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[ZoliCs]

Andromeda's collision with Milky Way can't come soon enough, just thinking about the view

Too bad by then Earth won't support life.

[shepskisaac]

If we don't expand by then, we probably deserve to die off.

Pretty much

[ZoliCs]

If we don't expand by then, we probably deserve to die off.

But if we do expand we are considered spaceflight capable race and get reaped

[Hanako Ikezawa]

But if we do expand we are considered spaceflight capable race and get reaped

We'll enjoy the view from inside the Reaper we are put into.

 

Speaking of, I wonder what they'd do during the millions of years the collision will take. Can't really harvest since the galaxies will be on fire. 

[ZoliCs]

We'll enjoy the view from inside the Reaper we are put into.

 

Speaking of, I wonder what they'd do during the millions of years the collision will take. Can't really harvest since the galaxies will be on fire. 

 

They'd be like "Let Nature have this round".

[Hanako Ikezawa]

They'd be like "Let Nature have this round".

*Harbinger watches the collison while slowly clapping his front two tentacles*

"Well played, Chaos. Well played." 

[shepskisaac]

We'll enjoy the view from inside the Reaper we are put into.

 

Speaking of, I wonder what they'd do during the millions of years the collision will take. Can't really harvest since the galaxies will be on fire. 

Starbrat would suddenly have twice as much work

[Sion1138]

I doubt this scenario will force the PC to produce a child or engage in sexual activity, and there are other ways (especially in the future) of producing children. Even so, I think the debate between whether to have children or not in such a high-pressure atmosphere could be an interesting talking point, similar to religious belief in Inquisition.

Wouldn't worry about that.

 

It would be funny if they had a 'Brave New World' kind of regime going on with regard to that.

[TruthSerum]

There could be hundreds of galaxies like Andromeda in this local area of the universe that have just a single relay in them....Just sayin.  

[CronoDragoon]

I'm not a fan of the relay method because relays in other galaxies means reapers in other galaxies...

[TruthSerum]

I'm not a fan of the relay method because relays in other galaxies means reapers in other galaxies...

 

That's not necessarily true at all. 

 

That would be like saying that there is an Ancient on every planet that has a Stargate. 

[CronoDragoon]

That's not necessarily true at all.

That would be like saying that there is an Ancient on every planet that has a Stargate.

It's not necessarily true, no. But it brings up a lot.of unnecessary questions. Why did they build a relay to other galaxies? Do they reap other galaxies? Don't they sleep in dark space between harvests? Why would they leave an active relay to other galaxies with which the cycle could potentially flee?

I haven't seen stargate.

[TruthSerum]

It's not necessarily true, no. But it brings up a lot.of unnecessary questions. Why did they build a relay to other galaxies? Do they reap other galaxies? Don't they sleep in dark space between harvests? Why would they leave an active relay to other galaxies with which the cycle could potentially flee?

I haven't seen stargate.

 

 

My point is that just because there is an interstellar jump gate present doesn't necessarily mean it's being used. 

 

In Stargate the Ancients seeded thousands of stargates on thousands of planets across multiple galaxies. Some of the planets that they put stargates on weren't even hospitable or barely hospitable. They simply put them there just because....whatever, maybe just in case. 

 

Hell, the native races of Andromeda could be surprised that the Mass Relay in their galaxy even worked. To them it could just be some long dead artifact that nobody even had any idea what it did. 

[goishen]

They simply put them there just because....whatever, maybe just in case.

 

 

Yah, I find that a lil' much.  Plus, surprise...   It's California!  Every planet.  California.

 

Srsly?

[Destroyurr]

I hope ME4 retcons the entire old trilogy.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

I hope ME4 retcons the entire old trilogy.

I don't. I enjoyed the Shepard Trilogy, and would rather they not retcon it into being pointless. 

[Steppenwolf]

I don't. I enjoyed the Shepard Trilogy, and would rather they not retcon it into being pointless. 

 

Any direct continuation in the Milky Way would accomplish that anyway. 

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Any direct continuation in the Milky Way would accomplish that anyway. 

I disagree, but let's leave it there. I'm tired of having the same conversations over and over again across these threads. 

[Redbelle]

Well let's be honest. The content of the game is an important aspect of the game. The narrative, characters, setting and above all, gameplay of the game will decide if it soars to new heights, or falls into the gutter along with Order 1886. But perhaps most important among anything else, will be how this game is delivered to us, the paying consumer.

 

I am of course talking about reputation. Bioware's jump into multiplayer for ME3 certainly points to them having a good solid base to build more mulitiplayer but let's be honest, they will build microtransaction into it. Now I don't mind as long as MT's aren't pay to win. But let's not mince words. MT's are looked down on by many and it's inclusion in the next Mass Effect, while automatically earning more cash from the consumer, will also score some derision. Which will of course pale into insignificance, when on day 1, we discover that 'something we wanted to put into the game wasn't ready when we burned the disks so we pulled it, stamped DLC on it. And then sold it to bump a £40 initial purchase up to £55.

 

I can't stress enough how much a companies reputation sells games. Companies that have consumer faith, make money. AAA game companies get around this by having a monopoly on content only they are licenced to create and sell, but let's not not kid ourselves. The year of that ending fiasco hurt Bioware's reputation, and becoming part of EA only made it worse. At this point it would come as no surprise to me to see more day 1 DLC. More Micro transactions shoehorned into something that has an 'must always be online' requirement in order to sit in the comfort and privacy of your own home to play a video game on your platform of choice.

 

So here's my plea. Bioware.... Don't do it.

 

The audience that makes up gamers have grown up, become saavy and have social media on their side. And even if there are fans who will defend the company to the hilt, the clash of opinion over anything two people care for but have an opposite view on is like the ground between trenches during WW1. It's never pretty and only serves to feed more and more animosity into it's soil. So when it comes time to release ME4, I can only ask that you stand up to those who want to distribute your game and tell them to not distribute it in the way your gamers hate. If you have stuff that was cut from the intial game but then finished it then yes, put it up as DLC, but don't try to tell me that the content wasn't budgeted for in the intial game design and then charge money for it. Don't laden your game with MT's and expect a rousing roar of approval. Certainly make sure the game is complete and ready to be played as was envisioned and don't come back with 'we didn't anyone would be interested in that feature'.

 

You only get to make a good first impression once and come launch day, the opportunity exists to create a good one. To have people laud how a AAA game developer didn't wave thinly veiled attempts to make more money out of the consumer on top of what they expected to pay for to get a complete experience. In this day and age, it's sad to say that a good release would probably be hailed by gamers and critics given that the ending of the core ME3 ended badly. The stock of Bioware's reputation would only go up if they stuck a finger at marketing ploys and sales gambits to inflate profits for headlines. And come the next installment of ME, should there be one, you'll have that fanbase that has faith that Bioware is again a master at delivering content that people just want to throw money at, because your track record proves your worth it.

[ElitePinecone]

At this point it would come as no surprise to me to see more day 1 DLC. 

 

They didn't do it for DA:I and I expect it won't be in ME Next. 

 

It seems the studio and/or EA made an executive decision that whatever money they were making from those DLC sales wasn't worth the loss of goodwill. 

 

People got (somewhat justifiably) annoyed with the Javik situation and I don't think it's something that they will repeat. Businesses aren't stupid and they do respond to customer feedback.

[ZoliCs]

They didn't do it for DA:I and I expect it won't be in ME Next. 

 

It seems the studio and/or EA made an executive decision that whatever money they were making from those DLC sales wasn't worth the loss of goodwill. 

 

People got (somewhat justifiably) annoyed with the Javik situation and I don't think it's something that they will repeat. Businesses aren't stupid and they do respond to customer feedback.

[Iakus]

Any direct continuation in the Milky Way would accomplish that anyway. 

It's only pointless if you don't enjoy the game.

 

I mean, people said the Dragon Age Keep rendered DAO and DA2 pointless.

[Steppenwolf]

It's only pointless if you don't enjoy the game.
 
I mean, people said the Dragon Age Keep rendered DAO and DA2 pointless.

Those people are not bright.

[dreamgazer]

It's only pointless if you don't enjoy the game.
 
I mean, people said the Dragon Age Keep rendered DAO and DA2 pointless.

Wait, really? How? Why?