Will we still be in the "when we can, we will" stage by the end of the year? (sp dlc)

Should we have a countdown or something to N7 day? (I should wear my N7 shirt to college that day)

It's abundantly clear part of the reason BioWare won't talk is because of MEA MP. That, regardless of the situation, is still being supported. If BioWare were to come out and say "no single player DLC for MEA," that would significantly kill the revenue being generated by MEA MP. While it might be bad for us, it's in EA's best interest to not have BioWare say anything about single player DLC. If we are going to be realistic, however, and recognize that BioWare Montreal literally no longer exists, single player DLC has almost a 0% chance of happening at this point.

That's not actually true. All of BioWare's studios (Montreal and Edmonton) have collaborated on all of BioWare Edmonton's projects since ME3. Either way, BioWare Montreal is no more, which means the only studio Edmonton could default to would be BioWare Austin. Considering their primary focus is the ongoing support of SWTOR, there is really no hope for story DLC. Edmonton doesn't have the time and likely not the will to deal with the mess that was MEA's launch.

Considering the only thing BioWare Montreal did promise was the continued support of MEA MP (they outlined how much content it would receive before the game even launched), that will continue as its integral to the microtransactions, which EA loves and stands by. Story DLC isn't nearly as profitable, and EA (as well as BioWare) really have no reason to provide it after the lackluster performance MEA showed. This is coming from someone that wants MEA story DLC, by the way. I'm just recognizing the writing on the wall. It's not good.

I'm sure we will find out one way or the other. If by the end of the year they don't bother to clarify their position on the issue then you have your answer. Hiding lack of SP DLC support just to squeeze a couple of bucks more from MP though would speak volumes about their business ethics. I would be disappointed. Hope to be wrong.

If they are saying nothing because they have nothing to say and are just looking to still sell the game and get MP money, well they got MP money from ME3MP for quite a while after. I remember 1-2 years later people were still discovering it and it was going very strong. I know that people still played it up until MEA release and even then people might still be playing it. But ME3MP was great. This one doesn't have that kind of following in part I believe because MEA didn't have much of a following while ME3 despite the endings did have a pretty solid fan base maybe in part because it was the final of the trilogy and that drew even more people to it.  Also, if they continue support for MP, there are plenty of MP players who would happily still play and not give a damn about SP or won't care if there is no SP. 

So if it is all about MP then fine, be honest. And yes it will piss off SP fans and BW might lose them but what do they care? They've made it abundantly clear they give no fucks about the SP base at this point. Feels like we are just being strung along much as I would rather not admit it. Maybe they will surprise and have a DLC or a few DLC. That could happen. It's not impossible, but it sure feel improbable.

Ultimately, if they have said nothing knowing there is not DLC and  no plans despite having a whole cutscene that specifically implied DLC at the end of the game, then they are really not the kind of company that I feel deserves my money or anyone's money. That's a shitty way to treat consumers, to let them think something and not confirm or deny it due to whatever reasons, while knowing it's the truth and if you tell them it might make them mad at first but at least you were honest with them. 

Also, it's worth noting that Fernando Melo is the only one that has said 'when we can we will' talk about it and he is MP not SP as best as I know. Thus, we have never had (to my knowledge) anyone from SP say anything that implied there was more to come or that there would be something to tell at any point. Also worth noting is that he did a little pivot off that to a statement that everything comes to an end or something along those lines recently. 

Indeed I'm starting to think they're doing the when we can we will mostly to get as much cash as they can out of MP as they can because they know that eventually people will cotton on and give up. In fact I think some already are. They just want to stretch it out as much as possible before that happens though. I think had MEA  been better received then yes DLC would have been on the cards we might even would have had the first one announced by now although I can't say for suer but it is what it is. I'll stil get DLC if and when it drops but my hopes are certainly dwindling now. Especially after the Montreal hit.

yeah I'll still keep playing MEA as well as I have done with the trilogy. I've got 2 Ryder's planned one an Explorer Scott and an Adept Sara. So yes once I'm finished with my current trilogy run with my Adept Shepard I'm going to give myself a break as well. I was originally going to do the Explorer Scott but given the fact that F1 2017 is waiting in the wings and is out in less than 2 weeks I've decided to postpone that playthrough so I can get some practice in on some  of my other F1 games before it drops because the MEA playthrough would just take me too long. Especially as MEA takes me 2 weeks in itself for me to get through a full playthrough and I still haven't got to ME3 yet although I'm not far off as I'm kind of just doing the last of the loyalty missions and then I can do the finale. But I have done all of ME2's DLC's at least in my playthrough so don't have to worry about them any more in my current run. But yeah I find MEA simply too much fun to be completely ignored even if I don't touch multiplayer. Especially given how much fun I have playing with biotic powers. But then that goes for both the trilogy and MEA.

I have no doubt we will hear something before then. Right now the delay is either due to SP DLC is on the way and they can't talk about it (NDAs) or they're too busy trying to think of a way to positively spin no SP DLC.

Assuming DLC isn't released before then I would imagine BW will just not be saying anything about it all by the end of the year. The forum however will still be in "they'll talk about it when they can" mode.

I wouldn't say "denial", but BioWare has to address these rumors at some point. Each time it came up its "we can't talk about" or "when we can, we will" and even during the hoax they "denied" the report. That's the whole bit for me that I find confusing during all this. Also, DA2 still got dlc and it was a BioWare decision to cancel the Exalted March dlc to focus on what would be DAI.

It's definitely denial. There is no studio left to make this game... DLC isn't made out of thin air. You need manpower and resources, of which no longer exist for Mass Effect Andromeda. No, the Exalted March DLC was cancelled because DA2 was a financial disappointment, much in the same way that MEA is. The only reason the Exalted March DLC was later retrofitted into DAI is because David Gaider demanded it be part of the story. It was honestly a mistake, in my opinion, considering Hawke and Corypheus were the weakest parts of DAI. The similarities between DA2 and MEA are just too much to ignore. The only difference is BioWare Edmonton wasn't shut down after DA2's disappointing showing. That's likely the reason DA2 received any DLC.

Bioware never confirmed the Deception rewrite was cancelled so the devs probably won't announce cancellation