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By the looks of it the deal with amazon for Mass Effect rights might produce something. Amazon just made the Fallout show, amazon exploring video game adaptations might be good news.

Thoughts?

If the Reapers have been around for thousands of cycles and harvest the most advanced species in each of those cycles then why are they still leviathan reapers? If the leviathans made them then why are the reapers still leviathans and only decided to harvest humans into a reaper form instead of species from other cycles?

Thoughts?

Greatings Privates,

Welcome to the personal blog of Lieutenant Commander Nicholas. If you have any questions for me, you can ask them here and I'll try to answer them as soon and as accurate as possible. But please keep your questions on the topic of the ME trilogy and ME: Andromeda.

Over and Out

So I was digging out my watchlist and talk recently, and reminescing on my misspent youth all those years ago editing guides and stuff around here. When I came across this discussion where it was noted Temporaryeditor78 fell afoul of recent policy changes.

It's not really my place to comment on the thread directly, I'm really but an outside observer and I'm not looking to make a stir, but I thought it was worth writing some notes about, because it has to be said, TE did a lot of work over the years. Nearly 30k edits is nothing to sniff at. He made large contributions to the consistency of the wiki and the upholding of a consistent MOS, which is something of a rarity in wikispace these days. The fact that he was still consistently editing wh…

A few clarifications regarding Mass Effect 3:

1. I played ME3 many times from beginning to end, more than I care to count. I played ME1 and ME2 too, but it was only a long time ago and not nearly as much as ME3. I don't play MP, though, as it feels like an unrelated different game.
2. There is no right or wrong way to play any game, however, if an achievable goal is set under certain constraints, there must always be more optimal (right) and less optimal (wrong) ways to achieve that goal. For example, in a chess match, if the goal is set to lose, not to win, then every otherwise wrong move now becomes right, and the otherwise worst move (if it exists) becomes the very best. In a game like ME 3, if the goal is set to merely experiment with diffe…

If you could play as an alien protagonist in a main story, not multiplayer, what race would they be?

If you can't save Eve,even with the data,delete all your game data from me2 and reload before you play.Do the same to me3 stuff before you import me2 and you should be saving Eve again.

That's about all I can say. AnonymousAnomani (talk) 03:10, May 3, 2018 (UTC)

This is a review I wrote for an assignment way back in April. I found it on a USB recently and decided to post it here. Enjoy. Or Don't. Either-Or.

Mass Effect: Andromeda is the latest role-playing game to be developed by BioWare. Five years after the last entry’s release, Andromeda invites players to return to the immersive world of space battles, blue alien babes and interstellar exploration that first arrived on shelves back in 2007.

The game opens with humanity’s first entry into the titular galaxy. After six hundred years in cryogenic storage, the player’s character, the male or female Ryder, awakens to find the golden worlds they sought to colonise damaged beyond habitability and is then tasked with finding a new planet to call home. The …

I'm At the point in the game where I am clearing radiation and it requires me to go 2 other "Alien Bases" and fight the "observers and bots" but when I get to the second base they are no where to be found. I have restarted my game and even loaded an earlier manual save and they are there in the rover with me to the second base but after we get to the base they are no longer there. I have used the command to bring them by my side but nothing. What should I do?

When I boost in ME Andromeda it hurts my health bar....WTF? Any idea why this started happening? Glitch?

Sooooo..... I expected the scale of Mass Effect: Andromeda to be a little larger than the first Mass Effect, having read about it before the release.

How wrong I was.

Mass Effect: Andromeda is immense in every sense of the word. As a completionist, I'm almost disheartened when I look at the cluster map, asking myself, "Another 2-3 golden worlds to explore every nook and cranny, with seemingly with no end in sight?". I believe the major contribution to this feeling is the daunting number of tasks the game has to offer. One article recommends focusing on the main story missions first which I did... to some extent. Despite trying to focus on the main missions, I can't shake the feeling that I need to clear out existing assignments and tasks, be…

It’s been a few weeks since Mass Effect: Andromeda officially launched and many players have made their way through multiple planets in the new Andromeda Galaxy. We have met, befriended and even may have fallen in love with members of our diverse crew. While not all of them follow us into battle, how well do you think you know the ones that do? Take this quiz and find out.

Thanks for trying out our squadmate quiz! How did you do? If it left you feeling like you don’t know your pals at all, no need to worry! This awesome Mass Effect community has you covered. Read up on everything you may have missed including details on missions, planets and anything else related to the Mass Effect franchise. Join us in Discussions where fans talk about t…

All over the internet it seems that much of the criticism of Mass Effect: Andromeda seems to fixate on the poor facial animations. Are the animations poor? Yes, they are, and I think even animators at BioWare would agree with that. I do think the amount of criticism is excessive and I think the fixation on it makes it tough to find and honest review, but I don't think it's unfair. Mass Effect has long been known for its storytelling, and when the faces of those telling the story aren't convincing, it really harms the ability of players getting into the storyline.

I do think that a shortcoming of this magnitude is inexcusable. While some animators have said that it is because of improved graphics and players becoming more adept at seeing poo…

as people may or may not know, we have been working behind the scenes with Fandom staff in anticipation for Mass Effect: Andromeda. here's the PSA on what's been happening, and your comments are actually solicited for research purposes.

• 1 videos
• 2 new front page
• 3 super walkthrough
• 4 new page headers
  • 4.1 new navigation bar
• 5 portable infobox template migration

on selected andromeda topics you'll see some vids on top of the article (distinct from the video ads - turn off your adblocker if nothing's loading). normally the wiki doesn't allow videos due to quality issues, but these are the in-universe briefings or trailers, approved by the publisher, or Fandom's self-made intro videos. also they're hosted on a different section of fandom's servers (not her…

Hello and welcome to the Andromeda Galaxy!

Thursday at 11am PDT, Fandom will be presenting a 2 hour live stream of Mass Effect: Andromeda gameplay. We had a 2 1/2 gameplay session yesterday that was pretty fun, and we are ready to do it again. As before, we will simultaneously stream on YouTube, Facebook and Twitch.

Be sure to 'Like" and follow us on all our social media channels. This includes the ones mentioned above, as well as Instagram and Twitter. Turn on the notifications if you want to stay informed of any time we go live. We have had some pretty cool events lately that you may have missed out on!

Join me in the Facebook Live chat during the stream tomorrow. I'll be there to help answer questions and I look forward to visiting with yo…

It's the day before release and the reviews are starting to roll in:

Gamespot: 6/10 IGN: 7.7/10 GameInformer: 8/10 Polygon: 7.5/10 PC Gamer: 80/100

The common criticisms seem to be that there are technical issues, they don't like the supporting characters, and they feel that there aren't enough "big decisions".

I feel that reviewers have gotten into the habit of overplaying technical issues. I find that often they are playing on a non-final build, and naturally those builds have less polish. Essentially, if they don't keep the game from being fun, they should affect the score too much. It seems that the penalties given here were pretty harsh.

We'll see about the supporting characters. I do think it will be hard to beat the original series in t…

Hello and welcome to the Andromeda Galaxy!

Next Tuesday at 11am PDT, Fandom will be presenting a live stream of Mass Effect: Andromeda gameplay. As you already know, that is the day Mass Effect: Andromeda officially releases!

We invite the Mass Effect community to come join us on Facebook and chat with us! Be sure to 'Like" and follow us. Turn on the notifications if you want to stay informed of any time we go live. We have had some pretty cool events lately that you may have missed out on! You can also catch us on other social channels including YouTube, Twitch, Instagram and Twitter.

See you in the Facebook chat on Tuesday! I'll be there to help answer questions and I look forward to visiting with you!

Yes, you read that correctly. It's not a fan-made deck of cards like you see online. It is a legit, honest-to-god official expansion made by the CAH people. And that's not the craziest part.

Do you know what is?

The URL. Care to guess?

It's totallyfuckablealiens.com. You couldn't make it up. And for a cheap price of US $1 (barring light taxes), you can get this CAH expansion easily.

There has been a whole lot of information. Expect to see--

Nord sees a whole abundance of information regarding the upcoming game.

Oh, Jesus Christ. What have I gotten myself into now?

The stated goals of the Andromeda Initiative are to not only explore and establish permanent settlements on the "Golden Worlds" of the Heleus Cluster, but also to establish a reliable route between these colonies and those in the Milky Way Galaxy. So will the Nexus and/or Arks be sent on another 600 year-long integalactic journey back, to report the Andromeda Initiative's success to the Citadel Council? (assuming Shepard didn't refuse the Catalyst's options and the Citadel races succeeded in ending the cycle of the Reapers' "Harvest") Or will the Andromeda Initiative construct its own mass relay to connect the Heleus Cluster to the Milky Way's relay network? (not implausible, as the protheans constructed their own mass relay, the Conduit, …

I would like to address an issue going on with the administrators retaining quality control over the wikia to the extent where I simply can't make an edit without an admin subjecting it to rollback. I've been a major fanatic of the Mass Effect franchise (for the epic space opera that it is) for over five years but as an editor on this wikia I've constantly been treated like a total stranger to the point that it simply feels like living a police state. I even considered dropping out time to time, but this is the only wikia I know that's completely dedicated to all things Mass Effect. Am I to keep referring to you admins for quality assurance over my edits?

AnonymousAnomaly 00:07, November 23, 2016 (UTC)

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Trailer
• 3 Game Infomer
• 4 Misc. Info

I have no words...

No. Wait. I'm wrong. I have some words to say. First off, let me start off with some good news. That's what this blog is all about, in light of the US election: the good news. A whole slew of information about Mass Effect Andromeda over the past few days.

N7 Day happened on Monday, November 7, 2016. With it came the cinematic trailer everybody has been waiting for. Here's my breakdown:

• An arc ship mysteriously breaking down as her crew tumbled around. Some were sucked into space. The male Ryder screamed and fell as the ship crashed into an unknown planet. As this happens, Alec Ryder says, "We slept for hundreds of years... dreaming of a new home. But when we finally awoke, our dreams…

Blog page for miscellaneous information leading up to and including N(ov)7 2016. Edited as I find more stuff I want to note.

• Andromeda Initiative teaser video, narrated by Ryder's father.
• Box art "leaked" by Best Buy slightly before official N7 day announcements
• Caroline Livingstone introduces Fryda Wolff as female Ryder and Tom Taylorson as male Ryder.
• $199 Collector's Edition includes an RC Mako
• Trailer on Twitter! (or Youtube if you prefer)
• "Sarah" Ryder and "Scott" Ryder per Game Informer. Dad is "Alec" and voiced by Clancy Brown.
• Loyalty missions are back.
• Departure date is 07/25/2184 - Oh my god, the initiation is cool.
• Random tweets of images.
• Info dump from NeoGAF summarizing the Game Informer spread

It's here. Some gameplay footage of the upcoming Mass Effect: Andromeda. If you ever have any feelings of excitement or ecstasy, don't worry. It's only natural you feel that way. In fact, I'm fairly certain more people are here for that than the Playstation 4 Pro.

That's not all. In an interview on Playstation Access, we don't play as a single protagonist whose gender we select at the start, we have two protagonists--a brother and a sister. Not only that, do you remember the N7 soldier from the E3 2015 trailer? Yep, he's their father. One big happy family, right? Knowing BioWare, they'll probably pull off something like Fallout 3 and 4, having one of the siblings and/or the father killed for the feels. Along with that and some dad jokes. The…

On September 1, 2016, Peter Moore have ruled out against remastering their games, including Mass Effect. He claimed that they would rather move forward with their upcoming games, with remasters distracting from that.

Womp womp.

Do note that this was quoted before Patrick Soderland's interview regarding the potential for a remastered version.

UPDATE: Now EA are considering making a remaster after a lot of demand from the last interview.

Not that I think it isn't a good place to continue Mass Effect at. I'm just wondering, if the Milky Way peoples were able to build an intergalactic sleeper ship, why not first explore the satellite galaxies closest to the Milky Way, such as the Magellanic Clouds? I'm just saying our of curiosity. But I can imagine the Local Group being explored as a whole someday, if they wanted to do it.

Following the announcement of the closure of BioWare's official forums:

"After great consideration, we are closing down the BioWare forums, effective August 26, 2016. The Star Wars: The Old Republic forums will continue to operate; however, our public boards for Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and legacy BioWare titles will no longer be available." Conal Pierse, Community Manager BioWare.

Members of the BioWare community are seeking other forums to continue their discussion of BioWare IP. This list recognises Lady Artifice who created the original list on the BioWare Forums, and Crusty who gave some descriptive color.

BioWare IP forums:

BSN - BioWare Social Network unofficial forums http://bsn.boards.net [1] https://twitter.com/BSNforums [2] BioWare I…

First of all, all the reports that came out in late June said that the first of the Mass Effect: Andromeda books was to come out sometime this month. Has anyone found anything as far as an exact date? I've searched various online stores and I can't seem to find anything as far as it being on sale yet. The best source I've found, the publishers rights guide @ http://media.titanbooks.com/filebrowser/2016_rights_guides_fiction_libf1.pdf just says August 2016. Also, something interesting is that the title of the book on the cover graphic does not match the stated title Mass Effect: Andromeda Initiative. This could indicate that the name changed at some point, or it was simply a mistake. According to this guide, the book is 336 pages long and i…

As of today, BioWare will be shutting down the BioWare Social Network, or BSN for short, on August 26th. It will be in read-only mode until October 25th. BSN is known for a lot of things, such as being a fan community with some esoteric elements, like people finding out what Tali's sweat smells like (no, I'm not making it up). While most fans met with each other there, some are disappointed with the closure while others are content or pleased with the news.

If you're wondering how much of a cesspool BSN is, you can check out Something Awful's article on it.

EDIT: Corrected and added link to the blog post. Thanks, Elseweyr!

• 1 General notes
• 2 Cards, slots, and pools
  • 2.1 Drop rates explained
  • 2.2 Ultra-Rares
• 3 Pack contents breakdown
  • 3.1 Recruit Pack
  • 3.2 Veteran Pack
  • 3.3 Jumbo Equipment Pack
  • 3.4 Spectre Pack
  • 3.5 Arsenal Pack
  • 3.6 Premium Spectre Pack
  • 3.7 Reserves Pack
• 4 Useful math
• 5 Afterword
• 6 References and links

"What packs should I buy?" is by far the most common question asked in the ME3MP communities I frequent, followed closely by "People still play this game?!". The answer to the latter is very simple ("Yes"), the former being less straightforward. Since there are nearly a thousand Rare and Ultra-Rare item cards alone, you have an extremely slim chance of unlocking a specific item you want – especially if you're not willing to go through the hassle of only having the DLC pack contain…

Please stay on topic. Be courteous and excellent to each other. Don't discriminate based on sexuality, gender and identity, race, religion, political affiliation, etc., and make things safe for work. A little bit of profanity is fine, but don't be excessive about it.

Hey, guess who's back? Me! It's been a while since the last time I posted any news/leaks related to Mass Effect: Andromeda. To make it up for the lost time, here are some goodies.

• 1 EA Play and E3 2016
• 2 In Other News
• 3 The Trailer
• 4 The Interview
• 5 More News

If you haven't heard, not only would EA would be participating at E3 2016 later this month, they'll be hosting their own press conference and livestream called, you guessed it, EA Play. Not only would they announce more info about gam…

Have we not got anything on site for the new 4D ride? Especially with it opening now?

I've seen people say he is boring and not interesting. (I don't, he is actually my 3rd favorite character. Tali being my 1st favorite and Legion being my 2nd favorite)

With the correct selection of skills, weapons and mods, the Infiltrator not only becomes the most lethal sniper in the game but possibly the most lethal class in general, based mainly on how quickly they can make groups of things they don't like become dead and simultaneously rarely receive damage. The Soldier can be focused to be a decent sniper, it's just that the Infiltrator will be a lot better at it, and every other class and build have key aspects on how they fight that a sniping Infiltrator can surpass.

• In mid to long range weapon combat without sniper rifles, other classes with other weapons need to fire multiple shots into any target, even weak ones, in order to kill them. At these ranges they often can't get the critical headshots…

Greetings to all of you. I had no idea as to where I could post such a topic/discussion, and so I found this blog. I'm hoping that I can post it here, if not, just remove this post please. I am in need of your help. I am currently doing my Master's in Comparative Literature and I have a course called "Ecocriticism, Ecology and Environmental Humanities". Hence, in this course, I need to discuss the ecological issues in any piece of work, such as novels/movies/series and even videogames! (cool huh?). Since I LOVE the ME universe, I thought that I could tackle the topic through one of my favorite games. Hence, I am asking you, do you remember of any major ecological issues (I'm thinking about Quarians, for instance. I will definitely use th…

I want admin rights. Temporaryeditor76 (talk) 12:08, December 30, 2015 (UTC)

Apparently I let the queen go in my imported save game, but I actually killed her on Noveria, why's this happening?

Greetings everyone first i would like say this, i am very interested in Mass Effect Universe. One thing i would like to see is new species, new challenges, and new planets to explore as well as new sectors to explore. I dare say that whatever this new game is gonna be like, i think it will certainly be interesting.

With the official announcement of Mass Effect Andromeda it is time to start coming back into the community. Because really, is it ever too early to start the hype train?

We have a title and a cinematic trailer.

[1]

Looks like the rumours were accurate.

Edit: a screencap from the trailer appears to show a human female and krogan companion [2]

edit: little late on this one due to travelling to work, but a blog with details from Bioware [3]

Edit: Some screenshots from the trailer and concept art - most has been seen previously but we have confirmation now its for ME:A [4]

Edit: Looks like we will have to wait until towards the end of the year for further details. [5]

EDIT: I should point out that this is a leaked image, and not direct from Bioware, but based on how accurate the previous reddit leak appears to have been I am linking it here as a matter of interest. If accurate it tells us how Andromeda and the ARKCON…

E3 2015 runs from June 15 to June 18. Rather than recreating the list of exhibitors and games, which is subject to change due to surprise announcements, I direct your attention to the list posted on Wikipedia. So what games are you hoping to see? What piques your interest? What are your reactions to the announcements and trailers?

Of the games currently listed, I'm most interested in

• Halo 5,
• Fallout 4 (haven't played this series before but want to)
• Star Wars Battlefront (same thing, plus I'm a Star Wars fan)
• Gears of War
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• Assassins Creed Syndicate
• Mad Max

Also hoping to hear about:

• Mass Effect 4 (not announced to be there but rumored, was not announced last year but appeared)
• The Bioware IP (ditto)
• Dishonored 2 (supposedly l…

The mod adds in ten of the powers that appeared in Multiplayer to the single player mode ala bonus powers that Shepard can get after getting the Normandy when you start a new game or during an old save. Unlike most other mods, it doesn't the require ME3 Explorer, the multiplayer DLCs, nor the ME3 Console. All you need to to is to drag the files "DLC_CON_BPPack1" and/or "DLC_CON_BPPack2" folders into your Mass Effect 3 DLC folder (Mass Effect 3\BIOGame\DLC). But it does require the WarrantyVoider's DLC Patch, which you can get it here. You can get the mod here.

The powers are listed as follows:

Bonus Power Pack 1:

• Arc Grenade
• Ballistic Blades
• Biotic Sphere
• Smash
• Submission Net

Bonus Power Pack 2:

• Annihilation Field
• Tactical Scan
• Multi-Frag Grenade
• Biot…

OK so, whether it belongs to the forums or not, I have no clue. Anyways, this is a question I want to ask. Is it POSSIBLE to transfer my Xbox 360 saves to the PC? Ever since I got all 3 games on PC, I don't have all the DLC and because the DLC play such a crucial role in the game, I want to make sure my Mass Effect is played in the best possible experience but thing is...to get all the DLC, I have to go to Bioware, find the dlc's, buy them and latrer download them which I personally find annoying. Now I played all 3 games on the Xbox first and I got basically got all the DLC's.

Back to the question, is it actually possible to transfer my Xbox saves onto the PC?

so you ant to know my favorite mass effect character, do you?

so here you go, that's just about it. (i'm new here)

Please stay on topic. Be courteous and excellent to each other. Don't discriminate based on sexuality, gender and identity, race, religion, political affiliation, etc., and make things safe for work. A little bit of profanity is fine, but don't be excessive about it.

Also, while this shared many similarities to Dragon Age: Inquisition and the leak that came back in 2012, do take this with a grain of salt. Any details in this leak may have been changed between then and now or later.

Sometimes I take surveys online for a little extra money.

One day last month I got one with this:

The Next Mass Effect Context:

The next Mass Effect game takes place in the Helius Cluster (a cluster of 100s of solar systems in the Andromeda Galaxy), far removed by time…

Bioware employees have been teasing quite a bit on their Twitter accounts recently, and here's something that I found rather interesting Ken Thain (cinematic director) at Bioware shared.

Maybe they're working on a trailer? Or possibly cutscenes? There's no way to tell but I hope we'll see something interesting about Mass Effect Next on E3 this year.

Link to the twitter post: https://twitter.com/KenThain/status/580450801610522624

I'm sure there's quite a bit of people that do wonder what's currently known about the next Mass Effect game. I'm here to sum up all the news and rumors that's been floating around the web the past 2-3 months about the next Mass Effect game.

The first thing that’s known about the next game is that the support for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 is being dropped, as a way to benefit the actual gameplay of the next Mass Effect game. Also, it was stated that Dragon Age: Inquisition will not be a template for the next Mass Effect game either. All of this was stated on the internet community Neogaf by the Bioware executive Aaryn Flynn.

Mass Effect: Next will also future a improved combat system, which kind of have been revealed by Bioware themselves o…

Yes, yes, I know, hear me out.

The so-called "Indoctrination Theory" holds in theory that Harbinger intruded Shepard's conscious mind via a seemingly advanced and overly elaborate indoctrination phase. Meaning; while our protagonist lied down in dust and rubble and blood, events occurring post "harbinger shot", as we will refer to for the sake of this blog, only exist in Cmmdr. Sheepherder's head, with Mr. Harper symbolizing Harby's Control and David Anderson representing Sheppy's subconscious fortitude (i.e. Destroy).

Now, taking all this in mind, where everything following the sudden white fade-in screen including Marauder Shields is Harbinger indoctrinating Shepard, we could very well conclude that Hammer Team failed to reach the beacon, and Ad…