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[TrollDemon]

I love Asari architecture in game. So retro. I was a huge fan of Illium so I was psyched to go to Thessia, unfortunately, the mission wasn't as long as I had hoped for.

As for the Asari themselves, my favorite color is blue and their all female. I also want to play with their head fringes, but that's beside the point.

[sistersafetypin]

General User wrote...

DoomMech wrote...

General User wrote...

DoomMech wrote...

General User wrote...

wolfstanus wrote...

General User wrote...

MisterJB wrote...

They're greedy, arrogant, hypocritical, narrow-minded, etc.

That about covers it for me too.

Cool blaming the people for what the goverment does... Oh wait humanity did a lot of stupid ****.
Alot of humans are anti alien to the point of xenophobia. Pay attention to me1

Government?  Speaking only for myself, but it's the larger asari culture that grates on me. 

Oh, this should be good.

Please, elaborate.    *popcorn*

Well... there's not much to it actually.  The asari are a highly uniform and conformist people (that irks me right off the bat).  They have a relatively specific vision of how they think things should be run (with them at the top of the heap of course).  And they use fairly dispicable means to coerce others into going along with them.

What dispicable actions?

Means, not actions.  But mainly setting up a racial caste system and coercing others to join it.

Wait, the Asari have a Racial caste system? I think you're thinking of the batarians. 

And I hate the batarians! rabble rabble rabble!

[MisterJB]

wolfstanus wrote...
Cool blaming the people for what the goverment does... Oh wait humanity did a lot of stupid ****.
Alot of humans are anti alien to the point of xenophobia. Pay attention to me1

With good reason considering our first contact with an alien species was an extermination attempt.

Anyway, much like General User, I have a problem with their culture.
They replace your culture with their own, replace your offspring with their own and then act as if they are doing you a favor.
So, their attitude towards other species is one of domination but, apparently, they couldn't care less about what happened inside their own species.
They don't have a system of government, they are more than content with letting their young wh*re themselves for centuries and are extemely conformists, rejecting any radical, new ideas like Aethyta's of building new Mass Relays.

Discovering the Beacon of course, made them hypocritical and greedy since not only had they been using it to place themselves over other species but they were also hiding it from the rest of the galaxy while punishing anyone who did the same.
And then, of course, they are also quite selfish since Kar'Shan fell, Earth fell, Pallaven fell, Irune fell, Dekuuna fell but only when the Reapers started to loom over Thessia, did they decide to reval the existence of the Beacon.

[Jymm]

Siansonea II wrote...

Billyg3453 wrote...

Quick Edit: Another issue people have is Shep's forced emotional reaction to the fall of Thessia. He gets very angry and depressed regardless of how the player feels, which generally matches up.

And this is usually due to the fact that they think Shepard is upset because it's Thessia. No, Shepard is upset because the mission failed and they didn't get the data. It had nothing to do with Thessia. If the mission on Tuchanka had failed, Shepard would have been just as upset. Without the information on the MacGuffin—I mean Catalyst—the whole Crucible project was in jeopardy.

I agree with this.  I saw Shep's devastated emotions as a result of losing to Kai Leng.  S(he) believes they may have just lost the Crucible, lost the whole war.  Thessia is just a backdrop.

I also agree that the Asari councilor is not winning any points.  She seems more obnoxious if its the replacement councilor assuming you sacrificed the council in ME1.  She didn't seem like nearly such a b**** in my first run where she was the original councilor that I saved in ME1.

Its interesting that the ME series seems to take a "politicians= bad, military=good" view across the board.  Turians are highly militaristic and mostly their politicians get by with no major scandals or betrayals.  The Asari are secretly harboring this beacon, won't join in the war summit, and are generally disorganized.  The Salarian Dalatrass is one of the worse examples politically but then their military (exemplified in this case by Maj. Kirrahe) comes to your aid and dismisses the political class.  Udina?  Jerk & betrayer.  Anderson?  Badass & loyal mentor.

But now I'm off topic.  I do not personally hate the Asari.  I find them a reasonably interesting race.  But I think they have an old school D&D elf feel that people get turned off by.  Ageless, aloof, etc.

[Ronin09]

I wouldn't say I hate them, its just that they happen to be the race I was most apathetic about when all was said and done.

[AielloA]

Oh. And to answer a question that was asked, the Asari's despicable actions consist of:
- Uplifting (IIR the Codex correctly) the Turians and Salarians as well as many other species, and inviting them to be part of the galactic community.
- Not uplifting the Krogan for a selfish goal, nor creating the genophage, nor creating the means to spread said genophage, nor PLANTING A BOMB ON FREAKING TUCHANKA even AFTER the genophage had been deployed.

I think that may be about it. Oh wait, no! They also DARED to give us awesome NPCs such as Matriarch Aethyta. How COULD they? Those MONSTERS!

Addendum: I may have a bit of a problem typing soon. The sheer volume of sarcasm used by this post has caused nigh-irreparable damage to my keyboard. Or maybe that's the volume of irrational racism against a fictional people.

[SaltyWaffles-PD]

DoomMech wrote...

I've noticed a bit of a trend here on BSN: Whenever Thessia or the asari are mentioned, talks of poetic justice or apathy toward their plight is expressed. 

I just what to know, why do people hate the asari?



(For the record, I have nothing against them, but the Fall of Thessia laid the irony on so thick, you could cut it with a knife; A species whose superiorty is due to a beacon they illegally hoarded to themselves are overpowered by a more advanced foe beacuse their superiorty made them a target. Add to this their aloofness coming to bite them in the ass, and you've got a irony sandwich that'd make Shakespeare proud)

Apathy? No, I think the fall of Thessia is horrific and tragic. I think the poetic justice is with regards to their leadership, who kept an extremely vital piece of information/technology a secret until it was too late. It was, without a doubt, their fault. The fact is, they should have told Shepard about it much sooner--they could trust him with being discrete about it. 

As for the general asari hate, it's due to the whole inherent superiority they have, even on a biological level:
1) They're all natural, talented biotics who are combat capable even without implants.
2) They live for a thousand years, and don't really age much in that time (Matriarchs look, at worst, like a middle-aged woman).
3) They have an extremely useful and unique melding ability, which allows them to actually mate with and have (asari) children with any sapient species, even without physical contact. This can go from as superficial as a gentle melding of nervous systems to a deep joining of minds, each allowing the rapid transfer of thoughts, memories, feelings, and ideas.
4) They are, essentially, universally beautiful to species of all kinds. They maintain those looks for pretty much their entire 1000-year lifespan.
5) They have to actively decide to get pregnant, and when doing so, they can pick and choose which traits to pass on down to the child, to a debatable/unknown extent.
6) Their homeworld has extremely abundant natural resources, including a natural eezo supply so vast that Thessia pretty much sets the market price of eezo.
7) They have a techno-democracy, and the asari have had little war in their history. Despite this, they maintain one of the largest and most powerful fleets in the galaxy, generally have the most elite troops (not to mention that ALL of their troops are skilled biotics), and are apparently extremely good at infiltration, sabotage, and guerilla warfare (where the hell did that skillset come from?).
8) They have the largest and most powerful economy in the galaxy by a wide margin. This is despite mild ambition and proactivism at best, a very strong tendency for slow, looooong approaches to problems, and an extremely innefficient use of their lifespans and resources.
9) Oh, yeah, they had a Prothean beacon and archive, which they subsequently hid behind a sacred religious site after making the concealment and withholding of any Prothean tech illegal, with serious penalties for breaking that law. They then used the archives to slowly-but-constantly maintain a technological, military, economic, and scientific edge over the rest of the galaxy, even their closest allies.
10) Despite their natural biotics and latent talent with it, they're physically stronger than salarians, highly flexible, and apparently they don't have any sub-par physical endurance, durability, or tolerance issues.

Given that, yeah, it's more than a little frustrating. People don't want to be seen as inherently inferior, and they respond by hating and subverting those "superior" entities.

But there is one thing that intrigues me. In the Codex, humanity is widely seen as highly intelligent, relentless, constantly curious, and abnormally ambitious. Does that mean that the asari, in general, take much longer (and much more experience/resources) to learn and adapt than other species? I suppose that would explain why you see 300-year-old, naturally biotic asari decked out in expensive gear that still get taken down relatively easily.

[Cobra's_back]

I don't hate them. I just thought their government didn't do much to stop what was coming. My male Shepard romanced Liara and yes that was painful to lose the planet to the reapers. Both Javik and Paragon Shepard make a comment to Liara when they find the VI in their temple. It seems like the Asari hurt themselves by not doing more research in their findings and by not sharing their finding with others.

[Shallyah]

Don't particularly hate the asari. They've made their faults, just like the salarians, the quarians, or the turians, but they all deserve a chance for redemption from their past mistakes.

I think it's more the lack of real plot relevance and epicness that leaves a kinda "meh" feeling about Thessia. That, and that there is too much Liara, so those who don't want anything to do with her/him/it are fed up with the asari in general and all that stentch of mainstream stereotypical space playboy.

Modifié par Shallyah, 23 avril 2012 - 01:47 .

[Cobra's_back]

SaltyWaffles-PD wrote...

DoomMech wrote...

I've noticed a bit of a trend here on BSN: Whenever Thessia or the asari are mentioned, talks of poetic justice or apathy toward their plight is expressed. 

I just what to know, why do people hate the asari?



(For the record, I have nothing against them, but the Fall of Thessia laid the irony on so thick, you could cut it with a knife; A species whose superiorty is due to a beacon they illegally hoarded to themselves are overpowered by a more advanced foe beacuse their superiorty made them a target. Add to this their aloofness coming to bite them in the ass, and you've got a irony sandwich that'd make Shakespeare proud)

Apathy? No, I think the fall of Thessia is horrific and tragic. I think the poetic justice is with regards to their leadership, who kept an extremely vital piece of information/technology a secret until it was too late. It was, without a doubt, their fault. The fact is, they should have told Shepard about it much sooner--they could trust him with being discrete about it. 

As for the general asari hate, it's due to the whole inherent superiority they have, even on a biological level:
1) They're all natural, talented biotics who are combat capable even without implants.
2) They live for a thousand years, and don't really age much in that time (Matriarchs look, at worst, like a middle-aged woman).
3) They have an extremely useful and unique melding ability, which allows them to actually mate with and have (asari) children with any sapient species, even without physical contact. This can go from as superficial as a gentle melding of nervous systems to a deep joining of minds, each allowing the rapid transfer of thoughts, memories, feelings, and ideas.
4) They are, essentially, universally beautiful to species of all kinds. They maintain those looks for pretty much their entire 1000-year lifespan.
5) They have to actively decide to get pregnant, and when doing so, they can pick and choose which traits to pass on down to the child, to a debatable/unknown extent.
6) Their homeworld has extremely abundant natural resources, including a natural eezo supply so vast that Thessia pretty much sets the market price of eezo.
7) They have a techno-democracy, and the asari have had little war in their history. Despite this, they maintain one of the largest and most powerful fleets in the galaxy, generally have the most elite troops (not to mention that ALL of their troops are skilled biotics), and are apparently extremely good at infiltration, sabotage, and guerilla warfare (where the hell did that skillset come from?).
8) They have the largest and most powerful economy in the galaxy by a wide margin. This is despite mild ambition and proactivism at best, a very strong tendency for slow, looooong approaches to problems, and an extremely innefficient use of their lifespans and resources.
9) Oh, yeah, they had a Prothean beacon and archive, which they subsequently hid behind a sacred religious site after making the concealment and withholding of any Prothean tech illegal, with serious penalties for breaking that law. They then used the archives to slowly-but-constantly maintain a technological, military, economic, and scientific edge over the rest of the galaxy, even their closest allies.
10) Despite their natural biotics and latent talent with it, they're physically stronger than salarians, highly flexible, and apparently they don't have any sub-par physical endurance, durability, or tolerance issues.

Given that, yeah, it's more than a little frustrating. People don't want to be seen as inherently inferior, and they respond by hating and subverting those "superior" entities.

But there is one thing that intrigues me. In the Codex, humanity is widely seen as highly intelligent, relentless, constantly curious, and abnormally ambitious. Does that mean that the asari, in general, take much longer (and much more experience/resources) to learn and adapt than other species? I suppose that would explain why you see 300-year-old, naturally biotic asari decked out in expensive gear that still get taken down relatively easily.

You bring up some really important points.

[ryuasiu]

Billyg3453 wrote...

People dislike Thessia more because the mission lacks the quality of Tuchanka + Ranoch. Also Kai leng

Quick Edit: Another issue people have is Shep's forced emotional reaction to the fall of Thessia. He gets very angry and depressed regardless of how the player feels, which generally matches up.

I was EXTREMELY ******** after that mission actually. Between the loss, KL's 'u mad bro' email, and jokers comment (that I wanted to toss him out the air lock for) I serously had to walk way and beat the **** out of my puching bag for like 30 min to keep a fist from going through the monitor. 

Also I am man enough to admit I teared up watching Mordan die.

[Mr. Big Pimpin]

Ronin09 wrote...

I wouldn't say I hate them, its just that they happen to be the race I was most apathetic about when all was said and done.

This is a good way of putting it.

[DoomMech]

As for the asari being a conformist, I think it fits well with the species. Think about it, humans are individualistic but also tribal by nature, we view relationship in terms of us vs. them. Asari are telepathic and as such would naturally have a more inclusive world view, as they can meld with anything with a pulse. Being able to share thoughts and memories would bring about greater understanding between individuals.

[MisterJB]

TrollDemon wrote...

I love Asari architecture in game. 

Really? It looked like Earth just...less impressive.
I'm not sure if that is another sign of asari cultural domination or just Bioware's laziness.

[General User]

SaltyWaffles-PD wrote...

DoomMech wrote...

I've noticed a bit of a trend here on BSN: Whenever Thessia or the asari are mentioned, talks of poetic justice or apathy toward their plight is expressed. 

I just what to know, why do people hate the asari?



(For the record, I have nothing against them, but the Fall of Thessia laid the irony on so thick, you could cut it with a knife; A species whose superiorty is due to a beacon they illegally hoarded to themselves are overpowered by a more advanced foe beacuse their superiorty made them a target. Add to this their aloofness coming to bite them in the ass, and you've got a irony sandwich that'd make Shakespeare proud)

Apathy? No, I think the fall of Thessia is horrific and tragic. I think the poetic justice is with regards to their leadership, who kept an extremely vital piece of information/technology a secret until it was too late. It was, without a doubt, their fault. The fact is, they should have told Shepard about it much sooner--they could trust him with being discrete about it. 

As for the general asari hate, it's due to the whole inherent superiority they have, even on a biological level:
1) They're all natural, talented biotics who are combat capable even without implants.
2) They live for a thousand years, and don't really age much in that time (Matriarchs look, at worst, like a middle-aged woman).
3) They have an extremely useful and unique melding ability, which allows them to actually mate with and have (asari) children with any sapient species, even without physical contact. This can go from as superficial as a gentle melding of nervous systems to a deep joining of minds, each allowing the rapid transfer of thoughts, memories, feelings, and ideas.
4) They are, essentially, universally beautiful to species of all kinds. They maintain those looks for pretty much their entire 1000-year lifespan.
5) They have to actively decide to get pregnant, and when doing so, they can pick and choose which traits to pass on down to the child, to a debatable/unknown extent.
6) Their homeworld has extremely abundant natural resources, including a natural eezo supply so vast that Thessia pretty much sets the market price of eezo.
7) They have a techno-democracy, and the asari have had little war in their history. Despite this, they maintain one of the largest and most powerful fleets in the galaxy, generally have the most elite troops (not to mention that ALL of their troops are skilled biotics), and are apparently extremely good at infiltration, sabotage, and guerilla warfare (where the hell did that skillset come from?).
8) They have the largest and most powerful economy in the galaxy by a wide margin. This is despite mild ambition and proactivism at best, a very strong tendency for slow, looooong approaches to problems, and an extremely innefficient use of their lifespans and resources.
9) Oh, yeah, they had a Prothean beacon and archive, which they subsequently hid behind a sacred religious site after making the concealment and withholding of any Prothean tech illegal, with serious penalties for breaking that law. They then used the archives to slowly-but-constantly maintain a technological, military, economic, and scientific edge over the rest of the galaxy, even their closest allies.
10) Despite their natural biotics and latent talent with it, they're physically stronger than salarians, highly flexible, and apparently they don't have any sub-par physical endurance, durability, or tolerance issues.

Given that, yeah, it's more than a little frustrating. People don't want to be seen as inherently inferior, and they respond by hating and subverting those "superior" entities.

But there is one thing that intrigues me. In the Codex, humanity is widely seen as highly intelligent, relentless, constantly curious, and abnormally ambitious. Does that mean that the asari, in general, take much longer (and much more experience/resources) to learn and adapt than other species? I suppose that would explain why you see 300-year-old, naturally biotic asari decked out in expensive gear that still get taken down relatively easily.

It's fairly common for an audience to react negatively to a "Mary Sue."  So when you have a whole Mary Sue race...

Modifié par General User, 23 avril 2012 - 01:53 .

[tekkaman fear]

sistersafetypin wrote...

Billyg3453 wrote...

People dislike Thessia more because the mission lacks the quality of Tuchanka + Ranoch. Also Kai leng

While I agree about the Thessia mission; it's definitely more than that. I've also noticed a rise in anti Asari sentiment. I simply ignore it 

As have I. I just figure it's all the non Liara romancers that are mad she got the better LI scenes. ***Shrugs***

***My Femshep loves her Asari princess, Liara ***

[SaltyWaffles-PD]

Mr. Big Pimpin wrote...

Ronin09 wrote...

I wouldn't say I hate them, its just that they happen to be the race I was most apathetic about when all was said and done.

This is a good way of putting it.

That might be because they have so much going from them from birth, but they use it so inefficiently and they're extremely complacent.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

SaltyWaffles-PD wrote...

9) Oh, yeah, they had a Prothean beacon and archive, which they subsequently hid behind a sacred religious site after making the concealment and withholding of any Prothean tech illegal, with serious penalties for breaking that law. They then used the archives to slowly-but-constantly maintain a technological, military, economic, and scientific edge over the rest of the galaxy, even their closest allies.

Would America have kept this technology hidden? You betcha!

The Asari aren't built for front line military. They are commando style. Having a tech edge kept a balance of power. I can see it from their perspective. They wouldn't want all this information falling into the hands of say... the Krogan, or the Humans who just got on the Citadel a few years earlier.

[Bill Casey]

Jymm wrote...

aloof

I do like the Asari, but that's a good adjective to attribute to them...

[AielloA]

sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...

SaltyWaffles-PD wrote...

9) Oh, yeah, they had a Prothean beacon and archive, which they subsequently hid behind a sacred religious site after making the concealment and withholding of any Prothean tech illegal, with serious penalties for breaking that law. They then used the archives to slowly-but-constantly maintain a technological, military, economic, and scientific edge over the rest of the galaxy, even their closest allies.

Would America have kept this technology hidden? You betcha!

The Asari aren't built for front line military. They are commando style. Having a tech edge kept a balance of power. I can see it from their perspective. They wouldn't want all this information falling into the hands of say... the Krogan, or the Humans who just got on the Citadel a few years earlier.

Also, when you compare what the Asari did instead of what the Humans, Krogan, Turians or Salarians would have done...

Humans: beefed up their military, then tried to grab power from the Asari.  Replacing one dominant race with another
Krogan: shrugged, converted it into a missile then nuked the **** out of everyone else.
Turians: beefed up their military, then tried to exterminate those upstart humans.  And they probably would have succeeded too.
Salarians: beefed up their intelligence/technology/commandoes then blackmailed everyone else into submission.  Also beat them to death with their hyperactive voices.

So yeah.  The Asari are absolute monsters.

[MisterJB]

sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...
Would America have kept this technology hidden? You betcha!

The Asari aren't built for front line military. They are commando style. Having a tech edge kept a balance of power. I can see it from their perspective. They wouldn't want all this information falling into the hands of say... the Krogan, or the Humans who just got on the Citadel a few years earlier.

First, it's not about keeping the technology out of dangerous hands. It's about keeping all the technology for themselves so they can be the more powerful species. The turians or salarians didn't have acess to the Beacon.

Second, humans didn't hide that we had Prothean Ruins on Mars.

[DoomMech]

AielloA wrote...

sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...

SaltyWaffles-PD wrote...

9) Oh, yeah, they had a Prothean beacon and archive, which they subsequently hid behind a sacred religious site after making the concealment and withholding of any Prothean tech illegal, with serious penalties for breaking that law. They then used the archives to slowly-but-constantly maintain a technological, military, economic, and scientific edge over the rest of the galaxy, even their closest allies.

Would America have kept this technology hidden? You betcha!

The Asari aren't built for front line military. They are commando style. Having a tech edge kept a balance of power. I can see it from their perspective. They wouldn't want all this information falling into the hands of say... the Krogan, or the Humans who just got on the Citadel a few years earlier.

Also, when you compare what the Asari did instead of what the Humans, Krogan, Turians or Salarians would have done...

Humans: beefed up their military, then tried to grab power from the Asari.  Replacing one dominant race with another
Krogan: shrugged, converted it into a missile then nuked the **** out of everyone else.
Turians: beefed up their military, then tried to exterminate those upstart humans.  And they probably would have succeeded too.
Salarians: beefed up their intelligence/technology/commandoes then blackmailed everyone else into submission.  Also beat them to death with their hyperactive voices.

So yeah.  The Asari are absolute monsters.

Ignoring the rather glaring flaw in your argument in that everyone is supposed to be friends at this point.

I'd worry more about this information getting into the hands of someone with a grudge, like, say the batarians? Or god forbid the yagh?

Modifié par DoomMech, 23 avril 2012 - 02:05 .

[ryuasiu]

SaltyWaffles-PD wrote...

DoomMech wrote...

I've noticed a bit of a trend here on BSN: Whenever Thessia or the asari are mentioned, talks of poetic justice or apathy toward their plight is expressed. 

I just what to know, why do people hate the asari?



(For the record, I have nothing against them, but the Fall of Thessia laid the irony on so thick, you could cut it with a knife; A species whose superiorty is due to a beacon they illegally hoarded to themselves are overpowered by a more advanced foe beacuse their superiorty made them a target. Add to this their aloofness coming to bite them in the ass, and you've got a irony sandwich that'd make Shakespeare proud)

Apathy? No, I think the fall of Thessia is horrific and tragic. I think the poetic justice is with regards to their leadership, who kept an extremely vital piece of information/technology a secret until it was too late. It was, without a doubt, their fault. The fact is, they should have told Shepard about it much sooner--they could trust him with being discrete about it. 

As for the general asari hate, it's due to the whole inherent superiority they have, even on a biological level:
1) They're all natural, talented biotics who are combat capable even without implants.
2) They live for a thousand years, and don't really age much in that time (Matriarchs look, at worst, like a middle-aged woman).
3) They have an extremely useful and unique melding ability, which allows them to actually mate with and have (asari) children with any sapient species, even without physical contact. This can go from as superficial as a gentle melding of nervous systems to a deep joining of minds, each allowing the rapid transfer of thoughts, memories, feelings, and ideas.
4) They are, essentially, universally beautiful to species of all kinds. They maintain those looks for pretty much their entire 1000-year lifespan.
5) They have to actively decide to get pregnant, and when doing so, they can pick and choose which traits to pass on down to the child, to a debatable/unknown extent.
6) Their homeworld has extremely abundant natural resources, including a natural eezo supply so vast that Thessia pretty much sets the market price of eezo.
7) They have a techno-democracy, and the asari have had little war in their history. Despite this, they maintain one of the largest and most powerful fleets in the galaxy, generally have the most elite troops (not to mention that ALL of their troops are skilled biotics), and are apparently extremely good at infiltration, sabotage, and guerilla warfare (where the hell did that skillset come from?).
8) They have the largest and most powerful economy in the galaxy by a wide margin. This is despite mild ambition and proactivism at best, a very strong tendency for slow, looooong approaches to problems, and an extremely innefficient use of their lifespans and resources.
9) Oh, yeah, they had a Prothean beacon and archive, which they subsequently hid behind a sacred religious site after making the concealment and withholding of any Prothean tech illegal, with serious penalties for breaking that law. They then used the archives to slowly-but-constantly maintain a technological, military, economic, and scientific edge over the rest of the galaxy, even their closest allies.
10) Despite their natural biotics and latent talent with it, they're physically stronger than salarians, highly flexible, and apparently they don't have any sub-par physical endurance, durability, or tolerance issues.

Given that, yeah, it's more than a little frustrating. People don't want to be seen as inherently inferior, and they respond by hating and subverting those "superior" entities.

But there is one thing that intrigues me. In the Codex, humanity is widely seen as highly intelligent, relentless, constantly curious, and abnormally ambitious. Does that mean that the asari, in general, take much longer (and much more experience/resources) to learn and adapt than other species? I suppose that would explain why you see 300-year-old, naturally biotic asari decked out in expensive gear that still get taken down relatively easily.

If you read the books biotics are not the all powerfull god like power it is made out to be in the game. It has limitations even for the asari. That being said it does make one fairly powerfull and hard to take down. Keep in mind alot of what is in the game, like using medigel to revive a fallen squad mate would not work at all in a canon story. Changes were made to keep things fluid gameplay wise. That Asari would be alot harder if it was a 'real' fight

[Serp86]

I don't hate them they just wierd me out.