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Post by QuizzyBunny on Jun 21, 2021 11:14:21 GMT
I suspect it might have to do with the multiplayer and not wanting two different ways of playing for the modes. I hope it's not the case, but it would make sense.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Jun 21, 2021 12:33:53 GMT
Listen, it's just a rumour so far, I'm mostly putting it here to corroborate it with other people, some here do have their own sources, trying to put 1 and 1 together. It doesn't mean it's true, just because I said so, but we can find out. If anyone has anyone in a position that could find out, wouldn't hurt to ask.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Jun 21, 2021 15:01:55 GMT
The Mudskipper is our terrain exploration vehicle. We are supposed to "skip mud" with it. Shocking, I know. So it's going to hover close to the ground. Not the kind of ATV that the Mako was, greater freedom of movement than the Nomad. Jetpacks will be used to reach remote/high locations and potentially maneuver through dungeons, kind of like the dungeons in Anthem. Seems like we're going to be grinding for gear drops and I really hope that works better than Anthem. Maybe Christian's work on Anthem Next paints the way for a properly good loot system. Even so, they have the time till 2023, when the prototyping will be over*, to get it right.
*God willing
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Post by Iakus on Jun 21, 2021 15:10:55 GMT
I suspect it might have to do with the multiplayer and not wanting two different ways of playing for the modes. I hope it's not the case, but it would make sense. That's absolutely the reason. Almost every combat change in both DAI and MEA was to make SP combat more like MP.
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Post by N7Pathfinder on Jun 21, 2021 17:30:55 GMT
The Mudskipper is our terrain exploration vehicle. We are supposed to "skip mud" with it. Shocking, I know. So it's going to hover close to the ground. Not the kind of ATV that the Mako was, greater freedom of movement than the Nomad. Jetpacks will be used to reach remote/high locations and potentially maneuver through dungeons, kind of like the dungeons in Anthem. Seems like we're going to be grinding for gear drops and I really hope that works better than Anthem. Maybe Christian's work on Anthem Next paints the way for a properly good loot system. Even so, they have the time till 2023, when the prototyping will be over*, to get it right. *God willing While it could be the new ship it looks too small to fit a crew of 8-12 people so it could be the replacement of the nomad although someone commented on the ship and a member of the nme team liked the comment so idk... While i liked the nomad it was annoying when you wanted to reach a kett base that was very high. Also i read in an article that this ship was back from November 2017 i think. Maybe we would have that instead of the nomad but they scrapped it because they didn't had the time nor the resources (most of them have been wasted on procedurally generated planets and ship controlling). I'm not sure about that article though cause one from the nme team seems to be the one who designed it.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Jun 21, 2021 17:43:58 GMT
The Mudskipper is our terrain exploration vehicle. We are supposed to "skip mud" with it. Shocking, I know. So it's going to hover close to the ground. Not the kind of ATV that the Mako was, greater freedom of movement than the Nomad. Jetpacks will be used to reach remote/high locations and potentially maneuver through dungeons, kind of like the dungeons in Anthem. Seems like we're going to be grinding for gear drops and I really hope that works better than Anthem. Maybe Christian's work on Anthem Next paints the way for a properly good loot system. Even so, they have the time till 2023, when the prototyping will be over*, to get it right. *God willing While it could be the new ship it looks too small to fit a crew of 8-12 people so it could be the replacement of the nomad although someone commented on the ship and a member of the nme team liked the comment so idk... While i liked the nomad it was annoying when you wanted to reach a kett base that was very high. Also i read in an article that this ship was back from November 2017 i think. Maybe we would have that instead of the nomad but they scrapped it because they didn't had the time nor the resources (most of them have been wasted on procedurally generated planets and ship controlling). I'm not sure about that article though cause one from the nme team seems to be the one who designed it. I don't know if the Mudskipper is our ship, but I am told we will use it for terrain exploration. Again, don't treat this as the gospel, but it makes sense to use the Mudskipper for that, so I'm going with it. I mean, it's in the name. Maybe it's a leftover of a previous design, that got reworked into being a ship, but I don't know what kind of crew would name their ship Mudskipper. So maybe it doubles as our ship, but that is definitely not the function it is being advertised on, based on the name. It's not the Tempest, it's not the Normandy, it's not the Sword of the Stars. It's the Mudskipper. It's kind of like naming your glass as fork, because it's meant to hold water. Or like calling your monster truck Bigfoot, because it flies into space. Like sure, you can do it, but it doesn't make sense to do so. Might as well call my dick Ass, because that's how I like to take it.
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Post by Caldari Ghost on Jun 21, 2021 20:28:14 GMT
I’ve been doing freelance work from the comfort of my home for the better part of a decade now. The only thing COVID has done is give me more opportunities to leave my house and laugh at the homeless and anyone with student debt.
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Post by Antibaar on Jun 21, 2021 21:13:51 GMT
Mmm.. Interestring...it may be plausible, because mudskiper kinda have the same gun as the mako, wich make it very good for ground exploration, also dont have the size of a interstellar ship, more likely like the hammerhead but on steriods...not a bad ideea, maybe they will focus on exploration, kinda ME1, with a lot of worlds, but not empty like in me1... Anyways... There must be a bigger ship, cant wait to see some news about nme.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Jun 21, 2021 22:45:59 GMT
Personally, I hope we regain at least some control over our squadmate's power use in the next Mass Effect. Having configurable squadmate tactics for their power-usage would be the next-best choice, in my opinion.
Although I will say, in Mass Effect Andromeda's defense (in a very backhanded sort of way), making all companions useless means that I will vary my party members throughout the game. In the original trilogy, if I felt a squadmate was useless, I never used them except when forced to bring them.
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Post by Guardian on Jun 21, 2021 23:12:14 GMT
I understand your disposition, but I've been one since 1998. Baldur's Gate 1, bitches. Same. I've owned four different copies of BG and BG2 and play it to this day.
Then we are a trio, gentlemen. I also have my copies of both games. Would play them constantly; had my original character file on a flash drive that I transferred over from PC to PC and used it when Steam put them out for purchase.
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Post by The Elder King on Jun 22, 2021 6:59:29 GMT
The Mudskipper is our terrain exploration vehicle. We are supposed to "skip mud" with it. Shocking, I know. So it's going to hover close to the ground. Not the kind of ATV that the Mako was, greater freedom of movement than the Nomad. Jetpacks will be used to reach remote/high locations and potentially maneuver through dungeons, kind of like the dungeons in Anthem. Seems like we're going to be grinding for gear drops and I really hope that works better than Anthem. Maybe Christian's work on Anthem Next paints the way for a properly good loot system. Even so, they have the time till 2023, when the prototyping will be over*, to get it right. *God willing I don’t get the reasoning behind putting a lot of focus on grinding gear. The ME IP from ME2 went for streamlining the equipment, and even if MEA was different in this regard for Ryder, it minimized the companions’ equipments even further. Are we going to grind gear for the PC alone? Other then that, I honestly don’t mind what you mentioned about the Mudskipper, if it turns out to be true. I had little doubt they wouldn’t go for an open world system again, and they need to make the exploration vehicle better. As for the earlier discussion on steamlining elements like Combat and tactics, I unfortunately feel the same, expecially for ME. For DAI, I’m not sure if the streamlining of stats and tactics were intentional of due to problems in importing those elements on Frostbite, but I still think they’ll continue down that road for DA4. Even more so if the game, before going SP, was fully cooperative.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Jun 22, 2021 7:20:40 GMT
The focus on gear is because of Live elements. Keep you playing and coming back for new equipment and upgrading your stats etc. Will Continue is going to be a X year plan, after all. Provided it doesn't get the reception of Anthem.
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Post by N7Pathfinder on Jun 22, 2021 7:53:28 GMT
Mmm.. Interestring...it may be plausible, because mudskiper kinda have the same gun as the mako, wich make it very good for ground exploration, also dont have the size of a interstellar ship, more likely like the hammerhead but on steriods...not a bad ideea, maybe they will focus on exploration, kinda ME1, with a lot of worlds, but not empty like in me1... Anyways... There must be a bigger ship, cant wait to see some news about nme. Two of the concept arts on the nme have that, and it has both me1/Andromeda vibes.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jun 22, 2021 8:20:40 GMT
The Mudskipper seems too big to be the exploration vehicle, and far too small to be the regular ship.
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Post by Antibaar on Jun 22, 2021 10:35:25 GMT
The Mudskipper seems too big to be the exploration vehicle, and far too small to be the regular ship. . True.But also seems good for underwater exploration and asteroid exploration.Also having those canons means we will face hostile places, meaning that we are not explorers anymore, like in MEA with nomad. As I said, there must be a much bigger ship, the interstellar ship.
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Post by hoku on Jun 22, 2021 11:45:24 GMT
The focus on gear is because of Live elements. Keep you playing and coming back for new equipment and upgrading your stats etc. Will Continue is going to be a X year plan, after all. Provided it doesn't get the reception of Anthem. EA or/and Bioware have reportedly (and wisely) done away with the live service requirement for the next Dragon Age game, so I don't think ME Next will be one either.
However I don't see why they couldn't do a "normal" (MET, MEA) story/character based Mass Effect single player game and a separate/standalone multi player live service one (whether those are connected or not). ME3 and MEA say Hello.
the upcoming Halo(s) also seem to be such examples.
Live elements/service games to me can mean different things: loot grinding (Anthem) or actual story expansions (Walking Dead) or both (Destiny and Co)
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Post by SirSourpuss on Jun 22, 2021 15:21:17 GMT
EA or/and Bioware have reportedly (and wisely) done away with the live service requirement for the next Dragon Age game, so I don't think ME Next will be one either. They said multiplayer, not Live Service. I don't think ME Next will be one either. I don't think the live service model is bad. Technically, Diablo 2 is a live service game. Unofficially. A game that allows such replayability and gameplay depth, paired with narrative and dialogue the likes of a good Bioware game could be something to keep me occupied for, effectively, years. But there is a difference between that and what a studio will do with a live service model. Live elements/service games to me can mean different things: loot grinding (Anthem) or actual story expansions (Walking Dead) or both (Destiny and Co) Exactly. The Mudskipper seems too big to be the exploration vehicle, and far too small to be the regular ship. You're right and this got me prodding around. So one "interpretation" I got was that the Mudskipper could work as a forward base. Something that was requested in Anthem. In Anthem, you did some roaming, some dailies, you went back to Fort Tarsis, checked your gear, got your XP, did your crafting, which wasn't that deep a system, changed your loadout, went out to do a dungeon, wiped because your new build wasn't that good, back to Fort Tarsis, change build, go back to dungeon, wipe again because you forgot something, back to fort Tarsis etc. etc. So in Will Continue, you will take your Mudskipper, fully populated by your crew, because its big enough to fit all of them, no limitations to banter combinations, work as mobile base, go with whoever else you want out on foot, while the rest hold the Mudskipper safe, crafting station on the mudskipper, equipment stash to change your gear and being able to keep close proximity to your dungeon. Otherwise, for ME, you'd have to leave the ship with set crew on the Mudskipper, go down on planet, travel to dungeon, wipe, load outside dungeon, go to Mudskipper, port to ship, craft/change gear, change squad, get on mudskipper, go down on planet, reach dungeon, etc. It's quite likely a QoL improvement, basically.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jun 22, 2021 18:47:20 GMT
The Mudskipper seems too big to be the exploration vehicle, and far too small to be the regular ship. . True.But also seems good for underwater exploration and asteroid exploration.Also having those canons means we will face hostile places, meaning that we are not explorers anymore, like in MEA with nomad. As I said, there must be a much bigger ship, the interstellar ship. I wouldn’t say having guns means we aren’t explorers. Even in MEA we carried guns. Just seems like it will be too bulky to be fun to pilot. It’s like if we explored Halo in an Elephant instead of a Warthog.
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Post by N7Pathfinder on Jun 22, 2021 18:49:57 GMT
It seems the images that change in the shapes teases games that we'll see. Could also have Mass effect?
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jun 22, 2021 18:53:09 GMT
It seems the images that change in the shapes teases games that we'll see. Could also have Mass effect? What makes you think that? Both the shapes being hints and ME being one of them?
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Post by N7Pathfinder on Jun 22, 2021 18:56:09 GMT
It seems the images that change in the shapes teases games that we'll see. Could also have Mass effect? What makes you think that? Both the shapes being hints and ME being one of them? It shows a road so need for speed or could be skate. Then a yarn i think, possibly unravel 3. For sure it's gonna have the indies aside from sports. The volcano could be the rumored dead space or mass effect. Just a thought.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Jun 22, 2021 19:05:57 GMT
It seems the images that change in the shapes teases games that we'll see. Could also have Mass effect? Something something Frostbite. I can't tell from those textures alone. One looks like one of those skins we put on Javelins in Anthem. So not entirely sure. Nothing I could make out.
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Post by hoku on Jun 22, 2021 19:08:11 GMT
EA or/and Bioware have reportedly (and wisely) done away with the live service requirement for the next Dragon Age game, so I don't think ME Next will be one either. They said multiplayer, not Live Service.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Jun 22, 2021 19:15:20 GMT
They said multiplayer, not Live Service.
It says it was heavily focused on an MP live component that got removed, it isn't saying all live components will be removed. I don't think this game will not be live service. Just not an MP live service. Think of Assassins Creed Odyssey, or whatever else live service Assassins Creed game there is that is SP only. It's not particularly intrusive, compared to other live service games and actually quite workable.
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Post by Grog Muffins on Jun 22, 2021 20:38:05 GMT
The Mudskipper is our terrain exploration vehicle. We are supposed to "skip mud" with it. Shocking, I know. So it's going to hover close to the ground. Not the kind of ATV that the Mako was, greater freedom of movement than the Nomad. Jetpacks will be used to reach remote/high locations and potentially maneuver through dungeons, kind of like the dungeons in Anthem. Seems like we're going to be grinding for gear drops and I really hope that works better than Anthem. Maybe Christian's work on Anthem Next paints the way for a properly good loot system. Even so, they have the time till 2023, when the prototyping will be over*, to get it right. *God willing So it's a new Hammerhead? I wouldn't be against that. I'm one of those weird people who preferred the Mako to the Hammerhead but I liked the Nomad more than both of them because it seemed to have the best of both. I liked the Hammerhead's speed and maneuverability but hated that it would explode if you so much as glared at it. If this Mud Skipper is the-Mako-but-hovering like the Hammerhead, I actually like that prospect.
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