I can't wait to not shoot that giant techno-worm with my Nomad.

Shepard does kill a Tresher Maw with small arms, so there's precedent.

Also, the narrator said it was a high-level boss, so it's not like you will go and demolish it with a Avenger I at level 2. You fight it on foot as an experienced Pathfinder with optimized equipment, so it makes some sense.

While it would make more sense to fight a giant enemy in the safety of your tank, I have a hard time believing that would be the more fun option.

I'm kinda expecting to see a conversation in Andromeda where Ryder asks why they don't have any guns, though. It really is too obvious an oversight to not be pointed out. Maybe for a story mission where you first meet one of these ultra high-level mecha thresher maws, and you're forced to run from it instead of actually fighting it, since it's currently too strong. 

Then you get back to the Tempest and lay into Cora or someone for not having equipment for dealing with things like this.

Then again, the Mako is a military vehicle, and the Ai isn't strictly military. Maybe that's the reason? They do have weapons, granted, but here in the US, I can buy guns and probably grenades in some states, but I could never get my hands on a tank. 

"Ryder!"
"Busy Here!"
"There is this needle thing here..."
"What the..."
*Geth Spike squiers' Ryder*
*Roll credits*
............
*Eye Twitch*

Does the Reaper embryo from ME2 count as a Reaper? It was probably the same size as that "Architect" thing from the 3 Worlds video, and we took that down with small arms. Shooting at weak-points. More limited mobility, though.

Oh also in ME2 during Grunt's loyalty mission you kill a thresher maw on foot.

Well, you do if you are good. 😋

Because COOL.

If you don't get it, sorry bud. Did you play the last three games? They tend heavily towards the cinematic. Nay, epic. Realistically, against a thing like that, you'd call in air support or artillery, or an orbital strike. But would that be as much fun? Hey-all no!

“Nuke the entire site from orbit--it’s the only way to be sure”.

OP is a total pansy!

Me, in other hand, can not wait to fight that thing on Insanity!

I can't wait to not get one shotted by that giant techno-worm with my nomad.

I can't wait to not drive in circles ad infinitum while pew pewing that giant techno-worm with my nomad.

I can't wait to not roll left and right ad-infinitum while.... oh no.... :D8:

Dunno, I'd just like if they could start showing restraint instead of going even "cooler". I was already like "naaah." when Shepard slid down the metal surface in ME3's intro... it's just too over-the-top for one man even if we did survive Suicide Mission (with a team) and Shepard died before. Show restraint, don't throw characters into huge, epic moments too often or it becomes Marvel-y and lame.

I like the Borderlands approach. You can use the vehicle weapons instead of getting out and doing the hard work yourself, but with much less XP. Your call.

But since the theme of the game is exploration, it's not entirely shocking that the main exploration vehicle is unarmed.