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Shepard was a biotic regardeless of which profile you choose, the game says it.

We can't use the excuse of gameplay mechanic to Shepard but now somehow say that Ryder is "breaking the lore" when the only difference is that before we could only do the change between playthrough but now we can do it in the middle of it.

Is this the new "OMG the Asari is super ugly" ?

masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline

Ops, forgot to put it. Here is the link for the timeline extracted from the game.

What? 

The actual timeline from the codex mentions nothing of it. I'd call it fanfiction. The wiki is certainly interesting but it isn't a very reliable source for information outside of direct quotations.

That's for the case of biotic Shepard. Thought it was obvious to everyone until today.


It's 99% clear from fanfiction, but it uses information from all kinds of resources, including comics, books and even tweets from devs.

It didn't really change passives it just gave you bonuses to tech skills. Which is the same as upgrading your OmniTool did in ME1 or Glyph applying a bit of Intel in ME3.

But what is training if not Xp and skill point allocation? Both of which you need in order to unlock the profile.  Even with training you needed the implants to enable your abilities. That is already canon.

The Ryder's are biotic and have trained in biotics and tech. That's already been stated. Nothing anti-lore in that.

Neither is there anything anti-lore about a switch between being able to use a biotic ability or not as it is already part of the lore that different biotic abilities are enabled by different biotic implants.

The only new thing is the ability to reconfigure an implant from being a biotic implant to being a tech implant or vice-versa. Which, at the end of the day is just technology. I don't see why that would violate the lore either.

And you get those bonuses by unlocking lore, by purchasing the omnitool.  You don't just get them by flipping a switch and suddenly you're better with a sniper rifle than a tech power!



Where, where does it say the Ryders are canonically biotic?

And yes, it is anti-lore.  How do you get different biotic implants?  By undergoing risky BRAIN SURGERY!  It's why Kaidan sticks wit the L2s despite the migraines they give him.  They're better than risking becoming permanently brain damaged by a botched surgery.  But Ryder?  Ryder  simply wills new implants into existence!

It's not just technology, it's biology!

She looks angry someone's peed her off I guess.

Technology is technology. What else are engineer implants doing if not augmenting the tech abilities of their omni-tools? I don't see the distinction.

The power that infiltrators use to slow time down when using a sniper rifle is down to their implants. It's technology. Remember there's even an upgrade you can attach to your sniper rifle to do it!

If tech can enable it then tech can disable it and enable something else. You can do a lot of things by flicking a switch. I can flick a switch on my harmony remote and turn on a TV, Xbox , Sky Box and Amplifier and then change them all the the right channels. The president of the USA can flick a switch and fire a nuclear missile. There's nothing trivial about what you can do by 'flicking a switch'!




I think it was the first AI briefing video that mentioned that the pathfinders had all had biotic and tech training. Or it may have been an interview somewhere. It's definitely known info.

Implants are not just brain implants, by the way. Look at the class select screens and you'll see each class has a whole network of implants throughout their body.

In any case, the implant has already been implanted. It just happens to be an implant that can be re-configured. That could be as simple as it being some prototype tech that can be remotely reconfigured by uploading different software/firmware or it could be that special nanobots are available to physically move bits around. We don't know yet but we know it makes the pathfinders special.

The point is, the implant is already implanted and the only thing switching profiles does is change one bit of tech to another bit of tech. So I see no reason why it would contradict the lore in any way.

Retired Academic, Level 38 here

Not that much new stuff but nice to see character screens and some leveling and skills. Looks pretty solid at fist glance at least. Still thorn when it comes to the combat. Just looks messy to me and what are the companions doing? You hardly see them in any of the combat clips but I may just be blind (getting old). Not to sure about the whole switching skills and powers whenever you want. Fears it may take some challenge out of playing if you can spec yourself perfectly for whatever you may meet. If they don't want classes I think for me it would have felt better with some system like Elder Scrolls or Fallout have now.

Oh well we'll see how it turns out soon enough.