3 skills but 4 profiles = horrible

I finished the game using explorer profile but I only get to use Charge, Nova, & Incinerate..
I think it's pointless being able to level between so many skills but only being able to use 3.
I didn't find any trouble finishing the game, but it would be really nice if I can either at least use my Explorer profile to it's full potential..
I mean what's the point of having a profile for all 3 skill tree without being able to use the proper effective combos with it.

At the very least, I'd like just 1 more slot for the skills..
Also fighting with squadmates kind of feel pointless without being able to synergize our power..

Would be Interesting to do a poll on how many people actually used the profile system actively, or at all. Ian (lead designer) comes by here from time to time and he would see it.

This has nothing to do with the game being on consoles though. They could've mapped up to, I dunno, 12 active skills to a controller, they just chose not to.

This is just bullshit.

DA:I has pretty much identical layout on a controller and has 8 active skills. And 8 is definetly not the limit.

Have you ever played a game with a controller in your life?

Then how was an ME3 engineer with six powers (eight if you include bonus power and Unity) not broken?  

Classless systems can work.  But this was a stupid way to go about it.  Going classless is supposed to be about freedom to pick and choose your abilities.  Limiting active skills (particularly to three) completely undermines this.  I found DAI's restrictive use of active powers stifling, but MEA's system makes DAI's class based system look open and welcoming in comparison.

Yeah, you can swap profiles, but it's an extra step just to gain access to three more powers, and it puts everything on cooldown.  Not exactly conductive towards the "ACTIONATIONACTION!!!!" gameplay they're aiming for.

Ok I can't fully say if this is implemented badly or not but it is not a bug it is a change in design to try to accommodate everyone. Don't like it fine that's your choice but it seems like to me any dev is "damned if you do damned if you don't." People complain if they add "blank" to a game and mad if they don't. Sheesh!

Hell yes.

That would be SO much better if profile swapping had a cooldown timer but all skills on all profiles only followed their own cooldowns after use.

Then it would play much like the Guild Wars 2 Elementalist where you "dance" through attunements (profiles) to access different sets of skills and can combo many things with each other from different profiles.

Make the melee weapon a weapon like the any other, on the same button, and once again you can use "Y" button for powers, like you did in previous games.

I preferred the old class system where we had access to our class powers and one bonus power and then we used our squad to compensate what we didn't have and our different abilities complimented each other. I miss the power wheel and using the squad itself to win some of the tougher fights. It felt more tactical than switching conveniently on the fly. With the class system you had to learn each classes strengths so you could learn how to use them best. It added replayability.

Am I the only one who prefers the new system?

As long as you don't overburden yourself with weapons most powers have fairly low cooldowns after a few levels. I feel playing a caster is far more engaging than before. Especially with cool stuff like pull/throw. I only wish more objects in the world could be affected/destroyed.

I've played two full playthrough's of ME:A. Well, the first PT was not quite "full" and had its fair share of flailing and hurtling through the game, but that's how most of my first PT's go..

At any rate, I confess, I've never used the profile system. I thought it was just me. I didn't want to say anything. I did try, but I remember having some difficulty...assigning the skills to the favorite load out..and then calling them up..and Idk what happened, but I discovered I didn't really need them.

My thing is Singularity, Energy Drain and Concussive Shot. Love Concussive shot, "Bam! Sit Down!"

I miss the wheel. It didn't take but a moment and I could really set them up.

You know, they took away the If/Then tactic set up in DAI. I feel like they're taking away more and more control and interaction from me as a player. And I don't understand why.

They say to improve the flow, but that's also what they said about ME3 with the pervasive auto dialogue. They wanted to improve the flow of the dialogue, by cutting me out of the picture as a player. I'm much more involved with the game when I'm interacting with it. I bring this up because they keep talking about improving the flow, but the flow was fine.

I mean, I love the fluidity of the new combat in MEA. I really do. And the jetpack, and moving around with enemies trying to flank you. It's fun. But the wheel, (and If/Then tactics for that matter-because I always set them up before battle and let it unfold in all its glory real time), never ruined my flow, and allowed me to have a more specified, targeted approach.

So, Idk why they keep doing this stuff. Maybe because, "fvck it"?

I feel I would use the Profile system a lot more if they gave Profile swapping a cooldown, rather than triggering skill cooldowns on a profile swap.


If I want to use a situational skill, chances are, it's because the situation just came up and I need that skill right now. For example, Backlash, I would only realistically want to use it if I got flanked by an Annointed with no good escape route while I am picking off chosen with my primary choices at range.