User blog comment:N7EagleEye/New Mass Effect 4 Details/@comment-1958269-20121019140715

Oh god, is the Mass Effect 4 speculation train already starting?

Buy anyways, so sorry that your new protagonist isn't a carbon copy of the old one. When they said that the character wouldn't be a soldier they were referring to the mindset, the mentality of the character. They're not implying that you won't be using guns anymore.