Squad Tactics!

Agree with capn.

I prefer using the dpad to issue orders quickly. Or just use the combat wheel.

I'd give it a go but I'd hope I could disable it.

Of course I would have liked customizable tactics like in DA:O, but I'm just fine without it as long as the squadmates don't get in the way.

For me, I like what DAI did.

For ME1/2/3, I like the way it currently is.

While I thought DA:O was cool with what you could tell your people to do, it was really really really confusing for a ton of people. Myself included.

I would get in these situations where I could tell that somebody wasn't doing something, but I couldn't tell what. Then, all of a sudden I would turn around and see a character (usually my healer) just standing there with his/her hand in the air as if he/she was casting something, then go to another animation, and back to the first one. He/She was caught in a loop.

Trying to find where the loop catches? That was damn near impossible, too. I want to play a game, not become a master at programming.  I'd much rather prefer to have it the DA:I style, where you can have priorities set up.  Where everybody drinks a potion of healing. 

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I did programming, so I loved it.

I enjoyed the simplicity of tactics in Star Wars: Republic Commando. I think for a shooter-based series like ME, they'd be easy to use.


"Form up" (everyone follows party leader)

"Search and destroy" (everyone advances at will)

"Hold position" (team holds the vicinity of wherever you aim)

"Move on" (if assigned to a position such as a gun emplacement, the relevant party member(s) return to using normal tactics).

When did they confirm that they were going back to old combat style? That doesn't make sense. 

It would be nice to see some tactical shooter elements in the game similar to Ghost Recon, I want to plan my infiltration, by positioning my sniper for overwatch to take out enemies with heavy weapons and snipers, having my team to cover/suppressing fire on targets, and ambush enemies with stealth. I want a Special Op Tactical style/genre.

One thing I enjoyed about GRFS was that I didn't have to babysit the AI squad.

As for ME:A, either programmable tactics or DA:I's Enabled/Disabled/Preferred system is fine with me. Well, as long as they don't lock up in the middle of combat.

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Bio said it will be similar. Obviously, the jet pack adds a new twist to combat.

I think BioWare can learn a lot from games that focused on squad tactics from SOCOM series to make their squad tactics more effective.