What did you do today in ME?

I have not played sentinel on insanity. The others I have. The hardest? Not sure. The easiest is soldier.

Yes soldier was the (easiest and safest) way to go the first time around. Anything else and I would have probably given up. Not looking forward to acquiring the IFF again (on any class)

On insanity, I would use the bonus power energy drain. If not, use Garrus and Miranda. Both have overload. If you do that, use slam as a bonus power to take care of the husks. When it comes to the scions use overload then use  grenade launcher or the collector particle beam.

For me, the IFF mission always gave me problems even on lower difficulties. I'm not a fan of those scions

One note: in ME2 you have to take sniper training on the Collector ship since you don't start out with it as an Engineer. With the Viper (Thane recruitment) and Locust (Kasumi loyalty) I managed to survive Insanity - did everything except Arrival, then lowered the difficulty since I hate Kenson so much I didn't want to spend any extra time with her.

From the Journal of Ioan Shepard:

- Normandy: Email from Aria T'Loak. She's on the Citadel and wants to see me. Also, I'm to report to a Dr. Bryson on the Citadel. Thane is also on the Citadel, in Huerta! Well, he's my priority of those three. Kaidan's awake, so he shoots to #1. And Udina wants to make him a Spectre. Pondering if both of us being Spectres to help us throw out the regs around fraternization. I mean, what are they odds they'd court martial us anyway? Seems like it would be a losing proposition. I suppose they could go after Kaidan but would they really want me to be that unhappy? Anyway, a salarian Spectre also wants my help. I doubt he'd ask lightly given how things are at the moment so I'll meet with him.
- Citadel: First up is Huerta Memorial. Settled a disagreement on whether or not Huerta was currently alive or not. Gave a medi-gel formula for hanar found on Sanctum to a doctor. Met with Thane. He's here so he can be near his son (who lives on the Citadel) at the end of his life. Nine months ago he was given three months to live so he has no expectations on how long he'll be around. Fortunately, his disease isn't painful.
- Stopped by to see Kaidan. Gave him that Peruvian whiskey I'd bought at the Huerta terminal. Very expensive stuff, on the order of the Serrice Ice Brandy Dr. Chakwas loves. He's worth it, though. He still hasn't decided on whether or not to become a Spectre but Udina is pushing for an answer. We did clear the air a bit. I told him I still cared about him, and he said we were good together, but that doesn't make us together.
- Bought some koi for my aquarium. Also found an Aquarium VI to feed them. Kelly Chambers isn't around anymore and I can't imagine Traynor doing that. She's way too busy - and far too good at her job - to ask anything like that from her.
- EDI believes Joker is interested in her romantically. I'm both surprised and not. He's only ever cared about his ship - almost died with the SR1 because he wouldn't leave it - and EDI kind of is the ship, which a body attached.
- Something interesting came up. Option to pardon Donnelly and Daniels, the Normandy engineers while with Cerberus. I knew from my time with them that they had no concept of what Cerberus was really like and they risked a lot returning to Council space because of that lack of understanding. If Chakwas and Joker were free and clear, these two should be as well. Adams could use their expertise.
- Met with Jondum Bau, the Spectre who had contacted me. He suspects a hanar diplomat has been indoctrinated. Kasumi Goto was also somehow involved, despite Bau having been trying to arrest her for years. We investigated and figured out who it was. Definitely indoctrinated. Used a virus to disable the hanar homeworld's defenses. Kasumi stopped the virus while an indoctrinated human attacked Bau. I saved him but the system overloaded. To all appearances, Kasumi died and her cloak made her go invisible. Bau then said his Spectre unit would return the favor. Meanwhile, Kasumi wasn't dead and I convinced her to help hack the technology of the Crucible since no one really understood how it worked.
- Found Kelly Chambers in the Holding Docks! She was another one who hadn't seen Cerberus for what it was. After I returned to Earth, she looked more closely at their activities and realized she couldn't stay with them. Tried to get her to come back to the Normandy but her experience being abducted by the Collectors made her want to stay away. I understood. Since I couldn't watch over her, I suggested she change her identity and her look. Cerberus was crazier than ever these days and you could never tell if they'd hunt a former member down.
- Grissom Academy: This place housed the Ascension Project, a school for young biotics. I'd also sent David Archer here after he'd suffered torture under his brother's hands. Not by design but that was still the effect. In any case, Traynor had caught something sketchy about communications to Grissom and decided something wasn't right. I thought it best to investigate. It was Cerberus. Kahlee Sanders was in charge and was helping us get through. Saw Cerberus troopers dragging a student through the hall by the leg. An impenetrable window kept me from getting to them. Another boy was using an impressive biotic barrier to keep the troopers at bay. I took out his attackers and told him to play dead until it was safe to move. Also saved his sister, though she was slightly injured. Meanwhile, Cerberus was spouting bullshit propaganda over the speakers, at least until Sanders overrode them and told them help was coming.
- When I made it to Orion Hall, I saw Jack there fighting off Cerberus troopers. She literally put herself in-between troopers and students. Clearly, she knew them and was willing to die for them. After taking out an Atlas mech for them I found out Jack was a teacher there. Who better than someone who wanted to make sure what had happened to her never happened to anyone else? Was finding all kinds of evidence that Cerberus planned to take these students and turn them into something else - maybe use the same process that was used on the troopers to make them loyal. The number of troops they had was incredible but made more sense if they were indoctrinated. Even the students were saying that it was weird how Cerberus knew all of their names. That pointed to an inside informant.
- We split up: EDI, Garrus and I below with Jack and her students above. It kept them safer but still in the game. I did run across some students using an omni-tool to create a barrier. They didn't trust me even after I took out the Cerberus troopers threatening them. But someone else inside the barrier did. David Archer was there. He remembered EDI - her voice - and me. He remained grateful to be alive and gave me access to the room containing weapons. Stuff like this made my time with Cerberus worthwhile. What would have happened to him if I'd never investigated Overlord for TIM?
- Approaching where the shuttle would be, I needed to distract Cerberus. Hijacked an Atlas and used it to take out the Cerberus troops that were flooding in. This gave the students time to flee to the shuttle. No casualties. EMS: 504.

"Welcome back folks. The awsome Commander Shepard is our special guest giving commentary to ME3 while one of my helpers, Bugs Bunny, plays the game. Since tonights episode has started, there's been a lot of questions and inquiries as what happened to Miranda and Liara. Can you fill us in?'
'I can. After getting to Citadel, Hackett asked that Liara joins him to help decipher the plans.  After I got the Primarch, I went back to the Citadel. Miranda was there. Since Cerberus was causing problems, I wanted her on the ship to help explain why they're doing what they're doing and to maybe find where they're located."
"It seems, so far anyways, that what happens in the game is far different from what really happened. Don't take this the wrong way Lisa, but I like the game since it has a lot of shooting the bad guy. (The audience cheers)"
"Haha. That's fine. I still did a lot of shooting. Nothing like in the game. In fact what's in the game I wouldn't have survived if that really did happen."
"Here's another question from the audience. Do you dance as bad as your character in the game?"
"Hahahahaha. No. Before I got married, Samantha and I took dancing lessons. Even today, we dance when we go out with friends to a club."
"Here she is during her wedding reception. Not only can you shoot bad guys, but you got some nice dance moves. Would you like to show us some dance moves?(the audience cheers her on)
"The next time I'm on your show, I will bring my wife. At that time I will show some dancing moves".(the crowds says aaah)
"I know you and the others have shown up to comic-con all over the world many times. What's that like?"
"Its wonderful. A few times I've sat with Jennifer Hale signing autographs. Its amazing to see people dressed up as the characters from the games. One of the best ones is a few years back, a couple were dressed up as giant Cision Pro Mach 4 toothbrushes."
"Speaking of the toothbrush, I take it you and your family use it?"
"Oh yes. We have a different colored toothbrush for each one of my daughters"
"Lets take a short break and then continue with ME3"

"Welcome back. Thanks to the Looney Tune Band led by Foghorn Leghorn. And lets not forget, Daffy Duck, as the camera duck. Back with Commander Shepard. So you head back to the Citadel. Cerberus attacks the station. Talk us through it."
"We arrive, Cerberus was gunning down everyone. There was one Cerberus guy. later known as Kai  Leng. He was leading the attack. He tried to kill the salarian councilor, but was stopped by a drell named Thane. Af---"
"Before you go any further, explain to our audience who Thane was."
"He was on my team helping me defeat the collectors. He was on the Citadel visiting his son at the time of the attack. Unfortunately he died. After the war, the salarians unveiled a statue of him  on Sur"Kesh in his honor for saving their councilor. Later I caught up with Ashley. She told me the other councilors were heading to a shuttle to leave the area. We caught up with them. At that point, Udina pulled a gun on me. It turns out he asked Cerberus to help gather forces to stop the reapers on Earth. I applauded him for wanting to help Earth, but he went about it the wrong way. The sad part is that before he could be taken into custody, he killed himself."
"That is very different from what happened in the game. Obviously Ashley joined you back on the Normandy. Bugs Bunny has completed the From Ashes dlc. What was it like fighting with a Prothean?"
"I cannot comment on that."
"Very well. After the coup, the player learns the Crucible has enough power to destroy the reapers. No one knew how it would dispense that energy."
"That's right."
"In the game this is where you invite Sam up to your cabin and you both get romantic."
"In the game yes. We were romantically involved with each other shortly after visiting Sur'Kesh."
"Way to go Commander. You don't waste any time. (the audience laughs) I see you're blushing. Aside from your wife, is there any character you would romance?"
"I don't know."
"Are you sure? Ok. Here's another question. Have you beaten your wife at chess?"
(the Commander laughs)"No. In all these years I have not. We've played numerous times. I've tried every tactic to win. No matter how pursuasive I was, she would still win."
"Ok. I see its time for a commercial break. We'll be back"

You cheater! How can you not commment on the Prothean?

And Shepard can dance? OH--MY--GOD! The clone survived, not the real Shepard!

"We're back with Commander Shepard. This part is where you meet the quarians. What was that like?
"It was tense. Some of what happened in the game really happened. One thing is I never went into the geth server. That is something Bioware added. I had a former squadmate.Tali, with me on the geth dreadnought. The ship needed to be destroyed. Once done, I learned one of their Admirals crashed on Rannoch. He was rescued. Found a base on Rannoch that the geth were very protective of. It had a reaper. I called in for an orbital strike. I was very far away when this happened. It finally was destroyed leaving the quarians to destroy the geth."
"Lets take a look at the poll to see who the audience picked. Very close. 58% chose quarians vs 42% for the geth. If you would Bugs Bunny. What happened with Tali?"
"She decided to stay on Rannoch to help  her people."
"You're back on the Citadel to talk with the councilor and run a few errands. You run into Zaeed."
"Yes. I helped Zaeed with something. He was a good man. On Feb 1st 2191, he died of a heart attack. I was heartbroken. I took the twins and Samantha to London. The girls laid a wreath on his casket. Even though they met him once, they liked him. Thanks to Samantha, a statue was built in his honor and a park was named after him."
"For those who may not know about  Zaeed Massani, here's his picture. If you want to know more, you can find a link when you go to the website for this show. We'll be back."

From the Journal of Ioan Shepard:

- Citadel: Blood Pack recruited to fight the Reapers. All it took was pretending that my head was going to be a "hood ornament" for some vorcha's shuttle and then shooting him in the head. His replacement agreed to work for Aria and be directed as she saw fit - which is for me. Tried to get Eclipse on my side but seemed like it was going to mean the release of a psychopath named Jona Sederis. Instead, I arranged for her second-in-command to take over and he was much more agreeable.
- Met up with Miranda. She said Oriana was missing and thought her father was behind it. She was also on the run from Cerberus. Still, she didn't want my help right now, didn't think I had the time. (Don't, really, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't help anyway.)
- Summit Meeting: Things were not going well between the dalatrass and Wrex. She threw insults and said curing the genophage - what Wrex demanded in exchange for helping the turians - was off the table. Wrex had a plan, though, since it seemed like there was no cure in sight. He said that krogan females had survived Maelon's genophage cure trials and had been taken by the salarians to Sur'Kesh. Still, the dalatrass was trying to see what use it would be to her when Victus made it clear: any alliance with the turians would be over forever. She had the nerve to call me a bully, saying such people have few friends when needed most - not realizing she's the one who was the actual bully. As a Spectre, I could oversee the exchange and we went to do just that.