You can't change companion weapons or armour

which is why it is disappointing but again it was never really focus in the first place so I'm personally not worried about it, if dlc has appearances I like I'll buy it if I find the price reasonable otherwise I'll cope and ask the add em by in 5 assuming we get a 5.

It assuredly is.  

I been very happy in thinking that I will can made PeeBee a close combat sword fighter and Drack as heavy weapon fighter... now I am down!

MEA in specifically aside of that? Pausing/giving orders in combat comes to mind... but the series as a whole, from ME has lost almost everything RPG: Non combat/social skills from ME1/2, lock picking/the hacking minigame from ME1/2, an actual inventory from ME1. I mean, sure, we get crafting now, but for that we loose gear management of our squad.

Do anyone like me thinking about cancel of preorder due this with weapons & armors?!

My point was more that buying appearance DLC legitimized the concept. If the ME2 appearance DLCs had failed, we wouldn't be seeing them this time around.

Would we be getting something like DAI's system instead if appearance packs had bombed? That's unknowable. But since the appearance DLCs were cheap and profitable, it's understandable that Bio found it hard to give them up even though they make the game worse.

No. I was expecting it with armour it's disappointing about weapons. We should be able to change within class at least but it's the first bit of news I've seen that's really bothered me and I know I'm still going to enjoy the game.

I don't anticipate this having a dramatic impact on squad functionality.


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At least in DA2, we could swap their weapons (Bianca excepted), and give commands. IIRC, orders are out in MEA as well. So, no controlling armour, weapons, or tactics. A very strange tactical setup.

I don't know if it'll make this easier to swallow, but even if ME:A had copied the DAI system, there's no reason to think that this would have made them change their approach to the appearances. We'd probably just have ended up with a lot more ways for PeeBee to not wear a helmet.

Not even surprised. I knew there would be something major in gameplay mechanics we learn last minute that puts a giant shadow over all other expanded customization and RPG elements they brought back after ME2/DA2 backlash.

This sucks. The game has way too big of a weapon selection to waste like this. Why even buy the inevitable DLC weapon packs if only Ryder is gonna be using 1-3 of them for the most part? This will also undercut the purpouse and need of whole game economy if we're going down from 7 characters needing upgraded guns & arsenal to literally just 1.