In Andromeda, you choose from one of six options, each offering access to a single starting power - which would be locked behind its broader ability tree otherwise - and one or two other skills. It’s roughly the equivalent of choosing your starting class in one of the previous Mass Effect games but has much less of an impact on the experience. This is the second in a series of blog posts by Lead Gameplay Designer Christina Norman on the RPG systems of Mass Effect 2.It’s been well-documented that the Pathfinder in Mass Effect: Andromeda will enjoy more versatility as a combatant than Shepard ever had, and while players can access any ability - and several Profiles that enhance those abilities - you’ll still want to be mindful of the “Training” you select for your Pathfinder during character creation.Įach specialty represents the training your character received in the Milky Way galaxy before the journey to Andromeda, and each determines what skills and starting powers you’ll have access to. Your squad member will start using their new weapon immediately once you obtain it. Since these weapons are tied to a specific squad member, they work with our auto- upgrade system. This approach helps differentiate your squad members, and creates opportunities for individual progression.
These unique weapons will automatically be received by a specific squad member. While most weapons are shared, some are so advanced or so personalized to an individual that they can’t be easily replicated or transferred.
This is also your chance to customize Shepard’s weapons, including his heavy weapon.
At this point you can override any choices the auto-upgrade system has made. At the start of every mission you’ll be given a chance to set weapons for your squad. All this is accomplished without any manual inventory management. Thane, back on your ship, grabs one from the armory and starts using it. The armory immediately starts fabricating copies. You scan it and upload the data to your ship’s armory. Let’s say you find an upgraded sniper rifle. Combined with squad based inventory, this makes managing your squad’s loadout very easy. Squad members will automatically start using upgraded weapons when they become available. This gets rid of tedious inventory management tasks, like unequipping and transferring items between squad members. For example, if you find a superior shotgun, your armory will fabricate copies, making that shotgun model available to any squad member with shotgun training. Using that data, this ship’s armory can replicate the weapon, making it available to any squad member trained to use that weapon type. Whenever Shepard finds an upgraded weapon he scans it with his omni-tool, uploading detailed data to his ship. To make this task manageable we’ve made two inventory advancements: squad inventory, and auto-upgrades. With up to 10 squad members, equipping your team in Mass Effect 2 could have been a daunting task.
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