Would you like to see the ME:Andromeda series reconnect with the Milky Way?

No, the destroy ending where Shepard survives still has the highest requirement, even though they lowered it significantly with Extended Cut. Synthesis 2800, Shepard survives Destroy ending 3100. Which, by the way, used to be 4000 if you saved Anderson and 5000 if you didn't save Anderson, which is almost double the requirement for Synthesis.

No, ME going back to the Milky Way makes as much sense as holding the next Olympics in Pripyat would. There's nothing good to find there.

If Mass Effect wants to be an epic saga has to have soul...and to have soul the past can not be forgotten.

I do not think so. If that happens Mass Effect is just..another game.
With no soul

To get synthesis,  2700 ems is needed with extended cut installed.

Thanks, even less then.

(I know, I know. Just had a lot to say.)


I definitely think the species from the MW will return home at some point (from BioWare's perspective), but i'm not sold on the idea that we will see this on screen at any point. Before that happens though the Milky Wayers would need to find a habitable planet and colonize it to a comfortable degree before they could even start to entertain this idea. I say that because they would need a guaranteed source of resources to replenish those that would be lost on a return trip that would take at least another 600 years to complete. On top of all this, they would need a good reason to return. They're not going to return out of plain curiosity. These reasons would either deal with new technology (doesn't actually need to be groundbreaking tech i.e. reaper/relay tech), or, in my opinion, to warn the others of another impending doom (perhaps they're trying to head off an extra nasty species from Andromeda that's looking to take their chances in the MW) headed their way. They may even return just to start another Andromeda Initiative type program to bring more Milky Wayers to Andromeda/Friendly Andromeda species to the MW.
In terms of what I think the MW would be like upon the initiative's return, that's a tricky one. Assuming the previously dominant races are still around I think we'd see a MW more connected than ever being that the different species would understand that they are far stronger when working together. The Council would have likely expanded to include the majority, if not all of the space faring Milky Way species (Din Korlack's dream will have been recognized) for obvious diplomatic reasons the previous Councils missed. This new council would be made up of the known four as well as the Krogans, Quarians, Volus, Elcor, Hanar, and the Drell. It would also include, bear with me here, the Batarians (despite their low numbers) because despite their checkered past they are a completely capable race in terms of intelligence/tech. And even the Rachni, who would have to be represented by a willing Queen of course. The only races that I don't think would have a seat, but perhaps embassies, would be the Vorcha, Yahg and any pre-space flight species that made a few leaps and bounds during the 1200 year gap that we're estimating. Who knows though, perhaps during this gap in time maybe the Vorcha, and especially the Yahg, reached some social/philosophical epiphany that has seen them leave their ignorant/barbaric pasts behind and now they're relatively reasonable species overall. The Geth, i'm not so sure about. I'm not sure even after 1200 years that the council races would trust having them anywhere near the council or even an embassy honestly. There would probably be general correspondence occurring between the two sides, but that's likely as far as it would ever go unless BioWare decides that the Synthesis ending was concrete. Only in that case, I think, would they have a seat.

On the other hand if Andromeda ends up being the final destination of the initiative, then the Milky Wayers would evolve along with their new environments/homes. In the physical sense we know that significant evolutionary mutations/adaptations take hundreds of thousands/millions of years to develop. I would assume that the planet(s) that the initiative will likely colonize would be those very similar to the homeworlds back in the MW. With that being the case the physical changes would be very very slight if they're noticeable at all such as the slightly altered appearance of eyes/ears/nostrils etc. And depending on the gravity and climates of the new planets we'd see some changes in height and complexion. I wouldn't think we'd see any drastic changes beyond this being that the sapient species that we've seen from Andromeda so far are mostly bipedal and humanoid (so no extra arms/legs etc). Culturally and morally? Might as well give those a crack as well. I have a feeling the initiative's species will be more than willing to learn from and about the new species in Andromeda. Even so, they will want to keep their individual cultures in tact being that they will be the only representatives of their entire species in Andromeda. With that in mind they will only adopt/create new cultural aspects that are beneficial to them. These benefits of course will vary from race to race. For example, the Krogan and Asari may be on the same side, but they each look at life through completely different lenses and so their cultures will develop along those lines. Morally is where I see the least amount of change occurring. Say what you will, but I would say there exists certain moral constants that have to be accepted to guarantee the longevity of a given people. Those constants involve not killing, lying, stealing, discriminating etc. In other words being that the Initiative's species are the new kids on the block I don't think they'll be pulling any 180's in the moral sense if they don't want to be in constant conflict with their new neighbors.

Well, it happened.  So does getting fired, getting dumped/cheated on, someone close to you dying.  Not everything is sunshine and rainbows, but it's more dumb to just be lazy and ignore it. 

I do not think that is a good idea, if ME goes back to earth I hope it is about the first contact war.

What will happen is after the credits have rolled for Andromeda, Shepard takes a breath. She/he then says "what the heck did I just dream about?". ME4 takes place shortly after ME3.

The biggest problem with trying to reconnect with the Milky Way is the fact that, right now, there are 4 possible outcomes that have to be dealt with: Either all machines have been destroyed (Destroy ending), there are Shepard-controlled Reapers everywhere (Control Ending), Organics and Synthetics are combined into one... species (?) and are glowing a shade of green (Synthesis Ending), or everyone is dead (The "God AI Child throws a hissy fit" Ending).

I personally would rather Bioware just not even bother trying to work around those endings and just keep Andromeda separate.