Stardusk wrote...
That's what we call a Feminist.
You wish it was that simple.
I'm wondering if you know the meaning of the word, or how to diffirentiate between a feminist that thinks every male is out to get them, and they should be on top with someone who wants something and isn't trying to be on top.
What? I, personally can't, be selfish now and then in wanting something?
Think that I care what the genders are of the people that make these, or any characters are?
That I think it's some male-o-centric maleocracy that's oppressing the female roster?
You don't have to be a feminist to be self entitled.
Cyonan wrote...
I never said you should be hyped. I merely said to wait until you have all the facts and have actually played the thing before being unhappy with it.
As Joe said, at this point it's not BioWare. At the end of the day it really does boil down to you losing faith in BioWare because they've not given you exactly what you wanted. It might have been 5 times over the course of a full year, but that is what has caused it.
What I'm saying with the Warp Rounds is that a Turian Soldier can't prime a target. You aren't exactly always going to be able to follow around a biotic and get them to prime your targets. It's infinitely more reliably for a biotic to use it, and thus a better damage increase for them.
I get the sense that getting another female Soldier and a female tank are about the only thing that matters to you to the point where not getting them is making you disappointed in the developer.
It is entirely up to you to choose what you want from a game, but I would suggest that not everything needs to be about getting a tough female character. If you let something like that get in the way of your enjoyment of what would otherwise be a great game, then I suspect you will be disappointed in most of the industry.
You don't need to give up asking for things like this, but if you don't get it then it shouldn't be the end of the world, either. The reasoning as to why they didn't do it doesn't really matter, and probably wouldn't have been to your liking anyway.
On the same token, I'm waiting until I've played it before being happy with the power sets, and classes. This set is supposed to have the most new powers ever which is staggering to me if they're actually including Earth DLC in that statement.
There's too many unknowns for me to be more than neutral about it, and I'd rather be negative so I can be wrong about it and be happy about being wrong.

It sure beats being positive, and being let down badly.
And yes, it's on me. It's me I'm speaking for. I'm not speaking for anyone that hasn't given me their views on it. I'm not saying the community feels this way.
I see it's me that has the problems, and I don't need it pointed out. Thing is it doesn't matter.
As for a Tsol, or anyone that's nonbiotic, you don't really have to follow a biotic around unless there's only one biotic in the group. If there's one turian soldier, and 3 asari, warp rounds would be a safe bet to get a lot of mileage. Odds are most everything you'll shoot at is primed, or doesn't matter if it's primed or not.
Getting a female Soldier, and a female tank would make me feel better, yes. I'd not have to worry about it, or keep asking for them. They are my biggest wants right now as far as characters go.
I'm willing to wait to see where the female turian lands in tankiness before I solidly judge the character aside from a snap judgement and educated guesses.
The Female Turian might be the tank I'm wanting. She might not be, though.
Heck, the Vanguard could have biotic charge, and a weapons power creating some wild hybrid vanguard/Soldier that's durable, and can fire weapons with higher than average potentcy. Could kill 2 birds with one stone! ... No pun intended. Turians... Birds... Yeah.
I'm just not going to expect her to be up to my standards. Something could go wrong. Frankly I don't know what to expect. I'm neutral on her.
Not getting a female soldier being the cause of my dissapointment? No. Solidly no. That's just a part of my dissapointment.
A sausage fest DLC (Rebellion), DLCs with 16 characters with 2 women who're asari that look identicle to the two we started with (Retaliation), and a lack of variety in powers/power mechanics/shields/barriers/health among the female roster are also dissapointments. A general lack of variety is the dissapointment.
Rebellion is what brought me here, and is probably the root if anything. That DLC shook my views of bioware's path in Mass Effect's Multiplayer to the core, and made me worry. What happened after that DLC was more salt in the wound.
The reason I cling to the idea of a female soldier, and tanky female in DLC is that odds are good that it'd finish off my gripes.
I mean we got a female Sentinel. I'm not pushing for another female sentinel. I don't fully agree with the Valkyrie's design, but I asked for a sentinel, and there she is. She's a grand character. Not exactly what I wanted, but better than never getting one at all.
And yes, my dissapointment in the gaming industry in general is a large large large can of worms I'd rather not open. The dissapointment might loosen it's grip in the future, though. I'd say this year will be a good year to help with the dissapointment. It's starting off in a way I could almost get optimistic over.

Not getting my way won't be the end all and be all that makes me walk away from a game series I still love.
Even though I don't like where it's been, or where it may well be going, I'm not giving up.
If I didn't love the series I wouldn't be here, and I wouldn't be pushing for something I've pushed for on the forums since rebellion came out.
I figure if I didn't care, I would've been gone long ago having given up by Earth. Then again Earth really was a spectacular DLC.
Their reasons for not creating a female soldier over the course of 5 DLCs probably wouldn't satisfly me, but they might. I won't know until I hear the reason(s).

I don't expect them to give them though. They've got better things to do with their time, and possibly legal worries, PR problems, coupled with it. I dunno. Better silent, and safe.
I might be biased against the reasons as I've yet to hear a good reason for excluding women from a series I want to see them playable in, but that doesn't stop me from accepting a good reason.

I'm probably not going to ask anymore though. This is the last DLC after all. Asking likely won't help, and I doubt it'll influence ME4.
Will I still be dissapointed though? You bet. lol
Will I say as much? Probably.