User blog comment:N7EagleEye/New Mass Effect 4 Details/@comment-2250460-20121019162310/@comment-5607736-20121019172628

You make a good point, there are other people besides soldiers that can fight. I also think you are right that most of us knew somewhere in the back of our mind that Shepard would not be coming back. A few of us, me included, just don't like change and would prefer business as usual.