So, should I even try Multi Player?

nope. its pretty obvious if you are looking for reasons NOT to do it that its not for you. all the good players are elitist * anyways who wont even let you in their games (you can blame all the other nut-riders for that), so youll be working with idiots until you get over 10k apex. you snooze you lose.

If you hear the words "power and weapons buff" and "fix" a lot during the stream this evening (7 uur vanavond voor Nederland 😉 ), then I think that's the point where you should just go for it. You haven't missed anything until now. Only a mission against the Behemoth and a super small map in a remnant vault.

@Kondaru

Why do people even use cheat in something like that? I'm still trying to understand why there's micro-transactions either; aside the usual money-grabbing feel about it, that is. Is there a real, convincing and justifiable purpose for micro-transactions in MEA MP?

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@PandaTar wrote:

@Kondaru

Why do people even use cheat in something like that? I'm still trying to understand why there's micro-transactions either; aside the usual money-grabbing feel about it, that is. Is there a real, convincing and justifiable purpose for micro-transactions in MEA MP?

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Nope, no reason for micro-transaction at all. Perhaps they are there just to lure people into clicking wrong button accidentally; or for kids under 8?

As for the cheat engine... I don't get it myself, it really must be for people with some kind of personality issues. Perhaps it is the same thing as with Internet trolls?

I think one thing is tied to another, I mean micro-transactions and cheating; even worse if you consider stealing and hacking accounts? Really, there's no real advantage for a player when it comes to micro-transactions in MEA. It took Blizzard many months to really come to their senses and take it out of Diablo 3, and it wasn't even considering PVP, in first place.

@EgoMania

Sorry, for derailing the thread. I hope, though, that it serves for you at least the purpose of considering the idea of not spending money on micro-transactions the way it is now, if you choose playing MP. ^_^

Thanks guys.

Don't worry I will decide for myself what I will do but I did want to find out what people are running into and see if these problems exist for me as well. In fact I am going to give it a go this weekend but at least I'll have the benefit of having managed expectations before going into the matches.

Particularly items about lag/rubber banding, cheats, weapons feeling weak and such will not be unexpected now 🙂

So I really appreciate your comments.

So I've played a few matches in MP, do mind it's just a few matches but I consider it my first impression. This is what I experienced/learned:

I was apparently lucky enough to not run into cheaters.

I didn't experience rubber banding but there was definitely some lag. Some of my shots didn't land till a second or two later.

My female human tech user with cloak comes with a combination of skills I don't really like. Looking at all the choices that are out there, I actually don't really like any of them, except one of the ultra-rare classes.

I certainly will never spend actual cash on it.

Bronze level is what I played. Most of the waves felt right for bronze level, but the final extraction wave was a lot harder by comparison. That doesn't feel balanced at all compared to the rest of the waves.

The map design is not my favourite and some enemies do move very fast and seem to come out of nowhere sometimes. It's manageable but doesn't quite feel right.

Unlocking classes randomly and not being able to create your own builds are big downside in this game. Only 3 skills that are fixed skills is just not interesting to me.

I recognise the complaint about the weapons vs hitpoints of enemies. Also because you acquiring new weapons being random just means it will take longer before I can have a set up that I'm happy with.

In the end I only played a few matches because I didn't feel like playing another match. From my viewpoint ME3 has a much more enjoyable MP experience. I like the maps better, it's easier to get a set up I enjoy playing and it felt more varied with the different objectives.

So, for me, the MP experience in ME:A is not a step forward and when I want to do MP, I will go back to ME3. I think the major issue for me is the skill system because I feel 3 active skills is very little and uninspiring and as this is a MP without any story or other things happening it stands out more than in the SP experience.

I may give it another try at some point but right now after playing a few matches I have to say that I already got bored with it.

Curious, I find the Extraction waves really easy on any difficulty.

Kite the enemies around the map for 100 seconds then run for extraction... 🤓

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@adrest4 wrote:

Curious, I find the Extraction waves really easy on any difficulty.

Kite the enemies around the map for 100 seconds then run for extraction... 🤓

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I thought about it and I think I know why. I had team mates that instantly went to the extraction zone drawing all the enemies in. In ME3 people knew not to do that, but here it seems we have some new people who don't do this, so as a consequence all the enemies are group together and then it's a big group that dishes out a lot of damage. So that's probably what made that harder.

MEA MP seems pretty hard at first, even on bronze.  But after a short while, you will find yourself consistently extracting on gold.  

It's not bad, but ME3 MP is still better.

it also seems hard at first as you have basic common weapons with no upgrades.  once you start getting better weapons or upgrades to the ones you start with, your damage increases and enemies go down quicker.

I was an MP hater with Mass Effect as I felt it getting "tagged on" to an established single player title was at the expense of single player content.

However for MEA I have to say the MP is excellent. The fact its only PvE is what makes me come back for more, as I have a plethora of PvP games but very few that allow for co-op PvE. MEA is the best of those co-op PvE titles so Im playing it rather a lot. In fact I think around 60% of my total 600hr playtime is MP mode exclusively.

I dont play SP at all now, the only time I go on is to empty my rewards.

omg yeah.. the 200 limit is just so.. limiting 🙂

I must admit, half the time i just go in to accept the money/resources/research rewards and leave the item rewards for later.  I just don't want to have to spend ages in single player dismantling weapons etc when i really want to just be playing ME:A multiplayer 🙂