Today in a tweet from bioware they halfway through have canceled their multiplayer tech test.
Here is the direct quote [quote]"While we will have live multiplayer at PAX East, there will no longer be a multiplayer tech test for players at home. Thank you to everyone who signed up. We look forward to seeing you in Andromeda."[/quote]
Edit: Follow up tweet. [quote] We've worked hard testing/balancing MP and determined that a tech test would not be necessary[/quote]
Edit: there will be a playable demo at pax
Multiplayer picture! Of characters! https://twitter.com/DiscoBabaloo/status/837117888951627776/photo/1. He says that all characters faces are preset and helmets can not be toggled. (Nothing new) but you can still change colors of armor. Classes also have rarity levels.
Also this [quote]Melo also mentioned that there was a closed alpha for Andromeda earlier this year that was held on retail consoles, so the game has been tested in the wild.[/quote]
On twitter a person who played the games multiplayer revealed that it will have the same pack system as mass effect 3 the person being the one in the tweet above!
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My guess is they didn't want nerds data mining the beta and ruining the single player.