Who is your favorite squadmate in the ME series?

Even the simulator is heartbreaking because Kasumi's shadow strike is no longer able to troll enemies like they used to. Makes me wish they have given her the N7 Shadow's ability instead. Kasumi with a sword would have made my heart burst with glee.

Oh the flashbangs. They were hilarious. ME2 Kasumi was a beast in combat. Rapid shadow strike would have me giggling as I sent her out like a lethal yo-yo and the mass confusion between enemies made it so fun.

In ME3? I'm wondering what the point of cloak is when one shot from her will end it and she's equipped with pistols and SMGs. The armor piercing rounds was just...weird. Why?! Why did they mess with her skill set?! *Cries*

And she has the single best line in combat when throwing them. "Gift for yooouu." Its funny how Jack is supposed to be this super badass biotic that you shouldn't mess with, but in combat she was nowhere near as useful as Kasumi was. And Kasumi is not tanky or has any amazing biotics. Kasumi saved me so many instances of having to watch the loading screen because I died because Vanguard is a buggy piece of crap class. I am actually kind of interested in taking my broshep again as different classes and seeing how well she works for them. I can imagine her being great for an Adept and an Engineer (especially the confusion you can create with a drone and her Shadow Striking everything). I must try this.

I'm as confused as you are. Armor piercing rounds are a weird addition, pistols are okay with cloak, but she still doesn't use it right, and her skill set from ME2 is messed up. Its very clear Bioware thought Kasumi was an afterthought in all regards. Her writing in ME3 is poor, she barely matters at all, and the one girl I want as a romance more than anyone is simply not available. Also, what makes it more annoying is Steve gets the same Kasumi could have had. I think I'm going to cry too. 

Still curious about how Kaidan - allegedly disliked by so many and dies in so many runs because of Ashley - is second most favorite squadmate above. Garrus wins by a large margin but Kaidan still outvotes even Liara. Methinks that those who don't like Kaidan were a distinctly vocal minority rather than representative of what people actually thought of him. Honestly, I think a lot of things complained about (ME3 endings and MEA) come from a loud minority who, unfortunately, wield significant influence.

I'm not sure, but its weird to me. I used to visit another forum which seemed to hate Jacob, Kaidan, and Ash almost unanimously. Some of the hate for Kaidan was him having a voice actor that was the same as Carth, because he turned gay and hit on broshep, he's a weakling, they never let him live past Virmire, and is boring. But here, his reception is much more positive and many people seem to love him here. Honestly, if you give him a chance, Kaidan is actually pretty cool. He's got everything a good character should have. He's a good squadmate to boot. I think I only prefer Wrex over him, but I think Wrex is not as high because after ME1 he is not a squadmate anymore. I understand why some may find him boring, but to hate him seems a little extreme. He doesn't really do anything worthy of hate. 

I'm not surprised. Here's why. bsn.boards.net/post/954688/thread

A recent playthrough made me realize how strong Sentinels are in the ME series. Kaidan/Miranda are literally so versatile and powerful. And being a Sentinel Shepard on top of this is so overkill.

I still really like Wrex/Kaidan for ME1. If I'm playing Obbie Shepard, Kasumi is still my favorite for him. She suits my rush down Sentinel pretty well. In ME3 I still find myself only using the Virmire survivor and Javik the most.

Please enlighten me of this feature. The only thing I dislike about Sentinel is the long recharge time of tech armor. I play on insanity only, so even tanky Sentinels get their armor blown off quickly. Maybe you can have me cackling in giddiness as well? 

And Miranda can detonate her own biotic explosions with slam and good timing? How does this work? I really don't use slam much for her but this would be super interesting to know. And I felt Kaidan is amazing in ME1 and ME3 regardless of the class. I find he helps biotic classes as well since they don't have super quick ways to deal with shields alone. And I rarely use Vega unless Kaidan or Ash are around. 

Huh? I have played Sentinel quite a few times. And I never noticed that activating tech armor resets squadmate abilities. I am also unsure about the slam thing with Miranda also. I am pretty sure I have tried slam and then had Thane throw warp while the enemies is in the air. I assume if this does work, you can pause the game to activate her warp can't you? I'll try these out next time I play. I wouldn't say biotics are useless on insanity. They just aren't brain dead like they are in ME1. Someone with overload makes biotics pretty viable. I did a Miranda romance run and my guy was an adept. She goes really well with him. Vanguards however are frustrating on Insanity. If Sentinels really can do that, then it will further solidify it as one of my favorite classes.

I prefer it in ME3 after playing ME3's MP personally. The long recharge times of tech armor in ME2 can kill the pacing of sentinels for me at times. I also feel Sentinel and the flamethrower in ME2 are a perfect match also.

... Wow. This changes everything then. Sentinel might end up being my favorite ME2 class even out ranking Engineer. I will definitely give this a try next time I play. This will definitely make things a bit more interesting with certain characters I like using. But it seems like it needs some timing and getting used to casting powers at a certain time so you can abuse this feature. I still am not sure how I missed this honestly. Thanks for this information.

Vanguard without charge? That sounds... wrong, but also interesting. Shockwave is one of the powers I barely spent any time using in ME2. This goes for Jack and even Shepard if I'm a biotic. Maybe if I play Vanguard or Adept again, I should try out shockwave a bit more. I feel ME3 just made all classes and powers ridiculously good. 

It does feel off. I love the Charge/Nova combo.