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[Impius]

Hey Derek,

would you guys kindly think about it, to keep the consumables after disconnects? I mean disconnects of any kind.

It is just frustrating to lose lvl. 3 and 4 consumables just because i got disconnected from EA/Masseffectservers or when i disconnect from a laggy host.

Are there any thoughts about it?

[Derek Hollan]

improvisionist wrote...

Any chance we can get an alt Council Operative banner with all of the Council races on it? Instead of it just being an Asari banner

I can ask.  I just can't promise.

[BMatys91]

From what you said you didn't utilize Dominate in MP because it was still in development in Leviathan. But why no Defense Matrix, Defense Drone and Slam in Retaliation? I know that these powers would require some change but I know you guys can handle this.

[Heggy]

Are there any things that were planned for multiplayer but cut? Or does that fall under NDA?

[Derek Hollan]

oO Stryfe Oo wrote...

Hey, Derek

I've got another question: Are the asari in MP supposed to be Commandos? I've noticed they're all wearing the ME1 Commando uniform (Ugh, it's so hideous), but their skill tree says "Asari Justicar". There's already a Justicar in MP. I mean, they don't seem like what I picture a Commando to be, but they're wearing the outfit.

Maybe you could change their passive skill tree name to reflect what they actually are? "Natural Biotic" seems like it'd be fitting. It'd at least leave room for another Asari kit later if you guys chose to make one.

Yes, the Asari available are considered the commandos.  The Justicar skill tree is simply the type of training available to them.

The Justicar kit, however, is specifically a Justicar.

[Dante44PL]

Hey Derek

Is it possible for you guys to add some more customization to all characters? I would love to see Asari in a bikini! Oh, wait, thats to much But i think you know what i mean.

Also, if it's not possible, is there a way to make skin color customization more "colorfull"? For example, purple Asari doesn't really look purple to me :<

[SterlingPhoenix]

Hey Derek,

Is there any chance that the N7HQ website's data will be made available in, say, XML format? That way people can develop their own apps/web applets to display the information. I know we can scrape the data from the site itself but providing the raw data would make it easier (and reduce the load on your servers).

[Derek Hollan]

chemicalinxs wrote...

Are the Volus really Ultra Rare or are they Rare under the guise of Ultra Rare? I got the Volus Adept three times in the span of a week and only have three UR weapons all rank I.

If you can't answer that how much testing goes to DLC weapons? Sometimes really powerful guns are released only to get nerfed a few weeks later.

The Volus are, indeed, Ultra-rare.  Considering that they are the only Ultra-rare characters, however, that will be the ones you get if you happen to draw an ultra-rare character card.

A great deal of testing does go into each of the weapons.  Weeks even.  The difficulty comes in deciding where the team would like to see each one fall and how strong it should be released at.  The reciprocal arguement is that there are weapons that have been released that really aren't powerful enough.  The issue there is that they never get the same notice by the community that the most powerful weapons do.

[Julian Skies]

Hey, Derek!
More than once in this thread already i've seen you note your tour of duty in the canadian air force, so give an answer to a fellow air force man (brazilian, though).

I know you're part of the QA team but has your experience out there ever been called upon or been tossed about during meetings for the game's design? I know that when any storywriter/designer does something a bit of their experiences is used to make their art, given you guys are a whole team i'm curious if you ever helped in that way.

[Derek Hollan]

CDRSkyShepard wrote...

Hey Derek, any word on further ME3 Datapad app support? It's how I used to keep my GAW at 100% because I don't have time to play MP constantly. Mine worked for a while even after switching to iOS 6, but it's not anymore.

I do not work in that department so I don't typically hear what is happening there.  I can only pass the feedback along.

[MoeRayShep]

Dante44PL wrote...

Hey Derek

Is it possible for you guys to add some more customization to all characters? I would love to see Asari in a bikini! Oh, wait, thats to much But i think you know what i mean.

Also, if it's not possible, is there a way to make skin color customization more "colorfull"? For example, purple Asari doesn't really look purple to me :<

Buried somewhere in this thread Derek has already discussed these kinds of customization issues, but I can't find it.
Off the top of my head the issues cited are twofold:
-would require new patch, huge headache in and of itself
-would apparently increase load times substantially

the load time issue I don't understand remotely. Most of the data being transmitted should really only take a few bytes, since it's all being rendered client-side. Think of the creation codes for faces in SP; those faces are far more customized than anything we get in multi player, and if your connection can't upload 1,000 of those codes in a second you probably have dial up.
Best guess: all sorts of proprietary usage data gathering, anti-cheating algorithms, host/client/server connection confirmation + cut-rate servers keep the tubes far more clogged up than they have any right to be.

I love this game, but the network performance aspect of it is the source of great rage.

Modifié par MoeRayShep, 30 octobre 2012 - 03:49 .

[Derek Hollan]

MittelBienchen2 wrote...

Hey Derek, if I may ask .. what made you leave the Canadian Forces?

Like Ray and Greg deciding to leave the gaming industry, I felt it was time to move on.  Twenty years is a long time and I was due for a change in my life.  It will always be part of who I am and I will continue to support those involved, of course.  That sort of sacrifice comes at a cost.  It was just enough for me and my family.

[Derek Hollan]

Geimhreadh wrote...

Have you played Dragon Age? If so, what's your favorite companion out of the series? And if you've played DA2, what's your favorite personality for Hawke?

My favourite companion for Dragon Age: Origins was Alistair.  I just felt like he still had a good sense of humour through even the toughest times.  It's something I can identify with.

I went with the smart-alec Hawke in DA2.

I think I am detecting a theme here.

[Derek Hollan]

MoeRayShep wrote...

Hey Derek,
Is anybody looking into/concerned with:
-more efficient matchmaking
-including ping function in lobbies
-making it easier to see your friends' in-game status in Origin, esp wrt putting up a flag if somebody drops out and they need an extra body.

Asked these all earlier, but they got buried under the stack of other questions.
So instead I got to read about your military service and affinity for Pumpkin ale.

Not that these aren't interesting topics, I just kind of feel the issues I mentioned are pretty central to user enjoyment of the game.

These questions do come up.  They would, of course, require a patch and reworking of some systems.  So, while I can pass the feedback along, I just can't promise anything.

As for anything Origin related, I can't comment on those.  It is specific to them and I would recommend passing your feedback to them.

[jab72793]

Derek Hollan wrote...

Ubergrog wrote...

Can you please give us Vera (N7 Valkyrie) soon?

If you can pry it from Jane's cold dead hands, we may be able to talk.

perhaps someone needs reminded of the chain of command :') beware jayne will beat you with it 

[Derek Hollan]

WarW1zard25 wrote...

Hey Derek,
I noticed in one of your replies that you were in the Canadian Forces for 20 years. Thanks for serving your country!

My pleasure.

[Derek Hollan]

CeeMurda7 wrote...

Hey Derek why aren't you guys including an option for higher sensitivity on consoles? Huge deal to me

I can pass the feedback along.  I have no answer for this otherwise.

[Derek Hollan]

improvisionist wrote...

boxers or briefs

Answered already in a "brief" discussion.

[Derek Hollan]

Lord Graal wrote...

Ahoy Derek,

I don't suppose you could whisper into the local code wizards ear and get them to add the challenge option to the lobby could you? It's awfully inconvenient to have to log out of the lobby and back again just to see it.

Ta Muchly.

The reason was a design choice.  People already mess around for long periods in the lobby without readying up.

[DesioPL]

Derek.

Is possible to add banner for vanila human characters ?

[HK-447]

Hey Derek (Yeah.... overdone right?), will we get datapad for android?

[TMB903]

Which one of you guys designed the PPR? My favorite gun and I also would like to ask if Raloi will ever make an appearance?

[ElSuperGecko]

Hey Derek!

What's your favourite line of dialogue from the Mass Effect series?

[Derek Hollan]

oO Stryfe Oo wrote...

Oh, hey another question:

Would adding character models as challenge rewards be feasible? Like, completeing a challenge would reward a player with a relevant character model (Machine mastery ---> Geth Pyro Model/Altered Legion Model?)

Any additions of this nature would require a patch and a large amount of design work.  Considering how many kits are currently available, we are talking about shipping a dlc on the scale of every kit ever made...again.

I can't promise this will happen.

[TheNiddo]

Hey Derek, any word on/can you ask the people who balance the powers about making the Decoy power actually...well, act like a decoy? I mean, I can see some amount of logic behind the turrets and drones not attracting melee units as they actually have ranged weapons. The Decoy has nothing but itself and a small area around itself where it can zap things or blow up. At best a few units will shoot at it while it otherwise sits there worthlessly now. Of all of the pets, it really should be the one to still attract melee units to itself. After all, it's not a random object: it looks like a player's character.