So much awesome in here

Things I am really glad to hear about: I like the story set up of 4 arks and you get seperated from them. Also the Nexus sounds like the Citadel right? Can't wait to get to explore that.

The piece about taking the mako from ME1 and improving it, loyalty missions from ME2, and multiplayer from ME3 sounds great. Sounds like they want to take the best of each games. Especially with this games focus on character customization which is great. 

Individual timers instead of global cooldowns is a welcome change. Dynamic Cover system like TLOU sounds wonderful. Being able to customize helmet, chest, shoulders, legs, and arms also sounds great. I am glad to hear they are adding new melee weapon options like swords and hammers (sounds like Halo).

It sounds like they don't want the Kett to be pure evil which I am very happy to hear as I was worried about that. Points of Interest sound good with combat encounters, puzzles, and narrative beats and hopefully they have a good mix of these. I like the idea of planets having many different hostile environments. I really hope they push this mechanic a lot. Bosses and super bosses oh yeah. Crafting weapons, ammo, weapon mods, and new tech is good to hear.

No loading screens in the ship thank you technology. Traveling to planets and landing sounds much much improved and more immersive.

As for the MP I can't say I am shocked that microtransactions have made it into the game and that there is a card system because I guess every game has to have one. I am glad to hear that it doesn't effect the ending of the game but will give benefits during it instead.

Glad to hear paragon and renegade is gone in favor of a more morally grey system instead of good/bad. Hopefully it works out well