Prime example of lame RP choice (mild spoiler).

And I think that's a big part of why Ryder is less malleable in some ways, so we DON'T run into situations like that from the OT.  We get plenty of opportunities to define our Ryders through the "little moments" and conversations, but I don't see anything (so far) that Bioware could do that would completely go off track like the Cerberus thing could for people.

yep, I have it equipped for my crusader shotgun....makes my vanguard feel invincible

I would say this.  And this is my opinion, you are more than free to disagree with me.  And I'm going to use an appeal to authority logical fallacy, 'cause, hell, I can.  

I'm 40 years old.  I've seen bad writing, in movies, in books, in TV shows.  There's a very large difference between "not liking the style" of writing and it being "bad writing."  A good bit of ME:A's writing was intentionally on the lighter side, a more "casual" take on the MEverse.  A lot of people complaining about the writing, calling it teen fanfic levels, mostly picked all casual responses (I don't know what percentage, but I've asked a few and this was, indeed the case.)  Casual responses are intentionally Whedon-esque Firefly types of lines.  And I can understand why people don't like that style of writing, but most of those options I've picked weren't that bad.  A bit cheesy at times, but that was the point of 'em.  The other 3 options almost NEVER gave me a feeling of bad writing.

There was a lighter tone in most of the autodialogue, and I'm not gonna deny that, but the lines worked well in the situation (for the most part) and it's again a subjective thing.  Most of the "bad" writing spots I've seen in game are the ones that are constantly being pushed on review sites and YouTube videos, mostly for click-bait and views, and to be completely honest, there are not much more than a handful of spots in game where I just went "really?" over the writing.  Cora's loyalty mission was probably the biggest culprit of that, though.  

Having more options for different situations would definitely be better.  What we got may not be what people wanted, and they may have preferred other options, but for what it is, it works and works well.  That's not "bad writing."  That's "I wanted something different."  That's why I get tired of people saying "bad writing" as some universal truth, when it's nothing more than personal preference.  That preference isn't WRONG, per se.  This story isn't your cuppa tea.  I get that, and I certainly wouldn't complain if more options were given to appeal to "the other side."  But just because you didn't like it doesn't necessarily make it bad writing.