What REALLY killed MEA was...

That makes the continued focus on MP vs abandoned SP even more irksome. If MP killed it, but MP is still getting attention?

Ugh. Just ugh.

I only played MEA MP 6-7 times but it didn't really look or feel any different from ME3 which I admit I burned myself out on. I really don't know what the target was for MEA MP but feeling like a clone of ME3 didn't do it for me and I would bet there are plenty of people who thought the same as me. EA does love their micro transactions so it wouldn't surprise me at all if that is the reason for no DLC or at least one of the factors involved.

I prefer MEAMP's gameplay, but the launch and the XP/loot grind was just horrid compared to ME3. What they did with 1.09 is enough to put me off playing a Bioware MP game ever again.

MP support is ended as well. No more patches. Only content unlocks.

DA and MP make no sense, to me. DA gameplay is horrific, not to mention ill-suited to MP. I'd never tolerate it if not for the amazing SP setting and stories. The fact that anyone could want to play DAMP (what an acronym) befuddles me.

When it was confirmed that there would be MP, I was like who the hell wanna play that? I tried it briefly, and never went back. DA that is purely combat is simply awful, and I don't even actually hate DA's combat. 

Even if the game had succeeded in meeting it's critical and commercial targets on brand recognition I suspect the development situation was completely untenable and Montreal would have been reprimanded regardless for their grievous mismanagement of resources and damage to intellectual property. The dwindling multiplayer user-base is merely a reflection of the wider overall sales trajectory; a drop-off to <60k within 5 months paints a grim picture. Continuing to provide ongoing multiplayer support at these player levels is pretty unjustifiable, unfortunately.

ME3MP was a novelty at the time and remained in the Xbox Live top 10-20 driving evergreen sales for a long time on strong word of mouth, MEAMP offers a few superficial improvements but has a tiny faction of the overall variety and novelty (enemies, kits, powers, weapons, melee, animations) and challenge ME3MP had, it launched in a much worst shape, has had significantly fewer balance updates and the tiny drip feed of new content (mostly underwhelming copy-pasted repurposed powers like Barricade, weapon reskins, yawn) injection has crippled any hope of player retention or driving evergreen sales through word of mouth.

I personally felt the progression, levelling and gunplay mechanics had gone backwards in terms of controller responsiveness and deadzone issues, weapon accuracy and hit detection, aiming was horrible, weapons lacked punch and impact, the kett and remnant weapons are seriously bland and not appealing unlocks... I hated the over the shoulder aiming, the painful reloading, the 1.09 reskin bloat, rank XX loot pool expansion and the impact it had on Ultra Rares, good lord. Multiplayer in general just felt like a poorer re-tread and an obligatory afterthought this time. All of the big changes were annoying; they seemingly failed to recognize why exactly ME3MP worked and it's importance as a sales driver. If only they could have prioritized multiplayer support significantly more than they did in the crucial first month even with the single-player backlash it would have had a better hope of gaining momentum and reaching it's expected sales goals, imo.

I tend to agree with the argument that the cancelation of all form of support of the game so early is part of an active strategic attempt by EA and BioWare to bury the game from consciousness and media coverage asap to distance Anthem and DA4 from the backlash and perceived failure of the studio to re-allocate as much resources as possible to ensure both titles hit their sales expectations.

I expect if and when they ever re-launch Mass Effect again after a very long hiatus the marketing materials will read From the Creators of Anthem and the Mass Effect Trilogy and they will emphasise the fact it is a brand new stand alone adventure with NO RELATIONSHIP to previous games. Anybody on the marketing or game design team who references MEA will be thrown out the proverbial airlock.

I have liked both MP modules, though the ME3 one is obviously far more hefty content wise, but I would never spend a penny on an MP. In fact, if the game makes you feel like you get to spend money to be able to play it after purchase, I would not touch it. I cannot comprehend why anyone would need to buy packs in either, as everything will come with a bit of time in them.

I stopped playing MEA MP the day they announced no more content (except 4 human kits). There is just too few maps and races for me to keep having fun with it. I wish they did more things like Into the Ruins.

Nah, BioWare did. Terrible management, terrible marketing, mediocre game with a even more mediocre post launch support.

"But I can romance Jaal now durr."

I tried to, but the maps feel strangely small and confined. Maybe it's the jetpacks. Went back, re-installed ME3 for the MP. I do miss the jetpacks, but everything else is much more fun for me.

Actually, seems quite fun with my new merc spec, revised after due consideration of dissatisfaction with today's challenge

Batarian Vanguard has potential as well.  We'll see after levelling

MEs 1 and 2 didn't even have multiplayer and they did fine.