The Nomad (Official Thread)

Na, I'm pretty happy we go to Andromeda too. I just hope the explanation for us (and the how) going there isn't too stupid, but I'd have expected some level of stupid even if we'd stayed in the MW. I can't fault the devs for wanting a fresh start with this IP.

Oh, and mounts and all are interesting in a setting where there is wildlife to be trained into mounts, but what will you do on barren/toxic planets? We'll need some sort of mechanized vehicule. Might as well be the mako. I wasn't one of the mako haters anyway. I liked climbing the highest peaks possible with it and then go tumbling down down down in a squadmates's barf festival headcanon. It even explained why the mako wasn't in ME2 and 3. Miranda had heard of my Shepard's achievement in mako bungie jumping and decided it wouldn't be needed aboard the SR-2, and Ashley 'forgot' to take it when the Normandy fled from Earth... Shame, we could have had so much fun on Mars. Besides, we know we'll be able to customize the new mako. It might not be solely on the aesthetic side of things.

I think I read in some interview that its name is not going to be 'Mako.' I could be remembering that wrong, though. Anyway, I'm sure the new Mako will be fun to drive. My main problem with the original Mako was 1.) boring environments 2.) areas where you were forced to drive Mako. Sometimes that can work but there was just too much of that in ME1. Like Noveria. Noveria is probably my favorite mission in the game - expect for the part where you have to drive Mako in the snowstorm while the Geth are attacking you. Too many times I hit something and the Mako goes upside down before slowly sliding over the edge *game over*

Aww, jetpack. Break my heart! Would love one of those I have not seen any of those extra thingies in the Trilogy. Well, wait and see. Fingers crossed New Mako drives in the direction I am steering her, not a random one she is propelled to by the terrain.

The new Mako's racer-styling aside (which I do like), the mere thought of spending hours upon hours of searching, and with no means to cannon my way through a few baddies along the way, makes me put my palms in my face and wail uncontrollably. I too will wait to see how it is actually implemented in-game before offering a thumbs up/down pov. My sincere hope is that we will be incredibly surprised by capabilities that we know nothing about at this point. An interior view of our characters with banter, radar, stealth mode, a cool distance optics system, and having a way to NOT get lost in an 'open world' map are my main concerns. I'm not sure if there is a thread/poll yet on what we'd like to have or see in the new Mako's capabilities, so I added my 2-cents here.

It will be fine with me if we have to leave the Mako to fight on foot, then get back in and mush on. I enjoy sniping.

Has it been confirmed that the new Mako has NO cannon for firepower?  I assumed the firepower would be concealed and pop-out for use when needed. I'm not up-to-speed with all of the reveals about the Mako's features so far. I wonder if some of the new Mako's capabilities will be shown in the N7 reveals, but I'm unsure if I want to know much more before I am actually playing the game. I want to be shocked and awed.

No, I'm not telling you that. I'm just explaining that there are a lot of fans who don't share your enthusiasm. Where did you get me telling you you shouldn't be enthusiastic? If anything, it seems you're the one trying to discredit people who don't agree with you and say their feelings don't matter. And you are wrong, Bioware did create it in a written state since in the game it states those things I mentioned. 

Show me the artwork then.  What exists is the little blurb and that's all that exists of them.  That's not the same as creating and rendering an in-game landscape that can be explored by a player.

1) Because it IS cool and 2) because they want to make the game they weren't able to make back in ME1s days. Think of them finally fulfilling the vision they had for the Mako.

Why is the Mako back? To finally give us the romance we've all ways wanted. Ever since Mass Effect 1 my Shepard always had a attraction to the Mako. Unfortunately he never had the opportunity to act on those feelings. Now that the Mako is back, my Ryder will succeed where my Shepard failed. He will bang the Mako!!!!!

Maybe I'm playing too much SR these days, but...

My favorite gif in the entire internet land. Mako is love.

Well, the Mako's purpose perform large scale reconnaissance on planetside, particularly, but not exclusively, for planets without an own biosphere or colonies of civilized creatures. What I find important about the Mako is that that play style will return. What it will be like and what other vehicles there may be remains to be seen. I wouldn't mind a hovertank like the Hammerhead, either, or an armoured shuttle which we can fly directly.

What I did like about the Mako was that can control the turret independently of its steering direction and dire broadsides into your enemy (likely a thrasher maw) while moving at full speed into a different direction.

Mechs and speeders would be nice as well, but not for the same role as the Mako.

I believe in the end the ideal solution is to provide the player with a choice of which vehicle they want for planetside exploration; the hammerhead, the mako, a krogan truck, an armored shuttle (a dinghy to the actual ship specialized in operating high pressure and low altitude environments)... each would fill the same space on the ship. The question is whether it's possible to design the levels in a way that each vehicle gets their chance to play its advantages without making it all too simple and at the same time make it possible to deal with the given sitation regardless of what vehicle you have in your hangar. And whether the development effort is worth it.

I am an insane person who loved scanning techniques in ME2 the best.