I am interested in other players perspective on the reason they continue to play the mass effect multiplayer. I enjoyed the Mass Effect series of games, and with the ending to Mass Effect 3, felt a strong desire to continue the experience. I decided to try my hand at multiplayer for the first real time. The multiplayer experience was a bit scary at first, but I was fortunate to find a friend early on that helped me quite a bit with character builds and strategy. Today, I would say I am an okay player when compared to most.
The Mass Effect Multiplayer has kept my interest over the last few months through the various additions offered by Bioware such as new maps, new characters, new enemies, new weapons, new challenges and even pumpkins on halloween.

But one thing I have noticed is the fact that through the multiplayer, I have found a really cool group of friends. The friends I have reside in countries basically around the world. I have gotten to know most of them as more than just someone I play Mass Effect with. I have even noticed when we are on silver we are running around killing enemies, but mostly we are chatting about what has been going on. The friends I have found through multiplayer would definitely be on me list of reasons I continue to play the game.
How about you, why are you still playing?