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[BronzTrooper]

The main reason why Shepard's biotic abilities (if he/she has any) aren't displayed is because there can be dozens of variations for Shepard (based on the personal preferences of the player) and the storyline is supposed to be broad to account for the wide variation in choices. That said I always imagine my male Shepards being either Vanguards or Engineers (even if he is a Soldier) and my FemSheps beings Adepts. It could also depend on the background for whatever Shepard I'm playing as. Ex.: My first Soldier (Renegade) was Earthborn and Ruthless. I'm not sure why but my head cannon Shepard (Engineer) and both of my Vanguard Shepards were Colonists...

[MathiasShepard]

PsiFive wrote...

Dealt with in codex and dialogue. Only the L2 implant biotics have serious side effects, and not all of them. And while biotics among humans are rare I'm sure someone said something about many of them choosing careers in space so Shepard as the Normandy's second biotic doesn't seem a problem. Just as well because most of my soldier Sheps with a bonus talent have either Lift or Singularity.

Look, obviously... every class is meant to be viable. This is a given. But the default class IS soldier and everything about his background suggests the soldier class if you take it for what it is. Of course you can fill in the holes for any class.

There is no information about his biotic background at all. The L2 implants IS a concern because shepard is around the same age as Kaiden and he would have been fitted with the same implants, now he could have recently become a biotic, but than that suggests he was apart of the soldier class before. For people his age Human biotics were rare and had to be exposed to E-Zo. This is a hole in the biotic story that you as a player have to fill in.

Shepard is definitely not engineer material, based on the material we are given. In almost all the dialogs Shepard often has no clue what all the technological jargon Tali and EDI ramble on about, you rarely, if ever, give any technological advice about really complicated things and their is often a dialog option saying,"uhhhh... what?".

Shepard in most of mass effect 1 and others pictures and posters he is carrying an assault rifle which is the most typical weapon of the soldier. All three of the background choices and three of the situational choices all demonstrate him joining the military and him going to great physical lengths(meaning is physical skill/edurance is what made him special) making him a warrior.
 
This is not to suggest that is wrong to pick any other class. Any class is viable obviously, but the cannon class that the mass effect team based shepard on was soldier and everything else branches out from there. I never even played the soldier... my favorite is vanguard, but even I can see this story fits the soldier best, but that doesn't take anything away from the other classes.  

Modifié par MathiasShepard, 15 février 2013 - 05:00 .

[ryn_wolf]

Saphra Deden wrote...

The question is pretty self-explanatory. Out of all the classes available to Shepard, which one really makes the most sense do you think considering his background, job, and over-all mission approach?

In my case, I'm going to go with the Infiltrator by a long shot. Infiltrators are trained and equipped to operate in small teams but also independently when the situation requires it. They are supposed to be capable of being self-sufficient. Infilrators can hack through enemy defenses and security, neutralize targets quietly be it up close or from afar, and can heal themselves or others.

In ME2 we see Shepard doing all of these things, regardless of class, but in ME1 he needed to be an infiltrator or sentinel to do this.

Now the problem with sentinel as with other biotic classes is that we never see Shepard use any biotics in the story. His biotic abilities are mentioned once or twice in dialog, but that's it. We never really see him use tech, but then we don't really see anyone use tech.

On the ground we always see Shepard operating with a small squad or by himself in Arrival. This is exactly what an infiltrator is trained for. Arrival especially stands out because it is an infiltration mission where Shepard is expected to be operating alone and bypassing security. Really it makes little sense for any of the non-tech or non-stealth classes to be given this assignment.

Now clearly in a lot of cutscenes Shepard wields an assault rifle and is seen in heavy armor. There are also a couple of missions that are straight up fights/assaults with no actual stealth or hacking expertise being the focus.

However for the most part the infiltrator makes the most sense in my eyes. Spectres are expected to operate alone or in small groups, just like infiltrators.

coundn't have put it better myself

[Exile Isan]

There's a reason I play all my biotics as a colonist. Being slightly off the radar, as it where, it makes more sense for Shep to not been noticed by Conatix. Also it mentioned that Mindior had a small garrison of troops there, so not many Alliance soldiers to notice one biotic kid among many?

Anyway sometimes I think it depends on what backgrounds you pick. For me my Colonists are either Adepts, Sentinals, or Vanguards. Spacer is either an Engineer or Inflitrator. And Earthborn is Soldier.

Modifié par Exile Isan, 17 février 2013 - 04:31 .

[Meeeps]

I would have guessed that Kaidan is around 5-10 years older and Shepard has L3 implants.

[Exile Isan]

Meeeps wrote...

I would have guessed that Kaidan is around 5-10 years older and Shepard has L3 implants.

In ME1 Kaidan is 32 Shep is 29.

[El Dude 9]

Canon Shep is to me is soldier, War hero, Spacer, Default male skin paragon and the name is John. But my fav is the One i made.

[Master Race]

Some stuff from the Mass Effect timeline which helps if you want to roleplay a biotic despite the way Bioware handled the issue:

2154 CE

April 11: Shepard is born.
There is a second publicized accident involving the exposure of humans to element zero.

2158 CE
Humans learn the potential of biotics. An international effort to track element zero exposures begins. Roughly 10% of recorded exposed children show indications of biotic ability. (Shepard is 4)

2168 CE
Shepard receives secondary exposure to element zero. Permanent biotic inclination manifests. (Shepard is 14)

2171 CE
Shepard is officially detected as a biotic and fitted with L3 implants. (Shepard is 17)

2172 CE
April 11: Shepard enlists in the Alliance military. (So he is a biotic before enlisting and is 18 now)

[Karkino]

Something that should be kept in mind is: Shepard was the Normandys XO.
Since its said that the Alliance doesnt waste biotics, its pretty unlikely that they would use one of their best biotics as a deskmonkey.

My original Shep was an Infiltrator in ME1 and 2, but was made a Sentinel for Insanity in ME2 and imported into 3 as one.
Imo Shepard is just portrait as such an over the top übermensch that it just seems wrong not to have her be a biotic.
Oh and for that matter my backround was Spacer/Sole Survivor

Modifié par Karkino, 25 février 2013 - 10:52 .

[BronzTrooper]

* Has sudden urge to revive this thread *

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[Afterwars]

 Soldier and play with Tali and Liara.

[EternalSeekerX9]

If you watched the arrival trailer, Shepard used biotic charge, so the way i see it, in mass effect 1 shepard was a soldier, may have been exposed to ezzo but no powers manifested, during project lazarus, TIM could have ordered implants being installed to amplify any innate element zero is his/her body or just installed implants with a genetic modification of adding some dark energy into him/her, hence in me2 he is a vangaurd. And in 3 well he is a vangaurd again. Thats how I see it in cannon for me.

[Jukaga]

Earthborn: Infiltrator -makes sense to me given her upbringing in crime ridden mega-cities

Colonist: Vanguard-exposure to Element Zero is more plausible in this background and Vanguards kick so much ass.

Spacer: Engineer-pretty self explanatory, Shepard learned her trade just like Wesley Crusher, hanging out on starbases, ships and the like.

[BronzTrooper]

Afterwars wrote...

 Soldier and play with Tali and Liara.

This.

On Topic: I think Infiltrator, Soldier, and any biotic class would make sense for Earthborn.

Spacer?  Engineer, Sentinel, Soldier.

Colonist?  Soldier, possibly Adept or Vanguard, maybe Infiltrator (lived on a colony.  Probably went hunting with his/her father using sniper rifles).

[Iyev]

Definetly engineer, this class have a exclusive escene in one dlc and, if you read the history and think about that, the most correct choice is that, and in the profile, last survivor with born in the colony (The slaves part history), but that is another discussion xDD

You can be a engineer and use a sniper rifle or any other weapon, that is not a impediment, again, the logic of the history is more important :3

[Ferretinabun]

No biotic classes make sense because there are far too many cutscenes where biotics would be extremely useful - but Shepard never uses them.

So Soldier, Infiltrator or Engineer it is. Take your pick.