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Post by BansheeOwnage on Feb 4, 2017 2:59:15 GMT

Feb 3, 2017 19:36:18 GMT Bobana said:

I'm happy to finally get a glimpse at the multiplayer, even if it is just a few seconds. From what we've now seen, we can assume that the wave based system from ME3 with objectives on specific rounds will be returning almost the same as it was. I for one am ecstatic because that was exactly what i've been hoping for. The cooldown being to the far right isn't something i'm particularly a huge fan of but, it is what it is. I find it pretty funny that this is the first time we've seen the MP and it's a 3-4 second clip in a trailer for preorder bonuses. Maybe it's a sign that we've got more coming soon? Especially since we didn't end up hearing more about the MP beta in January like we were told was likely. Either way, i'd have prefered a proper reveal but i'm anticipating what's on the horizon.

The cooldown is actually still in the centre of the screen (and on the icons), next to the crosshairs. It just looks different on account of being divided into 3 sections, one for each power.

Feb 3, 2017 23:19:19 GMT Pearl said:

Feb 3, 2017 18:49:22 GMT BansheeOwnage said:

And this krogan seems to melee immediately after using Biotic Charge.

Is this what happens when the button is held, is it automatic, or is the player simply doing it quickly (in ME3, you could hold heavy melee while charging to instantly melee after a Charge)?

That's Nova. If you look closely in the bottom right, you can see one of the power icons flash and then start recharging.

edit: So it looks like this particular Kroguard has Charge + Nova + Barrier (or some equivalent power), going off the icons.

Ah, you're right. I noticed they cut about a second out of the clip after watching that gif some more. The timer and Charge cooldown both jump slightly.

The middle icon looks like a classic ME helmet to me, but I have no idea what that could mean :huh:

Feb 3, 2017 23:24:06 GMT MPApr2012 said:

Feb 3, 2017 23:19:19 GMT Pearl said:

That's Nova. If you look closely in the bottom right, you can see one of the power icons flash and then start recharging.

interestingly Kroguard's got shields not barrier and Nova doesn't seem to drain them either

Good spot. Is this krogan a Sentinel? The middle power would have to be tech, if so. Or maybe we can choose whether to use shields or barriers? Not sure how that would work, though.

Feb 3, 2017 23:43:14 GMT 10 million missing votes said:

That pic, do we have four powers? The middle of the screen you can see a barely visible triangle button. The other powers are on the LB and RB and LB+RB. Why wouldnt the third power be triangle if it wasnt already being used for something else?

I've wondered why Y (ha-ha-ha)/triangle isn't being used for powers anymore since the gameplay video. Still don't know, but my tinfoil hat theory is that they're pulling an Overwatch and making it the Ultimate Ability button, which happens to be this power for the human biotic:

Feb 4, 2017 1:18:56 GMT Pearl said:

Judging by this booty, we don't have to worry about people not making "can I romance my MP character" threads.

Unwanted serious answer: I wish some of the MP characters from Inquisition replaced a few of the actual companions, and would logically replace their romances, too.

Also, if these are preset characters, it's possible we'll meet them in the story (in a greater capacity than DA:I), so... who knows?

Feb 4, 2017 1:19:06 GMT franken said:

The red health bar is thicker in the middle, and on both edges. I wonder if that is purely aesthetic, or if it denotes 3 separate pips of health. Considering there are no breaks in the bar I'm assuming we'll be able to regen our health completely. That would certainly make health a bit more useful of a stat than it was in ME3.

Good eye. While I'd also like health to recharge completely, I bet you're right about it only regenerating part-way. At least it's 3 sections instead of 5 this time, though.

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Feb 4, 2017 2:59:15 GMT BansheeOwnage said:

Feb 3, 2017 23:43:14 GMT 10 million missing votes said:

That pic, do we have four powers? The middle of the screen you can see a barely visible triangle button. The other powers are on the LB and RB and LB+RB. Why wouldnt the third power be triangle if it wasnt already being used for something else?

I've wondered why Y (ha-ha-ha)/triangle isn't being used for powers anymore since the gameplay video. Still don't know, but my tinfoil hat theory is that they're pulling an Overwatch and making it the Ultimate Ability button, which happens to be this power for the human biotic:

Had a similar thought and if that turns up to be Cobras replacement thigns may get... interesting.
or maybe... it's the Aerial Bombardment :ph34r:

not sure how that sits with weaponless tempest sort of making it more in favour of the ultimates

EDIT: That last consumable does look more like a mine, proxies maybe? that would make it more suitable for tactical appliaction as opposed to the way cobras were used

EDIT2: Also the adept is out of consumables by wave 2 hehe

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the info on player, weapon , enemy killed, at the middle, left of the sceen is not a good place, it sould be on a corner

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Feb 3, 2017 23:43:14 GMT 10 million missing votes said:

That pic, do we have four powers? The middle of the screen you can see a barely visible triangle button. The other powers are on the LB and RB and LB+RB. Why wouldnt the third power be triangle if it wasnt already being used for something else?

No, it's 3 only, the HUD is locked to three. That thing in the middle may be the individual cooldowns.
I personally don't mind a 3 powers only limitation in multiplayer. I never ever used more than that in ME3MP, you didn't have enough skills to make use of all 4, and 90% of the kits did fine with just 2.

Feb 4, 2017 2:59:15 GMT BansheeOwnage said:

The middle icon looks like a classic ME helmet to me, but I have no idea what that could mean :huh:

Well, it was a Krogan... so maybe headbutt? :lol:

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Hmm, three things that stood out to me. The Krogan looks like he has some kind of revolver judging by the icon beside his health meter, I don't think we've ever seen one in Mass Effect before.

And it looks like the circle next to it is an indicator for what type of ammo you are using, as it has a lightning bolt which would be electric rounds. The human doesn't look like she's using any special ammo.

And the up button on the d-pad reminds me of the grenades in ME1. Must be some kind of replacement for the rocket launcher.

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Feb 3, 2017 23:53:09 GMT MPApr2012 said:

Feb 3, 2017 23:33:12 GMT 10 million missing votes said:

Well if the powers dont share a cooldown anymore and are on a separate one then not draining them makes sense.

indeed, curious what they they will balance it out with... in that singleplayer gameplay trailer bc does recharge barriers so that hasn't changed so what's tradeoff gonna be. the clip cuts just as the cooldown starts can't see the rate really, wonder if they gonna turn Nova into Falre-type thing. or cull its damage. hmmm...

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Feb 4, 2017 14:03:42 GMT I'm Not Dead Just Yet said:

Hmm, three things that stood out to me. The Krogan looks like he has some kind of revolver judging by the icon beside his health meter, I don't think we've ever seen one in Mass Effect before.

And it looks like the circle next to it is an indicator for what type of ammo you are using, as it has a lightning bolt which would be electric rounds. The human doesn't look like she's using any special ammo.

And the up button on the d-pad reminds me of the grenades in ME1. Must be some kind of replacement for the rocket launcher.

It's a new weapon. Indeed looks like a cyberpunk revolver of sorts. It was showed in one of the other trailers too.
The special ammo will probably apply just as it is in SP (consumable that acts for the next 3 shots only), you'll probably have a limited number of such consumables.

The left panel is about the same as ME3. The grenade icon thingy could just mean "heavy weapon slot" as the Hydra was in ME3.

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Feb 4, 2017 14:03:42 GMT I'm Not Dead Just Yet said:

Hmm, three things that stood out to me. The Krogan looks like he has some kind of revolver judging by the icon beside his health meter, I don't think we've ever seen one in Mass Effect before.

And it looks like the circle next to it is an indicator for what type of ammo you are using, as it has a lightning bolt which would be electric rounds. The human doesn't look like she's using any special ammo.

And the up button on the d-pad reminds me of the grenades in ME1. Must be some kind of replacement for the rocket launcher.

This would be a great idea, no more 9 Inferno Grenades or Arc Grenades to wipe whole spawns off.

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Post by sgtreed24 on Feb 4, 2017 17:09:51 GMT

Guys, why would you have customization for your MP character faces? lol

You never see them. There are no cut scenes or conversations in MP.

I mean, if it's in, that's great. I love as much customization as I can get, but... that just wouldn't make any sense.

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Feb 4, 2017 17:09:51 GMT sgtreed24 said:

Guys, why would you have customization for your MP character faces? lol

You never see them. There are no cut scenes or conversations in MP.

I mean, if it's in, that's great. I love as much customization as I can get, but... that just wouldn't make any sense.

You could see your characters in Dragon Age Inquisition multiplayer.
There were also conversations.

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So is it time that we join forces and go troll the MEA SP forum? :bandit:

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Not sure whether it's a good or a bad thing that this 4 second-long footage looks almost identical to ME3MP. Not into the timer, i don't think there is any need for that. But i am absolutely loving the fact that we're gonna have a kroguard! That in itself is enough to guarantee that I'll be getting into the mp. Love that fist-ground-smash that he does after he charges. Also really loving that map, it's a mash-up of Horizon and Jade. Really looking forward to seeing more footage and learning more about the mp. Having put thousands of hours into the original mp, i don't think I'd be too happy if i find out that they haven't made any major changes and decided to play it safe. Really need to see a wide variety of powerful tools rather than just having 10% of the weapons being decent and the rest being trash. Also, im really not sure how the button configuration is going to work out for the powers when it comes to needing to press 2 buttons for the middle power...we will have to wait and find out.

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Feb 4, 2017 14:03:42 GMT I'm Not Dead Just Yet said:

I don't think we've ever seen one in Mass Effect before.

The M-358 Talon was a revolver according to it's description, but it sure didn't function like one in practice. I wonder if that's changed this time around.

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Feb 4, 2017 14:29:38 GMT @domi said:

Feb 4, 2017 4:36:18 GMT @massbass said:

What other aspects? hair?

I still can't see the cooldowns in the middle of the screen (cry) I must be blind....

Probably only armour colours/lights like in ME3MP, but since the humans are now unhelmeted, we might also get skin tone option since the aliens got that before. I don't want to get my hopes up, but it's possible we could change hairstyle/colour for humans instead of the facepaint the aliens usually have.

And no, the cooldowns in the middle are actually fairly hard to spot since each individual one is tiny. We'll see if that's good or bad come launch.

Feb 4, 2017 15:06:20 GMT Astronautic said:

That could be an empty ultimate meter, notice how her powerful AOE biotic attack made the HUD disappear. That's never happened in Mass Effect when activating a power.

Devs often have access to a "theatre mode" that removes the HUD and is used to make trailers. That's probably all it is.

Feb 4, 2017 17:09:51 GMT sgtreed24 said:

Guys, why would you have customization for your MP character faces? lol

You never see them. There are no cut scenes or conversations in MP.

I mean, if it's in, that's great. I love as much customization as I can get, but... that just wouldn't make any sense.

What? We see our characters all the time! And we even see their faces a lot, in cover and in the menus. I mean, if it was "pointless", why could we always customize them before? Also, see SofaJockey's post.

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Feb 4, 2017 14:03:42 GMT I'm Not Dead Just Yet said:

I don't think we've ever seen one in Mass Effect before.

The M-358 Talon was a revolver according to it's description, but it sure didn't function like one in practice. I wonder if that's changed this time around.

In what sense do you mean? The shotgun part, or something else? If I remember correctly, it uses 6 rotating thermal clips (I think the Piranha does too) in the same way a minigun rotates barrels - to reduce heat generated on each cylinder and increase overall firing time. In real life, there are also shotgun-revolvers.

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Feb 4, 2017 14:03:42 GMT I'm Not Dead Just Yet said:

Hmm, three things that stood out to me. The Krogan looks like he has some kind of revolver judging by the icon beside his health meter, I don't think we've ever seen one in Mass Effect before.

And it looks like the circle next to it is an indicator for what type of ammo you are using, as it has a lightning bolt which would be electric rounds. The human doesn't look like she's using any special ammo.

And the up button on the d-pad reminds me of the grenades in ME1. Must be some kind of replacement for the rocket launcher.

That's more than likely the same gun PeeBee is happy sporting, the Sidewinder Outlaw Pistol...

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Feb 5, 2017 2:09:52 GMT BansheeOwnage said:

Feb 4, 2017 14:29:38 GMT @domi said:

Feb 4, 2017 17:09:51 GMT sgtreed24 said:

What? We see our characters all the time! And we even see their faces a lot, in cover and in the menus. I mean, if it was "pointless", why could we always customize them before? Also, see SofaJockey's post.

Feb 4, 2017 21:34:46 GMT Pearl said:

Yeah, we see their butts quite often. Their backs too. Sometimes their sides. Faces... not so much. Sure, maybe the sides of their face every now and then. But from what I've seen... people don't even utilize cover in MP these days. Customizing faces in MEAMP would just be wasted resources. I like customization perhaps more than the actual game, but I just feel it would be wasted on something like MP character faces.

Anyway, someone posted that tweet where the guy said that the faces weren't customizable. So, it's all moot anyway at this point.

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