Is Voeld Screwed?

I also think this might be an interesting story line for a sequel game.  The impacts of Ryder's resetting of the vault resulting in the "sinking" of the Angaran communities that are, as we know, built right over the ice of a huge sea  (Hjara, Techix and Ja Niik) could really strain relations between the Angara and the Initiative... not to mention some of the other things that may have already put some strain on their alliance.  There are definite parallels to be drawn here with the entire "global warming" issue here on Earth.

We also have no idea what the impacts of warming might be on the Yevara and have only been given a glimpse into the cultural importance that species has to the Angara... parallels to the plight of the Polar Bear, I wonder?

There's a mix of environs and I think we're missing at least 1-2 Angaran worlds.

I think there is a bug with the toggle for that particular hazard.  What I got was:

1) Upon landing and then driving down to the bottom, my first fight on the lake was an accelerated Level 2 Hazard... that is, I couldn't finish the fight without running out of life support and there is no heat lamp at that location.

2) I did manage to just finish the fight and fast travel back to the top before dying, so I drove down again (but, of course, lost any "remains" and drove onward toward Hjara and encountered a second group of Kett.  I fought them while still suffering from the accelerated hazard, but managed to fight my way to the heat lamp at that loccation to restore my life support bar.  After doing that, I never had another life support bar reappear.  Because I couldn't believe it, I even walked from Hjara to Techix without any hazard.  The only place I had a hazard bar was at outside the main resistance base; and it was Level 2...

3) Right up until I reset the vault... then suddenly all the Level 1 hazards that should have been there reappeared... So, resetting the vault made the world play as though it was colder than it had been before I reset the vault (i.e. a reverse of the toggle, I think).

Planet Magic

Of course, there's a case to be made that (some of) the Vaults aren't actually malfunctioning, but rather the planets are simply returning to their original states?

Could be that once the terraforming process was complete, the environment was deemed stable enough that the system didn't need to be kept constantly on. Even for the Remnant and their insane level of tech, that system would have to be extremely power-intensive to terraforming in the short amount of time we see it capable of.

Should planetary conditions and habitability levels dip below acceptable standards, the idea was that the Remnant could always enter the Vault and switch the system back on again. Depending on the level of terraforming and/or rate of decline, routine maintenance might not have been required for thousands of years.

The Remnant might not have anticipated not being around anymore, so never bothered to install an automatic system to do this for them. After all, if they weren't around anymore, then why bother to maintain those "empty" worlds? That's why planetary conditions were slowly deteriorating across Heleus until Ryder showed up, because it required a manual start-up which the bots weren't programmed to do.

(Apologies for the needlessly pedantic nitpicking and tin-foiling there, I actually agree with your point entirely)

Also an interesting thought.

 I don't think so. The vault was trying to stabilize the planets mean temperature because the world got "kicked out" of its original orbit because of gravitational anomalies caused by the scourge to a much farther orbit from its star. I would guess Voeld will still be a snowball but only with a bit higher temperatures.

Interesting thought.  That could lead us back to the post-ME3 Milky Way (with Jardaan tech in tow) and a way to restore it to the way that it was before anyone made any choices.... hmmm.

I'm okay with technology of the Reapers in Andromeda.

I'm skeptical, or cautious at best about a Reaper(s) being in Andromeda. But to me, a Reaper is an ancient AI in the form of a space cuttlefish, with the agenda of destroying everything we care about. EDI, for example, with Reaper tech basis to her creation, is not an actual Reaper, even if there's callouts to what she is and was.

I have no problems with connections. Its just that if you do a 'fresh start' - which is the best term for MEA in my opinion, and not even soft reboot really describes it - you don't make *necessary* connections, which arguably both ME2 and especially ME3 ("best place to start" my ass) had.

The furthest I'd like to see again something like Reapers 'blotting out the skies of worlds', is a flashback virtual or mental, or a particular twist in a more localized form with neo-Reapers or some merged-with-current-plotlines nonsense (/s; not really nonsense). But yes, no galaxy/Alliance vs the Reaper invasion/harvest, or maybe ever a primary importance. But I have no particular problems with them having a degree of unnecessary but helpful relevance to some things.

Its GOOD for new players to see things that inspire interest in trying out the trilogy - keep this in mind. "Oh, so that's what those Reapers were about in that ~2010 series! Cool I might buy the earlier games."


Sorry for getting O/T, was responding to what Monica21 said.