Active abilities in ME:A (Updated)

Change up on the fly up to 4 sets of active power loadouts and profiles, so that's 12 powers you can access on the field + you can keep the same profile or change the profile as well. That's pretty dope, that's actually more variety than previous mass effect games, because we also have a gazillion passive powers that work at all times.

Here come some mech's?
( Button awesome )
Engineer: Overload / Incenerate / Invasion

Time to go melee?
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Vanguard: Nova / Annihilation / Charge

Ranged Biotics?
( Button awesome )
Adept: Singularity / Lance / Warp

Bunker up?
( Button awesome )
Soldier: Barricade / Turbocharge / Grenades

And you can do all that in one build with enough points. Gazillion different ways you can put together 4 different sets of powers and even same powers with different profiles.

Not too sure about this 3 powers active.

Personally, I don't mind only 3 powers at a time, if they expect gunplay to be the dominate form of DPS.

Powers should be OP "whoa" buttons, but I would think some are going to be pretty weak in comparison to others. Like...concussive shot isn't going to be that great unless you're triggering

So, the ability to switch in combat is implied by how the trailer is cut, but still not explicitly confirmed. And they also make it look like you have to go into the menu to switch favorites. Please let there be a hotkey, please let there be a hotkey...

To not be entirely negative, a lot of the stuff in the trailer looks really cool. Looking forward to bouncing around and charging things, and carrying mooks with me like living grenades.

At the end of the trailer you see a shot of the favourite system, you can set up different loadouts, profile of choice included. There are four, and you can set multiple ones with the same profile.
Mac said in the video we can change it on the fly, and Ian said we can change them on the field  

I think Ian meant that when he said on the field, and they did mention in tweets before the switching is useful during tough battles. It won't be useful if we're stuck with the same one.

Apparently, you can. I just posted in CSI:BSN.

given all the information and that screen shot i am fairly confident we can switch favorites in combat.

Yup, looks like no switching during combat. So for single encounter you are locked to 3 powers.

No word yet. They generally announce videos the day before (which sucks). If I had to bet, I'd say next friday. Wish they would just set a date at the end of each one.

Hm...didn't the guy narrating the new combat video say:

"...got their 3 abilities equipped powers selected..." (so in a way confirming the 3 slot limit?)

I am watching it again ATM to check that (hope I misheard!)

greetings LAX
ps: So, I've gone through it again! I've not (I repeat: NOT!) misheard...I've corrected the above to give you what the guy said exactly

I'll try, although I'm not sure if I'll get a reply.