For those on PC who want to disable the majority of SAM's voice prompts, here's a mod that does this:
At least let there be a cooldown period so to speak to where SAM won't alert you right away if he just did.
On the mining thing, what makes it worse is that you get the message "Pathfinder, this place is a good area to mine." AFTER you activate the mining gear.
It's like, "I know SAM, that's why I activated the mining gear in the first place."
Completely agree!
It makes sense to communicate hazards *once*, e.g. You land on Voeld, so SAM informs You that planet's weather can be dangerous. Or on EOS it could be something like "Be careful, it seems that there is even more radiation in some zones on this planet!" when You get into zone with greater level of radiation for the first time. After that it would be really enough for SAM to mention life support when it matters, e.g. when life support is depleted by half - it would be a fair warning that player needs to pay attention to it, without spamming us with unnecessary messages all the time.
Actually, it is a bit inconsistent that we are being "bothered" about the cold or radiation all the time, but there is nothing like "Ryder, someone is shooting at you! Your shield is just about to drop! Defend Yourself, please! Oh no, You are riding Nomad on a mountain peak, PLEASE be careful not not fall all the way down! Have You brushed Your teeth today? You know there are so few stomatologists in Andromeda..." ;-)
SAM can become a real asset with some careful game updates, but currently it is seriously overdoing things, and repeating many information without truly checking if conditions matter or even if they still apply (like "pending" MAILS for example)...
Sam doesn't bother me. Maybe he should have shorter warnings: Mining Area! or Life Support Dropping! Or add an option to disable Sam's warnings, but not remove them. Many times they were useful, didn't even notice health was almost gone when fighting for too long, or moving around on foot for too long :D And yes, Sam is an asset sometimes, telling you to scan, or search for more clues, which are important to move ahead with the mission.
SAM makes me sick ... really sick. I'm 48 years old and I don't understand, how a developer can harm the player this way?!
Please ... let this guy or girl play on Voeld 8h per day, 1 week ... I'm sure this person will never ever make such kind of BS.
There is NO need to tell me, that it is TOO hot or TOO cold very 3 seconds!!!
And PLEASE ... stop him to tell me, I'm in a mining area AFTER opening the mining interface!!!
Its like a car telling me that I'm accelerating after I'm accelerating!!!
