Anyone tried the insanity mode

I've been playing on Hardcore, it's tough in spots for sure.

My only problem with Insanity would be keeping my squadmates alive...they are great at dying sometimes lol.

Good to know Insanity will be tough

That's good to hear. Insanity should be very punishing IMO.

haha those grissom academy mechs and engineers, real pain in the ass

Insanity is great, just the right difficulty for me. Makes sure I'm punished for doing dumb shit but doesn't make me feel like everything is a bullet sponge.

Though, they're tough enough that I always feel like I'm running out of ammo, even with powers and headshots. Wish you could carry more ammo if you left weapon slots empty.

What training did you guys choose?

Insanity is definitely a challenge, unlike in the original trilogy. Regular kett are easy, as is to be expected. It's when you encounter multiple heavily armored kett with armor that things start to become tricky. They take out your shields really fast and are a pain to burn through one at a time. My biggest criticism so far isn't the difficulty of the enemies, but the stupidity of your companions. They will take unnecessary risks and die easily. They are not really reliable or useful at all. I imagine I'll have to constantly order them near me at all times just so they don't run halfway across the area and die where I can't pick them up.

Yup, reached the storygate in 9.5 hours. It's still too easy.

I had to turn Insanity off at a Remnant monolith part because those flying drones were too damn hard. Insanity is challenging, but more so because your team's AI is highly suicidal, causing most firefights to be just you versus an army because your squadmates go down more than a level 1 character in multiplayer on a Gold mission. Still challenging but borders on somewhat irritating at times when you're trying to be strategic and your squad refuses to cooperate.

Well, I use Cora, and she's really melee-oriented. Whether I put her into a position or not is irrelevant because she will warp to the enemy, which is generally when she dies. I can tell the hardest part about Insanity will be more so managing your companions than the actual enemies.