Mass Effect Andromeda - Multiplayer

My simple verdict at the moment is: Needs work.

I've entered a total of three matches with others so far. From worst to best:
- I entered a match to find almost everyone down and after about ten seconds, I realized it was the final (extraction) wave and I had no clue where I was going. About one second later, the match ended in failure.
- I entered a match in progress somewhere earlier with a ton of lag, and actually got disconnected after a minute or so.
- I got in a match from the beginning. Everything performed well (except us new, low-geared players) and we got through several waves before all dying.

One out of three is not so good in this sort of situation. I understand there aren't dedicated servers for multiplayer, so it's all peer-to-peer, but if there can't be some reasonable expectation of better performance, it's really not going to be worth playing.

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