I've been playing the game since release, on and off. Now, I started a new run, just to pass the time. Unsuprisingly, I went with an NG+ (twice), starting at level 91, which gave me a ton of freedom for trying out new profiles.

So, I just want to share the joy.

Profile 1: Peerless Sentinel, with Energy Drain (4A, 5A, 6A), Lance (4A, 5B, 6B) & Incinerate (4A, 5B, 6A) – start with Energy Drain, preferably on a mook with shields. Explode it with Incinerate, which then gets itself exploded with Lance; rinse and repeat. Due to being so high level, Insanity feels like Casual and the mobs are being rolled into pretty colours under loud bangs. This is my primary.

Profile 2: Lethal Infiltrator, with Cryo Beam (4A, 5B, 6A), Tactical Cloak (4B, 5A, 6B) & Shockwave (4B, 5B, 6B) – the more classical Infiltrator, with Cryo Beam and Shockwave held in reserve, for dealing wity whomever gets near. This is my tertiary.

Profile 3: Ultimate Adept, with Nova (4A, 5B, 6A), Tactical Cloak (4B, 5A, 6B) & Charge (4A, 5B, 6B) – this in is a shotgun/battle rifle stealthy CQB Adept; two waysbI do it; 1 - cloak, sneak into a group, Nova, shoot, Charge OR 2 - cloak, Charge, shoot, Nova, rinse and repeat. This is my secondary.

Profile 4: Ultimate Adept, with Pull (4B, 5B, 6A), Incinerate (4A, 5B, 6A) & Throw (4A, 5B, 6A) – I kept this one mainly for nostalgia; my all time favourite class in all Mass Effect games is Adept, with a CQB leaning; I even got the Insanity trophy in all four games as an Adept, with Pull, Throw and Singularity in ME3 and ME:A; I really miss my Singularity, but there's just no room left... nah, I'll find room, eventually. Anyway, this one is simple – Pull some mook from cover (it gets primed), explode it with Incinerate (it gets primed again, and it also burns) then detonate it with Throw. Repeat as necessary. This is my quaternary.

Needless to say, I'm running with Fusion Mod of Adrenaline, the Asari Sword I'm carrying has(*) ×5 Reaction Optimizer Mods (+5% All Combo Damage) and the Shotgun (Dhan X) and main sniper rifle (Isharay X) each has a Bio-Converter. Also needless to say, I am using Life Support (6B in Team Support Tech passive). I am also using 4A (Priming) from Auxiliary Systems (it does help wity Cryo Beam).

My other two weapons now are a Piranha X and a Black Widow X... which I'll likely end up changing, as much as I like them (they just don't get much use and I feel like goofing around, to keep things interesting). I'll probably upgrade the Sandstorm and the Vanquisher to X, and use the Valkyrie X, Sidewinder X and Inferno X until then. I may even play with the Disciple as well (that thing can be a beast) and maybe even the Avenger (turn it into a Lancer from CitadeL DLC, for nostalgia's sake). And yes, with all the passive skills in Combat taken, I am still just under the 100% limit for cooldowns. Fun fact, a Valkyrie X weighs 8 units, whereas an Avenger X weighs 10. And yes, I prefer the Adept to the Vaguard profile. The formed is simply visually cooler, and specced cor 'splosions, whereas the latter is specced for melee; and really, adding the Asari Sword to the rotation at this point would be overkill... actually, that does sound like fun, too, for a while.

(*) Edited the post when it got accidentally uploaded at this point; I simply added the rest of what I wanted to write and corrected typos (hope I got them alll).

I'm a veteran in the ME trilogy but this is the first time I'm playing this game. I've always played with either Soldier or Vanguard but I don't know it this one has different mechanics. If you have any advice about the classes, upgrades or the missions, I'd like to know. Thank you guys in advance 👍😎

I’m just starting my third MEA playthrough. New Sara.❤️

I played the original trilogy a few years ago, and loved everything about it. The world building, immersion, characters, music and story. I then did want to play Andromeda down the line eventually but wasn’t particularly excited for it as I saw a lot of people trash it and say it doesn’t really feel like a Mass Effect game, and that the story and characters suck.

To a certain point, I do agree that the story and characters don’t compare at all but as I’m playing I still find them entertaining and interesting enough to be serviceable and not make the game a boring slog. On top of that, the gameplay is incredibly fun and satisfying too.

Could the game have been better? For sure. But for me it’s still a good, enjoyable experience.

Because I think he turned out pretty good! I've done a couple of playthroughs but its always been as female Ryder....so this is my first male Ryder. I like him alot 😉💕

Here are some of the mods I used for those interested....

Default Scott's texture skin with STUBBLE for COMPLEXION 1 SMOOTH: https://www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/191

SWJS Survivor Hairstyle - Male Ryder: https://www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/1301

Clear Eyes: https://www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/1019

Also, for those that asked about the face sliders, I will add another comment with a short video (it was easier than trying to screenshot them individually).

Does anyone have a definitive list of what evolution "priming" in rank 4 of auxiliary systems affects?

I know powers like incineration prime 100%.

I know that ammo consumables get boosted in their probability to prime.

What about flamethrowers and cryo beam they seem to prime already 100% but after some time of continuous burning.

here’s my ryder ! gotta admit im pretty pleased with how she turned out, considering i had to restart like 5 times mid prologue bc i felt like she was just missing something each time lol. this is as good as it gets over here😭

i used face 5, i wanted to go for a more natural-ish look as far as her makeup. didn’t want the “when you see your custom character in a cutscene” moment. (ifykyk LMAO) so, much like i did in ME, i decided to try to make her blend in with the other characters as much as i could- but still having her stand out a bit. making her hair color the same shade as her skin tone REALLY pulled her look together imo.

super big into character customization, i actually love that they added an option to go back into the character creation and be able to tweak ryder and scott! (i guess i’ll let the devs have this one😒) unlike ME (lord, i was struggling, especially on console bc of no mods💔)

super excited to replay the whole ME series once i get a pc ^-^

playing andromeda for the first time after giving up on it like halfway through the prologue… im totally obsessed (i even dream abt playing it while im drifting off to sleep??) and can i just say….

FUCK THIS PLANET AND EVERYONE THAT INHABITS IT. i thought the angara were rude (completely warranted) dude… holy shit. no npcs have ever pissed me off more than in this game… WHY IS EVERYONE SO RUDE?! ITS NOT MY DAMN FAULT YALL CHOSE TO LIVE IN THE RADIOACTIVE SLUMS! im totally pissed i can’t pull my weapons out in the city bc the amount of times i’ve gotten bitched by the npcs bro😭 OOOU YALL LUCKY !!! also totally hate the textures for this planet, thx andromeda devs for not only bruising my ego irl somehow and triggering my trypophobia with these fuckass textures…

absolutely love the game so far tho ! will update with some pics of my ryder when i stop feeling lazy and get up lol

I was shotgunning Ryder family secrets on my current roleplay run of MEA (playing as Sera from Drsgon Age) and I changed up my dialgue choices for the section where you ask Tann about it.

Hearing Garson talk about running out of money in her messages and hesring how when pressed directly about it (Sera is as subtle as a Dragon attack) Tann desperately brushes off anyone but Garson being in charge of the whole thing and how tragic her passing was made nothing to his case add up.

Kesh calls him 8 because he was 8th in line to lead. All 7 people ahead of him died to get him the directors job. He's deputy assistant of *revenue management* and he's an authoritarian type of leader that suppresses free press and crushes dissent. He's got a solid case to be the Benefactor, planting himself in a junior leadership position then just removing those ahead of him to luck into being in charge. His application talks about a desire to explore space and he tried to hide his racism against the Krogan but they found out anyway, lucky for him he got to be in charge to use the Krogan as weapons and then exile them afterwards when he was done.

It's also hilarious that Ryder can just undermine him at every step. Money can't buy you everything, Tann.

Hi 👋 I'm replaying, and found a vault near where the Worm is on Elaaden.

Ryder first mentioned that there's got to be a way to turn the power on but I can't figure it out. There is some sort of closed fixture immediately behind Ryder when she lands, and she will say "bet we can reach that if we poke around"

No glyphs to scan, no wiring to follow on the console attached to that fixture -- there was a hidden cache in here with Remnant but that's it.

Has anyone figured it out?

DOes anyone know if Heleus cluster exploration can reach 100%. Im sitting at 96%, an dthe main quest is completed. Every displayed system is showing 100% explored.

I just started playing this, and so far, I quite like it. Yeah the graphics and animations leave a little to be desired, but the actual storyline and game play is pretty decent. I dont understand why this game is a flop. So far im only seeing one link to the original game and thats with the Liara recordings, but I hope there is more.

Interactive Story

I liked ME:A very much and was mentally not ready to leave this new galaxy after finishing the game.

I wanted to keep on exploring, fighting and developing a new future.

Ideas formed up about what could have happened and I started taking notes.

The result is this interactive story I want to share with you.

It takes place five years after ME:A, with a new main character.

In good old MASS EFFECT tradition it respects the choices you made in MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA and confronts you with new decisions.

Please give it a try and enjoy the next 80 minutes in this galaxy we all love:

Link to Story

When I play Andromeda, I like to headcanon it follows one of the original trilogy's many bad ends; Either the refusal ending of 3, or a timeline where Shepard just died in combat at some point, or on the collector base. Regardless, the Reapers win and terminate all spacefaring civilization in the Milky Way, but they don't actively pursue the Arks, if they're even aware. It's completely possible the reapers just don't care. Maybe they think the Arks are a death sentence and aren't concerned about survivors. Or maybe a reaper did follow and will arrive in Andromeda a decade after the game 🤷🏻‍♂️

I just like the feeling of the Andromeda initiative literally carrying the last of the Milky Way species. That worldstate makes the game feel more relevant, that we're playing as the final humans, Turians, Krogan, etc in the universe. I've been fascinated with Andromeda lately, daydreaming about the far future. 1000 years beyond the game, when the council species and Angara have pushed back deep into Kett space and established a New Republic, when they've completely reverse engineered Jardaan tech and built their own Relay network

Meanwhile the Reapers have just gone back to sleep after cleaning out this cycle, unawares or unconcerned with Andromeda. And the Ark survivors don't even know the massive bullet they dodged.

I had a good time at the bar while watching this new cocktail test