User blog:Temporaryeditor78/squadmate-mission matchups for maximum dialogue immersion

if you're one of those shepards who bring squadmates just to hear their take on whatever it is you're doing (and couldn't care less if whoever you're bringing is gameplay-optimal for the mission or not), feel free to look around/add your own suggestions. i made this for myself in order to save some time on who to bring on what missions on upcoming future playthroughs. i always found having to choose which squadmates to deploy time-consuming, sometimes picking the "wrong" squadmate for the mission then restarting after completion (no dialogue compared to others or just the wrong feel for the character="wrong").

i know there are unique dialogue pages for everyone, but those are listings per character. i find it easier to peruse lists of the relevant stuff on a per-mission basis, and i'll be adding notes here that won't be permitted under MoS rules anyway. this will be a perpetual work in progress so i apologize in advance for any RC clogging in the future.

i'll start with things i can list off the top of my head + stuff from the UD pages.

=mass effect=
 * therum: Find Liara T'Soni: wrex + tali. extra lulz if you did this mission late game because as we all know liara goes crazy.
 * noveria: once you left port hanshan your choice of squadmates is locked. the choices below may be mutually exclusive.
 * talking w/ anoleis: tali for the conversation about spacers and tax evasion.
 * Noveria: Peak 15: tali/garrus if you want callbacks for things concerning rachni way ahead on ME3 (not because of dialogue per se, but it'll just make their reminiscences about this mission way more appropriate).
 * Noveria: Matriarch Benezia: liara's a no-brainer. bring wrex for extra bit about rachni.
 * Garrus: Find Dr. Saleon: garrus.
 * Wrex: Family Armor: wrex. duh.
 * Citadel: Signal Tracking: tali.
 * UNC: Hostage: kaidan.
 * UNC: Depot Sigma-23: wrex.
 * UNC: Geth Incursions: tali (no dialogue but given her history w/ geth this feels appropriate)

=mass effect 2=
 * omega:
 * Omega: Batarian Bartender: everyone has lines when you get knocked out. even tali and legion. though i highly doubt you would have done this only after acquiring those two.
 * Dossier: Archangel: grunt + zaeed for blood pack and blue suns interaction, respectively.
 * Dossier: The Professor: any two non-human squadmates. they'll be coughing soon enough. kasumi / zaeed / jack have their own amusing takes on this, miranda and jacob are plain boring.
 * Omega: Packages for Ish: miranda + jacob.
 * Dossier: The Warlord: mordin for extra dialogue w/ okeer. may be mutually exclusive to his own recruitment mission if you chose to get grunt first. also, almost everybody comments on that canned orders over loudspeaker bit, the injured merc and the tankbred krogan scenes.
 * Dossier: The Convict: grunt's talkative here.
 * Dossier: Tali: grunt and... hmm. kasumi / garrus / miranda / ...
 * Jacob: The Gift of Greatness: zaeed or kasumi. because we know kasumi likes BBC (big black CORSAIRS. get your heads off the gutter).
 * illium:
 * Dossier: The Assassin: the points of interest here are: merc defenestration, nervous salarian, and pre-elevator battle. jacob / jack / grunt have lines here.
 * Dossier: The Justicar: the points of interest here are elnora and biotic god. zaeed / thane / jack / grunt / kasumi will have something particularly amusing here.
 * tuchanka:
 * Mordin: Old Blood: tali / garrus / grunt. depending on your choice of humor.
 * Grunt: Rite of Passage: no one in particular. bring mordin if you go for that duality thing with grunt.
 * citadel:
 * talk to the council (if saved from original mass effect): garrus or jacob
 * talk to avina: kasumi does double quotes, zaeed and miranda say something else when avina's asked about reapers. samara, thane, jack and mordin will have something to say about utopia technology.
 * Citadel: Found Forged ID: 1 nonhuman squad member + 1 human squad member if you didn't save the council on original mass effect. all of your human squad members will have something to say to the asari, the nonhuman squaddie's just there so you'll notice the individual effects.
 * bring legion around on your very first visit on the citadel.
 * Reaper IFF:
 * tali + thane. tali for reasons below (special notes), thane because he rarely gets any dialogue (he says something about the dragon's teeth).
 * talk to squadmate options. because certain squadmates will have replies to the other and because certain squadmates will have changed dialogue depending on events. the first name is the one with the talk to dialog, the second name/s is/are the one/s who'll reply:
 * omega: jacob + miranda
 * tuchanka: tali + (grunt / mordin), jacob + grunt, grunt (after loyalty mission), morinth + (mordin / grunt), mordin + grunt, zaeed / kasumi (if urz has been injured)
 * illium: grunt + jacob, jacob + (samara / miranda / kasumi)
 * citadel: thane + garrus, grunt AND kasumi (one hates ramen, the other loves it. bring them both to the same stand for maximum lulz)
 * horizon: kasumi has an exclusive here.
 * derelict reaper: (tali / garrus) + (miranda / samara / thane)

=mass effect 3=
 * Priority: Eden Prime:
 * everybody asks if liara has ever uncovered a dinosaur.
 * javik identifies your squadmates by race. maximize this by getting tali first. otherwise, use EDI for early lulz.
 * Priority: Sur'Kesh:
 * liara + garrus for the yahg, wrex and kirrahe encounters.
 * javik if wreav's the leader: grade-a pwning ahead. also for the other yahg encounter. and kirrahe interactions.
 * there is a clickable vista here. squadmates will voice their opinions about beauty, javik will reminisce about its lack in his cycle.
 * Grissom Academy: Emergency Evacuation:
 * garrus/edi for recognition with jack and david archer. liara comments a bit about biotics and hunger correlation.
 * Priority: The Citadel II:
 * james + javik: "you're like sun tzu, but with more eyes!" may be a bit problematic if you don't want javik's first time on the citadel be the one infested with traitors.
 * garrus for his c-sec roots.
 * Attican Traverse: Krogan Team:
 * javik + tali. one because he shares a room with grunt, the other... SPIDERS.
 * Kallini: Ardat-Yakshi Monastery:
 * if shep's biotic, kaidan + garrus. one for the note about using biotics to float, the other for samara's greeting recognition. tried kaidan/tali or kaidan/liara combos but kaidan's lines are superseded by whoever it is he's paired with except garrus.
 * squadmates will note if liara is present in this mission or not. bring her if you must - she'll have extra lines anyway.
 * Arrae: Ex-Cerberus Scientists:
 * EDI and tali/garrus for ME2 recognition with jacob. EDI will note jacob didn't recognize her.
 * Priority: Thessia:
 * javik highly recommended, although other squadmates will be talkative here as well. the difference is that javik turns this mission into Asari's Creed™ upon reaching the temple. and the extra interaction with lt. kurin.
 * Priority: Cerberus Headquarters: whoever your love interest is.

=special notes=
 * bring characters with loyalty conflicts on their recruitment and loyalty missions to bring their issues full circle: miranda and jack, legion and tali. the latter two can't be stressed enough - although it may be inadvisable to get tali so late in the game if you want legion in her recruitment mission: IFF countdown and everything.


 * bring james to all missions requiring squadmates to fix something (in order of increasing lulz value: Arrae: Ex-Cerberus Scientists, N7: Cerberus Fighter Base, Priority: Palaven, Rannoch: Admiral Koris) for that certain running gag feel of him having to fix things not normally within his expertise.


 * javik is optional for all missions involving reaper destroyers (Priority: Tuchanka, Priority: Rannoch, Priority: Earth) - makes it seem like you're helping fulfill his purpose of killing reapers.