ME:A Enemies, satisfied?

Something weird to tangle with would be great. Architect size or not just weird. Show a Yevarra or something at least.

I would be interested in a more interesting Exiles boss fight, with a more fleshed out boss.

Overall, I thought they need an additional kett boss type to add to the Ascendants. Liked Behemoth, would not mind a take on a mutated Turian or Salarian or some sort of a genetic abomination of the two or even a mutation of a human on a Fiend's body or something along those lines. Just Crazy Kett Experiments sort of idea.

I liked the enemy types from ME3 the most in the series, they provided a nice challenge that kept me on my toes every fight on Insanity. This go 'round, I admit to going on "auto-pilot" during the majority of enemy encounters and, if I didn't have Drack with me making his blood-pumping battle cries, I'd start to fall asleep. All I ended up doing was trying to whittle down their life and that's boring.

The enemies I enjoyed fighting in Andromeda were the Mech suits, fiends and some of the Remnant foes. If I didn't focus on them, I ended up getting killed in 1-3 hits. It made me maneuver through the battlefield while I kept my eye on them, but also making sure to note the layout of the other enemies so I wouldn't end up with bullets peppering my back because I left my butt open dodging the wrong way. However, even with these enemies it can get tedious because they only have 2-3 skills that recycle use in combat. (And those skills mirror across the different enemy factions [Kett, Roakaar, etc...] so you're not really fighting anything new. Just changing the paint job, so to speak.)

Honestly, I think the open areas have a bigger impact on the combat than one might think. If I was fighting in corridors, I'd probably feel more challenged by the encounters in this game and the different enemy types might not feel quite as dull or repetitive (at least in the earlier runs of the game). The "bullet-sponge" effect might not be quite as noticeable, either <- it'd at least add to the illusion of them not being there.

What would I like for combat here? Well, I want enemies who are designed for an open-world encounter. I want enemies who will use that to their advantage, laying traps for me or something. The encounters in this game feel like their suppose to be for those corridor battles in the trilogy - they all run to cover around you and your playing peek-a-boo with guns until the enemies are dead. I want my enemies to have more abilities to choose from and have more interesting dynamics when their grouped up that changes up their strategies against me. I want enemy types to be different and unique for each faction, not similar enemies in different skins. I'd also like the "bullet-sponge" deal to go away. I don't want to sit there for an hour fighting an opponent just to get his health down <- there's no challenge in that. It's the combat equivalent to watching paint dry. The long length should only be achieved because the player is in a true test of skill where you have to use your brain, not because the guy's got a ridiculous health/shield bar. (BTW, I'm speaking mainly of the battles involving the enemies with orb shields around them. They were ridiculously easy, they just took forever to bring down and it did nothing except draw the fight out.)

Oh, and just because I thought the fighting with the enemies who could one-hit-kill you was a bit invigorating, don't go spamming that everywhere. It can be an exceedingly frustrating tactic to deal with. One or two enemy types max with this ability, otherwise it's like hitting your head against the wall.

Rachni and Trollectors, gotta miss the Praetorian.

the shuld really add a new enemy faction and new enemy units for the already existing factions

The outlaw enemies felt like a bad fit to me, since it feels like Ryder slaughters a significant amount of the total Milky Way species' population in a dire situation where every single life counts. Sure Shepard killed a thousand mercs too, but the Andromeda situation makes it so much more pronounced. Not that I wish for less enemy variety, since there's already so little of it. Maybe if the encounters had more narrative weight it would work better.

Also none of the enemies felt really threatening, like the praetorian mentioned above.

Enemy design is one of the weaker points imo. I like the Remnant, but don't like the Kett. And as has been said, there should be more variety. Thankfully gameplay is very good nonetheless. I hope the Quarian DLC will bring more and better ones.

Just let me fight more Krogan.

Nope.

The selection is actually pretty damn weak. There simply isn't enough variety. But I guess that is expected when the game is mostly about shooting Kett.

There was such a missed opportunity for some horrible beast to be living in a cave. Every cave I went in, I thought I would run across something horrible and difficult to fight. Nothing. In terms of exploration and new species, this seems like a bit of an oversight.

Nothing in this game has given me the willies like the Banshees in ME3 (that creepy fast thing they do when they get up on you? Gah!). Or even the husks (they scared the absolute crap out of me, and considering the focus on mobility in this game, a fast running mob could have been nice to engage here and there to get the blood pumping).

Also...I haven't noticed the Angara (Roakkar) doing anything interesting with their bio-electric thing in battle. Are they doing something that I am missing??

The most upsetting thing about this gif is seeing one Biotic Explosion stagger a boss unit.