Everything that was wrong with Andromeda. A video that sums it up well.

Please, people were bashing the game even before it came out.

True that, however you can't disregard people's opinions just because prior to release a group was salty about the game not being ME4 and not having good animations and what not.
I for one, was super excited about the new ME, I stayed cautiously positive all the way until they released the game. When I finally got my hands on it, the game personally wasn't up for expectations, especially after devs and so called "insiders" praised it so much.

I can't stand politics, bunch of two faced Aholes. And no, its got nothing to do with about believing you about the Reapers, it's to do with the fact they have sat on their asses while scum like the Batarians go around enslaving people across the galaxy. And let's not forget what they did to the Krogan and the Quarians.

Yup you paid no attention to the games at all.

Err, I did. And no matter what you say, I won't charge my view on the Council. So how about we agree to disagree?

Good, because talking about those grox lovers leaves a foul taste in the mouth.

Different situation though. All these planets were uncharted before leaving the MW and many of the uncharted worlds in ME had outposts on them. I didn’t mention Kadara, Havarl or Voeld because those planets were already Angaran.

In ME some had small outposts, some just had Thresher Maw's

You probably know what I mean though, we just don't really get to be "the Pathfinder". As soon as we meet Angara there's barely anything else left to discover and it later turns out that they already know the exiles anyway. 

How do the krogan violate preference B? You're declaring that without establishing it.

Eh I see your point. I didn’t mind what we got though.

Fair enough, as I didn’t give any reasons for that. Honestly thought it was a noncontroversial opinion to say. I can see now that I was wrong. Here’s reasons why I think it conflicts with established lore or doesn’t fit to what was established in MET. First, when Andromeda initiative was launched, krogan were supposed to be basically sterile and dying race. So much of krogan themes, narratives and psyche dealt with this angst of being a dying breed, the last generations of once prolific species, but their own nature and history just didn’t fit well to the rest of the galaxy. The decision to cure the genophage or let them go extinction was the climax of this overarching narrative of three games. There was always this constant tension and nagging doubt that is the treatment worse than the disease, when aiding krogans. Even the Reaper invasion didn’t seem warrant unanimously agreed necessity to cure them. I find it odd and undermining of the established narrative*, that such achievement was done so easily and nonchalantly, and I really don’t see much reasons for them to do so. Unless the idea was trying to preserve as much as possible of the biodiversity of Milky Way. Naming ships Arks would suggest that, but then where are all the other races, if that was the motivation.

Only in-game explanation I can think of is that the expedition needed muscle who are adaptable to hostile and alien environments, but I don’t find it compelling or harmonious with rest of the game. The initiative’s design pointed out non-military expedition, and themes of violent colonization and subjugating, warring and genociding Andromeda natives were absent. Secondly, vorcha and geth or some other AI race could fit the bill just as well, yet they were absent. Besides, vorcha would be much better in that task, because no genophage and they seem to have much less agency than krogans but are similarly warlike and resilient to harsh environments.

Krogans had deep animosity at the time towards the Council races, and especially salarians and turians (half of the initiative). Also, they were believed to be species who had strong inherited tendencies towards: violence, domination, warlordism, infighting, clannishness, rebelliousness, and their economy seemed be mostly that of raubwirtschaft ("plunder economy" or "rapine economy", like Toynbee describes the Roman Empire). Also, these qualities were believed to be intensified at long space travels, i.e. long periods in confined spaces. Yes, there was the cryosleep, but it seems unreasonable gamble, because back in MW, there was no way to predict how long colonization of these worlds might take, and it’s reasonable assume that there’s high chance that they might be confined to Arks and Nexus for extended periods. Why choose sterile (I assume curing them took some resources and effort), belligerent race with chip on their shoulder for the rest of galaxy, with a history of large scale mutinies, to an expedition what is at verge of capabilities of MW races, with no previous history to predict its success or failure. Seems so unnecessary risk for such a leap of faith mission.

*Yes there was ME1 with Virmire, and I’d agreed it was a bit hackneyed in very similar manner (the reasons for doing so were different though). It was there to rise stakes for Wrex storyline and give this melodramatic turning point for his story arc. I did rise eyebrow then, but ultimately it didn’t bother me that much, and it didn't even take me out of the moment back then, because I really liked the payoff. Wrex was such an interesting character and that scene and everything leading it was one of the highpoints of the game. Execution was good, so I deemed it to be worth of it. There also was a passable excuse in form of Reaper space magic. Much easier pill to shallow than the Benefactor with mysterious motives and origins, with seemingly infinite resources and power. The only reason for their addition in MEA seemed to be that krogans are interesting and fun race to have in the game. But so were so many other races.

Thing is that would have caused just a big of a problem. I’m glad they went this route instead of the other as a cannon ending would have not been a wise move.