Anyone tried Expanded Galaxy Mod for ME3?

I'm using it, so far it's pretty cool but I haven't progressed enough to really sink my teeth into it yet (just finished rescuing Primarch Victus last night, and the game won't load this morning so I've gotta deal with that). The ability to assign crew members to different areas seems really neat, I'll let you know if it does end up affecting gameplay.

I did two playthroughs with it, since it was renamed to EGM.
It is absolutely colossal and my personal favourite ME mod. The small callbacks and dependencies on (previous) missions or characters, the updates on the War situation, the added mini missions, or the new customization options are all really well done and add so much.

In the last version I tried (half a year ago), there were some parts that affect Shepard or Normandy stats (Wait till you did Ranoch!). But (for the most part) nothing that changes gameplay.

I've been using the EGM during my last playthrough of ME3 and it really is huge. The ability to customize the crew (assigning different people to different ranks, which sometimes grant minor gameplay bonuses like the kind Glyph gives) and the revised war assets system are probably my two favorite components but there are plenty for everyone to choose from. You also get to keep your weapons from ME2, so you don't have to wait until you're halfway through the game to get a Black Widow, use some of the MP armors etc. It's really massive. I do have some criticisms, but it's mostly minor stuff like typos or some of the new assignments being obscure.

The game makes a lot more sense with it. Sometimes you get notices of lost battles and you think "crap..." and makes a person more determined than ever to save the universe. I also use it with all the other main mods, MEHEM, Thane, Back off and such My favourite part of it is changing the order in which I get notified of certain missions. It is such a headache to have 20 quests when only 5 really matter, so that extra feature makes it all worth it

I tried the EGM in my current playthru of ME3 and really feel it adds to the game enormously. Have yet to complete the playthru atm, but I would highly recommend the mod.

One thing I didn't like it I couldn't get a sense of what war assets mean. I'm a guy who is looking to choose destroy for the breath scene. I've got my headcanon for Shepard and his LI having a life together post-war. I know that the game asks for 4000+ EMS to make it happen. With the revised system lowering a lot of numbers I don't know if I still need to hit that mark or not. I haven't been able to reach 4000 and, if anything, the numbers get lower during the PT. If Shepard doesn't survive I probably won't use this mod again.

EDIT: Shepard did survive.  I guess the game still recognizes that the assets were acquired even if they show at lower numbers.  I might put it into my rotation for different gameplay but I'm going to try some others as well.

I have EMS at around 3300 and got the breath scene.  It's possible things were revised, like if Samara was 25 and altered to 3 by EGM, the game was looking for 22 less EMS.  Or maybe EGM just gives that breath scene.  My one PT wasn't enough to let me know.  In some future PT when I use EGM again I'll investigate further.

Another thing is I wasn't keeping up with N7HQ.  I tried toward the end but not sure what the outcome was.  Couldn't actually look at my war assets anymore.  And because I hadn't read about not reading emails until ready to do missions, I lost out on some stuff.  Even Minuteman.  That was a disaster though I think that's based on decisions from ME1/2.

For the emails, I think he's referring to various 'pick up' notifications from EGM.  I recall one where Garrus sent an email that a team needed extraction, but I was ready to leave for a mission.  When I got back, I had another email waiting for me from him that said they'd been found by a scouting ship and the results hadn't been pretty or something like that.  

Everything said so far, about good stuff ... I agree and think this was worth it.

Some other things not mentioned, that I really appreciate. Bug fixes. The mod added a few bugs, but they seem minor. It also fixed some minor bugs, that allow me to experience things in game that I'd missed before. Maybe folks on console got to see them, but I didn't. Traynor is a lot more chatty ... telling me about stuff. I'm guessing it was always supposed to be that way ... but wasn't. The two Elcor side quests ... before the one in the Embassies was bugged, it now works properly. Conversations in the med bay that I've never heard before. Lots of little stuff, but stuff that is new, that had to have always been there ... maybe unused files in the game that get used now? Or maybe just a bug fix.

Really cool adding Collector weapons. And Geth Spitfire ... not for Shepard, but for Shepard's teammates ... Garrus, Williams, Javick and Vega. Splitting apart the various armors, so that you can build your own ... for the first time, I felt it was worth going with anything except the Cerberus armor.

It's a lot of fun and inspired me to begin import of the last characters that I started in ME, carried through ME2 and expected to play in ME3 ... but didn't ... 'cause ending. For a long time, ME3MP is what saved ME3 for me. But MEHEM sparked an interest in playing SP and EGM got me enthusiastic about it.

It does cut off the promotions resources you gained in MP, but the GAW readiness rating still works. Really not tough to go through SP, even with a low readiness rating and max the ending ... so much stuff to do ... base game, DLC and EGM.

So yeah, figure this is a must have mod ... it's been a lot of fun and the downsides are fairly minimal. It did take about 1.5 plays-through with it to really catch on ... but hey, that's life.

I've been working with the developer of EGM on the next udpate he is releasing (deployment and installation, not modding part). He is a god among modders. Easily the best. Also must have a ton of patience to deal with users as per his nexus mods comment section.

He is working on it. It's not removed, just undergoing a lot of changes and didn't want users to be confused. It should be out very soon.