Mass Effect: Andromeda New Video Covers Profiles & Your Squad of Characters
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Mass Effect: Andromeda New Video Covers Profiles & Your Squad of Characters

EA and BioWare have released a new Mass Effect: Andromeda video that explores the game’s profiles and your squad of characters. Check it out:

Mass Effect: Andromeda is classless. As you level up you’ll gain access to dozens of skills and over 300 skill upgrades. As you unlock skills over the course of the game, you’ll gain access to profiles. There are seven types of profiles. The video detailed these two:

  • Adept – The Adept profile is perfect for players who want to specialize in biotics. As you choose more biotic skills, the Adept profile will give you bonuses to suit your play style. Choosing Adept gives bonuses to the duration and damage of your biotics. And the more you invest in your skills, the higher level profiles you can unlock.
  • Explorer – Maybe you want to be more versatile, choosing some combat mixed with biotic and tech skills. This will unlock the Explorer profile, giving you perks and buffs that enhance all your abilities.

Profiles can be swapped any time and on the fly. You can set a favorite to map 3 skills and a single profile to one slot. You have have 4 of these favorite slots, effectively allowing you to swap between 12 skills at will.

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Each of your six squad-mates has three active and two passive skills. You can set your squad up around the battlefield, ordering them to defend locations, attack targets, or rally to your side, as well as team up with them for power combos. These activate when you or one of your squad-mates primes an enemy or group of enemies, setting them up for the kill, then you or a squad-mate jumps in to detonate and finish the job. You can level up your squad-mates to make them specifically good at priming or detonating targets.

Last week we got a look at combat and weapons, and now we have a better idea of the kinds of supportive and playstyle orientation options we’ll have. Thoughts on the new classless system?

Mass Effect: Andromeda releases March 21st for PS4, Xbox One and PC. Want to win a copy of the game or a PS4 or Xbox One? Of course you do! Check out our Mass Effect: Andromeda Giveaway!


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