Weaponry weight restriction

It depends on the build. Using MP as an example, some characters are pretty much immune to weight and other characters, the build choices effect whether the character is impacted by weight.  The Destroyer and Demolisher are pretty much weight independent. But if you primarily spec Krogan or Batarian soldiers with grenades instead of powers, they too are pretty much weight independent. If you primarily spec them for a power that has a cool down, then either your weapon/mod choices change or it impacts the character's ability to use the powers.  The Fury is at the other end of the spectrum. Her weapon is almost an afterthought, I keep it as light as I can, to max my ability to spam throw when critters are in the annihilation field. Dark channel is less of an issue, but it's nice to be able to hit a Pretorian with DC, shoot it with warp ammo, then hit it with throw for the biotic boom-boom ... rinse and repeat.

So ... ME:A SP, if it is classless ... how you spec Ryder determines the kinds of weapons that best go with that configuration. If Ryder looks more like a Demolisher, a Black Widow and Reeger work just fine. If Ryder looks more like a Fury, then a Carnifex ... and no other weapon ... is probably a better load out.  I don't see this as bad, quite the opposite, it forces me to make choices and some choices will be better than others.

I'm looking forward to Ryder with a Justicar/Fury hybrid build ... annihilation field, reave and throw. Doubt we'll see the Arc pistol, so hoping to see the Talon or some other weapon that packs a punch, without a huge weight penalty. Hope we can carry a decent amount of warp ammo. Having individual cool downs will be nice ... hit with area reave ... follow up immediately with throw, rapid CD with throw, so fire very soon at a second target, perhaps even a third, before reave times out. If AF times out, you can regen and still immediately use throw ... instead of waiting for the global CD for AF to run. Ryder will roam the terrain, making all the things explode. Love it.

Fanservice? How about the awkward forced structure wasn't,and hasn't been supported by ANYTHING ELSE in the series except Shepard? Even then Shepard was allowed to take bonus powers after a playthrough and/or an unlock in ME2/3. There's just no reason to have a forced class structure like that, especially when ALL of the skills in mass effect are goddamn equipment oriented.

Every thing you do in Mass Effect is due to technology, not a technique you developed from years or practice. So, ehh, that's why? It's a silly system that made little sense to begin with? I think there current solution allows for the most freedom on builds, makes the most sense and still allows for that whole class differential with the profiles.

edit: That said little bummed it's still 3 powers. Hopefully there is a power swap button so it's actually 6. They can't really do Dragon Age 'hold button' variant since, you know, shooter. But a power swap like a weapon swap would be nice for it. Especially if that makes it's way into MP since they want them to 'be the same'. DAI was pretty stupid in that regard. Whole system was based around 8 hotkeys then they derped it up by making the 'swap' be potions? Really? Potions...

I reckon rumors of a supposedly classless system have been greatly exaggerated, comrades! Suppose you are restricted to 3 active powers at once for the sake of argument... there might be a very good reason for this restriction aside from the obvious need to accommodate gamepads. It's possible the 3 power limit may be there to determine your class.

What if the first power slot you fill determines the available pool of options for the second one and the final pool of options for last slot may be determined by the first two choices. That way the final power you pick will always have synergy with both of the other two.

Let's say for example say you pick a tech power first your second option can be either biotic, tech or combat. If you picked tech and biotic your final slot may be restricted to the sentinel pool, while if you picked tech and tech your final option may be restricted to either the engineer or infiltrator pool. Your final choice therefore determines your class specialisation and which of the 6 traditional passive classes fits with your build.

So I'm essentially theorising that the classes system may actually still be there in the background it's just that you now have sets of (3-power) variations which fit the same 6 archetypes as we've seen in multiplayer for years. This would be a smarter system which allows for a degree of refined custom class experimentation in a way that is highly balanced and appropriate for newcomers.

Let's face the truth, we're bioware fanboys, we'll get the game and complain about it. We did that with inquisition after complaining for months about the 8 abilities limit.

Looks like I will be minmaxing another vanguard to minimum recharge time with maximum relative dps...

Yes! excellent point!
it is a bit more realistic to have that restriction, one person, asari, turian canot carry too many weapons, a one krogan army can
and most importantly, powers can recharge faster!

I didn't mind it as a mechanic but it did limit options.

I'd tend to carry light to maxmize my powers...

What I don't like about it is that it forces you away from carrying all weapons. I quite like how they look when attached to the character. Two on the back slots, one on the back hip, and pistol on the side.

Thing is, in playing ME2 right now (even as a soldier), I never use more than two weapons anyway. I use the assault rifle the whole time and if it runs out, I'll switch to the pistol. Every now and then I'll use the sniper.

So, I guess the weight thing really doesn't matter as long as I can carry an assault rifle and have decent cooldown.

Oh yeah, I agree. There aren't really powers you need to worry about with the soldier. I was just saying that I like the look with all the weapons on the armor. I always feel more "naked" when I only have a pistol or just one weapon on the back. 

Point was, that if I'm only using 2 weapons, for the most part, even while using a soldier... the weight thing shouldn't matter. (for me anyway)

Like I've said before, I'm planning on going Engineer. So, I just need an assault rifle and I'll be good. 

wouldn't surprise me there usually is a passive for that in the ME3 health and shield/combat mastery lines for boosting weight capacity. In fact I usually use it myself as one of my upgrades once I've earnt enough points for it.

I want to use 3 or 4 weapons at the same time, so there isn't really a point in me taking this passive