Andromeda Initiative briefings (6/6 Golden Worlds and Settlements)

While I agree on not having weapons, the video said it doesn't have a main gun. The tempest can still have weapons.

The only such example from DAI I remember is the Crestwood fight, which ended up being cut from the game anyway.  More attention was drawn to high dragon battles anyway.

Here's the only showcase I recall from Mass Effect:

I understand the logic behind the Nomad (although I don't agree with), because I think it was about having additional work and resources to be spent on balancing combat with two different modes of fighting, on foot and with the rover, but I don't understand the logic behind the Tempest if it truly has no weapons, especially if it extends to the Arks. I do hope they'll reveal, either now or in-game, that the Initiative has a some warships, or at least some plans to built them quickly.

My guess, from an in-universe engineering stand point, is that the Tempest did in fact have a main gun, but they had to remove it to make room for the Pathfinder's cabin.

I think the reason the nomad has no weapons is for combat reasons they want you to fight the enemy on foot not just drive up to them and kill everyone with a cannon would make a lot of outdoor fights easy and less challenging.

Yes. It's a gameplay choice. 

Makes little sense in-universe though. 

Actually for DAI we also got a gameplay demo from if you go to the mages in Redcliffe, though a lot of story-related stuff was cut out. We also got a long demo where we went to the Fallow Mire and it took us all the way to bringing down the Avvar leader. Also, close to launch, they showed the whole first half-hour of the game.

Edit: I actually wished in retrospect I'd passed on watching these (though I did skip the game intro one), since they showed too much of the game in my opinion and spoiled those parts for me. So I won't watch them if MEA does it. But I do understand why some people would want to see that. I do agree however that the briefings are not the place to expect such a thing, and we might see some longer demos before launch (they've already promised a 15-minute one at some point) so that's where people should look for the more substantial stuff.

and that explains why we are not orbitally obliterating rhs kett

Because what practical use is there for a massive open space on the top of a ship except to mount a weapon emplacement or additional armor?

Seeing as how the Pathfinder's cabin is occupying that prime real estate, coupled with the pilot's admission that there is no main gun, would seem to indicate that it either had to be removed or excluded from the design of the ship in order to accommodate that enormous living space.


That or the higher ups in the Andromeda Initiative didn't think that measly things like ship mounted weapons would be necessary in securing a new home in uncharted space within an unexplored galaxy.


Either way somebody done goofed. 

and Bioware, yet again, paints us as the outnumbered, outgunned underdogs



I am starting to appreciate the halo 4-5 premises more and more....sigh

I still predict no exiting animation for the Nomad lol. They show Tempest interior but not the Nomads's? 2017 and no car exiting animations.

Yes, I do recall seeing section of what turned out to be In Hushed Whispers.  I also recall they implied that Dorian and Leliana were there by player choice and events could unfold differently if different choices were made (which turned out to be untrue, they were both required to be there)

I recall there was also stuff shown of Fallow Mire, but that was just combat.

I don't recall the first half hour being shown, but I'll take your word for it.