Active abilities in ME:A (Updated)

Well, maybe I am doing it WRONG, but:

I used WARP way more than either THROW or PULL and I loved the damned SHOCKWAVE ("Who ordered a freight train to run something over?" - "I did, there's your target, GO!"...nothing better to deal with fucking husks!), I thought the grenades crappy (can't really target them well! I only used them as close quarter options against mechs!), I did use singularity, but not all that often, hell I usually used REAVE do start biotic combos (use REAVE and then either use a companion (like Liara) to detonate or do it myself with a Warp!) ...then again:

I HATED the LOAD-OUT-DETERMINES-COOLDOWN-MECHANIC...worst idea ever IMHO (Soldier was strong enough without needing this crap to hamstring the "caster" classes, especially since they were the best with weapons and their adrenaline rush boosted that even further, to to mention ammo-powers!)

And yes: Less abilities hamstring a caster much much much more than a soldier (because most of the damage comes from abilities in this case, not from guns!)

ps: Never played a soldier for long (always played adepts in all my runs that I finished, didn't finish a run with any other class ) so it's killing my most beloved class if this is true! Especially since I wanted to play another kind of adept this time (I wanted tactical cloak and charge from the other classes - at the very least, not to mention that nice shield from one of the trailers!)

Yeah, I did - and yeah it's my first posting here, but not my first in the Bioware-Community (the BSN was one my favourite hangouts - till they chose the nuclear option to trash it!)

Yeah, I am a PC-Player (so I have loads of keys that I could use for powers, so this "we need to balance if for console" or "can't give PC-Guys an advantage" etc. really irks me! Especially since it doesn't make sense, why would a caster (mage/biotic) "forget" one ability just because it's not on the hot-bar? (also: I'd rather have another ability than that jump-pack and I love jump-packs generally, just below true jetpacks that allow longer flights!))

Yeah, I am late to the party (I kind of noticed - still I wanted to comment, so I had to do some threat necromancy (well: Posting necromancy, as the threat is still active (it was on the first page of the ME:A General Sub-Topic))

Also I hate the removal of the pause option (this isn't a fucking true bred shooter or hack and slay - it's supposed to offer tactical combat (even if it's only commanding your companions to use their abilities - without the option to take control of them!)), how can I truly take advantage of choke-points etc. if I can't command my companions? How can I advance tactically if I can't tell them where to go (so that they can cover me etc.)?

So yeah, I did use the pause mode (it was a little immersion breaking at time, but then again: Can't command effectively in real time (at least not in games, in RL with people who are trained in combat this would be another matter entirely as they naturally know how and where to move and a simple "Use a grenade" or "toss a flashbang in there" is enough to make them do what you want! Games are way clunkier than that!), so I accepted that!

Many more to come? Probably, hopefully without needing to be part of a shit-storm like after ME3...damned that game still pisses me off (!), Extended Cut did NOTHING for me (especially since it did NOT fix the linearity of that game (why would I get the Turians on board first? The Asari are the true powerhouse in the council, so if given the choice? I'd help them first!), the crappy scanning shit (how would the Reapers know that I am scanning a system? That never made sense, especially since there aren't that many of them that they can place a scout in every system!), the treatment of player choice (so you killed the Rachnii-Queen? Well, tought luck motherfucker, the Reapers cloned a new one!) etc. etc.)...

I truly hope Bioware can will finally redeem themselves (because Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition while enjoyable weren't up their usual standard either IMHO!), but this 3 skills crap truly irks me (I really really really hope that we are WRONG about this, because this way you can't take any advantage of the classless system (can't play a true adept with tactical cloak and biotic charge for example, because if I select those two then I can't select the other powers I need to officially count as an adept!)) as it kind of diminishes my hope that this game will be another Mass Effect 1 (or 2) quality and story wise!

Well, we'll see

greetings LAX