Yeah, only 3 active powers and 2 passive powers.
Can you choose the powers? Maybe the order you pick them determines which gets which shortcut button.
Awww, thanks guys for your help. Yeah, it is really odd they don’t let you remap the buttons in options.
It’s so simple to have!
I don’t think that would work, because I’m playing as a different class in multiplayer, so I don’t have the same powers. But I’ll give that a go and see what happens, maybe switch class even. I haven’t really played multiplayer much at all, though I’m told I should when I’m towards the end of the game to get better endings or something.
The three powers you have are determined by what character you’re using. Human Male and Human Female have the same powers, but for example Turian Sentinel has different powers than Human Male/Female Sentinel or Krogan Sentinel.
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Hey, finally started ME3 after a lot of messing around with my characters face (that sounds weird). Quick question, for anyone who has played the DLC, should I do it towards the beginning of the game, or towards the end, or does it not matter. Just need a quick no spoiler answer.
The Prothean is not really that powerful of a character, so I wouldn’t feel obligated to do the mission early in the game. Do it before you go to Thessia (fairly late in the game) though, and make sure to take him with you. Some great back-and-forth with him and Liara in that mission.
Hey no spoilers! Just kidding, the spoiled that for me while installing it!
Ok, sounds like mid-beginning is probably best for me. Thanks.
Anytime after Mars, immediately after if you like but it doesn’t matter when exactly. It is a day one DLC designed for day one of play. It adds “minor dialog” (spoiler free description) to events as/after they happen. So soon is good. You get more shipboard chatter that way.
Am I missing a lot by not getting the DLC? I’m curious only because it’s a Prothean, but I don’t want to give in to EA by buying that DLC.
It’s hard to say, really. The DLC’s content level is somewhere between Zaeed and Shadow Broker. you get one mission with a moderately sized map, and a teammate with unique - though I don’t know if they’re any better - powers. Plus you get a lot of dialog. He has things to say after every mission, just like all the other people who are with you (in that way it’s the same as ME2).
I bought it, and while I think it’s more worth $5 than $10, I don’t feel all that gypped. I’d rather have the content than not and for that, $10 is fine.
Don’t leave Eden Prime though until you get the War Asset there. Because the game does NOT let you go back.
***SPOILERS
The Prothean backstory that comes with Javik is way too good to have been a separately developed part of the game, in my opinion. It would be like having released Empire Strikes Back, then the Luke-Vader revelation is sold as DLC. The backstory adds a lot to the drama. That’s what makes the nonsensical ending so weird to me, it’s like they put so much effort into every other bit of plot in the whole series, but when it comes to the ending scene, we get a cutscene of the hero’s ship flying away from a huge explosion (like every other cliched sci-fi ending).
Personally, I think the DLC is worth it just to take the character with you on the mission to Thessia alone. He has a lot of stuff to say about that mission. You aren’t really missing a lot story wise in the game’s over all plot but you are missing out on some back story on the Protheans during their war with the Reapers and you are missing out on his sometimes hilarious comments about the dominant races in the galaxy that the Reapers are here to wipe out.
Thanks for the info, lots to think about. I guess I can think on it. Since I’m guessing I’m about midway through the game, I guess I might as well finish this playthrough first,see how I feel the game overall (for now the gameplay pretty much IS me2, the story is more engaging, but I think I prefer the selection of ME2 squad mates overall more. (though I take the same 2 squad mates for most of the missions, and then probably just among 4 while the others I almost never bring on any missions.) then decide whether to get the dlc for a second playthrough.
For what it’s worth I got the collectors edition not for the DLC but only for the sweet N7 patch you get.
For me it was the patch and the awesome soundtrack. 
New FREE Multiplayer DLC next week
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Two words: Krogan. Vanguard.
And the new maps look cool too.
Two more words, Geth Infitrator.
“Geth do not intentionally infiltrate.”
I really need to spend more time on other classes, I’ve been sticking to the human adept and Turian soldier. Trouble is, it seems like I get booted out of a lot of lobbies when I’m using a low level character.