User blog comment:Sperez2012/Earth DLC Characters/@comment-1388547-20120718081250

I saved up about one million credits over the weekend event so I could buy a lot of premium spectre packs once the DLC came out. I got the N7 Shadow and Slayer. I wasn't super-impressed with the Slayer, but perhaps I need to rebuild the character with a different emphasis. (I maxed out Phase Disruptor, but perhaps Biotic Slash is better?) The N7 Shadow, though ... I think I'm in love. I originally built her as a standard sniper, but after experiencing how awesome Shadow Strike is, I rebuilt as a hybrid melee/sniping character. She has at least one good attack at all ranges, has great survivability (the damage reduction and shield drain evolutions of Shadow Strike are very nice), and can bring down all but the toughest enemies pretty much at will. She tears through Silver without breaking a sweat, and does pretty well on Gold, though being a balanced do-everything character means she doesn't quite dish out as much long-range damage as a dedicated sniper.

I haven't seen a lot of the other N7 classes yet, but special mention goes to the Demolisher Engineer, whose supply pylon is very, very helpful. I'm not sure how good this class is at fighting directly, but they're sure to be very well-liked as support characters.