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

Oh come on why would our ships or rovers have weapons???


Gee I fucking wonder



Come the fuck on Bioware....are you telling me no one fucking brought how stupid and immersion breaking that idea was???

Only when that enjoyment is derived from playing video games. It's perfectly acceptable to derive enjoyment from other people's reactions to said video games

I feel like a "that's what he/she said" is called for in this situation.

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I should go.





I'm hoping it has a cute wee rail gun at least, like something that could at least tickle a Kett ship under it's belly.

I know I'm there to establish a new home for humanity. Don't think I'll be reading the Rules of Engagement manual.

I mean, the natives might protest, but that's really their problem, not mine.
If I have to wipe a few Kett or anything else in the way, it'll be a big plus.


Why work if you can't have fun doing it?

But why does the Tempest need to look like that? It's a scoutship/research vessel from the 2180s with incredible funding, so why can't it look nice and be practical?

Not just a stealth fleet, but stealth dreadnaughts if I remember correctly. Stealth. Dreadnaughts. If they used guerilla tactics with them they could have destroyed many a Reaper capital ship, even temporarily freeing occupied systems. To be honest, if they were careful they could have one a war of attrition against the Reapers with them in the sense that of giving the Reapers a net-loss for this cycle, since only one capital ship is made each cycle.

What class is the Tempest? Is it a corvette?

Some people say he talked too slowly, others, too fast...
Props for going through the effort of doing that! I also like the design and was hoping for something less bleak than the Normandy. Looks very sciency, too. The Pathfinder's quarters do seem a bit excessive, but mostly I'm just worried that the ship will end up being bigger on the inside. Not a big deal (no pun intended), but I like it when they put in enough effort to make the dimensions consistent. On the plus side, I hope they make use of the size of the room in the form of having moments with a few squadmates there, hanging out.

As for the one picture I left: Are those actual books?! Wow. Presumably they're mostly for Ryder's use since, you know, Ryder's cabin. Would be cool if we could show an interest/knowledge of stories in the game - some fictional written in our future, and some "ancient" classics such as Moby Dick etc. I wonder what the video screen is for, since right now it looks like it's showing the galaxy map, but the console in the middle of the room looks more like that interface. Placeholder? Hopefully we can play some minigames on it Even though it wouldn't matter most of the time, I hope we can "turn off"/close/polarize the windows, both for safety in dangerous situations as well as privacy.

I can see the headline now: "Pathfinder killed in combat after replacing cannon with lounge"

That does draw attention to the rather unfortunate placing of the cabin as far as safety goes. It's basically the worst place in the ship to have it; the easiest to hit and least armoured. To be fair though, I doubt the Pathfinder would be in it in bad situations. However, part of me is annoyed that the bridge/CIC isn't in the very centre of the ship for the same reasons.

Totally off-topic, but yeah, they said you could either sent Cullen or Leliana to Redcliffe. But nope!



"You may fire when ready."

More than ever I want to see what the combat capabilities of the Arks and Nexus themselves are, because they'd both be prime candidates for housing MACs.

My thoughts exactly. First we learned that the Nomad wouldn't be armed, now the Tempest has no main gun, and we still haven't seen any evidence of an escort fleet for the Initiative. It's quite mystifying for a mission with such high stakes to have such poor defenses

And of course, if anyone wants to use the "But we're explorers!" excuse, just remember that Ryder and co. are pretty much always loaded for bear, and for good reason. It pays to be prepared in the same way everyone wearing armour/hardsuits does. If we're going to do that while exploring planets, why doesn't that apply to the Nomad or Tempest? If the guns are mostly to repel hostile wildlife (at first), why not extend that to the ships as well, for close air support? As has been mentioned, the Nomad is how it is for gameplay reasons. I get that even if I disagree and think it's dumb. But there is no reason the Tempest can't be armed enough to at least provide some support if needed. Hopefully it will be, since we don't actually know. At the very least, it needs phasers GARDIAN lasers since as the name implies, they're defensive weapons and small. Some photon torpedoes would be nice, too.

While that would make sense, I would be a bit annoyed if the "civil unrest/uprising" plot relied on the Initiative being stupid in the first place. We'll see.

Yes. Interesting that it can protect the party after exiting the vehicle. I hoped to see the classic Mako jumping in this video, but alas, no.

I envy you.

They're not contrails, they look more like some form of exhaust coming straight out of the engines. Makes enough sense to me if so.

To be fair, sound in space can be helpful to viewers; it's not always a bad thing. It's not really much different from subtitles appearing to tell the audience what the current location is. It doesn't mean giant letters appear and the characters see them, only the viewers. And in the case of ME, actually has an explanation anyway. Though I do find it cool when scifi elects to do it realistically since it is eerily cool.

Actually, all incarnations of the Enterprise had adequate to state-of-the-art weaponry. You know, just in case, because you never know what you'll run into

"Ryder, the Nomad/Tempest is taking a lot of damage, what can we do?"

"Oh, don't worry. Just pop the hatch, I've got this!"

You first logical flaw is to assume a no-win scenario. The Kett we fight may be just one faction, and may be small. We don't know.

Second, you're using hindsight. The Initiative doesn't know going in that (some of) the Kett will be hostile or how much of a threat they are. They just know there will probably be hostile life in some form out there in Andromeda. When you don't know what you're heading into and what you'll find, it's smart to be prepared even if you do end up outclassed. There could be many times where being armed would mean suffering fewer losses than being unarmed.

I did and came to the same conclusion as you.

it is engineered to protect the driver....that means tho that if the driver encounters something that cannot be outran then it has failed its purpose completely.

it's as tall as a fucking skyscraper...how long do you think it's stride is???

gameplay and story segregation...according to the lore threshers are not slow at all and Kalross takes down a reaper destroyer....

not my point at all. Not to mention it could very well be a flying threat as far as you know...remember the harvesters on tuchanka?

The interior of the Tempest manages to be 10x more impressive than the environments I've seen so far. That's both a compliment and a critique. Can't wait to do the rounds on that ship.