Andromeda DLC and Sequel Discussion (Spoilers)

I don't think they will be making it into a point to hide the fact about the Reaper war from Initiative citizens. While horrific, in the end it IS a historic fact at this stage, one way or another. I say they will restablish contact in DLC/sequel and simply roll with "yes, there was uber war but that was 600 years ago and lots changed since then in Milky Way" public announcement.

Quarian DLC is all but confirmed at this point, I do think Ryder's story will continue in a sequel, the Kett threat is still out there and even though Bioware said this wasn't the start of a new trilogy they also said that didn't mean that Andromeda is a stand alone game.

With creative writing they could find a way to make the green/red/blue endings viable. It'd require some changes to different races, but they could do it. I think they're afraid to.

Based on what Alec said in his recordings he said maybe we will tell people some day.

It's one thing to leave everything behind and know on a mental level its 600 years ago, its another to realize there is some chance you are the sole remaining members of your entire race and if you fail your species could go extinct. Alec did check communication and got no signal whatsoever. It's possible as a precaution, the satelites or whatever placed between Milky Way and Andromeda were destroyed as a safety percaution during the Reaper War. Also possible they were disabled by the Benefactor or another group. I doubt communication will be re-established until the last game in the Andromeda series.

I might differ from a few of you, but I am not particularly interested in seeing any additional games with the Kett as the central antagonist or driver of the plot. I thought the Archon was a cool villain, and I enjoyed the unfolding of the mysteries around the origin of the Kett and Exaltation, but I think we've seen most of what there is to see with them. Perhaps we can wrap up our conflict with them in a DLC pack?

For the DLC that I'd like to see, hopefully it is as follows:

*An expansion focused on the search for the Quarian Ark, and the ramifications of the Reaper War in the Milky Way. Such realizations of the past state of the Milky way could generate unrest on the Nexus as leadership is questioned for what they knew and when. This would also be a great DLC to bring in additional references, illusions, or even a reveal of the Benefactor (unless that is a integral plot point best left for a Sequel).

*An expansion focused on a restoring peace to a colony world inhabited by both the Angara and Humans from the Nexus. The main villain could be a new leader of the Roekaar with possible plans to access Remnant tech to launch an assault on the Nexus/Meridian. Throw in a few new hubs, with side content, vaults to explore, and a planet to restore, and you'd have a pretty solid bit of content.

*An expansion focused on the Kett. A possible narrative could be that Kett infiltrators have infiltrated key systems on the Nexus, and have locked down the station with you and your crew on board. With a new base/hub for your crew to hang out in, Ryder+Crew lead a guerrilla resistance against the Kett to lift the lockdown, request assistance from the Angara and the outposts, and escape. Ultimately the Nexus is brought to the main Kett Flotilla. Sam somehow uses the original Kett lockdown protocols to hack key functions of the fleet, temporarily incapacitating them and allowing Ryder to board the flagship and take down the leader. With this, the Kett are essentially finished, a new hub is opened on the Nexus, with a large set of additional fun activities and conversations to be had ala ME3: Citadel.

In terms of where the Mass Effect series should go in terms of the next game (should we get one, which I think is likely), I'm not entirely sure. I was never a huge fan of taking ME to Andromeda in the first place (I was a huge advocate for a ME Trilogy Interquel set on the Citadel, with the PC as a CSEC agent investigating conspiracy, crime, and what not. I am still a firm believer that such a game would be awesome, and that I'd like to see it happen. Likewise, I even would support a ME Trilogy Sequel (Either ME4 or something called ME: Legacy or something, set after the events of either a retconned set of endings or a cannonized Destroy Ending). But Bioware has invested so much in to crafting a new Galaxy and set of systems, it would all be for naught to just give up on it now. Thus, we are likely to stay in Andromeda. Personally, a Ryder Centric Sequel would be my most preferred option, considering I really liked the Character and I think the role of Pathfinder still leaves so much to explore. Furthermore, there is so much of the "Creators" or Jardaan that needs to be answered. Like why did they begin inventing life in the first place? We're they a Pan-Andromeda species? Do they have any connection to the Reapers or the Leviathans of the Original Trilogy? I think Ryder is the perfect character to explore such topics with. However, I hope we get less SAM involvement and its explained by the ending of Andromeda that SAM's connection has been weakened to the Pathfinder. I don't want SAM to be the perfect problem solver, annoying quest updater, and resource identifier that he was in MEA. Also, smaller worlds with more quality content. I said this after Dragon Age Inquisition, and it definitely seemed like Bioware removed alot of the grind of the Open world, or at least made it more avoidable (Unlike the Power mechanic), and I want to see this trend continued in any future game.

- First DLC with quarians is obvious at this point, the only question I have is what are they going to do with other minor species they kept teasing. It's their chance to drop them for good and free the space for more relevant to the setting natives. Return elcors only to delegate them to Shakespear parodies again?

- Benefactor. Not sure if it's meant to be solved in a DLC or it's more of a long-term mystery, like Scourge and Remnants.

As for the next game, I'm slightly worried that we already get to choose ambassador to represent Nexus outside Heleus, since I don't think everything is done in Heleus right now. x years later, when Vaults finished their job on terraforming and majority of Kett had to retreat for a time. I want to see Voeld as an ocean, I want to see what Kadara has become, was exiles issue dealt with or their numbers only grow, and how angarans feel about aliens now walking freely on all their former colonies. In other words a story more about internal strife than anything. Not an easy story to pull off, compared to regular world-destroying menace, but I want it regardless.

When you go to the 'Load Game' screen, check out your latest save, and look for the info on the right. It should tell you how far along you are.

No matter what storyline DLCs we might get for ME:A, I hope the last storyline DLC will allow us to establish reliable communication with the Milky Way, so that "ME:A 2" allows us to get back there...

I want to see The Citadel (the original actual Citadel!) after those 634+ years.
What is the political and social status of all the races after the Reaper War? What are the original ME races up to now? What are their grand goals?
I want to learn this. It's such an obvious course for future DLCs and installments, that Bioware should just deliver here.

Hell, get Ryder back to the Milky Way, if you really want to stick with him/her as your new "front page" character for the series for the next years - but get us back to the Milky Way of the future Bioware.

You have that incorrect.

Tann states "we must nominate an interim ambassador to represent concerns outside the Nexus"

In other words, to represent the Angara and the outposts you have founded.

I had some thoughts about this 

The Quarian Ark and Reapers

What I am thinking the Quarian Ark story should definitely be DLC where we find the ark marooned in Dark Space somewhere on the edge of the of the galaxy. Just as the Q-ARK was about to leave the Reapers attacked. Now the Ark was able to get away but was then pursued by a few Reapers, who we know are able to traverse Dark Space, who latched onto the Ark.

The awake crew then put everyone into stasis as fast as possible but the Reaper forces got inside the Ark. During the time the Arks crew are able to fight off the Reapers forces long enough for Shepard to stop the Reapers but as we know even a dead Reaper is no threat. Before long the awake crew become indoctrinated from being so close to Reaper/s and the Quarian Pathfinder sends a signal out warning people to stay away.

Then the player finds the Q-Ark with the Reaper still attached and fight through indoctrinated and husks until they find a way to dislodge the Reaper and return the Ark to the Nexus but just before we do several more Arks warp in.

(I wont make more details as I want to see if they do do it for the Q-ARK DLC but it would make sense for the Milky way to send more Arks to Andromeda since the Milky Way is a bit of a mess right now and on their end they would assume that they are more established in the galaxy so they can send civilians to Andromeda to live until the Milky Way is back on its feet.)





 

By home of humanity doesn't that just mean it will be majority populated by humans for now? Because no Habitat 7 (yet) and the arks had their issues but Hyperion was better off?

The Initiative is multi-species but that doesn't mean there won't be homeworlds and that Meridian can't be considered more of the home of humanity in the meantime. A rather open door to it, but still their primary home.