Prestige and the promotion farming apocalypse.

Fuck me!

Goddess - under what rocks have you been hiding?

btw I look exactly like my Avatar so call me maybe.

Get a lobby, you two. You totally interrupt the doomsaying, sheesh.

No, no, I much prefer doomsaying to the upbeat gaming experiences w light innuendo. Heh, I have mp withdrawals, I'd farm the appocalypse out of Andromeda MP right now if I could.

Get a lobby, you two. You totally interrupt the doomsaying, sheesh.

In case none saw this twitter thread, bonuses cap at level 10 currently. And now the link with the question and some more discussion by a promotion loving scrub fellow.

Never played DAMP was it really that bad?

I don't know who "shinobi602" is, but this dude apparently has had a hands-on game session with Mass Effect Andromeda and he knows stuff.
Nightman had the courtesy of sharing "shinobi602" experience with the game on this forum. The full info is on this link right here.


It all sounds pretty good. Now one part regarding the Multiplayer is particularly concerning:

"New "Prestige" mechanic added: With several types of characters, you earn regular XP and prestige XP. The prestige XP goes into every character of that 'type', for example 'tanky' characters. Earning enough prestige can grant you added health for all tank characters, etc."

This reminds of the Prestige system of Dragon Age Inquisition Multiplayer. There were three classes on that game - Rogue, Warrior and Mage - and after hitting Level 20 you have the option to promote. Sounds like Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer, right? Well, by promoting you get a higher Prestige rank on the Leaderboards, but not just that: you also get one permanent stat point for each attribute: Cunning, Constitution and Willpower. And there is no cap, you can promote over and over and become invincible. With a few hundred promotions (a number easily achievable, I got well over a thousand promotions myself) a Level one Rogue can be tankier than three Level 20 Warriors. Builds usefulness becomes obsolete. Skill becomes irrelevant.
For those who have played Diablo III, it is just like the Paragon system of that game.

I really don't want to see this crap in a Mass Effect game. Imagine if N7 10,000 players were completely invincible on Gold? Imagine if an Infiltrator could have more Health/Shields than the Juggernaut?

With some exceptions, the devs are hilariously bad at their own game. They know full well that we're gonna solo gold and once they release a platinum mode, we'll solo that one as well. And then players will start speedrunning and farming the highest difficulties.

The cycle will continue.