I have a feeling I know what the "save humanity" stuff is really about now.

I get the feeling, even if Andromeda tells a story that isn't about saving humanity and actually tells a good story, no matter it's angle, people here are going to complain and nitpick regardless.

We are taking the fact a ship crashes as something to hold against the game? From it, BioWare is insulting our intelligence?

BioWare haven't got to exhaust themselves catering to every area of their fan base, especially those who probably would hate no matter what they threw at them cause saltiness over endings still persists and probably have ridiculously high expectations for what this game is and has to deliver on

Eh, what are you talking about?

All the previous posts on this thread about how BioWare isn't going to deliver a story worthy of people's intelligence and intellect. Nitpicking every minute detail we know of this game to death, seeing it all as negatives, BioWare some how insulting us with their premise. 

The Hyperion crash, holding this against the game, the Arks, Nexus, just everything people are already hating. 

No game developer should have to deal with all this, the game isn't even out yet. 

A reboot is very unlikely to happen. I believe they just want to separate things for now to tell a new ME story without choosing a canon ending (at least for now).

I somehow completely overlooked the deluxe edition cover, and my stomach turned a little when I started reading this thread
I'm really excited about this game, and I can't wait to see what these crumbs we're getting really mean when the game finally comes out!

That's how I felt when the possibility of moving to Andromeda was first "leaked". I made my peace with it long ago, though. I believe they will make this feel like Mass Effect, even if some of the things I loved about the OT are gone (near future timeline and being in our own galactic backyard are the two big ones.)

I don't recall much negativity in this thread, though I admittedly tend to ignore those posts and converse with those who actually want to discuss things. I could've forgotten some early whining in this thread. Still, I recall mostly discussion as to how the story might unfold, rather than the complaints that a tiny handful of users love to spam throughout the forum. Most in this thread are eager to play the new game, and enjoy discussing our theories in the meantime.

Don't let the BSN cause you to lose perspective. If MEA is a very good game, it will be recognized and embraced as such. Thus small, niche community does not accurately represent the wider world.

I'd considered that, but I generally try to base my ideas upon what the writers have given us. In this case, what they've given us suggests the Pathfinders are aboard the Arks.

If they did get there way early, as you described it (and it really would need to be substantially early), and assuming that additional scouting was feasible, they'd likely have scouted Habitat 7. They would have known about its volatile atmosphere and the Ark Hyperion disaster would've been avoided, thus negating the MEA plot.

I'm still very attached to the trilogy. I won't deny that. And I have a number of concerns (for the first time, never felt anything but happy anticipation for previous games).  So I'm always flip-flopping. But ultimately we can't know yet how the game will turn out. So I too get annoyed with people who hate the game already based on assumptions and snippets of information.
I was actually hoping the new BSN would be different. It is a bit better, but I guess the internet is just like that. Angry.
In any case, I hope I don't come off too negative myself. I'm just a passionate Bioware fan who wants Andromeda to be amazing.

And hey, I mean this with the utmost affection, a good plot has never been Bioware's strong suit, but I'm sure it's going to be passable as usual at least.

You don't sound negative at all. I had the same worries about the game for a long time. I actively objected to the Andromeda move until it was officially announced. Then, I figured I'd better wait and see what they put together. It has vastly exceeded my expectations from those years ago. I suspect that MEA will be so good in many ways that it will actually make the OT more difficult to go back and play. I think they are really going to improve many facets of the IP.

I didn't realize my post got butchered until I saw it quoted.   Part of my reply to Prince E got inserted into the middle of a sentence in my reply to your post. I've cleaned it up, now, so it's intelligible.

No need to apologize for your writing style to me -- I do the same thing. The only difference is I support my guesses with citations.

If everything was planned out before departure, why have Pathfinders at all? Why call them Pathfinders? Garson says, "Pathfinders ... will be tasked with finding a new home on one of the goldenworlds ... in the Heleus cluster." You've heard all the Bioware leads emphasize that the game is about exploration, right?

Also, what if the best looking goldenworld detected by long ranged scanners has a culture of sentient beings on it? We're just going to send an Ark into orbit of some culture's homeworld and hope for the best?

And again referring to the vid, Garson says "you will awake from cryostasis on the outskirts of the Andromeda galaxy". Not anywhere near a goldenworld.

Plus, this bears repeating:
The Nexus doesn't have to arrive first for this to make sense. They can arrive all at the same time. Of course, it doesn't actually matter if the Pathfinders are on the Arks or the Nexus if they arrive at the same time. One way or the other, they'll gather to meet with Garson on the NExus for final instructions. Otherwise, again, what purpose does the Nexus serve, if not central Command & Control?

If that's what you think then that's how you'll see it no matter how good or bad the story is. Then, whatever happens you're going to complain if people pick apart things that didn't add up in the narrative and blame them for being too nitpicky or whiny because you've decided people are just hypocrites or something. It's fine if you don't personally care about smaller details, but most people that actually pay attention to the storytelling in a book, movie or a game will. I don't think your mindset is constructive either.

I don't know what to make of the plot premise yet, but I kinda wish even if we become N7, we're not the leader. Even if we're the pathfinder I hope we're not the most authorative figure. I kinda wish we could have a whole game as Commander Shepard who isn't a spectre-status figure who obeys to his superior. I know we won't because it's going to be the typical player-pandering BioWare structure, but DA:I was great until I became the Inquisitor and I don't want ME:A to be great only until you become the Pathfinder, because by then, if you're the leader, it makes no sense that YOU're the one who has to go do fetch quests or busywork for your organization anymore and then the whole framework for the story starts to feel off.

And then it doesn't help that the villain is probably revealed by the time we become the Pathfinder too and that the villain is a monomythic one who has orchestrated the plot or mindcontrolled any other opposing faction. I sincerely hope the Kett have their own reasons for opposing you and that they explore the idea of making first contact with another species instead of making the Kett conveniently tied to somehow being manipulated by a higher power.