Trilogy Run - Adept Vs Engineer

Yeah Engineer does have the disadvantage of no real defense power in ME1 to go along with light armor. But I find the class a little more interesting to play than Adept in that one.

I like Adept more than Engineer in ME2 by a little bit. But Engineer is sort of the Swiss Army knife character there where you have a power for nearly everything. Although you don't have an outright barrier power, Incinerate or even fast cooldown Cryo Blast isn't bad for adding a little barrier damage in with your SMG. And of course the squaddies.

Although Stasis is in fact the best bonus for Adept (and potentially every class really) in ME2, Heavy Singularity also provides decent CC on a lot of elites.

For ME3 I like Engineer more than Adept, but in a way you are just choosing which combos you want to pull off.

I would probably go Engineer if I were you, but really either can be fun. Mostly that is because of the difference in ME1 though.

Play both

Engineer wasn't bad. In ME3, the class is the most fun. You get two extra squadmates, combat drone and sentry turret.

Adept is good. Depending on how you play, you could go through the trilogy without using your weapon unless the game forces the issue. I did it for ME2/3.

Hmmm. I might do that. a trilogy run as an adept using no weapons.

After much thought, I decided to go with Adept. Here are the reasons why:-

1) I decided to flesh out my canon male Shepard. He is someone who is excellent in what I like to call the "pure disciplines" instead of the "applied disciplines". That means he is someone who is good at the pure sciences but not good at applied sciences. Engineering is all about applied sciences.

2) I want my Shepard to start as a reluctant combatant, meaning he is only in the Alliance Military because he had to be there due to circumstances beyond his control. Given the lore, Human Adepts are far more likely to be recruited into the Alliance Military over Human Engineers because of the way Human Biotics are treated.

3) I have also planned for my Shepard to romance Tali. Adept Shepard and Tali is in my opinion, a far more interesting pairing than an Engineer Shepard and Tali. Two very different people

For Mass Effect 1, I will go with Assault Rifles as my bonus power, thereby negating the need to invest skill points in Shield Boost. For Mass Effect 2, I will go with Stasis as my bonus power with the occasional usage of Energy Drain. Stasis solves the Adept's difficulty of dealing with targets like YMIR Mechs and the like. For Mass Effect 3, I will go with Reave as my bonus power with the occasional usage of Energy Drain. Area Reave with a focus on damage protection solves many of the Adept's weaknesses in Mass Effect 3, namely the lack of protective power and the lack of a hitscan power. As for Energy Drain, it is quite believable to imagine a scenario where Tali teaches Shepard how to use it and helps Shepard get an Omni-Tool upgrade to use in its basic form - Lore wise, the standard Adept Omni-Tool is not sufficient to use for dedicated Tech Powers.

As for weapons and armor, in Mass Effect 1, I will go for either the Predator Light Armor or Colossus Light Armor with Spectre Assault Rifle. For Mass Effect 2, I will go for for the Blood Dragon Armor, Locust SMG, Phalanx Pistol and Mattock Rifle. For Mass Effect 3, I will stick with Blood Dragon Armor (I hate Cerberus colors on my Shepard's armor) and M-7 Lancer (Phaeston before that, purely because I like the aesthetics of the gun).

Lastly, for the Engineer, I will do a FemShep playthrough as one - Stuck on deciding between Garrus, Kaidan and Liara as love interest at the moment.