You can't change companion weapons or armour

Shouldn't Garrus be able to determine by himself what kind of weapon suits him ?
Does a npc using a weapon he is familiar with should be more efficient that one using one with a 4% bonus to damage ?
Having every character in mass effect 1 wearing the same ugly armor was such a blast.

You seem to believe that putting a gun with better stat on a squadmate is what make Mass Effect a RPG.

Considering RPG is about character role playing (that's in the name) how taking control of another character you are not supposed to control is a RPG thing exactly ?
I really want to hear how micromanaging is somehow a core feature of the game.
Really I mean the game is so much fun when you spend 5 min after every weapon to change 6-9 squadmate equipment when in the end you still have to do all the kill. Don't you think they are higher priorities than that in the game development or that this thing is the number 1 priority (or even 10, 20, 50)?

Micromanaging squadmate gear never made the game a more enjoyable experience and each game having limited ressources they should be spent on things that matter, and no, choosing the weapon instead of your gun expert is not something useful in any perspective. Planet scanning is in the game since a long time that do not mean it made the game better. With that philosophy we would still roll dice in mass effect like in kotor...
Depth vs quantity...depth always win. And no micromanaging our squadmate is not in the depth category.

That's great as far as it goes, but I find it really difficult to take them seriously when their outfits are completely out of place for the situation.  That's when they look like Barbie dolls the art department dressed.

Note: My concern is that they look armored and helmeted in combat situations.  I don't care what they wear the rest of the time.

People tends to think that the only viable option is pure soldier pragmatic logic, while it is not the only logic way.
We don't dress randomly, our clothes reflect a part of ourself. In Mass Effect an outfit should reflect that personality and fighting style. PeeBee is a daredevil scientist, why would she wear the standard military uniform, while she is not even a soldier ?
The game would be so much better if everyone dress the same...really yeah. I mean fuck aesthetic, that is not important when designing important character.

Geez Indiana Jones would have be boring if we had the whole "Your outfit is inpractical' talk, indiana jones and so many other movies and videogames.

But sure boycott characters or the game for doing something approved time and time again...
The one complaining about Pee Bee not being dress apropriatly still use the "hide helmet" option in DA and ME.
I wonder why most people choose this option...could not be because look is important in a game focusing on relation.

I made poll about squadmates customization please vote maybe we got Ian/Bioware attention bsn.boards.net/thread/4954/bioware-patch-customization-freedom-squadmates

Forgive me for not skimming the 34+ pages in that last few days, I can only speak for my own, personal role-playing sensibilities:

I am of the opinion that anyone under my command has the right to choose the outfit and weapons that they choose to use. They know their preferences better than I do, and I trust that if they think the Blah-Blah Rifle or the Yakkety-Schmackety Shotgun or the So-And-So Sword +5 Vorpal that will serve them best is the way to go, I will trust them to it.

My squaddies don't tell me what to utilize, and I don't tell them what to utilize. As long as we are shooting/overloading/slinging Biotics at the same dudes, I got no beef.

It really was, taking down Balak's terrorists as team yellow magic maker was pretty damn fun.

You seem to believe that putting a gun with better stat on a squadmate is what make Mass Effect a RPG.[/quote]
What is progression, customization, and replayability?



Considering RPG is about character role playing (that's in the name) how taking control of another character you are not supposed to control is a RPG thing exactly ?[/quote]
Considering this feature was present in every BioWare RPG and BIoWare loves talking about customization in their RPGs so.......


It really is and Giving Garrus a Harrier should be a war crime.

Also PS. You don't have to change ALL their weapons, just your away team which takes less than a minute, but I take it that's too much for you.


Of course they have bigger priorities like animations lol


Like skins for the Nomad?

Also thankfully your opinion is in the small minority judging by this thread.





You're right, how dare people change up the gameplay by having different weapons and experimenting with those. They should have less gameplay options because that's more depthful somehow


ME3's ending says otherwise.

I'd be surprised if they're not going to allow armor/gun customization in future games if this thread is/will be an indication of the fanbases general view on it not being in Andromeda, but as I said earlier, I'm over it and I'm still looking forward to the game. I'll just hope they add some squadmate customization in the next game.

Imagine giving Jack a suit of surplus light Cerberus armor and telling her she has to wear it on missions or she stays on the ship, because where you're going you do NOT want exposed skin out. And she agrees.

Now imagine her wearing the armor. How she'd use it to express herself.

The scratched/burned out Cerberus logos.

The vandalism, of the suit, enough to show but not enough to damage critical systems

Maybe she draws some symbols on it. Anarchy signs to replace Cerberus logos, some replicas of her tats, Perhaps "I will destroy you!" (or something similar) scrawled across the front.


Yeah, I think the comparison holds up.

Wow, your "argument" just hit a very low point. Disregard because it was written by people? Incredible debate skills.

First of all, I'd expect Jack to refuse (to the point of leaving, probably) wearing any prescribed outfit on principal before defacing it. I don't think we should have to limit her character rebellious submission over straight up rebelliousness. Regardless, you're not making a good argument for your dress code analogy. What you describe isn't a dress code, as "code" implies a consistent rule. RPG don't have dress codes, they have dress up, i.e. you choose specific items to go on specific people for whatever reason you desire, and your companions don't get a say in it.

And as I said, I'd love to see an actual dress code system implemented, but it would require more work. You think making alternate textures for every Cerberus armor would be easy?

What is progression, customization, and replayability?



Considering RPG is about character role playing (that's in the name) how taking control of another character you are not supposed to control is a RPG thing exactly ?[/quote]
Considering this feature was present in every BioWare RPG and BIoWare loves talking about customization in their RPGs so.......

It really is and Giving Garrus a Harrier should be a war crime.

Also PS. You don't have to change ALL their weapons, just your away team which takes less than a minute, but I take it that's too much for you.

Of course they have bigger priorities like animations lol

Like skins for the Nomad?

Also thankfully your opinion is in the small minority judging by this thread.




You're right, how dare people change up the gameplay by having different weapons and experimenting with those. They should have less gameplay options because that's more depthful somehow

ME3's ending says otherwise.[/quote]

That is non sense argument.
1° changing weapon not taking a lot of time is no reason for having a meaningless feature. play Botw, inventory managment is just pushing a few button but it became really unerving by the end.
2° nomad skin is irrelevant. I talk about non-priority feature and you just point another one. Why ? Does justify an irrelevant feature by saying another one exist is an intelligent thing to say ? really no, it is not. I never denied that nomad customisation don't add much to the game and that other field should be more worked on. Would you have sacrified nomad customization for more work on the animation, I would have.
3° yeah minority by judging an internet website, truly making a good point.
4° Mass Effect 3 ending was criticized for throwing a bunch of color ending without much consideration to your choices...isn't that the opposite of depth ?
5° Not losing time on minor aspect of a game in order to focus on existing important one had more depth. Dark soul don't add a ton or armor slot, talent tree or vast crafting mechanic allow the developpers to focus on the core gameplay : the combat, and yes the game has depth.

Mass Effect 1 had weapon and armor, and biotic implant for every squadmember but also hacking minigames, mako gameplay, land exploration, mineral scan and talent tree but the combat sucked a lot somehow ? And there were great combat game at that time so no excuse.
Is it mistery that some of these features were dropped and the combat feel better and better, because we had actually more time to work on it ?

that's just some gamedesign 101 I am explaining.
But yeah what should I know ? Maybe Bioware is full of evil incompentant making unsucessfull game and remove part of the game that were too good just to stick it to their fan.
Couldn't possibly be because with time they learn what were the most important part of mass effect and what were not.
They are just working years over those games, but I guess they have to take terrible decision by removing a minor feature and your 5 minutes consideration is way wiser.
Surely you are an expert at game design.

That is just basic movie writting i'm doing here, really.

Do you think they don't plan long in advance their scenario, that they go in the desert and say "oh shit we have not planned it at all, well let's just say that Indiana did not change because he had not the time".

Once again...really basic thing.



But you are mixing subject.
There is one saying that there should be customization of armor and weapon in a gameplay sense. A system as this once require to have generic armor to really work, and that is what happen in mass effect 1, hurrah for the art team.
Of course we could have different suit, and it would have been a good thing. However additional protective and personnal require a lot of work. The design of a suit is not something that is done in a few days. Nobody argue that squadmate possibly have 2 things to wear in their life, but unfortunatly the problem is that content is wanted by Bioware but was cuted out.

Now we have only one suit per character, and it is bad. But people yelling at illogical design for those existant is ridiculous. So that's why they are inventing a "dressing code" that was never discussed in Andromeda.