Strike Teams is an optional mechanic awaiting for players in Mass Effect Andromeda. It allows a player to send teams on specials missions, during which they have a chance to acquire additional resources, minerals, Credits, as well as weapons and elements of equipment. What is more, this activity is connected with multiplayer - the missions can be ordered and completed automatically, without any input from the player, or can be played in multiplayer, in cooperation with other players.
The most important aspect of the mechanic are the Strike Teams. Those are four-man squads that the player can recruit. At the beginning of the game, you start with only a single team, but as you play the game you will be able to recruit more and send them on multiple missions at the same time. Strike Teams are recruited with Mission Funds, a special currency earned by the teams during missions. Each successful mission gives you 5 Mission Funds. However, recruiting multiple teams isn't that easy - each new team increases the costs of the next one. Additionally, each Strike Team earns experience points during their missions, allowing them to advance to higher levels and increase their overall effectiveness.
Strike Teams is an optional mechanic awaiting for players in Mass Effect Andromeda. It allows a player to send teams on specials missions, during which they have a chance to acquire additional resources, minerals, Credits, as well as weapons and elements of equipment. Sep 21, 2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda APEX HQ Can’t put down Mass Effect: Andromeda’s multiplayer? APEX HQ lets you stay connected outside of the game! Customize your loadout ahead of a match, command Strike Team missions, check your stats and more. Feature Highlights: CUSTOMIZATION Swap character’s weapons, mods and equipment, and spend skill points to create your perfect character loadout on-the-go.
Successful missions will reward you with Mission Funds and various loot boxes.
The displayed message says that you cannot open the Strike Team feature because you're not connected online. As you might guess, it complicates things significantly since Strike Teams let you easily gain quite valuable rewards and not being able to access this mechanic means no rewards. Mar 19, 2017 Veteran Achievement in Mass Effect: Andromeda: Successfully complete a combined 25 strike team missions or APEX multiplayer mode extractions - worth 30 Gamerscore. I also end up with only gold missions remaining and there's fat chance my lvl 8 or lvl 10 team will succeed. That said, I just run them anyway cos u still get some XP for your team even when u fail and since the mission doesn't disappear until its either completed successfully or expires, u can keep cycling it thru.
Once your Strike Teams are ready, it's time to send them on a mission. By entering the Strike Teams screen, available both on Tempest, as well as on the Nexus station, you will be presented with a list of available missions. Each differs from another in difficulty level and the rewards you will be given once it's completed. Generally speaking, the harder the mission, the better are the potential rewards. The rewards are earned by the team only if the mission is a success - if it failed, the team will come back empty handed. However, the team will always earn experience points for the mission, regardless of its outcome - although completing it will still give more. Finally, the difficulty level of the mission goes hand in hand with the chances of success - the most difficult will have around 10% chances of success for an inexperienced team, whereas easier ones will often go above 90%.
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Once the Strike Team succeeds, it will return with multiple rewards. Those, as previously mentioned, depend on the difficulty of the mission and are divided into categories. From worst to best, those are Bronze, Silver and Gold. A Strike Team will, in most cases, come back with two rewards out of a pool of the possible ones - research points, Credits or a box full of crafting components. The better the rank (color) of the loot box, the better / more materials will be found inside. Keep in mind that even though those rewards are rather small and won't have a significant impact on your gameplay, sending Strike Teams is completely free and takes a few seconds to do.
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The last thing worth mentioning is the fact that even though a Strike Team might have a really small chance to succeed, it's still worth to send them on a mission. Sometimes (and especially when you don't have more missions, because the list wasn't updated yet) it's a good idea to send a team on a mission with under 10% chances of success. A Strike Team can't die during the mission and they will still earn some experience points. Additionally, if they somehow succeed, they will gain several levels from a single mission. Finally, playing a mission in multiplayer mode can help, although the chances there depend heavily on your and other players' skills.