Confirmed: Geth status

Well if geth were to appear in Andromeda, it would have to happen post-Rannoch and pre-ending.

And we don't know how long ME3 events lasted officially, so Bioware can make enough room for realistic time.

In the Extended Cut, EDI was put on the memorial of deceased members on the Normandy. Though I always believed starbrat was lying, so the Geth and EDI are still alive in my canon. 

I never remembered seeing that.  I have MEHEM installed right now so EDI and the geth are always alive at the end.  No Catalyst conversation at all.  Just press the button and the Reapers are gone forever.

Well, if the Geth infiltrated the Initiative, it doesn't really matter if they were considered the enemy. It's also possible they could have posed as an unrelated AI that wanted to go on the mission, and since the Initiative is okay with SAM, it's not a huge leap.

I don't know why you're discussing the endings, the arks leave the system pre-ME3, it doesn't matter if the quarians or geth are wiped out. They could have easily come up with a reason for the geth to be aboard an ark, to keep them as part of the setting going forward, but it appears they'd rather leave the interesting races out of the game.

Problem is that Andromeda is a method of Bioware being able to ignore the ending of Mass Effect 3, and if successful, they are very likely to just stay there instead of returning to the Milky Way. If they stay in Andromeda, and they don't want to address the endings of the original trilogy, we'll never be capable of seeing those races that don't set off with the arks in another Mass Effect. The less races make the transition, the less it feels like Mass Effect to me.

Also, didn't the Krogan get three games and a great resolution? Should they have been left behind as well?

Yeah. I'm thinking that if they reintroduce elements from the original Mass Effect trilogy they're just gonna bite the bullet and make one of the endings canon (along with certain other possible outcomes).

If that's the case, I'm thinking it'll be Control. That way everyone could live -- Geth, Quarians, genophage cured and all -- without being creepy organic-synthetic things...and they can just say that the Shepard AI took a noble bow-out after he or she helped put the galaxy back together and flung the Reapers out into the farthest reaches of space, never to be seen again.

And please avoid the damn Pinnochio complex. ME2 Geth were the best. Was not a fan of ME3's "Geoffs."

Frankly I'm glad they aren't in Andromeda, I do not sympathize for the Geth. Honestly would prefer them to never show up at all in the future unless we go back to Milky Way

Well, avoiding stuff like EDI dying was kind of the point of MEHEM, right? It's not surprising that you don't remember how the game went.

Yeah I don't see Geth making a return anytime soon. It wouldn't make sense unless they started their own journey to Andromeda. I highly doubt they were invited

Yeah I put the Big 4 at the top too. I think they should really always be a big part of Mass Effect, with expanded lore in every title. Though I also think the series should feel free to transform over time - for example, a game where, I dunno, Turians are outcasts this time, or a game without an Asari squadmate, or a game which highly involves Salarian domination (even if integrated into a larger plot). Or split up the 'Council Races' so we no longer consider them as such. Or let us delve so deep into their histories that they get utterly transformed in meaning. Toss things up sometimes. MEA is OK, but only one game of 'lets keep this place unified, one with each Ark, all peaceful premise' is one I can handle.

I put the Geth over Krogan, personally. I totally understand Bioware doing otherwise, of COURSE, but I like Geth and their potential more. I still sincerely wish to see a version or versions of Rannoch in the future. I still would love to see Geth play all sorts of roles in things. I would still love to see Geth with a more intriguing plotline than ever.

It is problematic, at least for now, to use them. Sure. But I'm sure there's possibilities on what's up with them. Even, really, forgetting any of the crazier theories, a post-Destroy world can easily have people, not even Quarians, rebuild some form of what would be a new status of 'Geth'. Storytellers will storytell.

The Rannoch arc is over. I don't want any main story to ever focus on the Quarian fight for their homeworld and lives or the Geth preservation of their consciousness and potential. But that doesn't mean that those concepts can't exist in some sense, and it doesn't mean that the Quarians and Geth are out of stories, or existence in any form.

It just has to be done tastefully. Anything that significantly gives off the aura of making ME3 choices feel useless, should be avoided. I just don't equate that to 'Oh Geth were all wiped out by Quarians in ME3, no Geth may ever exist ever'.