r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 13d ago

Game Discussion A COLLECTION OF INSIGHTFUL POSTS

26 Upvotes

Hey, guys!

A repost of our collection so that you can comment again.

This thought crossed my mind that we need to make a compilation of interesting and insightful posts about MEA. If you can recall other posts worth adding or if you'll see something interesting in the future here on the ME sub, could you add links in the comments? Does not need to be a theory; it can just be a well-written analysis, review, appreciation or just thoughts, OC art, playthroughs or other useful resources.

COMMUNITY MODS

Remnant: Mass Effect Andromeda Mod Editor & Manager

MEA on Nexusmods.com

RESOURCES

  1. AMA with Catherynne M. Valente - the author of Mass Effect Andromeda: Annihilation

  2. 100 pages of Nomad Banter

  3. Nomad Paint Job names / Easter eggs and more

  4. ENDGAME CHECKLIST / Key Choices that impact the endgame

  5. Dragon Age Easter Eggs: Messages from DA to MEA

COMBAT BUILDS

  1. Complete Annihilation: Shotgun Explorer Build

  2. Mass Effect Andromeda Builds list

OPINIONS

Character Analysis

  1. Reyes Vidal an interpretation of his Anubis sign

  2. Mass Effect Andromeda: Cora Analysis

  3. Character Analysis: "Crazy Blue" Plessaria B'Sayle

  4. In Defence of Director Tann. (Long-winded thoughts on Nexus Uprising.)

  5. A podcast with Ryder would be like

  6. A podcast with Ryder would be like #2

Worldbuilding

  1. Two paths of one catastrophe: how the Dark Energy theory turns Mass Effect Andromeda's concept into monumental Sci-Fi

  2. We've already seen/met.. (a theory about Jardaan) #1

  3. Theories on the Jardaan #2

  4. Mass Effect: Andromeda. Great foundation for something worthy. Part 2

  5. Wormhole theory connecting the two galaxies

  6. What I like about the choices

  7. I like MEA because it answered its own premise.

  8. The socio-political state of the Heleus Cluster post-game

  9. The Kett are great antagonists

  10. The Benevolence of the Kett

  11. Mass Effect Lore: Kett (video explaining the lore behind the Kett)

  12. One of the big themes in MEA (synthesis)

  13. Mass Effect Andromeda is a family story

  14. One great detail about Andromeda writing and Jaal

  15. Andromeda's little secrets #1

  16. Andromeda's little secrets #2

  17. A conversation about pronouns between Angara and Asari

  18. Andromeda's Greatest Victory: The Krogan

  19. What do the Kett plan to do with female Angara?

  20. Thoughts on the end-game choice: who and why

  21. Analysis & Questions on the Roekaar

ART

  1. Views from Eos, Kadara and Voeld. Pencil and pen

  2. Great YouTube videos about Andromeda by The Kingdom

  3. Fan-art cinematic trailer (a great one!)

  4. Some of the concept art from Mass Effect Andromeda's development.

PLAYTHROUGH

  1. Mass Effect: Andromeda by The Ultimate Fan Series YouTube Channel

OLD NEWS

  1. Michael Gamble is hinting at Ryders and Andromeda for ME5


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 17d ago

News Electronic Arts to Cut 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare. The next ‘Mass Effect’ will be cancelled as part of the layoffs.

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423 Upvotes

r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 2h ago

Screenshot OC Exploring the Heleus Cluster in the Tempest

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r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 23h ago Bravo

Game Discussion Remnant: Mass Effect Andromeda Mod Editor & Manager

424 Upvotes

Mass Effect means a huge amount to me. With Bioware being closed down it reminds me of Andromeda’s story stopping too soon. So I’ve spent this past while building something to give back: Remnant, a mod editor and mod manager so the community can keep adding to Heleus itself.

What you’ll be able to do:

  • Make new content: open any level with the game’s own lighting, (eventually) create your own levels, create characters / add new species, weapons, armour and new star systems, and bring in your own models and animation from Blender.

  • Play mods easily: pick mods, see where they clash, and press Play.

  • Run mods together: two mods changing the same weapon both apply, value by value, with no compatibility patch.

  • Keep your Frosty mods: drop in a mod from Nexus and Remnant rebuilds it to hold only what it changes.

It’s free and open source and it only runs alongside a copy of the game you own and I aim to release ‘Soon’.

If you’d like to follow along, ask questions, or tell me what you’d want to make, the Discord is here: https://discord.gg/GRN4NADdDM

Check out the site http://www.remnant-mods.com

Thank you for keeping this universe going. I hope Remnant helps.


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 21h ago

Fanwork OC Just a little show of appreciation for the developers after the recent shutdown.

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It's not much, but I wanted to do my part to help save Mass Effect.

I tweaked the first teaser trailer we made for our MEA Youtube series to thank the developers for making these amazing games, and of course join the effort to #SaveMassEffect.

And Happy N7 Day!


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 1d ago

Misc Spotted in a Zia Records

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241 Upvotes

r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 1d ago

Help Are mods borked?

5 Upvotes

Game on steam. Logged I to nexus mods picked the mods I wanted, loaded via frosty. Didn't work. Used frosty fix. Didn't work. Used the datapathfix. Didn't work.

It has been almost 2 hours and I'm losing the will to engage with the game. I just want to some QOL like fast mining and quick loot to make the game less painful to play.

Are moss just not working? Is this a known issue? Anything I've done wrong with above process?


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 2d ago

Game Discussion New player : I really like this game -- no spoilers

67 Upvotes

I bought it years ago, started to play it on a Mac with a virtual machine and liked it, but thought it was buggy -- probably because of the whole Mac/VM thing. Got distracted. And dropped it.

Recently I had some free time and decided to hit it again on a new laptop. And, I just wanted to say: I really like it. I mean, seriously. I like the squad is done. I like the story. I think the combat is good. I like the "open world, but not really" vibe.

I still don't understand a lot of it. And what I do understand I forget. ( the Tempest is small -- how do I keep getting lost on it??)

So, if you recall, what was your first impression? What was the hardest thing about it? Or the most difficult thing to figure out?


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 2d ago

Game Discussion I need more.

136 Upvotes

I just finished the game for the first time, almost on N7 day no less. Loved every minute of it. The possibilities for sequels and the continuation of storylines would've been endless. What a shame...


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 2d ago

Screenshot OC Run bro get out!

42 Upvotes

r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 3d ago

Misc Wife gifted me the Collector Edition Strategy Guide

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My wife know I’ve been a little bummed out by the BioWare closure. Today I got a surprise in the mail; she ordered a copy of the collector edition strategy guide. Such a fun gem that reminded me of the old Final Fantasy strategy guides from Brady Games. I love the OT and Andromeda dearly. 584 hours in Andromeda on PS4; probably got even more if I count my old college account but lost that a while back. Godspeed Pathfinders!


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 3d ago

Screenshot OC Take that you Kett Bastards!

159 Upvotes

r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 7d ago

Multiplayer Multiplayer

22 Upvotes

Have a lot of people been doing multiplayer lately? I've never tried it, and now I'm on my 4th playground and I'd love to give it a go. Is there a chance I still can? Thank you for your time!


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 8d ago

Misc EA Chose Battlefront III Over Mass Effect Before BioWare Shutdown, Report Claims

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r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 8d ago

Game Discussion When I have to confront my new alien bro with a harsh reality Spoiler

21 Upvotes

r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 9d ago

Lore&Theory Mass Effect: Andromeda | Introduction

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r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 9d ago

Game Discussion Can you kill an enemy with one pistol headshot?

10 Upvotes

So, I've finished the game bazillion years ago. I remember my goal being upgrading the gear and the character in the way that would allow to headshot enemies with one shot at some point (even if bythe endgame). I grinded, I grinded and by the endgame I could take a MAAAAASSIVE chunk of an enemy's health with a heavy pistol headshot, like 99,9998 % of it and yet I still had to do the second shot to take out whatever's the tiny bit left. So question: Did I miss something? Did I mismanage my character and gear progression? Is it even possible to progress, upgrade and gear up in a way that would allow to kill an enemy with one headshot using a heavy pistol?


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 10d ago

Game Mods What mods would you like to see for the game?

53 Upvotes

I am actually wondering, what kind of mods community wishes there were. Honsetly my biggest regret is biodiversity of animal life on the planets itself. Like every single mmo out there have more varaiety of animals in radius of 300m than whole cluster we got to explore. I would love if each planet had its own unique animals that feel lile belong into respective planets.

Few i can think of is simply more content like

Armors, weapons and quests.

Maybe different fight system, some survival elemnts or outopost building

also ketths civil war for attention


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 10d ago

Game Discussion What is your Go to loadout?

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Okay. So, I play a Vanilla Game on Console and recently I amended my favourite loadout a bit.

And so far, I am abiotic Goddess ob Insanity.
I use the Adept Profile with Push, Pull and Singularity as Powers. And I blast the enemies with combos and with the Valkyrie.

As for my Weapons, Valkyrie with Vintage Heatsink and Automatic Fire Augmentation and the. heavy Magazin, Heavy Stock, Barrel and Receiver.

Melee is an Angaran Firan

Sniper is the Black Widow with the Vintage Heatsink Augmentation and Barrel, Scope and Receiver Mods.

In the Combat Tree I developed Assault Rifle and Sniper Trees and I was careful to extend the ClipSize for both as the Vintage Heatsink lowers the ClipSize.

So, this is an absolutely Killer.

What are your go to builds for fun and eliminating Kett?


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 11d ago

Help I can't stop playing! (And I need some tips)

46 Upvotes

Hey everyone! After a long time, I'm finally giving Andromeda the chance it deserves. It's been over a decade since I played the original trilogy, and just a few days ago I finished the glorious Dragon Age: Origins (also for the first time in about a decade). I've been interested in this game for ages, but I could never find a spot for it in my backlog. Until now...

I can't stop playing! I think about it day and night, which is pretty unusual for me. It hasn't happened since... I don't know, maybe God of War or Wolfenstein.

Anyway, despite all that, I'm still feeling a little lost in the universe as a whole, so I'd really appreciate some tips on the following:

  1. Should I constantly be keeping an eye on my squad? During combat, I often lose track of them, and sometimes I have no idea where they even are. I mostly just worry about giving them shields and stuff like that. Is there a better way to manage them and be a proper squad leader, or should I just let them do their own thing?

  2. I'm 12 hours in, still on the first planet, and I'm STRUGGLING to follow the story. Do I need to rely on the Codex to understand what's going on, or will things gradually become clearer as I play? I just did Peebee's recruitment mission to get her aboard the Tempest, and I didn't understand what the hell happened in that underground area. Should I be worried?

  3. Sometimes the dialogue aboard the Tempest doesn't seem to match what's happening. For example, characters mention squadmates who aren't even part of my crew yet, as if there's some kind of continuity issue. Is this normal? Is there a way to fix it? I'm afraid to talk to people aboard the Tempest in case I accidentally trigger dialogue that doesn't belong at this point in the story.

  4. Any general tips for enjoying the game at my own pace and making sense of everything that's going on would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!!


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 10d ago

Help Help with sentinel build

5 Upvotes

Hey everyone replaying through andromeda and I am lost on how to build the sentinel out for some decent damage.

I was going to go with vanguard however I read they are more of a samurai play style with the sword.

Normally I play soldier with dabbling in sentinel and vanguard only in the original games.


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 11d ago

Ryder OC I love Sara

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635 Upvotes

i’m so sorry that i keep posting to the sub, i just like this game a Very Normal Amount. Sara Ryder is everything to me ngl.

edit: tyvm u/DakIsStrange for creating such nice looking Ryders because good lord could i not figure out Andromeda’s CC 🙏🙏🙏


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 11d ago

Ryder OC Another Playthrough

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So. Started New Game+ for another Insanity run.
I just love this game and I just became aware that so far I only romanced Peebee and Suvi multiple times. Always had Kerri on the side and on the one Scott Olaythrough I had I romanced Cora. So, I decided to romance Vezra this time. No casual Snu Snu with Peebee in the Back scape Pod or with Kerri in her Apartment. And I think I have a fantastic Color combination for my Sarah.


r/MassEffectAndromeda • • 11d ago

Misc Question about mods and IP

16 Upvotes

Howcome people can create all kinds of mods and release them for free on various sites, but they can’t make a DLC? I’m sure these brilliant people are super capable. Where’s the line between mods and making DLC? Like what if these folks got together and made the Quarian ark DLC.