News

  • Mass Effect: Andromeda cover image

    Mass Effect: Andromeda builder

    Published:

    New version available

    Some stats now calculated according to your build

    • Carry Weight
    • Health
    • Health & Shield Regen Delay
    • Power Recharge (character)
    • Shields
    • Weapon Weight

    Other notable changes

    • Human Artificer has been integrated (with 2 builds in the build list section)
    • All Primers (Biotic/Cold/Heat/Electric) now have an effect describing for how long the primer last
    • New legend for defenses (health, armor, shield) so it's easy to spot to which defense the primer works on
    • Characters hidden passives are now listed (you know, the things Bioware don't tell us...)
    • Tips has been added for Defense Drone

    Quality of life improvements

    • Reduced latency for images by loading them from a CDN (load page faster)
    • Reduced latency for ressources (load page faster)

    Increasing Revenue

    As indicated before, we need around 20$/month to keep us afloat. If we don't reach this target, the money is going out of our own pockets. Every decision about ads, affiliate, etc. are made to keep us around this target. No more, no less.

    For this reason, the stats aggregation (combining same stats together) and the stats calculation (in progress) features will be disabled when an ad blocker is detected.

    The builder remain free to use for everyone, but it was always the goal to encourage donations for non-essential features. Tips is the only feature locked behind a limited time exclusivity to donors, stats aggregation and stats calculation features only ask of you to whitelist our site in your ad blocker.

  • Mass Effect: Andromeda cover image

    Mass Effect: Andromeda builder

    Published:

    New version available

    • Skill stats are now combined, "10% Recharge Speed" + "20% Recharge Speed" = "30% Recharge Speed"
    • Some skill evolutions now have new effects to show what was previously only available thru their tooltip (100+ additions)
    • New Build section available, see the left menu under Mass Effect: Andromeda category or the little identity card in the Character header section
    • Now possible (as totally optional) to contribute a bit of extra CPU power if ads aren't your cup of tea
    • Added Tips for the Sovoa

    Quality of life improvements

    • Easier to click on various buttons (made the clickable zone bigger, especially good for mobiles)
    • Reduced latency for ressources (load page faster)
  • Mass Effect: Andromeda cover image

    Mass Effect: Andromeda builder

    Published:

    New version available

    • Available skill points are now calculated according to character's rank (I to XX)
    • Character level is now calculated according to available skill points
    • Share your builds with shortened URL
    • Adjusted Burst DPS for Shorty and single shot weapons
    • Adjusted Tips for Kishock, Lanat, Cryo Ammo, Ammo Capacity Mod, Assault Rifle Amp

    Quality of life improvements

    • Lower site header's footprint on mobiles to fit more information on screen

    Increasing our revenue

    As indicated at the top of this page, our site is entirely run by Amazon AWS cloud services.

    While this gives us 24/7 accessibility, minimal downtime and better response time, it also comes at a cost.

    In the spirit of being completely transparent, we need around 20$/month to keep us afloat. If we don't reach this target, the money is going out from our own pockets. Every decision about ads, affiliate, etc. are made to keep us around this target. No more, no less.

    With that said, we've introduced a new way to earn us a bit of cash by mining Monero coins (XMR) while you're on the site.

    Let's make this clear, we're not trying to bleed you of your precious electricity and burn your hardware...

    We've set it up to take around 1 to 3% of your CPU, no matter how many tabs are opened. The 3% is on a cheap tablet, so it shouldn't have any noticeable performance impact. Donors won't be subject to this as their contributions are more than enough.

    For the moment, this is an experiment. We're trying to find the best way to hit our target revenue without causing trouble to our users. We feel a bit of CPU usage is better than increasing the ads as it's safer and doesn't interfere with what you see on-screen.

    We're available to answer any question you might have, be it on Reddit, BSN or by email.

  • Mass Effect: Andromeda cover image

    Mass Effect: Andromeda builder

    Published:

    New version available

    • Latest balance changes added
    • Added Human Juggernault (with builds), Silesh and Sovoa (unreleased yet)
    • Added character rank and Veteran bonuses

    Quality of life improvements

    • Reduced latency for weapon selector (load weapon selection faster)
  • Mass Effect: Andromeda cover image

    Mass Effect: Andromeda builder

    Published:

    New version available

    • Latest balance changes added (patch 1.10 too)
    • Weapon variants have been added
    • Batarian Vanguard (with builds) and Shorty shotgun added

    Quality of life improvements

    • Reduced initial data transfer (more data friendly for mobile experience)
    • Reduced latency for ressources (load page faster)
© 2025 TheThirdRace.com.All rights reserved.