Oh hi new video! (Gameplay Series - Part 2)

I'm very glad to hear that skill switching puts them all on CD.

While I'm not a fan of having all skills cooldown when switching profiles (I don't really use guns in MET, playing as a Sentinel), this video is so much hype! I was literally clapping chanting "Mass effect, mass effect" when I saw it pop up on YouTube.

Slightly wondering why squadmates only have 3 actives and 2 passives. Pathfinder has like 10,000 skills and poor squadmate only five. But meh.

Ooooh, sweet. Something to watch after work.

The assumption is that if there IS a seventh, it's going to be a surprise.  They'd be absolute fools to show him/her now.

I was waiting to see how they balance being able to switch between sets of abilities. Putting powers on cooldown when switching seems like a good way to manage that.

I also figured that, since they removed the ability to command squadmates to use specific powers, that the AI will automatically use powers on targets you designate if they can detonate a combo. Good to see that confirmed.

A bit disappointed that squadmates only have three powers (and I was hoping there'd be a secret seventh squadmate) but given individual cooldowns, I can understand.

Also, new info:

• Adept profile gives increases to Biotic Force, Biotic Area of Effect Damage, Biotic Area of Effect Radius, Biotic Effect Duration, and Biotic Combo Radius. The unique passive of Adepts is "Biotic Echoes: Biotic combos can set off additional explosions on each enemy they touch." It seems like biotics for manoeuvrability is based on your current profile.
  
• Explorer profile gives increases to Weapon Damage, Damage Resistance, Tech Recharge Speed, Biotic Power Damage, Power Restoration & Defense. Its unique passive is "Biotic Blink: Evades allow you to quickly traverse a short distance, even seemingly passing through solid matter."
  
• Your party member "classes": Cora is a "Biotic Commando", Jaal is a "Rrsistance Fighter", Vetra is a "Drifter Mercenary", Drack is a "Veteran Warrior", Peebee is a "Rogue Academic", and Liam is a "Crisis Specialist".
• Cora's skills are Charge, Nova, and Shield Boost. Her passives are Asari Commando and Defensive Training.
• Drack's skills are Blood Rage, Incinerate, and Flak Cannon. His passives are Krogan Warrior and Grizzled Veteran.
• Blood Rage increases Melee Damage, Damage Resistance, Regeneration Delay Reduction. It appears that it can be evolved for increased Damage vs. Armor, Movement Speed, and greater Melee Damage and Damage Resistance boosts.
  

Also, from watching the video, I can confirm one character's personality.

Namely, that Cora is such a goddamn party-crasher.

No and Yes.

No, in that to unlock profiles you have to spend points in skills in that tree (Combat/Biotics/Tech), then the more you spend in that tree, the more specialised the profile buffs become, making you more specialised all the time (unless you are evenly spreading your points for a Jack of All Trades type Pathfinder - The Explorer).

Yes, in that you aren't locked into one type of role (aka Vanguard, Engineer etc), but have access to all the choosable skills from the get go: you still gotta earn those skill points though, and specialising should, by the rule of RPGs since forever, yield a more potent character than just picking a bit of everything (this is speculation).



Personally, I love it - and the combo system seems legit enough for me to not worry about the fact we can't assign squadmates to do 'skill A' or 'skill B', all is rosy folks: can't wait

Sweet, so I suppose that means there's still hope.

hmmm... Are 'Chosen' and 'Anointed' names for common types of footsoldier?

The Kett must be using those terms in a very broad sense, then. I'd say that we'll mow down the 'chosen' and the 'anointed' by the thousands through the game.

So, many are called, and even more are chosen in Kett society; good to know.

(Maybe there's a plot twist at some point, where an 'anointed one' resurrects after three days?)

The gameplay looks well-rounded and fresh. I'm really going to enjoy this. I can already see myself going for a close/medium range combat style.

Compare the fire rate of the m8 avenger in 1:11 vs 1:28.

Ian said that you can take a weapon and change it in crafting from full auto to semi auto etc...

Also, Kett minigun?? I want it!!

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