What would you change for Mass Effect 3?

[Scars Unseen]

The PC version of Mass Effect 2 was the best. Irrefutable fact. Wanna know why?

Because you could cheat in minerals so you didn't have to play that ridiculous time sink of a mini-game just to do basic upgrades. Seriously, Bioware! What kind of mentally deficient manchildren do you have doing your playtesting for you that they actually found manual planet surveying to be time well spent?

I think weapon overheating impacted battle pacing more positively than scrambling for fallen thermal clips.

Bring back inventory, but make it more organized than ME1's.

For the love of [INSERT DEITY OF CHOICE HERE], give people some armor. It's amazing how Jack can run around in a hostile non-oxygenated environment wearing little more than plot armor and a face-mounted jock strap.

There's more that I could say, but those were the biggest ones.

 

[fix-the-spade]

I was pretty sure that the Normandy wasn't depressurized, but moreso choaked with smoke? I was pretty sure it was equipped with the deus ex machina - style Star Trek-esque hard kinetic barrier that stopped the ship from depressurizing ... the problem being that that doesn't stop the problem with smoke, so of course he has to wear a breather.

I'm abot to be a really anal fan boy... look out.

When you walk through the Normandy, it's had the top of it's hull torn off an is exposed to vacuum, whilst the cockpit has a barrier of some sort holding the atmosphere in. Problem is, the escape pods is on the outside of the barrier, the game just seems to ignore that.

I want to see Joker get burns!

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

I was pretty sure that the Normandy wasn't depressurized, but moreso choaked with smoke? I was pretty sure it was equipped with the deus ex machina - style Star Trek-esque hard kinetic barrier that stopped the ship from depressurizing ... the problem being that that doesn't stop the problem with smoke, so of course he has to wear a breather.

I'm abot to be a really anal fan boy... look out.

When you walk through the Normandy, it's had the top of it's hull torn off an is exposed to vacuum, whilst the cockpit has a barrier of some sort holding the atmosphere in. Problem is, the escape pods is on the outside of the barrier, the game just seems to ignore that.

I want to see Joker get burns!

Well then obviously the barrier can be extended farther than just the cockpit when needed to be?

Besides, Space is empty (vacuum) ... you don't automatically freeze and die when exposed vacuum because heat diffusion requires being surrounded by matter. This is why a thermos works.

According to NASA you can survive without any immediate health concerns for half a minute if exposed to vacuum. It could even take up to three minutes before you start 'dying' (By this time you've done enough damage to reduce your probability of surviving your injuries however, but your heart is still ticking over and blood still coursing your veins).

And if I remember the cutscene ... Joker is exposed (With a breather, so hey whats to say the effects would be all that bad) for ... what? 10 seconds?

That's more than liveable, without any counterproductive result other then feeling a bit 'chilly', if NASA is considered reliable on the subject of the effects of exposure to vacuum.

 

[ChipSandwich]

The weapon variety of Mass Effect 2, but the moddability of Mass Effect 1. I don't want only 4 weapons which feel very boring and all do the same thing, the only difference being a Roman numeral being appended on the end and all of that being redundant when you unlock Master Gear. At the same time, ME2's ammo powers were somewhat "realistic" taking time to switch out, but nobody liked it and the fact that a recent power use meant you couldn't switch was pretty silly.

The weapon upgrades in ME2 were just a different way of doing the whole "numbered weapons" schtick without clogging your inventory, so I don't particularly care if that stays. I also like how money has a little more impact, in ME1 you could get to 9999999 and stay there.

For the different classes, I'm not sure how they should progress. In ME1, there were 3 specialist and 3 multi-classes, but in ME2 each one felt fairly unique (Vanguard and Infiltrator were my favorites for both). I'm not really fussed which approach they take, but I would like to see some less combat heavy aspects of classes being brought forward, as well as that approach in the levels.

Story wise, ME2 is the middle child and there isn't much you can do about that, hence the emphasis on characters. Hopefully, ME3 brings back some more worldly and political interaction with the different species as well as introducing some more delicious conflict. So you're a paragon, but how are you going to get all of your new friends to love each other? Well, aside from choosing all of the paragon options for the whole game and just picking blue dialogue >_>. Oh, and a few more NEUTRAL choices, like Heretic Geth, Krogan Genophage data or Overlord Project, without the Paragon vs. Renegade stickers on each choice.

Also, less corridor shooting, an actual persuade skill like ME1 (although that still was dependent on paragon renegade somewhat), no planet scanning (obvious), armor, a sense of exploration and ACTUAL CONSEQUENCES. I'm sure all of that has been said before.

 

[KineticFaction]

There's a lot of people talking about brining back the Mako.

Personally i liked the Mako from MA1 I don't think it was as hard to drive/use as people make out. That said the Hammerhead IFV from the MA2 add on was far better. I think that should definitely be in MA3.

I think the larger variety of side quests in MA2 are a good idea, such as the one where your on the ship falling off a mountain. These are better than all the side quest being the "get quest of character A kill enemies at location B" variety in MA1.

 

[Dr. Paine]

I actually had a bunch of thoughtful comments about what might improve the gameplay, or what I would like to see happen in the story, but my inner fangirl is currently screaming, "I WANT THE ASARI BARTENDER AS A SQUADMATE!!! SHE'S SO COOL!" so that's all I'd ask for, really.

... you know, I completely forgot about that. Yeah, get the bartender matriarch and tank-bred krogan as squadmates, that'd be great

 

[Dr. Paine]

At the risk of sounding stupid, I WANT ADEPTS AND BIOTICS TO BE ABLE TO FLOAT.
They always do it in cutscenes but you can't do it during gameplay >.>
How cool would that be though? Floating above the battleground while raining hell.
That would be kewl.

Same reason you can't kill three YMIR mechs at once, or kill people with one shot to the chest- it would make the game way too easy. (Seriously, about half the 'suggestions' here can be explained with 'gameplay balancing'. Yeah, it sucks, but it's needed. If we got it all, you would all be whining the game was too easy.)

 

[GalacticNexus]

have actual tits in the game, in ME1 there was decent enough sideboob. but ME2 was just a bloody bra, if you're going to advertise nudity in your game, then provide some ACTUAL NUDITY.

What is it with this fear-boob society anyway? THEY'RE BOOBS. they ain't going anywhere, so you might as well accept that they aren't going to turn everyone into a monster at the first nipple slip. Christ.

Yes. I still cannot comprehend why ME2 is rated 18 and has little more than hugging when ME1 was rated 12 and has reasonable amounts of nudity in it.
ME2 doesn't have any more gore than 1, so will someone please explain this to me?

 

[Kelorin]

You can upgrade your weapons. You can get better armor. You can upgrade the Normandy. The only thing in the either ME1 or ME2 that couldn't be upgraded? The Mako and Hammerhead. Seriously, can't I buy upgraded regenerative shielding for the Hammerhead? Some ablative armor? Better engine efficiency/cooldown? Can't I have Tali build a weapon mount for the M-920 Cain?

What ever happened to fighting Mercs in your ground vehicle?
The only thing you fight in the Hammerhead are Geth, and some security Mechs in Overlord. How about a running fight with Hammerhead vs. Gunship?

I get the feeling that the Mako and ground vehicles were dropped late in development. Ever notice all those brown coloured 6-wheeled Mako lookalikes the Mercs always had parked around in ME2? Why don't the Mercs ever use their own IFV's?

I need a Volus Investor crewmember. This can replace the mining thing. Hey Volus guy, here is 100,000 cr. Go invest this for me.

I need a Hanar crewmember. He/it can be ship's chaplain. Might have some interesting conversations.

Bring back the Requisition Officer. I like have a store downstairs in my own ship.

Captains's Deck: Crewmembers: None. This needs to change to Captains's Deck: Crewmembers: Liara.

 

[Tinybear]

fifth: no more ammo powers, they're silly... really silly. I just get the feeling shephard screams: FLAME ON, and the bullets are ablaze.
I liked having a sniper with armor piercing, smg with shredding, etc etc.

On the 5th: What do you mean buy ammo powers? Do you mean like Incendiary rounds, Cryo rounds, Chemical rounds, and Tungsten rounds?

If you mean that, than I say keep them. It is anything but silly. It is the future, do you think that we won't advance to where we are using something more than just metal bullets.

I should clarify: I mean the ammo powers from ME2, where you have special ammo types for seperate classes. It is a trainable skill. I just can't see how being a soldier makes you able to just declare your ammo to be armor penetrating, or being a tech lets you get flaming bullets. I liked how it was in the first: you mod your weapon with it manually, each weapon can get each theirs.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Calumon: Making it so I can play it. Jack keeps saying it's good but I'm not old enough! : (

So you want it to be made into "Shepard's Bunny Adventures"?

 

[Josh123914]

I actually had a bunch of thoughtful comments about what might improve the gameplay, or what I would like to see happen in the story, but my inner fangirl is currently screaming, "I WANT THE ASARI BARTENDER AS A SQUADMATE!!! SHE'S SO COOL!" so that's all I'd ask for, really.

AGREED, besides I think I read somewhere that she and Matriarch Benezia were Liara's parents(The Bartender said something along the lines of ''I've had kids, I was the father, she's now an information broker'')

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Make the close quarter person(forget name, the class that charges) a bit more durable. I tried it for a bit, but I just died all the time. So I went back to infiltrator.

I believe you mean the Vanguard. It is more durable than the Infiltrator in actuality. I have completed the game on Insanity with that class and bounce around like a ping pong ball. Hell, I killed the Colossus (giant robot that shoots lasers during Tali's RM for those who forgot) by Charging it and shotguning it to death. You just need practice.

What I want is a good main plot devoid of a laundry list of inconsistencies and retconning.

 

[Dr. Paine]

I actually had a bunch of thoughtful comments about what might improve the gameplay, or what I would like to see happen in the story, but my inner fangirl is currently screaming, "I WANT THE ASARI BARTENDER AS A SQUADMATE!!! SHE'S SO COOL!" so that's all I'd ask for, really.

AGREED, besides I think I read somewhere that she and Matriarch Benezia were Liara's parents(The Bartender said something along the lines of ''I've had kids, I was the father, she's now an information broker'')

Never heard anything like that... just that she had kids and fell out with the mother. ... or father. But it's never been hinted that she is in any way related to Liara, not in anything I've seen.

 

[Josh123914]

I actually had a bunch of thoughtful comments about what might improve the gameplay, or what I would like to see happen in the story, but my inner fangirl is currently screaming, "I WANT THE ASARI BARTENDER AS A SQUADMATE!!! SHE'S SO COOL!" so that's all I'd ask for, really.

AGREED, besides I think I read somewhere that she and Matriarch Benezia were Liara's parents(The Bartender said something along the lines of ''I've had kids, I was the father, she's now an information broker'')

Never heard anything like that... just that she had kids and fell out with the mother. ... or father. But it's never been hinted that she is in any way related to Liara, not in anything I've seen.

LoTSB shows her holding a picture of Liara.

Oh, yeah, those little security camera snippits in the Shadow Broker's office are pretty funny, I'm especially fond of the one where that one punchable news reporter(Kalisah bin seni ladin or whatever) interviews a Krogan and near the end she get's falcon-punched bu it

 

[Dr. Paine]

I actually had a bunch of thoughtful comments about what might improve the gameplay, or what I would like to see happen in the story, but my inner fangirl is currently screaming, "I WANT THE ASARI BARTENDER AS A SQUADMATE!!! SHE'S SO COOL!" so that's all I'd ask for, really.

AGREED, besides I think I read somewhere that she and Matriarch Benezia were Liara's parents(The Bartender said something along the lines of ''I've had kids, I was the father, she's now an information broker'')

Never heard anything like that... just that she had kids and fell out with the mother. ... or father. But it's never been hinted that she is in any way related to Liara, not in anything I've seen.

LoTSB shows her holding a picture of Liara.

Hm. I'll have to take your word for it, I can't get ME2 DLC (Getting onto XBL is damn near impossible for me, not worth the time).

 

[CATB320]

-A vehicle that actually does a lot of damage and is stronger than cardboard. I know it'd be cheap if the vehicle just allowed you to blast your way through hordes of enemies, but honestly, that's what they're FOR. I mean, the Hammerhead? It's a tank, for pity's sake. It should work like one.
-Larger "hub" (city) worlds, but I wouldn't mind the explorable planets from ME1 being brought back, so long as they're smaller.
-The different types of ammo was kinda dumb. I didn't pay much attention to it until it was brought up in this thread, but yeah. It didn't really have much of an affect on anything.
-MOAR ASSAULT RIFLES
-Blasto for squad member

 

[OManoghue]

More powers, as a Vanguard I seriously missed Warp and throw.

 

[Biscotti187]

we constantly hear that humans are the new guys and what not ... so why in every multi species themed setting (say citadel or mercenary groups exception illium) are the humans if not dominant are at least half how about making us no more 1/10 or so? at the least it might make us sympathize with those renegade xenophobic assholes when we can somewhat feel like we are sticking out and surrounded with the non-human, also its more accurate with the lore/back drop of mass effect
on a similar not for art variety between the races please! take star trek for example generally just from the color themes you can tell if a ship or architecture is klingon borg federation cardassian dominion romulan etc but check out the final battle scene in mass effect 1 and there are only three distinct groups, geth citadel and destiny ascension the citadel fleet is supposedly made up of ships from all species and it looks all the same unless its just all turian which again doesnt fit right direction with quarians but they still all look very samey especially as far as color (human and turian are an extreme example of looking too similar)

 

[pffh]

I want it to allow me to deny a party member. I wanted nothing more then to tell Legion and Jack to get the fuck off my ship but couldn't. So I made sure they died at the end.

Oh and that AI please let me delete it from the ships computer.