Powers, Skill Trees and Active Abilities (Official Thread)

This explains pretty much everything.

You might as well use the entire thread from here

https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/5unp3t/went_through_gameplay_series_1_combat_trailer_and/

and give credit to the reddit user who took the screenshots.

In his post Shinobi said you can choose your targets for the squadmates to attack.  

Disappointing, but I think it's what we all expected at this point.

my pleasure, was doing it for myself anyway

They probably changed some of the primers/detonators since ME3. A lot of the powers seem to actually gain a lot of additional functionality from upgrading. That's great to see! Not just "faster cooldown, more power, ..." . This means that, with little investment, you'll get a power with the appropriate good stats, but with more investment, you'll actually get more versatile powers and more functions. I like that thinking.

Anyway, I'm gonna try some more theorycrafting

I'm having a real difficult time theorycrafting, just because of the wide range of options! When it comes down to it, I really have to sit and think critically: what. is. my. playstyle? 
We don't really knwo if we can reset points :/ And in the first playthrough, you won't have that many points available... Also, When I theorycraft, I make something for a low level. Because theorycrafting for a high level is basically jsut making an end-game character, and what good is that for 90% of the game? :/

So now I'm at: Well, if I think about it, I want 2 combat options. Since I'm not really a stealth person, I want one profile where I'm safe behind some cover, throwing bullets and powers from long range, and one where I'm up in your face fucking shit up using biotic explosions.
And after some consideration, I'f amended my previous build, and came down to:

- Vanguard/adept/explorer profile with nova, charge and annihilation field (shotgun). This profile is meant for high mobility.

- Soldier/infiltrator/engineer profile with overload, incinerate and turbocharge (revenant). This profile is meant for long-distance stripping defenses and making tech explosions.

Since you'll need to invest heavily in fitness and weapon passives, I doubt we'll have more points available in one playthrough. In NG+, I'll probably expand to more specialised profiles (4 maybe?) But I'll see that when I get to it.

Confirmed on Twitter that we can.

"Full re-specs are possible in the Tempest medbay, but they cost credits. First time's cheap."

Good pickup - I knew that more skills in a tree would unlock/level up related profiles but not that they would boost the effects of that tree's passives.

Is that to unlock level 1, or to get to a higher level of the profile?

From what I've seen I think that we'll acquire skill points relatively quickly, whether through being given lots of points on level up or levelling up fast. It wouldn't make much sense to have the explorer profile unattainable til late game.

ProbeAway, what do you mean by lvl 1? IDK how many points we get when we start a new game right off the bat, prolly like 20-30 IME.

I mean that profiles have more powerful levels that unlock as you invest skill points in the applicable disciplines.