SandTrout wrote...
I'm with the group that would consider waiting until the price came down to buy ME3 if it was 100% new team. I'd eventually buy it, and probably enjoy it, but a small part of my enthusiasm for the game would die if they released that news.
Certain characters don't make sense to not come back in ME3, provided they survived the suicide mission. Primarily, Miranda, Jacob, Tali, and Garus. Miranda and Jacob are essentially your command core for the SR2 and serve as Shepard's anchors to the plot. Tali and Garus have been with the series from the beginning with well developed(and liked) characters, providing a much needed sense of familiarity for the player. Even when no one else could be bothered to rejoin Shepard, Tali and Garus were there to keep the threads of the past connected to the present.
Other characters don't make a whole lot of sense to return in ME3. Thane is terminal, I understand that Jack has degrading neural functions from her biotic-enhancements, Mordin is getting too old (even though I love him as a character), and Samara only bound herself to you for the duration of the mission, and will likely return to her Justicar duties. Zaeed and Kasumi are both esentially mercenaries hired for the mission, and have no particular reason to stick around, not to mention their DLC status ensures not everyone even had access to them.
Legion is a toss up. He serves an important role as liaison to the Geth, but he does need to eventually reconnect with them.
Thane isn't terminal... He's got 8 months to year until SYMPTOMS begin occurring... Last I checked you can have symptoms without spontaniously breaking into a heart attack every 5 minutes. Thane MIGHT leave to reconnect with his son(although if he really wanted to help his son he would keep him from extinction) but otherwise the only reason to leave would be because he wanted it to be his last mission. Yet again, I think extinction would put a damper on his retirement but if that's how they explain it there's not much I can say because he did state it.
Jack's "degrading neural function" wouldn't become an issue for decades... Look at Alzheimer's, Hutchinson's, both take long periods of time to get to critical levels and are always signaled by acute symptoms relating to memory or state of mind. What Jack displays isn't "neural decay", she was a little kid. Diagnosing anyone with anything at that age would get you ignored now, but since it's the future a kid can't be hard to read? It was a background detail and something if Bioware decided to use as a reason to keep her out of the action I would be seriously pissed. The only reason Jack would leave is if you pissed her off(siding with Miranda/screwing her renegade), that's it. It's a way she would leave but it's not a be all end all since I for one always made sure to be kind to her since I thought she was a sweet character and very soft on the inside.
Samara's Oath was very general. She could easily use it as a reason to continue further with you towards the oncoming reaper threat. Aside from that, if you were paragon(the only reason she would logically stay with you) then you did enough good around her that she could logically stay with you and justify it through your actions. Aside from that, her quest was to chase Morinth, so without that, she's looking for another big goal, and we all know how drawn Justicar's are to impossible tasks.
Zaeed and Kasumi on the other hand... I could see them leaving but I'd hope Bioware would at least see the merit in Zaeed, since he was free with every new copy.(and will be for the forseeable future) Kasumi could be left out but they've both gained quite a bit of popularity. Aside from the fact that DLC seems to be very important in Bioware's plans(Bridge DLC being the large indication of such)
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