Annihilation field Bioware fix it please

Agreed.

The combat gameplay looks to be the best, most polished part of the game though. None of this looked bad, but I agree the Annihilation Field obvious DAI radius mechanic is weak; it just looks too arbitrary and mechanical, while as you say ME3 AF had a charm to it, like very rotten cheese or something. I always imagine my Fury reeking all over the map, bathing her enemies in stench before throwing them into the great toilet in the sky.

Exactly! the animation is basically just a circle, like wtf! The fury had had her field reeking towards enemies, the animation was alive.

www.ranger.keepfree.de/MEMP/N7Fury.htm

It's not the aesthetics which bother me so much as the game designers appear to have completely lost the plot regarding biotic game design. Annihilation Field is basically mandatory now because it looks like it's your only source of Armor weakening damage and because it's so close range it turns every biotic character essentially into a vanguard in terms of gameplay style - You're forced into close range so all your long range tactical powers are basically useless. Especially without warp, reave or dark channel making you far less effective overall against Armored bosses than you were before. If Biotic characters are no better against armor and weaker against shields then seriously what is the point?

We don't even have stasis or lash anymore to help deal with shields, there's no cluster grenades either which sucks. Lance looks pointless and Blacklash is clearly again another close range vanguard power only useful for when you expose yourself like an idiot in the middle of combat. I like playing vanguard as much as the next guy but now you've basically got no choice in the matter because the last vestiges of the Adept class appear to have been sent to a lovely farm upstate.

I liked the new style.

how come? whats the appeal for you? 

I liked the animations, they seem more natural. And some of the powers like Overlord and Incinerate got new looks which I enjoyed more. Overlord because it feels more like a power than simple magic and incinerate because the smaller missile looks more stylish. 

I disagree, annihilation field showed the range visually by showing the enemy was affected.  It was very organic and "alive". Now, this just feels dumbed down to players..

I agree with you on the rest, also worried about biotics overall. Looks nerfed ..

I guess they removed these powers with supposedly good reason so we'll just have to wait and see what all of the different evolutions do. I think at first I'm just going to end up playing vanguard until I learn more about these different powers and if it looks like Adept builds are viable slowly transition away from a vanguard orientation if I can find an Acolyte like weapon.

Yeah, Annihilation looks lackluster after running around with it on the Fury and with Shepard --PC version ftw--, but if it still allows for cheap ass Nova/Charge combos with ridiculous biotic detonations, I don't care how it looks.

I think when we level up annihilation the animation will look better. Ryder's dad annihilation field looks cool. Biotic smoke is radiating from his body.

i don't recognize the animation in the video :s
at what time is it?