Mass Effect Andromedra patch 1.05 notes

[pookie101]

they have released patch notes for 1.05 do you think it will be a good first step?

Improved tutorial placement

Increased inventory limits

Single player balance changes: Ammo crates, armor, weapons, nomad, profiles, attacks, and progression

Multiplayer balance changes: Weapons, cover, and enemies (check back for detailed notes on balance changes)

Improved matchmaking and latency in multiplayer

Added option to skip autopilot sequences in the galaxy map

Decreased the cost of remnant decryption keys and made them more accessible at merchants

Improved logic, timing, and continuity for relationships and story arcs

Improved lip-sync and facial acting during conversations, including localized VO

Fixed an issue with Ryder?s movements when running in a zig zag pattern

Improved the appearance of eyes for human and asari characters

Fixed various collision issues

Fixed bugs where music or VO wouldn?t play or wasn?t correct

Fixed issue where global squad mate banter sometimes wasn?t firing on UNCs

Fixed issue where player was unable to access the Remnant Console Interface after failing decryption multiple times

Fixed issue where fast travel is sometimes disabled after recruiting Drack until the player reloads a save

Fixed issue where Ryder can become stuck in the start of Biotic Charge Pose

Fixes issues related to some saves

Fixed issue where objective sometimes becomes un-interactable for players in multiplayer

Streaming and stability improvements

*EDIT*
it doesnt mention it but this patch includes the latest Denuvo copy protection for MEA.no fixed eyeballs for you flithy pirates !

 

[CaitSeith]

"Fixed issue where Ryder can become stuck in the start of Biotic Charge Pose"

As someone who loved ME3 Biotic Charge, that would had sucked big time for me. Keep them coming, Bioware! Make that price tag worth it!

 

[CritialGaming]

The game might be a nice polished and finished product by the time I finish it.

 

[Casual Shinji]

That's nice.

Unfortunately we still have to deal with the utter drab of boring, run-of-the-mill characters, and sub-standard writing.

 

[meiam]

"Single player balance changes: Ammo crates, armor, weapons, nomad, profiles, attacks, and progression"

What the hell does that even mean?

"Added option to skip autopilot sequences in the galaxy map"

Thank fucking god! Can the next patch give the players the option to fire everyone involved in that not being in the game in the first place?

 

[votemarvel]

"Added option to skip autopilot sequences in the galaxy map"

Thank the flying spaghetti monster for that. It made using the galaxy map so tedious for me that I wouldn't bother checking other worlds unless I had to.

Edit: Dammit. The patch isn't out until Thursday which means I can't play the game with the option enabled for around another week. Honestly, I think I am going to wait until then.

 

[Redryhno]

"Single player balance changes: Ammo crates, armor, weapons, nomad, profiles, attacks, and progression"

What the hell does that even mean?

"Added option to skip autopilot sequences in the galaxy map"

Thank fucking god! Can the next patch give the players the option to fire everyone involved in that not being in the game in the first place?

I think it means that they're going to maybe polish the UI? Some of the crates and attacks don't always have consistent hitboxes. Especially with the big boss-lites.

As for the sequences, I seem to remember people, including devs themselves, saying they were loading screens being masked like with the elevators in ME1...guess they were full of shit, though I'm trying to figure out why I'm so surprised.

 

[AD-Stu]

As for the sequences, I seem to remember people, including devs themselves, saying they were loading screens being masked like with the elevators in ME1...guess they were full of shit, though I'm trying to figure out why I'm so surprised.

Yeah I'd buy that and be absolutely OK with it if that's what they were there for... like the trams between locations on the Nexus / Hyperion. But these are in spots where there's no real loading to do, on the galaxy map.

 

[Bilious Green_v1legacy]

If they can fix all the things they've listed, I might consider actually buying the game, but I remain skeptical about their ability to bring the game up to an acceptable state.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

If they can fix all the things they've listed, I might consider actually buying the game, but I remain skeptical about their ability to bring the game up to an acceptable state.

I wanted to buy it for the combat gameplay, but the more I see of it I don't understand what everyone is praising. The enemies seem way more bullet-spongey than usual.

 

[Gethsemani_v1legacy]

That's nice.

Unfortunately we still have to deal with the utter drab of boring, run-of-the-mill characters, and sub-standard writing.

The irony is that some of the writing in regards to Liam is actually really good, his loyalty mission being the prime example. My Ryder is romancing him and prior to one of the story missions there was a genuinely well-written pre-mission banter between Liam and Ryder, where he cracks jokes about their "first date" and how Ryder is a repeatedly falling angel, to which Ryder snarked back and shoved him playfully. It stood out because it felt genuine, even more so because a lot of the other interactions in the game are so poor.

 

[meiam]

I wanted to buy it for the combat gameplay, but the more I see of it I don't understand what everyone is praising. The enemies seem way more bullet-spongey than usual.

Honestly... they are. I loved ME2-3 on insanity, the balance was really good and the challenge felt fair, it was really tactical and about skill usage. But the change to both the combat and the leveling system forced them to just make the enemy bullet sponge. Because the player can make all kind of combination and that they can't actually use there teammate ability anymore they had to severely limit the number of enemy with armor/shield, now most enemy are just big health bar with no weakness to exploit. For example right now I need to unload most of my shotgun clip into a basic enemy to take him out (so 6+7 bullet) and stronger trash mob will require at least two clips. The bigger enemy can usually eat my entire shotgun ammo (which is boosted with a mod) so I have to find ammo box mid fight. It all feel a lot more basic and the open world also cause problem where you sometime fight enemy in spot where you can get swarmed (5-10 enemy) very quickly and find yourself without cover, on the flip side it's very easy to exploit the environment to screw with the enemy so that they can't reach you.

The basic system is honestly pretty good, but they made too many bad decision during development. Balance is also very poor, sniper absolutely dominate to the point that no other weapon type feel useful, if you want an assault rifle, your better off grabbing a fast firing sniper (another problem of letting players decide how they want to create there character), and playing as a pure class (i.e. just soldier, biotic or tech) doesn't really work as you quickly max out what you can realistically use and you either have to branch out or spend point on ability you'll never use.

 

[Imre Csete]

The irony is that some of the writing in regards to Liam is actually really good, his loyalty mission being the prime example. My Ryder is romancing him and prior to one of the story missions there was a genuinely well-written pre-mission banter between Liam and Ryder, where he cracks jokes about their "first date" and how Ryder is a repeatedly falling angel, to which Ryder snarked back and shoved him playfully. It stood out because it felt genuine, even more so because a lot of the other interactions in the game are so poor.

Yet those madmen refuse to accept their destiny and won't become the world's first AAA dating sim developers their fanbase desperately wants them to be.

 

[pookie101]

hmm the patch has been released and seems to be doing well. at least the characters look less like they are staring into your soul

personally im giving up for a month or two until they patch further

 

[Darth Rosenberg]

hmm the patch has been released and seems to be doing well. at least the characters look less like they are staring into your soul

personally im giving up for a month or two until they patch further

I'm still holding off buying until the next patch (unless I cave). Seems like they're making some genuine improvements, at least, so that bodes well.

I have Elite to play in the meantime, so I have some - ahem - real galactic exploration to do...

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I think that this is the big stuff, the most vital stuff, they wanted to fix. And that any other patches will be small stuff and tweaks for multiplayer.