rank X, and even variants (bar UR variants) are nearing or at X already.
About to finish Bonus HP X rank (13mil to go); this moves me out of my favourite character of Kineticist.

Need another character I want to play soon, as the desire to continue is currently on the wane. Want that Commando to drop soon!

Now what the hell would a monk want with an E-dong?

It's because of the whole vow of celibacy thing.

Gah! That's so far away! Noooooo.....!!!

Just drop the Commando on it's own damnit!