MEA crafting details

Okay first off, bonus points for Grabthar's Hammer. I love Galaxy Quest too 


Second of all, does this mean that a pure melee build is an actually viable build for SP now; as in you don't have to equip any ranged weapons whatsoever? Also, does this mean that individual melee weapons will have weight restrictions associated with them? I can't really see a human or salarian swinging a Krogan hammer around all willy nilly to be honest.

And lastly, with melee weapons being an actual equip-able weapon type now, does that mean that we will be looking at an even larger pool of items to grind for in the MP? 

Well that was inevitable as soon as Kia Lame reared his stupid visor-ed face in ME 3.


I am just interested in melee becoming more viable in terms of gameplay now because that means BioWare has one less reason to NOT take the plunge and give us melee specific aliens to play as in MP now. The Rachni Brood Warrior kit now has one less obstacle in the way of it's implementation.

It baffles me how pcgamer deduced from those 3 tweets ME:A crafting will be any different from DA:I crafting. You could name crafted items in DA:I, that is not a new feature.

Agreed while it is nwe to ME as it's not been in ME bfeoer it's not nwe to Bioware's games. Usually I just stick with the default names though in DAI

I'll do it but I won't like it.

Has that been stated anywhere? Superb Fire Rune Modification - Adds 25 fire damage to each weapon strike bullet. I can see it possibly happening, depending how much copy/paste there was from DA:I.

I feel like I am the odd man out, here. I went crazy making armors and helmets in DAI. There's nothing like laying siege to Adamant Fortress while your Inquisitor walks through the smoke, clad in golden armor!

I think what he was saying is that there is a dedicated "melee" slot, and that the default and what Ryder gets initially is the omni-blade.  You can upgrade the omni-blade or you can exchange it with a sword or other omni-thing or Grabthar's Hammer when you find/buy/craft it.  It's not really a weapon-slot.  

I think the MP (just speculation here) will have pre-set melee weapons for each class/species like in ME3MP.  The N7 Shadow with the sword, Paladin with the Shield, Talon Mercenary with the Omni-bow, etc.  I wouldn't think you would have to grind for those in the RNG store.  

As for a total melee build, maybe with biotics.  I don't see it working out with any other class really, unless you are an engineer and basically rely on melee and drones/turrets.  Yes I know you can switch class on the fly, but you know what I mean.  I just don't think the melee weapon will have enough damage output to be able to solely wield that and no other weapons.  

I gave my Inquisitor Silver Armor and Cassandra got Golden Templar in my last PT.