ME:A - The Video Game Awards Gameplay Video

I don't think so. It's basically the same if they arrived all at the same place and then the Arks spread in their assigned locations. 
I also don't understand why it makes the Arks pointless.

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The new reveal kicks off with a view of the Galaxy Map, which will allow you to navigate from one system to another in the Tempest and scan planets for resources. You’ll encounter locations like the bustling outlaw home world of Kadara Port, a planet where battles between different factions are commonplace. The video highlights one of these such confrontations, in which a group of outlaws are entrenched in battle and the Pathfinder is presented with an opportunity to engage or ignore the skirmish entirely.

As the Pathfinder, you’ll be able to call down Forward Stations to change up your weapon loadouts, alter squad composition, fast-travel to other locations, and discover nearby resources and details about surrounding regions. You’ll chart courses to hazardous environments and fight hostile wildlife. You’ll traverse across dangerous worlds, using your scanner to discover clues about your mission locations.

The reveal also shows off a number of features with which you’ll want to become familiar as Mass Effect: Andromeda’s Pathfinder. You’ll encounter entirely new alien races such as the Kett, and will grow to rely on companions like Vetra and Drack, seen in the video. Leading your squad through beautiful-yet-deadly worlds, you’ll progress your Pathfinder with a deeply customizable character system, crafting, and a host of new weapons, powers, and gear. And of course, you’ll develop lasting relationships with your companions forged from a long and perilous journey through space.

Mass Effect: Andromeda is set to launch in Spring 2017, and we’ve got so much more to share with you as we prepare for liftoff. Be sure to sign up for the Andromeda Initiative to receive pre-departure training videos and exclusive in-game rewards.

See you in Andromeda!

The Nexus could have carried the settlers since it carries other people, and then like I said earlier they could have just used normal ships to get around the cluster. 

Goggled-eyed with wispy hair = Liam

He appeared on screen with Peebee, and so did that icon and an asari icon.

One of the new species is called Angara.

Fuck me that looks amazing! Unfortunately... Crafting system. Fuck crafting systems!

The vanguard seems to have biotic shield, charge and ... concussive shot?

She's not a vanguard, necessarily. With the classless system you can pick the powers your want.

Heh heh, too bad the galaxy map wasn't actually that cool. 

Only for Ryder. Our companions will have traditional classes. 

Oh, true. I forgot, thanks!

I think I see a tech shield, flamer and an icon for maybe shockwave.

When she's fighting the F-ing space bear (fiend) I can't tell what those powers are. A mine? Some frag grenade like object and flamer turret. Also during combat I see icons that look like incinerate, overload, pull and throw. Oh, and cloak appears. Or disappears as the case may be.

I'm seeing some guns I don't recognize. One looks like a collector weapon (rounded blobs) but the other looks more prothean particle weapon like (crystal structure).

I don't think it's him, but there are Jack Wall-like motifs in there. Just the synthy arpeggios along with the very bombastic horn-like stuff. Could also remind you of Christopher Lennerz but it's missing the genericness.