You can't change companion weapons or armour

"scientific" arguments - I asked for the game to be consistent with its own story logic. None of ME is really "scientific", but it does go to the trouble to build its own logic for things - the armor and protective gear has its own logic and mechanisms as does the weaponry and the buildings. Asking the Asari to stay consistent within already established story logic isn't unreasonable.

So take Peebee nowhere that's not hospitable. So she's gonna be stuck on the Nomad and nowhere else.

Sure it does but it doesn't mean that the context is all there. 

There is already consistency with the Asari because they have been shown to wear breather masks since the first game. You are asking for them to have consistency with something arbitrary.

No, I've been consistent, mocking the breather masks when they're ridiculous and I'll continue to be logical even when SuperMac fails. 

The problem isn't whether someone would bring PeeBee on a combat/hazzard mission. They definitely will. If nothing else, she's coming with us to a volcanic planet replete with spurting lava and harmful gasses. Like every companion though, I'm sure we'll be able to take her on every single mission we please, and something tells me PeeBee will be perfectly comfortable on that toxic planet. It really shouldn't be up to the player to ensure that BioWare's game is internally consistent. Either PeeBee should get better gear or she should die in harsh environments, and I can guarantee you that the latter isn't going to happen.

More importantly, I would expect that an academic (no matter how rogue) would be able to properly prepare for exploring hazardous worlds. I want our squad mates to express themselves, but wearing cloth in lava is only expressing stupidity.

Playing the LEADER of an exploration TEAM that goes into hostile territory and dangerous terrain, and customizing said TEAM, is like having a dress code, yes.

I never said it doesn't limit a person's ability to express themselves, I said they still have ways of expressing themselves.  My example of Jack and armor demonstrated that.

DAI shows your assertion is false:  different characters wearing the same outfit still have their own style.  And again, I showed how both Miranda and Jack could wear Cerberus armor and still express themselves.  You seem to insist that there be some kind of back and forth about "assigning" an outfit to a character.  I am ambivalent about it, I don't think it's strictly necessary.  But hey, if Vivienne can comment on your choice of drapes at Skyhold, why not?  The important part would be the appearance.  THAT would be how they expressed themselves.

You do have a point, but there are different mechanics here that we're not sure about yet.  I do know that setting your squadmates in different ways gives different bonuses, and they get more powerful as they level, so there very well may be a mechanic like you're talking about, just not tied specifically to the gear.  It very well may be that ME:A DOESN'T give us these same options, or not on the same level as previous installments, but there is something there yet.  In this case, I'm very much in a "wait and see" mode about the issue.  

I'll never say that removing options is ever a good idea, unless there's a very valid reason for it, even if it's an option I never take.  More options is ALWAYS better (for someone at least) than less.  I'm just not personally particularly bothered by having this option removed, but I certainly wouldn't have complained if it'd stayed in or been expanded on!

but the trouble is know what the trade-off is. More control over squadmates might have meant less control over Ryder or less of things i consider important like the Character stuff we have been promised.

Just thought I should post this here for people who might not see it in "POLL DO YOU WANT THAT BIOWARE MADE PATCH/DLC WHICH GIVE MORE CUSTOMIZATION FREEDOM TO MEA SQUADMATES?".

No, it isn't. I've already told you why. A dress code does not mean, in any way, picking a specific outfit for a specific character without their express consent. You are dressing them like dolls. You can headcanon all you want, but you are still dressing them like dolls. I like seeing more autonomy from my companions.

And might I remind you that not all of your squad mates are your direct subordinate in any Mass Effect. Pulling rank on Cora and Ash is fine; Jack or PeeBee? Not so much.
Indeed, I forgot a negation in there. My point remains: dress codes limit expressiveness, and your Jack example would still take more effort than giving her one static appearance.
I'm fairly certain that BioWare would have given you control over your squad mate's attire if they were able. That they haven't done so with Andromeda is likely down to development budget. Regardless, this doesn't prove me wrong. Stylistically, it's certainly better than nothing, but you're still potentially making people wear something they wouldn't want to, and that's assuming they're the kind of person who would even accept being told what to wear.
I don't insist on it, I just want it. The more autonomy that your squad mates have the better. I said earlier that I'm more than happy to accept complete control over our squad mates as an RPG genre trope. I just think it's boring.

I'm a big proponent of ludo-narrative unity. I think that games can best improve if they relinquish many of the "obvious" mechanical tropes established by their genres and seek to strengthen their narratives by deliberately crafting mechanics that support them. Specifically, NPC autonomy is an area just waiting to be improved.
If we can choose the combat stats of their clothing and they get to choose their look, that's a step in the right direction in my book. Although, I still pine for an RPG where the rigid level-up and customization screen are eschewed almost entirely for more natural progression driven by peripheral choices and narrative progression. Of course, I'm more radical than most.

Meh, I've been watching a lot of Star Trek TNG lately and they almost never wear anything other than their cloth uniforms, even on hostile planets.