User blog comment:Draen1/How do you use your squadmates?/@comment-1388547-20120508212637/@comment-4973403-20120524032126

In ME1, without being able to direct squad members individually, quite a few times they just started to blast away at a wall or a crate when enemies were hiding on the other side of the room. I haven't relied on my companions to take out enemies in ME1 (except when funneling them through a narrow corridor) until close to the end, and they are NEVER reliable to chase after enemies unless told to move towards them, otherwise you end up with them blazing away at the back of your head. I'm glad they fixed that in ME2. For ME2 and 3 I try to use them tactically, depending on the terrain I change out their weapons and position them. when I'm advancing I make sure that all three of us leapfrog from cover to cover in order to advance...Well that's more in 3, in 2 pretty much everyone remains in a standoff position and it's more of a long range fight.