Side Quests and tasks should be should be restricted to ONE planet, two at the most.

I suppose that I agree. Usually whenever some quest wants me to planet hop, I just wait until I have a build up of things to do there and do some quests and rinse and repeat. However, I agree because I tend to lose track of what I'm even doing then or who gave me the quest if there's a big gap between receiving the quest and finishing it. I don't mind it too much because it gives me a sense that other people are travelling between these planets instead of just me but yeah it can become a bit of a grind after awhile.

As a general rule I just do the Tasks section of my quest log when I'm in vicinity. I don't go out of my way to do them for the most part, but that isn't Andromeda exclusive. It's the same in any big game like this. I almost never do the general tasks like this in Skyrim unless I somehow manage to burn through all the other big content after 150+ hours. Same thing with Fallout 4... the miscellaneous tasks stay miscellaneous unless I finish all the story content, become bored of town building etc.. In which case I'm more likely to just start a new playthrough than grind through them.

I don't know, I get the hate for these kinds of missions but honestly, I'd rather they be there for an optional task rather than cutting them out. I doubt even if they cut out the entire task section of missions they would add any more substantial story driven side content any way to any of the above games because these things are probably relatively pretty cheap and quick to produce and add to the game. Those fetch tasks are there if you want to do them, otherwise ignore them. Cutting them out just reduces game content for people that don't mind doing them and likely wouldn't add anything else.

So like, when you're docked at the Nexus, or in orbit around Kadara, right?   How did Kadara, of all places, get the movie, anyway? lol

I agree the cinematics are beautiful.  But I can only watch them so many times before I just want to move on.

The Truth and Trespass quest is an excellent example of the problem OP describes. The mission has three to four phases requiring you to fly to almost every single major planet in the cluster in order to complete it, and it ends with a relatively anti-climatic showdown in a cave.

It's just another example of the mostly unimpressive side content that feels more like a time-filler than actual, substantive additions to the game.  It's especially aggravating when you consider the amount of time required to travel between planets.  The skip function inside a solar system helps, but it's nowhere near as seamless or quick as ME2 or ME3.

Personally, the only side quests worth planet-hopping like that are the loyalty missions. They usually have more content than most side quests and even if I find all the running around a bit annoying, I know it's worth it because it's all for Ryder's crew and you always get a nice bonus for them at the end. I just finished Drack's mission yesterday I really enjoyed it.

But for cryin' out loud, going all over the map just for some random dude or dudette that you just met on a planet is just... urgh... unless it's for a relative, a friend, or a loved one, I simply don't have the motivation anymore. I know that I won't finish several of them - especially the ones where you need to scan minerals or plants. Nope, I'm done.

If it's in my "Additional Tasks" folder I can pretty much guarantee it won't be touched.

I think they should probably rename some of the main quest folders for the sake of clarity and accuracy.

Priority Missions = Priority Missions
Allies & Relationships = BFFs & Sex
Heleus Assignments = LOL Planethopping
Additional Tasks = The F*** is Wrong With You?

Finding the memory trigers on mutiple planets was ok, it helped spread out finding out what Alec and family did in the past and have insights on the Initiative. The quest to collect plants on multiple planets made sense and was fairly easy.

On the other hand, the contagion quest was overkill on steps to reach the lady.

But it's the collect x number of datapads, scatered all over, type of fetch quests that don't feel worth it.

Unfortunately ME:A had this problem with other quests too, like Peebee personal one. I would say a better environment design should had been done to compact the side stories more on one place or another.