The next "Normandy/Tempest"

I've said this before to the scoffing of many....

I'd like for there to be a mp space craft battle section to this game.

up to 4 players in multiplayer like previous games, everyone has their own ship, customizable and with different abilities.

I would actually be interested in a Mass Effect space MMO. Not because I like MMOs but because I'm that thirsty for the Mass effect content.

Don't read this EA.

I have a lot of faith in BW to give us a decent new ship.

My favorite so far is still the SR1. I liked that it was all about functionality and still probably has the coolest scifi space ship design to this day IMO. I particularly liked the moving parts on the engine, that made it look like the ship was "buckeling up" when going into FTL or through a relay.

The SR2 was also cool and had some useful stuff in it for a game hero ship but it also had some weirdness going on. I did like that the captains quarters were part of the exterior hull space, so technically it wasn't a waste of space but still, there was plenty of other waste and weird design decisions going on. One could excuse this by the fact that Cerberus built the ship and made some alteration specific to their special needs but then, the fact that Cerberus would be able to build a ship like this from scratch in secret was a major downside of the SR2 to begin with.
Also, it did feel a little like "we built a bigger better ship, so let's discard the old one in a quick cutsene".
Otherwise, the SR2 is alright, especially after the Alliance takes it over and retrofits it in ME3.

The Tempest also had a bunch of weird stuff going on and the overall shape took me a while to get used to but they did a lot of stuff right with that ship IMO, especially when it comes to the interior. I just love that they finally managed to connect the exterior space to the interior, giving the ship all those windows. How the lighting changes in the ship depending on where you are stopping on the galaxy map is increadible. And yes, I know, windows are structural weaknesses and their half-assed lore breaking explanation for this was just in line with all the other silliness going on in Andromeda but still, it looked so gorgeous I actually didn't mind.


So what do I want for the next ship? I want it to be functional like the SR1 but also nice and open like the Tempest. So here is my idea: Make it a consular ship. Something a diplomat or ambassador would use. Maybe we play one, maybe we kinda just get it from one but that way, you could kinda have the best of both worlds.

On the one hand, a ship like that might need to be very self sufficient, capable of longer term independent missions and because it might have to go into politically unstable territory, it could be argued that it was reasonable to outfit it with both some defensive and stealth capabilities. Probably not too much, so the ship couldn't just handle every situation on it's own (so you as the hero still need to organize support, typical ME stuff) but good enough to get us out of a tough spot if needed.

At the same time, the ship is also designed to host diplomatic events and maybe impress visitors or just provide a nice space for negotiations, receptions and such. So it would have something like retractable armor plating, so on a button press, you can expose large clear oxide/nanofiber windows, so in game you can have the same awesome lighting and open scenary that we saw in Andromeda. For that reason, the ship would also be slick looking from the outside.

For such a vessel, it would also make sense to give it good communications equipment, so you can stay in touch with mission givers, etc. while some guest quarters can be occupied by squad mates you pick up or can be converted into more functional gameplay related places like a lab or an armory.

So yea, something like that I could see working pretty well as a hero ship for a new ME game.

Hehe I'll be happy that the new ship design like the Normandy has a toilet without having to go out and down a ladder to use it. (you may be in command but you use what the crew uses) sigh

If I remember right the tempest capt. quarters had no bathroom you  had to go down to the lower deck.

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