Mass Effect '5' speculation (Official Thread)

I've been watching the intro to ME2.  Like ME1, ME2 is showing a substantially larger crew on the SR1 than they've allotted space for them aboard.  We're shown that each escape pod holds at least 5 people, possibly 6.  When the pod bank opens,there are clearly at least 6 of them and 5 leave the ship in that scene.  Later on we are shown at least 9 falling away from the ship in space.  We also know that at least 21 people did not make it off the ship.  The exterior views of the Normandy SR-1 in the docks at the Citadel clearly show that the ships is not large enough tall enough to house more than 3 decks. ..  The SR2, being significantly larger, should have had even more crew and, therefore, should have also had at least a couple of more decks, but those are not reflected on the elevator panel or in the schematic we're shown when Joker is using the ducts to get to the bottom of the ship.  IRL, a small frigate has a crew of about 100.

The Tempest clearly shows that it doesn't have any decks that we're not accessing and they tell us at the start that the ship functions with only a handful of crew.  As a result, we never see extraneous "extras" aboard the ship.  There are sleeping spaces aboard the ship to accommodate the anticipated crew without hot racking.  Ryder unexpectedly adds to that amount. 

People here tend to have an agenda about Ryder being unassertive because they don't like the character and want Shepard back alive.  However, the situation can be viewed differently.  Without consulting with Ryder, Cora takes it upon herself to dictate where (and when, if hot racking) the new team members should sleep.  It's not her job unless Ryder gives her that job.  That Ryder ignores her and moves on with what he/she wants to discuss at the meeting is actually being assertive... putting a second in command in their place after they've overstepped their position (but doing it subtly without causing a big fuss or dressing her down publicly).  At any rate, that's how I see it.  If people want to role play Ryder as being a little more assertive, they have an opportunity to do so.  If they want to just complain about Ryder being wishy-washy, then they can view the situation that way as well.  The story is about Ryder being a noob and learning without a whole lot of help to be a Pathfinder.  I enjoyed the change away from Shepard, but some people just don't want to let him go  That's fine.

If Bioware panders to them, then we'll just wind up playing the same old Trilogy in new clothes over again... but that's Bioware's choice to make.  I still have my copy of Andromeda that I can play when I want and if Bioware won't finish that story, I can still do it myself in 100 different ways.   I'm really not expecting any really new ideas to come out of Bioware now.  They'll probably just redress the OT.  I'd be surprised though that, in the end, the fan base will like it (even though they'll be getting what they claim they want).  The trend seems to be that the fans don't actually like anything.  Hopefully, someday, we'll move away from this "culture" where hate gets likes.  So, my speculation is that no matter what Bioware produces as a next Mass Effect game, the internet will erupt in the same sort of hate-mongering meme-fest that ME:A encountered.

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about now.  I posted a reply to Hanako not really addressing her post but just trying to get this thread back on topic... speculating about ME5.  I'm hoping the next ME games put a little more thought into the size of the ships relative to the size of the crews they want to portray as operating them.  I'd like to be shown adequate living spaces for the squad especially.  If hot racking is portrayed, then I'd like to see some NPC's asleep in the bunks at all hours of the day/night.  If there's an extra deck on the ship that we don't get to see/access, then I'd like to have it shown to us somehow... perhaps have the elevator skip over a number without stopping or something like that.  Am I the only one still on topic here?

If you're going on about my original post about how it was a shame that they didn't use Miranda's quarters for the romance scene in ME2, then I would say my comment was exceptionally tame compared with the foul-mouth response it got from Endless... and yes, I should have never responded to him..  He's staying blocked this time, so I won't be responding to him ever again.  I trust this ends this issue... and we can get back on topic now?

I was a little confused myself.  It was entirely about Miranda, then went into something like "in my day" and somehow that got twisted into "why are you talking about my sex life".  Anyway, Miranda is a hot, shapely woman who has a naughty side that's into public sex.  She's also smart and competent but Shepard really only cares about the naughty side.

Now, I've never played this romance.  Should be obvious.  What I do know is that the Miranda in ME2 had changed in ME3.  She seemed to be more "human", more well-rounded in her behavior toward others.  I've seen videos of it, including when Shepard dumped her.  There was that something in her voice that felt hurt by the rejection.  Similarly, I've seen her die while romanced and, I don't know, I liked the Miranda we had in ME3 more than ME2.