The Tempest thread (confirmed 100% weaponry free)

Discussions of plot or lore are off the mark I think. This isn't about plot or lore, it's about logic and common sense. You simply do not venture into unknown space unarmed when so much may be riding on the success of your mission and you have little to no outside help. It just isn't done. "But we can stealth" doesn't cover it. "Political wtf decision by the leader" doesn't cover it. Remember in Aliens when Gorman orders the marines in without ammo? There there actually was a logical reason for it, firing weapons could pierce the walls and they were near a reactor or something. But what did the marines do (specifically Vasquez and the other smartgun dude)? Scoff and hide some mags to put back in anyway. Oh and I think Hicks still had a shotgun. So no, there is no excuse for not having some type of defensive armamment.

And while not having weapons on vehicles doesn't mean the game crashes and burns in and of itself, it does signify that the writers are once again making incredibly bad and illogical decisions and ignoring what makes sense for whatever "artistic" pursuit they're chasing this time. And that is significant and a cause for concern. Because "it's not hard sci-fi", "it's a space opera" and "we've already had space magic" are again no excuse for such a departure from common sense. We're supposed to suspend our disbelief about eezo and "mass effect fields" and the aliens as presented and things like that. That does not mean that human or human like characters that are supposed to act normally like real people would can suddenly go off the wall and we just accept it. Yes we have blue space babes and talking dinosaurs and now rock monsters apparently. I'm on board with that. But don't tell me up is down because "fiction" or "fantasy" and expect me to just smile and nod.

Heck your idea gives me hope that maybe the decision point between Jien and SLoane might be a bit more low key and natural.  Whereas in BioWare games of yore you had to chose between which point you supported via dialgue.  What if its more subtle and we can chose to emulate one side or another.  Sloane pushes for more military, Jien pushes for more peace, so we/ Ryder know the options are out there and then we can arm our ships or not depending on who we agree with. 

All this is also making me wonder whether we'll be able to explore what they showed for the Nexus in the briefing if it is going to be potentially attacked by the Kett.

Widening the net a bit beyond just adding weapons to the Tempest, I'm hoping that the upgrades feature from ME2 regarding the ship is present in MEA, I liked being able to upgrade the Normandy in that way, especially in prep for the Suicide Mission.

I think that we have a research room this could be the case, and that it isn't just for armour, weapons and crafting etc.

I mean at the end of the day, given the Nomad's state, I'm sure most folks here would prefer to add a weapon to the Nomad over a slick new paintjob 

Very interesting discussion now going on here among all of you... I'm enjoying lurking here immensely.

Guys, I'll be honest:

Ryder: "Look dad, no hands..........."

Nexus: "we are sorry, but we have lost contact with Ryder"

Dadryder: "who's the best now kid? "

well that was not helpful

So Jien is a tree hugging leave loving lil snowflake?



Greeeeeeeat

So Jien is a tree hugging leave loving lil snowflake?



Greeeeeeeat

.....goddamn hippies