Too many close quarters fighters!

Yeah I noticed that too. And Jaal uses a Sniper, but we don't know what he prefers.

I wouldn't assume that Vetra is a tank. I'm tipping that she is an engineer and her armour power is for survivability. Kinda like defence matrix.

But it does seem excessive that, at the very least, Cora, Liam and Drack will all be CQC fighters. That's half the squad.

So far Vetra is going to be my regular companion if everyone's CQC starts to cause me grief. If we do get a Sniper that prefers to attack from the distance, then I might take one of the others with me when exploring. During loyalty missions I'll just hope for the best and see who works best with who. We've already heard Cora and Drack are a pretty good match!

They're there to compensate for my own extreme long range cheeki breeki with sniper rifles and assault rifles.

That's what I was thinking. Practically minded engineer smuggler/merc who upgraded her armor for increased protection.

I got the feeling that PeeBee is the tech-savvy member of the squad. I think there was some tweets about it. Can't bother to go and find them though.

I'd go with then just being their favorites, since Liam otherwise won't have a gun  
We saw characters with different type of weapons. I think they'll be able to have at least two.

Why don't we play the game first and then be disappointed? Just a thought... The one who worries beforehand suffers twice, after all.

I guess the real issue is whether or not the companions will be any good auch close range combat. AI for allies is notoriously bad in many games, and I certainly found my allies in Bioware's games to be deeply unreliable and/or unable to use their abilities to the best advantage. Allies who had simple roles to fill (Snipers, or people with powerful auto hit abilities like Kasumi's Shadow Strike etc) usually acquitted themselves well.

But supposed tanks like Jacob, Grunt, and pseudo Vanguards like Jack, along with pretty much any Biotic user routinely failed to impress me. Same in Dragon Age really, with the exception that tanks are actually hardy enough there to do their job properly (and aren't beinf shot from all sides by rapid firing assault rifles). Healers, tanks etc would perform fine, but DPS fighters and rogues of all kinds would fail to use their abilities wisely.

Mostly, I just need my companions to stay alive, distract the enemy and let me do all the actual killing. As the only sentient person there, I can make decisions and spot weaknesses far faster and more effectively than any AI. I can pick the most efficient weapon, the best skill for the occasion, and just get into a new position in way the AI simply will never be able to do.

Does squadmate AI have a good range game? I'm genuinely asking, I played a sniper infiltrator in the trilogy and never even bothered with squadmates (they just did their own thing). Powers wise they were good, but I can't note any gunplay that stood out.

The Turian is most interesting so far. We know them for their marksmanship.

She's going to be THE tank.

Vetra should be a Cabal.

Jaal is going to be my new Garrus as my sniper/long range. Drak is my tank/up close. I'll be playing close to mid range with Bio/tech combos.

Yeah I hope someone will be our tech genius. Liam may have turrets, overload, etc though.