GamePlanet Interview with Mike Gamble Dec 22'16

So yet more "streamlining"?  

I've never done it. My canon Shepard was the same class from ME1 to ME3, and since he was a non-biotic, I didn't give him biotic bonus powers. That said, the Lazarus Project does work as story justification for a respec. It wouldn't be far-fetched for Cerberus to give a soldier Shepard biotics after resurrecting him or her, for instance.

What this game is doing sounds a bit different however than just providing an ability to reboot your character. He or she is going to be able to class-swap repeatedly mid-mission, and it does sound as if it is going to be something within the story rather than just gameplay customization. 

If it is tied to the story and isn't just an unexplained gameplay feature, it does seem a bit odd that a character who was once a biotic, no longer can use biotics once they start playing with a combat drone. The only way I could see that working is if Ryder is some sort of cyborg, and any abilities he or she has is tied solely to cybernetics and whatever mods are plugged in.

What's a Praxis kit?

But there are no classes.  I mean sure there is a difference between biotic and non-biotic abilities but if one assumes that Ryder is a biotic this becomes really a moot issue.  And you can use whatever abilities you want to.  Your character is not going to 'forget' them per se, they are just going to decide to not use those abilities anymore in favor for other abilities. 

Something from Deus Ex. 

The Ryders are pathfinders. It's not just a title it's the reason they can do this. That's what has been stated previously, anyway.

Presumably they are given all the necessary implants and training as part of becoming a pathfinder.  They don't learn to use biotics instantly they already leraned how to use biotics.

I reckon they have special implants which can be used to facilitate biotic or tech or combat abilities through some kind of reconfiguration. Or maybe it's done by Sam-controlled nanobots taking the place of the implants. I'm sure there are plenty of ways to explain it. Just needs a bit of imagination

Of course if Thrombin is right then the outcry from fans will be "but then why wasn't this technology available during the trilogy?!"

that was my next point


And it is the reason why freaking prequel crap never works well in videogames.

hummmm....ALL pathfinders are trained biotics, Tech users, and soldiers.

I got it that pathfinders are exceptional individuals but pray tell...WHERE did you read this??

Andromeda in no way shape or form is a prequel.  

Regardless.  Either way I could easily see them having access to some kind of protype tech to make this kind of stuff work in the first place.  Kind of fits with the whole universal themes where private orgs have more advanced tech then governments. 

Why weren't jet packs in the previous games? Why weren't the scanner Ryder uses? Why weren't omni-blades in ME1 when they were in ME3?

If you take the approach that you can't have anything not in the previous game because "why wasn't it in the previous game?" then you'll never improve on the game!

It's way too limiting. Game play is far more important than such a minor consideration. They can probably come up with a reason. If they don't then I'm sure I can manage to think of one.

At some point you've got to go with the flow!