The Strike Team Console gives Ryder access to APEXstrike teams, strike team missions, and mission rewards.
Overview[edit | edit source]
Mass Effect: Andromeda multiplayer guide – Strike Teams, missions, classes, and customisation BioWare may have built an epic galaxy-spanning space opera with Mass Effect: Andromeda, but it’s. APEX MISSIONS. Join the fight for humanity in daily and weekly limited-time APEX missions to earn valuable Mission Funds to spend on powerful equipment, characters and items. Or send out your Strike Team to fight on your behalf. We need you to join the fight! Join the Fight with the Multiplayer Recruit Pack.
Access is granted to the console by talking to Tiran Kandros during First Strike.
- Mar 07, 2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda's multiplayer missions. In addition, there are some Strike Team missions that cannot be played in multiplayer. These cannot be retried if you fail, says Frazier.
- Strike Teams are dispatched in different missions throughout the game. They are generally used for assault and extraction missions located all around the Heleus Cluster but are also dispatched on unique missions that relate the evolution of the APEX militia. Missions are located in a several locations of the Heleus Cluster known as a Firebase.
There are three screens on the console, Teams, Missions, and Pathfinder Rewards. Mission funds are shown in the upper right, regardless of the screen. Using the console brings up the Missions screen.
Locations[edit | edit source]
There are two consoles, one in the Militia Office on the Nexus, the other in the Research Room on the Tempest.
Operations - Militia Office
Tempest - Research Room
Missions[edit | edit source]
Missions are listed on the left. Mission difficulty is indicated by a color coded icon - Bronze , Silver , or Gold . New missions are tagged with the new item icon , those in progress are tagged with a clock , and completed missions are tagged with a check box . On the right is the description of the highlighted mission: status, time required, expiration information, mission brief, traits, and rewards.
APEX missions are indicated by an APEX icon in the center of a mission icon - Bronze , Silver , or Gold . (Platinum missions do not appear on the strike team console; they are only available through the Custom Match screen in Multiplayer.) When an APEX mission is highlighted, there is an option at the bottom to view details pertaining to the multiplayer form of the match. That screen will give the map in use, the difficulty, the enemy type, and the modifiers associated with the mission.
The central image sums up the mission: team dispatched, difficulty, enemy, and status. In the event that there are no missions available, the missions screen will be empty.
Selecting an APEX mission and choosing Play in Multiplayer switches the game to multiplayer and loads the custom match screen for that mission.
Teams[edit | edit source]
The Teams screen lists the teams on the left, with the highlighted team's information on the right: level, XP to next level (below level 20), traits, and equipment. Teams currently deployed are greyed out and tagged with a clock . The central image shows team deployment status and equipment, if any.
Whiskey, equipped with Night Vision IV
Sierra, no equipment
Whiskey, deployed on mission
If there are fewer than six teams, Ryder may recruit a new strike team. Cost depends on how many teams are currently active. Teams can be equipped or retired from this screen.
Rewards[edit | edit source]
The Rewards screen lists all pathfinder rewards. Credit, Item, and Material loot boxes are awarded as Bronze , Silver , or Gold based upon mission difficulty. These rewards are shown stacked by type and difficulty. Research Data Loot Boxes are shown in a blue box and are stacked as a single item . As with resource inventory, the quantity in the stack is shown in parentheses. There is a limit of two hundred items. A message will pop up when that limit has been reached, warning Ryder to collect rewards before embarking on another mission. Claiming all rewards at once will pop up a message about multiple rewards being collected.
Because certain strike team missions can be played in both singleplayer and in multiplayer at the same time, there is the possibility to start a mission using the Strike Team Console in singleplayer gameplay but complete the mission in multiplayer before the singleplayer timer is up. In overlapping instances such as this, the loot boxes and mission fund rewards will be given immediately during multiplayer. Accessing the strike team console in singleplayer after the timer expires and collecting the reward will only reward XP for the strike team.
Mass Effect Mission List
Rewards List
Rewards Limit Reached
Claiming All Rewards
No Rewards Available
Overlapping Rewards
Notes[edit | edit source]
It is important to understand that strike teams belong to an overall account, not a specific Ryder.
- Any Ryder linked to the overall account can command the teams or redeem the rewards, as long as they have been authorized via the mission First Strike.
- The overall account is limited to six strike teams and two hundred loot boxes.
- While the teams and loot boxes are limited because they are all tied together, this also means one Ryder can send out the teams and a different Ryder can claim the rewards. This is an excellent strategy to transfer a large amount of rewards from a veteran Ryder to a brand new Ryder. This gives the new Ryder an edge at the beginning of the game when levels are low and credits, resources, research data, and items not normally available can be acquired from loot boxes.
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Mass Effect Andromeda Strike Team Missions
If you've tried jumping into the addictive — and incredibly challenging — multiplayer mode in Mass Effect: Andromeda, you probably have more than just a few questions about its many moving parts.
In particular, there are three different currencies you have to keep track of — Andromeda points, multiplayer credits and mission funds. We're here to talk about just one: mission funds.
Let's go over what you spend them on and how to earn more.
Mass Effect: Andromeda: How do you earn mission funds?
Mission funds — represented by a double upward-pointing arrow icon — are a currency that you earn through sending strike teams on missions. You can do this through either the single player or multiplayer mode.
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In single player, you can access the strike team menu through in two main areas: On the Nexus, there's a terminal near where the turian Kandros hangs out. On the Tempest, visit the circular terminal where you can perform research and development.
For each successful strike team mission, you'll earn five mission funds as a reward. However, the Apex missions — marked by the orange mission funds icon — grants 10 mission funds upon completion because they're a bit more difficult.
Mass Effect: Andromeda: What are mission funds for?
APEX HQ
Mission funds are used for consumable items you need during multiplayer matches — revive packs, ammo packs, cobra RPGs and first aid packs. You can buy them with mission funds through the store tab in the multiplayer mode.
You can also use mission funds to acquire additional strike teams. By default, you have just one strike team you can deploy at a time, but you can buy additional teams. So, in theory, you might blow all your mission funds on an additional strike team or two, but you'll be able to earn those lost funds back now that you can have several strike teams deployed on missions simultaneously.
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