Mass Effect Games - Squadmates

I swapped around a lot in ME2.

ME3 basically stuck with Liara and Jaavik or Garrus and bio-combo'd everything because all the other new squadmates suck
 
I liked all of them in ME1 - unless I was grinding for the ally achievements I'd regularly swap them around for almost equal screen time.
Wrex is in the #1 spot though.

As for ME2 I really like Zaeed - despite being a DLC character, he has some golden lines on missions and hub worlds. I'd just take squadmembers based on the mission and who's personality would fit best - so for example I would take Zaeed when recruiting Jack, because he is gritty.
Legion and Mordin of course were excellent characters.

For ME3 I think it was a good squad on the whole, although the Virmire survivor was a bit pathetic at times. I've only done one playthrough with Ashley alive, so can't comment on Kaidan (who I actually prefer characterwise), but Ashley in ME3 is worse than in ME1.
Garrus, Javik (some amazing dialogue) and EDI were first class characters though.
 
As I ran as a Vanguard all the way through, I always needed a squadmate who could take out shields with Overload, and another to rinse through armour with Warp.
 
ME1 Liara and Garrus as you noted they are an awesome combination. Garrus has a personality I can identify with which kinda helps with the immersion so usually comes along. IIRC I used Garrus and Tali a lot in ME2 but Tali can be quite annoying. The only others I really used were Zaeed and Legion to mix it up a bit.
 
eggyoke said:
OP, your lack of Tali love makes me sad :(

Garrus is awesome too though.
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She's a very cool character but wasn't that great in combat when I did try her. Sorry. :(

Liara was a better LI than the church girl as well IMO. :D
 
Hmmmm lets see, for ME1 it was Liara/Tali purely & simply because i liked the view. :D

ME2, it was usually Zaeed & Kasumi, which was just down to really liking how both of there characters where written.

ME3, Javik & Garrus, again just down to how the respective characters where written.

And i Vanguard, allways, speced to tank, it's rare that i even bother drawing any other weapon than my Disciple.
 
Only played ME3.
Garrus and James nearly every time. I always got the impression if I took Kaidan he would spend most of his time hiding behind a rock doing his nails and updating his F-book staus.
 
I did the same as the OP initially and only took Wrex and Ash in ME1 purely for firepower, but the last time I played it through I think I ended up taking Liara and Tali a lot more often, mainly because as a Soldier I could take care of damned near everything and it was more useful to have a biotic for when things got too much to handle and a tech expert so I could open doors/crates etc.

ME2, I never really had a fixed squad, I just took whoever I thought was appropriate. After a bit of familiarity with it, now I usually take whoever has the best/funniest dialogue. Just picked this up on Steam at Xmas with the Cerberus code, which I didn't have before (played my brother's copy and he forgot which e-mail address he registered the code to, and the other DLC was all registered to my e-mail) so I've got an excuse to have a play through all of this again.

In ME3, I usually took Garrus. They did a good job with his character in that game, he really did feel like an old friend you could count on. I usually teamed him with Liara or Ash, sometimes James if I wanted a change.
 
I got a load of the DLC this time around for ME2, which I'm currently working my way through. Must say that Kasumi is an awesome addition, even if she sometimes end up a bit exposed in the heat of battle. Also, LotSB was amazing, well worth it. :)

I've been using Miranda a bit this time around, didn't like her before but besides that I'm mostly rotating Kasumi/Zaeed/Mordin with Garrus pretty much in squad 99% of the time unless I think the mission needs another mix. Garrus and Mordin are an amazing combination.

TBH I almost think there's too much choice in ME2, you miss out on a lot of dialogue by being restricted to two squadmates. I think I may yet have another playthrough of ME2, using a few of the characters I've pretty much neglected this time and previous playthrough (namely Jack and Samara).
 
Garrus and Tali for all 3. However I swapped in Legion and Mordin a lot in 2. Hoping to pick these up again on pc cheap as i love 1+2 and havent played any of the dlc for 3 inc. Extended cut .
 
I just completed a 40 hour run through of ME1 as vanguard, and 90% of the time I had wrex for muscle and Tali for her electronics and tech. Nice standoff power, but could run in with a shotty if needed :D Vanguards rule :D

Sleepery said:
Mordin's a great character. The black guy in ME2 was so boring I can't even remember his name.
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Yeah he gets on my nerves. I killed off kaiden this time round for the same reason, such huffy *******s. I'm only 6 hours or so into ME2 again and have just completed the mordin and archangel missions, so at least now I can use different characters. All of a sudden though, Miranda really irritates me so I don't use her at all.
 
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