Mass Effect: Andromeda faces, traveling and more addressed in upcoming patch; Future updates detailed

Patch 1.05 Notes

• Improved tutorial placement
• 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)
• Added option to skip autopilot sequences in the galaxy map
• Improved logic, timing, and continuity for relationships and story arcs
• Improved lip-sync and facial acting during conversations, including localized VO
• 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

Mass Effect: Andromeda released as a flawed, yet enjoyable entry in the franchise. The game was criticized for facial animations and the main protagonist's movements being a bit glitchy, but overall, fans of the franchise have been enjoying the experience.

For all the criticism's, BioWare has stated that they "absolutely listening" to fans and the planned improvements actually reflect that. According to Aaryn Flynn, the general manager at BioWare, the developers are planning to address a number of issues, starting with a patch this week.

This Thursday, BioWare will be releasing a patch to addresses technical fixes (crashes, improved performance), as well as add a number of improvements that the community has been requesting, such as:

• Allowing you to skip ahead when traveling between planets in the galaxy map
• Increasing the inventory limits
• Improving the appearance of eyes for humans and asari characters
• Decreasing the cost of remnant decryption keys and making them more accessible at merchants
• Improving localized voice over lip sync
• Fixing Ryder’s movements when running in a zig zag pattern
• Improving matchmaking and latency in multiplayer

Over the next two months, BioWare will be looking deeper and will attempt to improve several areas of the game, like:

• More options and variety in the character creator
• Improvements to hair and general appearance for characters
• Ongoing improvements to cinematic scenes and animations
• Improvements to male romance options for Scott Ryder
• Adjustments to conversations with Hainly Abrams

On the following page, you will find Thursday's patch notes (patch 1.05).