Multiplayer Feedback ~ General discussion

Probably and the same possible graphical load problems.  The prettier and more detailed environs are the more processing power they take unless I am mistaken.

5X Tutorials run, and 1X Bronze.

1X Host disconnect with ensuing host migration on wave 5/7 in the bronze match.

Lag (on PC) seems to come and go, with more of the former than the latter, unfortunately.

Entry level weps suck, but then they did in ME3 also.

Much too early to form an educated analysis at this point.

Fun, but wary of the lag..

This is about the MEA Store

Please, Bioware, can you improve the MEA Store in a patch?

Here's what's wrong with the store now:

1) Players should not have to press "x" to see what cards they have received from a pack.
2) Players should not have to scroll right to see 5th/6th/7th/8th cards in a pack.

Presuming this game is on a Full HD and 4K Resolution, there is no excuse for not being able to show all the cards on one screen in an organised manner.
If players are going to invest a lot of time in this game, they are going to buy thousands and thousands of packs. If every time a player has to press "x" and then scroll right to see what is in their packs, that truly sucks. That is tonnes of wasted time that they could be spending in the game itself. And it would mean less time for other players, waiting for team to ready up, etc.

Suggested ways to improve: Flip all cards on a single screen without any need to scroll. No "press x to reveal"
I understand the images of packs won't be as large, but I don't think people will care that much. I thought this about ME3 as well.

I myself imagine it would look great to have a verticle list, with wide rectangles, similar to score screen after a match, listing the items purchased, with the pictures at the left and description of item at the right. Compact. Like you'd expect on a restaurant menu. "here's what you got". Simple and fast.

So, in my ~6 hours of play time, the biggest issue that I can see in this game is the power synergy.

Example: How come the Ultra Rare Human Kineticist can't prime, and detonate targets that have armor? A character's only priming power should never be pull. Not enough powers are able to prime, and to my knowledge, there are no powers in the game that can both prime, and detonate(lance, should be one of them).

I know that you intended to design this multiplayer so everyone works together, but we've been working together just fine in ME3, while still having the ability to prime, and detonate our own explosions.

You have really good maps though.

Also, I fell through the floor: xboxclips.com/Astronautic+II/cc9c9f11-8224-43f9-a388-4a7214a831af

If you followed ME3MP, you'd know that BW provided a year of events and balance changes as well as extra maps and loads of new classes and add-ons. The result was a very refined and popular system with a huge number of classes which were very playable on the top levels. There was real diversity in builds and loadouts.

Obviously, within that, Common and Uncommon weapons are not going to rock as much as Rare and Ultra-Rare weapons. But within a given category, BW refined the usability of each weapon quite carefully and you could choose weapons you enjoyed the feel of without worrying about being underpowered.

So last night i finished my 10 hours of trial and got rather positive feeling toward Andromeda MP.

+ Movement is far better then Mass Effect 3 movements. Less clunky much more responsive.

+ Classes are varied whit some really fun combos even in the starter kits.

+ Surprisingly the non sticky cover works really well once you get used to it. At first i struggled whit it after playing 1000 hours in Mass Effect 3 MP and been used to sticking to cover. Whit the new system you can take cover on the fly and keep walking in it when the fiends are on the prow.

+ Some of the guns are very satisfying. Aiming is fluid.

+ Maps are interesting and whit verticality in mind. Granted while they look smaller whit the jetpacks and biotic jumps they are actually quite diverse.  

+ Powers, biotic explosions, weapons - all sound good.

+ When the hosts are not on patato computers or whit patato net connection - the game is perfect and even when not a host - powers work great and wepons hit where you aim. We all remember the Vanguard and Geth shotgun struggle from the Mass Effect 3 when not hosting.

+ Games on silver were satisfying and challenging. Granted we dont have much of weapon and mod selection.



Sadly there are quite a few problems as well.
- Sound..... I dont even know whats up whit the sound detection. Fights that are behind you sound like are coming from infront of you. Thats really bad. Sound is always the first hint where the danger is and where you should be looking. instead im forced to look for red dots on the mini map. I really hope this will be an easy and fast fix couse right now its almost deal braker. 

- Game hosts. The game really should be able to pick the best host from everyone in the que and use him. I had too many games where the host was on horrible patato computer and we had the "slow motion" games where framerate was fine it just the game was slowed to a 20% of its normal speed. Strange and annoying. That and the horrible patato internet conection host where rubberbanding was the norm.

- Weapons - some of them just feel like squirt guns. Got a sniper rifle (rare) that was great on look and feel - a contentions lazer whit heating system.... Problems is even for basic bronze mooks i had to expand the whole 100% heat just to kill one if i dont hold the pointer directly at it head... Some of the pistols and shotguns are just bad. Fodder for the box progression ?

- The boxes .... Why do i have the felling that grind for maxing out weapons will be even worst then the one in Mass Effect 3 ? A lot of the boxes are mostly filled whit boosters. I do hope this is not the case and just RNG kicking me in the balls - but this considering that now we also have to max classes ( 10 times ) can lead up to a really frustration progression.

- Where have the bonuses for "all random" gone ? That gave us a stimul to try fighting factions that were considered strong - instead of playing the same map vs the same faction.


Dont get me wrong - outside of hte sound problems im very exited about the game and looking forward to burn a lot of hours in it.
Do we know if we are gona have weekly missions as we did in Mass Effect 3 ?

+1. Also, should be able to buy multiple packs. I understand the joys of unwrapping the package but it will get very stale very soon. It takes even longer than ME3 and DAI packs which took a while to cash in after a long session.

Sorry if this has been asked before, I'm sure it has, but can we get the deluxe and pre-order bonuses during the trial or not? I don't have my special packs and I hope it's not bugged out on me.

Also, how do I join an Apex mission? Whenever I try to host one nobody ever joins, so I try to join one using "custom match" and it keeps putting me in matches with all the same settings as an Apex Mission, except it's not an AM.

Xbox here. Haven't had too much problem with lag. Kicked out once, but that was when the hosts 10 hours was gone

I love it soooo much. It feels exactly like when the trial for ME3 MP was released: Buggy, sound bonkers, bronze hard as nails etc.

But it also feels fresh with new enemies, maps and that jet pack! I love discovering the mechanics again.

If Bio supports this, the way they supported ME3 MP, we're in for a wonderful ride. Can't wait for the release proper.

I miss the cover melee, why did they take that away?

I realised belatedly that there is a mute button. A great relief to mute the rude player blaring everything that's happening in his room / house through his mic.

Now you mention it, I did get my ME3 and DAI loyalty packs and some others. I guess I just opened my first super deluxe pack without knowing it at the time. Doh.