Or you could put your big boy/girl undies on, grow up and find something else to do while they fix the problem when the server goes down. You could even go... OUTSIDE! I know it's a scary concept, but you should try it. The sunshine will do you the world of good. But honestly, it's an MMO (even if BW likes to pretend it isn't) and these things are guaranteed to happen from time to time. So instead of throwing a tantrum like an entitled five year old next time it happens, you could try and do something constructive with your time.

What I think he meant is threads like people demanding a character purge to free up name options simply so they don't have to be forced to use their imagination and think of something else instead. Just because someone beat these people to a name they wanted but haven't played said character in who knows how long doesn't give them a right to demand BW to purge dormant toons, and deserve to be called out on their selfishness. At least that's the vibe I got from it.

I don't know if it's been mentioned yet (and I'm not trawling through 60 odd posts to check), but I'd love to see the Thana Vesh set on sale. Surely I can't be the only one to find it tricky to find nice warrior armour that doesn't have a full cape or ridiculous bits and pieces stuck randomly on it that ruin what could be a potentially good look without them.

I know he's not an LI in the traditional sense, but I really would have liked to have seen more interaction between Jonas Bulkar and my trooper. Jorgan hadn't really appealed to me that much, so I always found it amusing when he'd disapprove/get jealous of the harmless flirting that unfortunately led absolutely nowhere. Besides, guy troopers got to knock boots with Jaxo, so it only would have been fair to have a little fling with the smart arse spy for the ladies. Oh well, at least there's always head canon...

Going by that sort of logic, every character in Mass Effect 1 and 2 that could be potentially bumped off in some form or fashion shouldn't have had any content in 3. But they did, because there's also the chance for them to still be alive, just like there is for Jorgan and Kaliyo. Just because a companion can be killed off, doesn't automatically mean they will be killed off (not all of us play like dark side lunatics that want to murder everyone for the smallest perceived transgression). For those with a surviving Kalyio and/or Jorgan, especially if they were romanced by players of the relevant classes, it would have been nice to have them involved somewhere in the story as more than just irrelevant background characters that anyone from the ridiculously large stable of collect-and-forget companions we've acquired over KOTFE could have filled.

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. I can only imagine how ripped off the agents and troopers feel about having next to no screen time, let alone playtime, with them as the active companion. I know that may seem like a small issue to some, but small things have a tendency to add up. It honestly just reinforces the idea to me that in comparison to last years part of the expansion, Fallen Empire was a bit of a rush job in terms pacing.

While I agree with you about the 'writer's pet' observation, I have to admit that I found it odd that any toon outside of the Warrior had that option to ask specifically about Vette's welfare instead of their own potential LI. It's not like we got to spend a lot of time with her specifically between chapter 14 and Iokath, and she hadn't really done anything significant up to that point either. My guess is they were cutting corners where they thought they could get away with it, and that's what we were left with.

Here you go.

I found it more enjoyable than a good portion of kotfe's story, however it did feel a little rushed overall seeing as it only has half the chapters (and it doesn't look like we're getting any more), like they just wanted to get it over and done with. Despite the striking similarities to Ilos, I probably enjoyed Iokath the most. A little more exploration before the confrontation with the AI would have been nice though. Having all the comps conveniently in one spot instead of finding a few on our own was kind of anti-climatic. The biggest nitpick I have would be the Virmire choice in chapter 8. While as refreshingly different as far as BWA storytelling goes, it also felt more than a little pointless the more I thought about it. Hunters and warriors (for the most part) would naturally gravitate to their vanilla companion over the other, and the rest of the classes haven't had that much interaction with either choice outside of the respective chapters that introduced them to care either way. If both had been sent to secure an objective on the battlefield that would have somehow impacted the story later on, then it would have been worth while. As it stands now, it's killing one off just for the hell of it.

Want some cheese to go with that whine?

Besides, while I can't speak for other agents, the idea of the playful 'spy vs spy' headcanon game with Theron is just too much fun to give up for anybody.

And similar Dragon Age, and KOTOR, and whatever RPG Bioware released before that... It's pretty obvious by now that BW like a certain type of formula to their games using favoured tropes. Where have you been for the past 15 or so years?

I'd be up for that. Prime example I can think of would be Quinn. As much as I forgave him for his actions in the Warrior's story, I know there are plenty out there chomping at the bit to put him down, and that's ok as it would fit in with their DS play style, so I'm all up for them finally getting that chance. I like how this particular choice worked in the story though. Simple fact is in a big battle you won't be able to save everyone, so I'm glad they put in a little dilemma like that (even a little surprised tbh, we all know how some people like to get outraged with every decision BWA makes, whether said outrage is warranted or not). I'm not sure if we'll get to make a similar decision in the future though, as where they can take the story now with the endings we have? It'll be interesting to see where they go from here at any rate.

I personally found it refreshing. It's a choice that actually has some form of consequence for a change, a'la permanently losing a companion, not unlike choosing between Ashley and Kaiden in Mass Effect. If we could save all the people all the time the story would become incredibly dull, and there's nothing more boring in a story than the perfect Mary/Marty Sue who saves the day every single time without any repercussions.

I always imagine npc's with some sort of obsessive compunction to have a closet full of the same outfit. I could see Theron's now; row of red jackets hanging in a neat line, pants all folded so each stripe lines up with each other... you get the idea.

The majority of my toons are female, actually, so I know how that goes as well. Luckily I actually like most of the LIs for the ladies (even Doc to an extent. He's like some sort of weird, amusing amalgamation of Bruce Campbell and Hawkeye from MASH, so as cringe worthy as he is, more often than not I find myself giggling by the sheer amount of dialogue cheese), so I haven't really had much of an inclination to knock them back. I don't know if it's just the fact that my head canon has my Bounty Hunters somewhat older than Mako so she slips into the unofficial younger sibling role, or if it's just the way Tom Spackman delivers the lines, but it just always leaves me feeling somewhat dirty to a degree hearing him flirt, and not the good type of dirty.

You should try not romancing Mako. The only options the poor BH gets is A - sleazy flirt, B- cheesy flirt, or C - act like a tactless dick instead of simply saying thanks, but no thanks.

You misspelled Skadge I can understand why some would be pissed at Quinn's betrayal, but the man was essentially stuck between a rock and a hard place, so I personally couldn't stay mad at him. That's not to say both my Warriors didn't let him twist in the wind for a little while before giving him the forgiveness he craved. It's been a while since I did the Consular's story, so I had to Youtube it to refresh my memory of Iresso's problem.While it would certainly be interesting if they somehow managed to implement/resolve it in his chapter somehow, I'm more inclined to think the writers will just sweep it under the rug and forget about the whole thing. Considering that there are only three people aside from Iresso in the entire galaxy who knows about its existence, it would be a pretty safe bet that it wouldn't really be a problem.

While the cynic in me wouldn't be surprised if they did drag it out longer than they should, the reasonable part wants to believe that they wont procrastinate reunions any more than absolutely necessary. Unless they're really a bunch of masochists and actually enjoy the player base abusing them over this particular topic of course.

To be fair, Gault was the brains behind the entire operation, so it would make sense that he had more of the spotlight over Vette. While everyone in the chapter played their parts to pull off the heist, none of them would have been there at all if he hadn't come up with the plan in the first place. If something like this does happen, I suspect BW would balance out the time you spend with each fairly evenly. For example you do the first part of the mission with Andronikus, have the interlude moment with your significant other (if you're not a smuggler/inquisitor, or they're an un-romanced companion, you have a general chat with the one relevant to your faction), and then finish it up with with Corso. Who you end up recruiting at the end could either be done by defaulting it to whichever faction you're on, or you pick the one you want and the other becomes unavailable as a permanent companion (choices can matter!).

If they run with another 16 chapters, I'd actually expect more LI's to show up for this new season of the story. I think the reason why so few returned during kotfe is because half the story had to be spent getting off Zakuul/settling Odessen before you could go and do other things. Now that we're settled into the galaxy's most poorly hidden secret base, we can spend more time gallivanting through space collecting our wayward loves. Maybe we'll get lucky and some chapters will have more than one LI at a time. With all those that are still missing, there's so much they could do with who could team up with who while doing their part to annoy the Eternal Empire.

I probably laughed harder at that mental image than I should have. I was going to edit the post to fix the typo, but now it amused me enough to leave it as is. Now I want a companion who's head is a literal cannon...

They're not so much puns but part of a parody of a Eurythmics song. If you feel so inclined, google 'Sweet Dreams Are Made Of Cheese'. I was a little surprised and disappointed that Akaavi wasn't part of the Mandalorian chapter. While the rest of her clan my have been wiped out, that doesn't mean she automatically stops being a mando herself, or at least that was always my interpretation of it. They could have done something a little different with it, like making you choose which companion goes to Odessen with you, and the other would then stay behind with Mandalore. But then I suspect that if they did go that route a certain group of the player base would complain that they want both and it's not fair to have an either/or choice. While I'm not a big fan of rep grinds myself, it would have been nice to have a bit more content outside of the story than what we ended up with. Anything would be better than rehashing 5 year old heroics that don't even make any sense doing them any more since the player character is the leader of a cross faction group. I can't see anyone following someone who goes on this spiel about putting differences aside and working together to defeat a larger threat, only to turn around and attack your part of the faction in different locales. It just felt incredibly lazy to me. I want to be out there sticking it to Arcann and company, not wasting my time trudging out to Hoth and dicking over the Republic who's been doing the same thing for five years.

I cheddar the world and a Feta cheese Everybody's looking for Stilton Sorry not sorry, couldn't help myself... Back to the topic. As someone who also mainly plays for the story, I enjoyed probably the first 8 chapters. But as they dragged on it started to feel like a chore at certain points, a good chunk of it being straight out filler, to the point where the only characters I can stomach to take through the same chapters is down to about two before a sense of tedium sets in. I think a part of it might lie in the number of LI companions they have to bring back so everyone can get their little reunion scene, so it kind of gets in the way of the main story. Maybe a good way around that would be to bring in more than one companion per month, like they did with Vette and Gault. Say have Quinn and Elara find themselves in a situation where they have to work together when the Alliance finds them (the fact that Elara is a defector could make for some potentially interesting dialogue between the two). Nadia and Kira could be doing covert jedi things, but are dissatisfied with how things are going and are looking for a better way to liberate the Republic. Risha became queen, but she and Corso could be up to subtle shenanigans of some description. With the amount left to bring back there's quite a few combinations they could go with, and everyone finally gets to be happy just that little bit quicker, then have BW go back to ignoring the fact your character is in a relationship entirely and all will be right in the galaxy.

Unfortunately all you're gonna get from Elara after completing her quest chain is complete silence until they eventually get around to bringing her into one of the future expansion chapters. Personally I'd like to see a chapter with both her and Quinn somehow having to work together. Both are big on rules and regulations, and the fact that Elara's an Imperial defector could make for some potentially interesting dialogue between the two. As far as your marriage ceremony, kids, maybe a space house with a white picket fence... welcome to head cannons, my friend.