Mmw04014 wrote...
Can I ask someone in this thread's opinion? I'm just about to start Mass Effect 2 with my loyal-to-Liara playthrough and I'm wondering when the best time to do LOTSB is, before or after the suicide mission. I've played it both ways before but never when I was romancing Liara. Any suggestions? 
Personally, I treat the main part of LotSB as Shepard's own "Loyalty Mission", so I do it before the SM. But I wait to invite Liara back for drinks until afterward, sort of as an incentive to come back from the SM. My choice to do it early is largely due to the fact that I picked up LotSB before I finished my first playthrough, whereas most of the people on these boards aren't as Johnny-come-lately as I am, and probably first played it with a finished playthrough.
Ultimately, though, it doesn't really matter. It's just a personal choice, and I don't think it affects the romance in any way.