GamePlanet Interview with Mike Gamble Dec 22'16

YOU WHAT?!1
This is bullshit. Space magic crap taken to the next level type of bullshit.

So you basically cheat through the game with this system in a way. How the flying balls changing "classes" in the middle of a combat makes sense? not only lore wise, but gameplay wise.
I mean yeah, it's cool to be a "pandora's box" but are you kidding me? So if I don't like the type of combat I have in front of me being a vanguard (I know there's no classes really, but you guys understand where I'm going) I just switch to whatever the heck is more easier for me? like camping as an infiltrator? A minute back I was a biotic user and now I'm a stealthy tech/combat expert. The heck is that??

The thing with classes is that you pick one and you stick with it. Yes of course you'll have types of combat not suited for that class in your journey, but that exactly is the fun part. It's called roleplay, and it's called replayability.
And they just took that away? how could that improve the gameplay? Mother of Santa riding a Harley Davidson on Easter's eve!

Gee... I genuinely want to keep an open mind about this game, and I agree is short sighted to judge when is not even out yet and I'm definitely haven't played it. But damn... it's hard when they pull out this type of oddities.

I'll have to see how they explain it.  Why can this suddenly be the case in the ME setting?  It's never been this way before, so unless they add in an explanation, it's going to kind of shit all over the lore from the first trilogy.  It kind of ruins Shep a bit.  I get that you don't have to do it, but it just feels like another step away from the stuff that I loved about ME to begin with.  Combat wasn't originally the focus of the series, but it's becoming more and more in that direction.  I'll still play it, but I'll end up finding my style in spite of the new system, not because of it.  I think that, philosophically, it's just another example of how the series is moving further away from what I love about Bioware games and moving towards a more generic "casual fan" type of game.  But, again, I'll have to see it play out before I can say this for sure.  It's just my knee-jerk reaction to this news. 

They've already said in previous articles/interviews that there is an in-game reason for why Ryder can switch abilities. It was something to do with being a Pathfinder. My guess is that it is related to Sam.

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If I understood correctly, profiles are unlocked through game progression = leveling up. So, some experience is necessary.

Besides, so what if Ryder can respec. It's a player's choice to do so. Actually, I like it. From what the devs said months ago, this game will kick your azz in combat. I'll take any advantage I can as I no longer have nimble fingers.

Just going to play the devil's advocate a little bit here. Having the option to swap kits (I'm going to say kits because I'm an MP nerd) on the fly sounds like a pretty neat thing, especially if you are currently an adept and are fighting loads of machinery with more tech shields than an army of Geth Primes. Going 180 and becoming an Engineer just to take care of that issue is a pretty convenient feature. Now, I'm sure everyone is already well aware of the implications of the system, so I guess I'm just beating a dead horse at this point.

As for my real opinion, I'm not a fan of this "no-restrictions" system because it takes away the challenge of the situation I brought up in the first paragraph. The very fact that you no longer have to rely on your squadmates simply because you have the power of literally every single kit at your disposal also kind of destroys any sort of commitment you made to the kit of your choice when you start your first playthrough. It also kind of ruins any sort of identity the players may have associated with their playthrough of (one of) the Ryder siblings.

At this point, the most aggravating common response to this sort of complaint is, "Well, if you don't like the system, don't use it." I understand that nobody is forcing me to use the system, but between the fact that the Ryder siblings are suddenly masters of every single kit with a tap on their omni-tool (which I find lore-breaking as all hell) and the realization that this kills any sort of replayability the game's single-player mode may have had, it's quite easy for me to tell that it may turn out to be my least favorite Mass Effect campaign to date. I'm sure I won't be alone in that line of thinking as far as that's concerned either if the previous posts before me are any indication.

YOU WHAT?!1
This is bullshit. Space magic crap taken to the next level type of bullshit.

So you basically cheat through the game with this system in a way. How the flying balls changing "classes" in the middle of a combat makes sense? not only lore wise, but gameplay wise.
I mean yeah, it's cool to be a "pandora's box" but are you kidding me? So if I don't like the type of combat I have in front of me being a vanguard (I know there's no classes really, but you guys understand where I'm going) I just switch to whatever the heck is more easier for me? like camping as an infiltrator? A minute back I was a biotic user and now I'm a stealthy tech/combat expert. The heck is that??

The thing with classes is that you pick one and you stick with it. Yes of course you'll have types of combat not suited for that class in your journey, but that exactly is the fun part. It's called roleplay, and it's called replayability.
And they just took that away? how could that improve the gameplay? Mother of Santa riding a Harley Davidson on Easter's eve!

Gee... I genuinely want to keep an open mind about this game, and I agree is short sighted to judge when is not even out yet and I'm definitely haven't played it. But damn... it's hard when they pull out this type of oddities.

Profile switching aside, is it just me or is Paragon/Renegade meter still in the game, just hidden from player? Maybe I'm reading too much into it.