Who's still doing playthroughs of ME:Andromeda?

Yeah, I got the ME3 special edition so all 6 of my Shepards used one of the N7 weapons once the Piranha and Typhoon became DLC. Each Shepard had 1 “signature weapon” from the N7 set. I’m doing same with my 4 Ryders and the 4 Pathfinder guns. The Ranger and Pioneer are fine but the Deep Impact shotgun and the Observer sniper rifle have caused me to be really creative with powers and armor. They’re so weak that I had to create builds that synergized and made up for the weaknesses of each gun.

While I don’t have that problem, disabilities are why I was upset they got rid of the pause. On the OG BioWare boards a poster said he paused to line up every gun shot and power use due to his disability. And I thought how great it was that something I ignore and didn’t effect my gameplay at all could be used to let someone access the game.

I’ve seen him in the dragon age boards here but not the mass effect andromeda ones. It kind of depressed me that he probably just couldn’t play this game because they got rid of the pause game play. For me there is 0 downside to having it but no upside either. For others I can’t see a downside for having it but clearly there are downsides to getting rid of it.

Yeah I was annoyed they got rid of the pause too but I think the fact we don't have as many active abilities to worry about combined with the fact that each power has it's own cooldown rather than every time you use a power  all powers go into cooldown like they did in the trilogy helps compensate for that because it kind of means you'll always have one power available if you need it most of the time. TBH I'm just kind of grateful that the only time you need to be kind of remotely quick on the buttons is when escaping the vaults and their purification fields.

Yeah I figure the cooldowns is the reason or maybe the major reason for only 3 active powers.  If you could spam through 8 it would be too easy.And the new system does allow some interesting power uses.  I prefer te universal cooldown system as I felt it made my individual decisions more important in a fight, the wrong power at the wrong time might mean you don;t have anything free when you need it. It had its flaws, but i dug it.

Thanks. It’s probably my build. I hold it down and even maxed it only lasts 2-3 seconds at most. But I don’t have any gear that supports it.

Yeap. Even with one point in it on MP it can stand and bounce Ascendats ball back to it and damage it, cant remember how its balanced on SP though. By flashing it on/off you'll get damage reduction for very small time, and on MP it can be a life saver. I've been running Asari Sentinel now for weeks

These days I'm of the opposite.. maybe ME1 but MEA much more, maybe I burned out especially on ME3 and ME2..

TL:DR-I like being able to use whatever powers I want and I found a playstyle that makes the Pathfinder Deep Impact shotgun viable and fun to use.




Long version:

What I love most about this game is the multitude of playstyles afforded the player. Letting the players choose whatever powers and weapons they want is, in my opinion, one of the best decisions BioWare made creating this game.

In the trilogy, I had a Shepard for all 6 classes. Starting with ME2, I gave each Shep 1 gun to use throughout the game (Well, they all used something useful until the weapons training on the Collector ship. Then they’d use “their gun” for the rest of game and NG+). Also, because of button limitations on controllers, I got used to sticking to 3 main powers as I rarely used tactical pause. In ME3, I bought the special edition so I had access to the N7 weapons. All 6 Sheps used 1 of those guns as their weapon of choice as well as only 3 of their powers. Without even knowing, I was preparing myself for MEA years in advance.

Fast forward to today, I have 4 Ryders. I originally bought the game on PS4 but when they started selling them ultra-cheap, I bought it for Xbox One as well. I have 1 set of twins on each system that I alternate between. The goal was to have each one play completely different from each other and different than Shep in the trilogy (So no Vanguard wielding a shotgun, charging into battle. Like PeeBee said, “Been there, done that.”). No Ryder can use the same armor piece or use a power of another Ryder. Each is limited to using only powers in it’s traditional class (Vanguard using only biotics and combat, etc.) and must include at least 1 power from those specialties. I have the deluxe edition on both systems so I have the (crappy) Pathfinder guns. I made it my mission to not only use them, but make them viable. The SMG and AR were easy as they’re decent. The problem was always the SG and SR. With a lot of experimentation, I was finally able to get the SR decent when complimented with Overload (the stun makes for easy headshots) but my bigger issue was always the Deep Impact SG. It’s easily the worst in the set. It’s not powerful. It doesn’t have a fast firing speed. It’s not accurate. It’s only good at being underwhelming. But, finally, after many attempts, I have found a combo that works for me.

Infiltrator profile
Kett Chest (Adrenaline mod, obviously 😬)
Pathfinder head, arms, legs
Invasion, Concussive Shot, Tactical Cloak

I was familiar with people extolling the greatness of shotgun infiltrators in ME2 but I was a Widow user in 2 and an N7 Valiant user in 3. I originally used the SR on my infiltrator but now, thankfully, I have a totally different playstyle than what I had in the trilogy (now my Explorer Ryder uses the Observer SR). Shoot Invasion at my target, cloak, walk up to enemy, BOOM. If an enemy has a shield, concussive shot goes between Invasion and Tactical Cloak. Powers reset after every kill. It’s very satisfying.

So, I’m thankful to whomever decided to have open classes/profiles. I very much like finding a style that works for me.

It is OK to like games!

I was in the midst of an almost-done playthrough when FO76 came out, but I plan to go back and wrap it up before Christmas. After that I don't see myself going back to it again. There are parts I really like, but it just has too much repetitive filler content.

Same here.  The CC is such below standard stuff for the ME franchise... and that's saying a lot considering there wasn't a ton of flexibility in the MET CC.

If they had been a bit more ambitious with the CC or even updated it with more options that would have convinced me to at least comeback for 1 or more PT's.