What do you expect from the multiplayer? [General discussion version]

I don't care if it's decorations.  I don't care if it's a single line of dialogue.  I don't care if it's a freaking outfit so fugly I wouldn't be caught dead in it.

If it's a single player reward, it BETTER FREAKING HAVE A SINGLE PLAYER PATH TO IT!!!

I'm completely fine with some cosmetic stuff only being available as a reward for MP participation, because believe it or not, we like the SP side of things too and it's cool to get a little wink or a nod from the developers to acknowledge your progress in other facets of the game. Even if it's something corny like a little medallion or trophy in Ryder's cabin that 95% of recipients will never notice, it's neat.

And honestly? I think the concept of the EMS bonus for promotions in ME3MP was cool. What was not cool was the Galactic Readiness mechanic. If the Galactic Readiness mechanic (or something similar) did not exist at all, it would have been completely fine in my book.

Yeah the game mechanics was the thing that bothered me about that game, PC specifically. I didnt mind the ME series though. At least they HAVE SMG's.

I expect to begin as a stingy fella, but evolve into THE GOD OF CHEESE in no time.

(Flamer is confirmed, so that's starting point already)

You'll be the God of Grilled Cheese!

Ha. That's also true. 

I'm looking forward to some interesting discussions once more details are known about the multiplayer element. 

Well, as I've said in similar threads; or maybe even this one, it's all running together on me; I would like to see BioWare continue to push the envelope with the MP and give us unique gameplay mechanics and play styles. In ME 3 they started to delve into that with kits like the Volus and Geth Juggernaut, though they mostly played like the other characters. In DA:I, as much as I disliked the MP in that game, even I have to admit they did a remarkable job with the Virtuoso and his unique 'song' mechanic.

With ME:A's MP I would like to see a continuation of this trend, don't just give us a thousand and one variations on a beginning kit with one or two powers swapped around, I want to see the more crazy, and in many cases 'alien', side of the galaxy be given a place to shine in the MP. Give us Elcor artillery soldiers, Rachni Brood Warriors, Hanar medics, etc. I mean it's not like we are ever going to see those species as playable options in SP so why not bring them over to the co-operative side of things? Give us brand new powers and mechanics to go along with these diverse new kits, maybe having your Elcor and Rachni kits being locked out of the standard weapon roster entirely to make room for their own unique set of weapons and play styles.

I would be utterly shocked at that.  MP people would bellow even louder than the sp people did in me3mp about one effecting the other.  There is going to be a good many people that want to jump into mp right off the hop.

A bit late replying to this, but it doesn't sound that bad to me. I'm going by the (extremely accurate so far) Reddit survey leak that surmised how strike missions would be completed by an AI controlled strike team, but if we wanted we could handle it ourselves with our multiplayer characters.

So like DAI's wartable missions, except we would get the opportunity to directly interact with some of them.