Is Bioware wrapping up mp support with 1.09?

You're not the first to float the theory, but I suspect support will continue even if there isn't much in the way of new MP content.

Contractually, I recall that Support for MP was 6 months this time round, compared with the full year for ME3. Given that MEA was released end of March 2017, I'd say we have a good two and a half month left of updates.

If you have seen the contracts, you know more than I do. I was just guessing and thinking logical thoughts well, hoping too, b/c I really like Remnant setting, and the two new maps were lovely, so I really want to see a couple more in the Remnant city ruins or on the Habitat-7/Ryder 1 planet. And that small asteroid would make a great map as well imo particularly if they add the weird gravity as a hazard. Anyway, there are a couple of small maps in SP that got underused imo. 

The less i s I have to see the Ice Palace, the better, lol.

I haven't seen the contracts, I just recall the discussion point from earlier on these forums, with a dev noting that support was for six months this time.

On one hand, this is how a small group of devs -- with limited resources but a legit desire to create new content -- can do a lot with a little. I don't doubt they want to make the game better.

On the other hand? I don't think there is another hand. More like the back of the same hand with EA/Bioware being completely responsible for putting a small group of devs on this task and mandating that they expand the manifest by 50% while saying fuck-all to any sense of ME continuity and Bioware organizational memory.

It reminds me of a Need for Speed game a few years ago (I forgot which one, but it was the shitty one after Hot Pursuit).

They had 3 DLC packs lined up to be released in the coming months, but the game didn't sell as well as Hot Pursuit and multiplayer was pretty empty since it was terrible.

Instead of releasing the DLC over a few months, they added them all on the same day to the store. 3 DLC packs, all available immediately and the game was never supported again. EA knew waiting to roll out more content meant more people were going to leave the game, so they wanted to get as much money out of the existing players as possible.


MEA feels like that with this launch. I'm guessing we'll see minor things (like the 5 incoming characters + 2 maps)... maybe a surprise Quarian/Geth/Volus character drop. Maybe a return of the Lancer, Javelin, Claymore. But this feels like the last major content drop for microtransaction dollars. Throw everything out, see how many people will remain in the coming weeks/months and only touch up the game before moving this team completely to Anthem.

It's amazing that people genuinely want to con other people into falling for doom-and-gloom garbage based on the fact that new content is being added to the game.

It begs the question of why you even play the game if you desperately want to believe it's dying.

Kinda begs the question as to how carefully you read these before throwing accusations.

We don't read before we post on BSN.

"New lolContent"
Batarian, Kishock, Plat are new content. Fucking 9587 reskins of weapons is not.

Not even in the slightest.

But if you need any reason you can think of to try to incite worry in the fandom, you folks will find one.

Andromeda released in beta status?  
Mass Effect series placed on ice?  
Development studio downsized and moved to other projects?  
Hype machine for new IP Dylan/Anthem rolling during the shitstorm of Andromeda botched release?  

Tell me, why are you NOT worried about the future support and content?