Andromeda is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's definitely a leap in a direction that is less single-player friendly. I missed the pausing power wheel in ME3MP. I sometimes just don't bother mapping skills to the keypad or gaming mouse because it's easier to pause and just move the camera around for targeting. Truth be told, I miss it .

Took out  3 yesterday on Voeld.  Used the infiltrator profile cloaked it up and used a combination of invasion, incinerate, and the dhan shotgun to bring them down.

There is possibly a Universe where MEA is Awesome , but it is not the one we live in.

I enjoyed the system in ME3 in particular as well.  Before I started playing ME:A, I really though I would miss the power wheel a lot.  It turns out though that I don't and I much prefer having the flexibility to change up my gameplay a lot... particularly now that I'm into an NG+ game and have a lot of points invested in areas that were the exclusive realm of certain classes and I couldn't formerly access without starting a whole new playthrough.  I can enter a mission as a biotic and be an engineer going out of the same mission or I can be a different biotic with three completely different powers even if I don't have them keyed into any of my favorites.  When I level up, I can select a new power right away from the skill tree... and because I put points in the combat passives, I can carry a 4 types of weapons all at once and sample with a sniping vanguard or a shotgun infiltrator.  I can even carry 4 of the same class of weapon if I want... comparing different models of SR in one battle, for example. The combinations are endless and can be changed around without very little difficulty.  Heck, I can even respec everything with just a quick visit to the Tempest and some credits.  TheTrilogy just never offered that sort of flexibility.  Yes, I would like to be able to tell my squad mates to use a specific power at specific times... but that is really the only thing I miss about the old power wheel... and even so, I do much prefer the fact that my squad mates are quite a bit smarter about independently using their talents than the ones in ME1.

More power to you.  I take it that means there's now a way to mod in more powers to quick keys.

Someone can correct me if I am wrong but fiends appear to be exhalted eirochs.   We already see how the khett use other animals to make wraiths.

No, the pause feature is in place. It's like inquisition tactics view from the screenshots. The profile system is perfect in that regard. I like having the non-biotic builds accessible at once. Next build is biotic heavy with maybe the soldier class to increase my chances when charging. The profile system gives me more flexibility but it's not intuitive for me quite yet. I need to accept the flexibility and keep in mind that it's easier to adjust in battle instead of relying on your class. This is a step forward in my opinion, but it's an acquired skill. Git gud kind of thing. I don't remember if there was any real modding on Unreal. Frostbite for being a fickle engine, it has a lot of mods. Nothing like Fallout, but Bethesda releases the GECK toolset.

Using metacritic to validate you. 😂
Metacritic is like saying "I know this guy who knows this guy who has a cousin who knows this guy who works at Bioware......"

Gosh, another person that thinks I'm using metacritic to "validate my opinion", when I just used to show most people (not only public, but critics as well) disliked the game. I could use any other source, most of them would show the same. Damn, stop whining about "metacritic", it could be any other source, you guys know most people didn't like the game. 

Yes yes, let's settle down and get back to why MEA is F***in awesome!!

(Seriously, just block Anarchy)

Anyway, I was really happy with the crafting system as well. That, as well as the Augments for weapons, made for some super cool experiences! Shotguns that shoot grenades?! Lightning out of my SMG?! Way cool!