Any word on when the next patch is due out?

Or maybe they need to hire right people to do the right job. Sorry, but BioWare knows how to make good games; let's forgot about trilogy, cause most of the people involved left after ME3. Let's look at DAI - which I loved and hated at the same the for many different reasons. Much better game than MEA - great soundtrack, great companions, very interesting plot, a lot of good side-quest, some really well done personal missions. Of course also a lot of disappointment cause of big, empty maps, a lot of fetch quests etc. - but it's hard to make a game which suits everyone. But still VERY solid title. And now we have MEA - "busted".
They need to re-think where they are at the moment, and where they want to go with it. Next patch and SP DLC could be a first good step in the right direction, but they really need to work hard to get so many disappointed people back to MEA. It's up to them right now.

Step 1 : Fire the writers. They are hitting at waaaaaay above their weight class. Technically, sure they're good writers. Emotionally, they might as well be an 89 lbs scrub locked in a cage fight with an 800 lbs gorilla called ME. Sure, they can can take a swing, but as soon as one of those ineffectual punches lands, that gorilla is gonna sit on top of him, rip off his arms, and then beat him to death with them.

Yeah, a lot of people already lost interest on Andromeda. Quite a lot people still involved are discussing MEA here on BSN, but elsewhere i can see that topics about MEA are almost dead - and we are talking about the game which was released 5 weeks ago !

Can't trust people who blink. What are they hiding?

I was just starting to wonder when the next patch was coming as well, so I could do another PT without any bugs.

Looks like after release fixing on this one is about as important to them as ME3's was.

Really? What did he say? The fact that they're discussing MP balance changes tomorrow makes me think that patch should be dropping next week, or in two weeks tops. 

Edit: On DRM, isn't it always that way? Most DRM games get cracked sooner than later, so in the end we "suffer" it, even if it's not really as intrusive as it used to be, and the worst drawback for pirates is that they have to wait for a longer time. The only thing we can do about it is to prioritize buying non-DRM versions of games, sadly, which is why I always try to buy from GOG when available.

Ah, OK. I don't think that necessarily means anything about the release date of the patch, they just don't like talking about specifics before everything is completely ready. For what it's worth, I find ther communication policy hasn't helped regarding the backlash they've been getting for ME:A.

And I really really don't see EA taking the DRM away from ME:A, cracked or not.

Maybe you're right, but I got feeling we will be waiting bit longer. Communication policy in the last /almost/ 3 weeks got one name - silence is golden. I think - or maybe I hope - that they are up to something, bit more just couple of bug fixes and some alternate outfits.

Personally, I'd like to LOVE the game. But I haven't gotten the chance. Between it hogging 50-75% of my RAM (16GB), not showing Ryder in movie night, crashing to desktop, lagging out...etc I can't. I mean I think the writing was good, not up to OT standards, but then again the OT had some seriously WTF writing moments too over the course. The whole "LOOK AT LIARA YOU WANT TO LOVE HER!...oops you were nice to her, you're in a romance now!" is a good example. But that's why I try my best to not compare it directly while I TRY to play it. I have a brand new rig arriving today, and with the complete radio silence from BW and the bugs in my game...I'm more excited to play Dishonored 2 and Prey with it. Which sucks, because I was so excited about MEA at launch. I got the t-shirt, the hoodie, the pop figures, the guide book...then I tried to play it. 

I think if They'd fix it, make it playable...people might ease up on the criticisms of the game itself. But right now, we have a bunch of frustrated, disappointed players facing bugs, and crashes, and glitches that don't allow for relaxing and enjoying it. I'm constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. 

Hopefully a lot of games learn from Horizon Zero Dawn's use of enemies at least by having more enemies as mini bosses in an open world. Also what made Witcher 3 so good. All the harder mini bosses and hunts made the simplistic combat fun