MEA: Feedback and suggestions

Because for once a female protagonist and male protagonist should be able to romance female and male Human squadmates. Their are no gay/lesbian squadmates, their are straight ones and bi ones. Their are gay and lesbian options though, Suvi and Gil. Peebee is bi, Vetra is bi, Jaal is straight, Drack can't romance, Liam is straight, and Cora is straight, my problem is the human squadmates are never bi, expect Kaiden who suddenly turns bi in ME 3? Yet Ashley couldn't?

Fair enough, I did too by the way Tali is great. I think their should they should have bi human squadmates, because they never do. It's always aliens, elfs, and secondary characters. I like Suvi and Traynor a lot but it would be nice to have a romance with a bi female human who actually fights by your side. The past 5 human female squadmates/companions have all be straight. I would have liked for one of them to be bi or a lesbian, prefer bi as then both male and female protagonists have the chance. 

Multiplayer Concerns needing fixes

1) Lag and ULTRA Lag !
2) Attack of the Black screen !
3) Sound cuts out without reason or warning during multiplayer matches.  * Still happening in June 2017 ! 
4) Characters get stuck on obstacles and environments.
5) Points / challenges not being recorded properly for example biotic explosion kills.
6) Complaint about having the Enemy bosses spawn UPON the HACK HERE objective ( the one with circle on ground ).
Really ? Allowing the enemy to SPAWN RIGHT UPON THE OBJECTIVE makes it so much harder. No way to kill the Boss Enemies ( Walking tanks etc ) in time to clear the objective. Shouldn't the enemy spawn elsewhere and THEN try to stop us ?
7)   My male Engineer CANNOT JUMP to the second level of the Sandy map.  OMG !  Other characters can make the jump at what looks like a folded construction crane - but this guy is having serious difficulties.  Okay - who sabotaged my jump pack !  

8)   Krogans were nerfed !  They lack expressiveness.  WHAAT ?  Krogans don't ROAR properly !  "C'MON !  ROAR LIKE YOU GOT A QUAD !" 
9)  Expression are lackluster and without enthusiasm.   Where is the BLOODLUST ?  !  
10) REAL KROGANS LAUGH WHEN THEY KILL !  "HA -HAAA !"   They CRY OUT !  THEY Belt out BATTLE CRIES !  
11)   KROGAN HEADBUTTS are weak !   WHERE'S THE  "KIAAAA !" during the Headbutt melee ?          
12)  REAL KROGANS MAKE BOLD DECLARATIONS ABOUT HOW THEY WILL EAT THEIR ENEMIES ENTRAILS !  AND SO ON !  
At the moment, expressions are delivered in a conversational tone - not a BATTLE CRY ! 
13)   Enemies sinking into the floor.....   "Look !  Shadowcat musta dragged this guy into the basement !  Only his head and shoulders are showing above the floor now !"
14)   Enemies audio cues don't always sound when they are supposed to.  
15)   Biotic ammunition is conspicuously absent from the game. 
16)   Player Characters occasionally get stomped into the underside of the map by the factions. 
17)   My Player Character was attacked by an Adhi and was knocked behind a wall and could not get out for two rounds !  
18)   Multiplayer Game completely crashed and game had to be restarted.  
19)   EA connection is struggling and we had to change our party arrangements because one of our group was not allowed to re-join after being kicked out of the game by unknown glitch. 
20)   My player character became afflicted with a SLOW MOVEMENT SPELL, and could not run anywhere for about four minutes.  Dodging barely worked by no apparent explanation for getting anchored in place. 
21)   Peer to Peer Option is entirely lacking.  
22)   Due to repeated lag spikes and ( I don't know Bioware enemy movement designer - you tell me....)  it appeared that the Kett Fiend was teleporting.  I understand the idea....a  big fierce enemy, a living tank and bullet sponge, fine.  From our perspective, the Fiend was 20 feet away and then suddenly APPEARED within striking / CHOMPING DISTANCE. Chomp it did because even with my team mates calling out warnings, 3 out of four of us were rapidly stomp/chomped by the Fiend.  We are UNABLE to determine what a relatively safe distance might be with this teleporting enemy.   We assume the teleporting is unintentional.  
23)   Player character trips over low cover on the manufacturing center map. 
24)   Enemies NOW able to TRACK invisible / cloaked player characters and shoot the shit outta them !  * Since last patch in June. 
25)   Three weeks of the same de-buff penalty is TOO MUCH !    -25% shield,  -25% health,  This is BORING, and Unimaginative especially since there is no explanation for why such a         debuff in in effect in the first place.   What - are there ALIEN SPORES ?   TOXIC GASES ?     Fumes from a LAVA FIELD ?   FREEZING TEMPERATURES ?   A COMPLETELY ARBITRARY DE-BUFF IS JUST BORING....AND DUMB. 
26.   Remnant Observers seen dodging through walls and ceilings to avoid player character fire ! 
27.   We ( my regular player comrade and I )  consider the Upload Challenge to be unfair.  It is unfair to lose one's uploaded progress because we were forced out of the circle to survive, counter the enemy, get resources - or for whatever reason.  Also doesn't make sense that in this advanced future, our hacking tool would lose that progress and have to begin all over.   



GUNS - GUNS - GUNS 

My favorites so far for use in MULTIPLAYER. 



Pistols. 

N7 Hurricane : Pistol :   Best all around weapon.  

Scorpion : Pistol :    Best for killing Observers and Snipers.  


Assault Rifles

M37 Falcon Grenade Launcher  ( grouped with Assault Rifles ) :  My first choice during Assault Rifle Focus Missions.

Sonad:  My soldier is having fun with this weapon lately. 

Revenant :  A secondary choice for those Assault Rifle Focus Missions. 



Shotguns 

Disciple is my first choice. 

N7 Crusader is a close secondary choice - better ranged shots. 

Reegar Carbine Shotgun :   Fun to use, Very effective,  Short range. 
  
Dhan:  Shoots a FIREBALL !   Effective.   Three shot magazine. 



Sniper Rifles

Naladen :  My first choice.  Good damage, four round magazine.  Unfortunately creates a HUGE SMOKE CLOUD with EVERY SHOT !   WTF ? 


Isharay:  Heavy damage.  Takes too long to load.  I can't wait that long.  Preferred by my regular player comrade. 

Indra:   UNUSABLE due to to bouncing of rifle barrel during firing.  Using stock mod does NOT help.   SEND THIS ONE BACK TO THE LAB / RANGE FOR A REBUILD !  







Observations and some disappointments

1) Why do all the Asari look alike ? They are WAY too similar, makes me think I wandering into an episode of the "Clone Wars !"
2) I sure miss my Justicar, her biotic "bubble of death" and her Lancer !
3) While the new multiplayer feels 30 to 40 % faster paced and has all these dizzying movement options, the powers of the characters seem weak in comparison. So far I prefer the Engineer characters which seem the most effective to me in doing direct damage to shielded enemies and armored enemies.
4) So far, the new multiplayer hasn't won me over, I still prefer the action of ME3. At the moment I'm hoping some MUCH NEEDED patches will help improve a few things.
5)  While creating combo explosions apparently do damage to enemies, it doesn't seem as impressive an effect when compared to M.E. 3.  The visuals seem lackluster.  Perhaps this contributes to my impression that combo explosions and all character powers feel underpowered in M.E.A.  
6)  Human enemies lack character.  The Mass Effect 1 enemies would run around and shout such gems as:  " I WILL DESTROY YOU !" and "ENEMIES EVERYWHERE !"   By contrast, while the Raider Faction looks good, they are entirely silent -except for the Roaring Krogan Berserkers.  What nobody has anything to say ? 
7)  Not very excited about the guns.  Lots of choices but very few I take a liking to.  So my motivation to unlock mediocre guns is low. 


Storymode Concerns
1)    Item management needs some improvement.  I can't easily tell which items count towards my 50 item limit.  Some things do, some things don't. 
2)    WHY is there no locker on the Tempest to dump items into ?  Not having a storage locker on the ship is ridiculous ! 
3)    Regularly there are NPC characters are facing away from Ryder and are up against a vehicle or a wall so one has to jump into a weird position to interact with them.  
4)    Sometimes Ryder needs to get to that AVP console, collect research and other rewards.....so WHY do we have to leave the planet to do that ?  
      Why can't she just get onto the ship, check the console and stay on the planet.   Hello, we're jumping to orbit for no reason ! 
5)    During female Ryder's experience of her father's memory - the one where the family is reuniting, Alec looks over to his daughter - AND SHE IS INVISIBLE !  He is looking at an empty space - AND HER DIALOG IS ENTIRELY ABSENT ! 
6)    When Resistance leader Evfra speaks privately with Ryder on Aya at the end of the conversation - HE WALKS RIGHT THROUGH HER !  AAAAH !  
7)    When Ryder speaks privately with the Governor on Aya when allowed to explore the city -   I paused for a moment came back - and found TWO GOVERNORS IN THE SAME ROOM !       ( ATTACK OF THE CLONES !  )   AAAAH ! 
8)    Whenever Ryder is trying to complete the platforming or vault challenges, the NPC supporting characters always get too close, they get in the way while trying to follow, don't stay in their assigned spots and generally screw things up - especially the time / environment based challenges involving platforming.  "GET OUTTA THE FRACKING WAY - YOU PILE OF ELCOR DUNG !  AAAAHHH !" 

9)     Whenever Ryder is fighting enemies, including REALLY, REALLY BIG BOSS ENEMIES,  - the supporting NPCs get in the way as they try to follow her and interfere with her dodging for cover moves,  block power shots,  sniping shots, and regularly SCREW THINGS UP !  "GET OUTTA THE FRACKING WAY - YOU PILES OF VORCHA DUNG !   AAAAAHH !"
10)   When spawning out in the field on some planet,  NPC supporting characters sometimes appear 12 to 15 feet in the air......AND STAY THERE !   Until we jump into the Nomad.  
11)    Enemies occasionally spawn 12 to 15 up in the air. 
12)    Dialog wheel isn't purely an emotional or logical choice and the symbol icon gives almost NO CLUE as to whether the resulting words will be what I want my character to say.  
Many times, I end up saying the opposite.  This is very frustrating.  I'm unhappy about this because it can take an hour or so to play a loyalty mission and I'm debating about whether I really want to go back and replay the whole thing.  ( Not at the moment. )  Yet it's upsetting.  The Dialog wheels need to give a better sense of whether we approve of something or disapprove.  Whether we are sympathizing or distancing.   Whether we are expressing sympathy or disgust.  These things don't come across as clearly at this time unfortunately.  I would say this over ambiguity is true in 40 to 50 percent of the conversations !  
13)  The Angaran special forces guy can't deliver his reward after Ryder completes his challenges !   HE'S STUCK AND CAN'T SPEAK !    


Appreciation ! 

1)    I appreciate the diverse characters and characterizations.  As Ryder travels along with Peebee and Draxx the characters are revealing themselves and their faceted personalities. 
2)    Krogan Vanguard is growing on me - though he still does not ROAR or express with TRUE KROGAN SPIRIT !   "BLAM !  "HA-HAAA !"  
3)    Enjoying the Asari Adept's Annihilation power !  
4)    Really Enjoying the Loyalty missions !  I like the variety amongst them. 
5)    Liam's Mission was a lot of fun.  Unexpected events, and lots of humorous moments.  I laughed ! 
6)    Enjoying the Infiltrators, and looking forward to trying out the Sentinel characters in Multiplayer. 
7)    APPRECIATE that new maps are gradually being introduced !     * June 2017
8)    APPRECIATE that new enemies are gradually being introduced !   The Roekaar    * June 2017


FEATURES We'd LIKE TO SEE !

1) HAZARD MAPS !   In Mass Effect 3 we had environmental hazards that made gameplay more amusing / challenging / tactical.   This element is missing in MEA. 
2)  INCREASED REWARDS for completing missions with fewer players.   
3)  CHALLENGES to players to complete missions with only two characters of particular class types.  Let's say, one infiltrator and one sentinel.  Appropriate Rewards for completing such  challenges. 
4)   The new maps in rotation.  Why leave them out of rotation ? 
5)   Quarians and friends !   Oh OH  !  




* Edits / Additional Notes ! 

April 2:   Added more multiplayer observations,  Story mode concerns, and Appreciation ! 
April 3:    Notes re: Krogans have poor expressions, lack enthusiasm, and Ferocity. 
April 5:    Note re: invisible female Ryder during her father's memories. She's invisible and has NO audio either.   More multiplayer bugs noted.  
April 10:  Biotic ammo ?  Story glitch found. 
April 12:  Kett Fiend.  Multi-Player Game crashes. 
April 17:  Started to report bugs on EA MEA site:  answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/bd-p/mass-effect-andromeda-bug-reports-en/  
              Yet since I've listed so many things here, I will keep adding concerns as they come up. 
              Added comments on Infiltrators, Sentinels, and my disappointment about the guns offered. More about guns later. 
June 17:   Added - "What we'd like to see !  Problem with enemies tracking invisible characters,  listed some favorite and least favorite guns. 
June 18:   Observers seen passing through walls.   Complaint about the Upload Challenges as unfair. 

Stay tuned for more !

- More planets to explore. The game is too small and leaves me wanting more.
- More post-game content
- More post-vault changes
- quick saves

So far...

I'm disappointed by:
- lack of dialogue options. Apparently morally grey really means 'two shades of paragon.' I miss my renegade Shepard. Was hoping for something other than... this.
- relationships with crew. I was expecting rivalries but seems like everyone just gets along, no conflict, no drama, just sunshine and butterflies and Ryder can only ever be friendly to anyone she meets. Boring. SWTOR was 100% better and it's an MMO.
- CC. Too limited just like the dialogue options. No pale skin tone. All NPC's seems to be either black or asian too.
- Angara are too human. I was expecting to find something new and exciting in Andromeda, not more of the same.
- Why are all Asari clones of each other?
- Story and characters lack drama, conflict and darkness.


I like
- I'm loving the combat. Jump Jets are great, melee combat is so much fun and I actually like that the class restrictions are gone.
- Exploration. I love exploring all the new worlds, searching for remnant tech and doing the sidequests. It's really fun.
- Overall I like the game, but it's some of those things listed above (most importantly: lack of dialogue options/forced default paragon personality/lack of choice and control over how your character behaves/too much autodialogue/no conflict and drama) that are just a massive disappointment.


I'm not done with the game yet just gained the angara as allies after rescuing their Moshae, but these are my thoughts so far.

Love the game and only have a few complaints from my experience with it:

- Weak villain in the Archon. The Kett worked for me, but this guy seemed to dissolve to just a really cheesy action hero movie villain by the end. Horrid dialogue during the fight.

- Weak final boss fight. I loved having to work with the twin for this mission and seeing everyone show up, however, I don't think it was executed quite right. The actual battle itself was boring.

- Inventory space limits make me want to bang my head against a wall sometimes in frustration. Like all games, I adjust to it but it sucks that mods take up space.

- Sometimes it can get frustrating trying to get to the top of a mountain to get something you need and the only way to get there is through one specific route. I can take anywhere from 30 mins to an hour in the most extreme cases. Luckily, it's only happened a few times.

- Romances reflect in plot missions.

I could be wrong I thought I remembered that but now I'm not positive. As far as ME:A not yet going through the series in order but I plan to play as Sara and either Peebee or Jaal. Ive read up on the game with my guide, luckily no spoilers.

I would love to see the CC updated to allow us to make changes to the default Ryders. Change hair style, hair color, eye color, makeup. Even if they locked down the facial geometry and just let us make those kind of cosmetic changes it would be a huge improvement. Also some lighter skin colors is desperately needed. I can't even use any custom Ryder's because they all come out looking way too dark.

I am romancing Peebee as sara, and Suvi as a custom Ryder.

With 5 years they could have made Cora a bi female human squadmate. I am tired of all human female squadmates/companions lately being only male romances. Cora could have been bi, and they wouldn't have really had to change her attitude. But they always stick with straight female and straight male thing every time. First Ashley and Kaiden, Miranda and Jacob and now with Cora and Liam. I know A lot of people who wanted femshep to romance Miranda, Jack, Ashley, yet every human female is not romancable for female protagonists. Same for those who wish to have maleshep romance Jacob, or Kaiden (except when he suddenly turns bi in ME3?) and now it's Liam. My problem isn't that their are no bi females to romance, just that they are always aliens, elfs, or secondary characters. When it comes to trying something different with their human squadmates, they have no imagination as they are always straight. 

almost all side quests are boring fetch quests
explolration is boring too

those are my main problem
and the puzzles, relict glyph, i hate tohse puzzles, so difficult and uselss, SAM can activate that!

remove the puzzles!


i like the animation of the tempest travelling and landing

everything else is ok