So I know this is early and all but if any charecters from the first two games are squad members who do you want for your squad?  For me the one's I would want are Ashley 
Wrex  
Kaiden 
Garrus 
Jack 
Jacob 
Mordin 
Miranda 
Legion 
Grunt

Zaeed
Zaeed
Zaeed
Zaeed
 
etc.

Tali and Garrus son, I keeps it old school.  But to bad none of them will be... 
 

Tali and Garrus

As long as Garrus is back, Mass Effect 3 will be excellent.

"Tali and Garrus son, I keeps it old school.  But to bad none of them will be... 
 

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Considering the fact that anyone of them can die in the last mission.  The only reason Tali and Garrus are in ME2 as squad members is cause they couldn't die in the first.  Look at people like Ashley and Wrex in ME2, they play bit roles because they are not going to put a lot of time into a character that no one may see.  It would be sweet if they were all fleshed out story wise though, don't get me wrong;)

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Tali and Garrus. Wrex if available.

Garrus and Legion

I'm hypothesizing here, but what about that Quarian dude that you encounter on Tali's Recruitment and Loyalty missions? He seems like a background character that gets a little too much exposition for a background character.
 
Oh, and I would like Mordin, Legion, and Garrus to come back, but they will probably only play bit roles in ME3 because of the way the endgame goes down. But for all we know that paves the way for the glorious return of WREX as a party member. Shepard.

I hope its all new characters

" @MikeFightNight said:

"Tali and Garrus son, I keeps it old school.  But to bad none of them will be... 
 

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Considering the fact that anyone of them can die in the last mission.  The only reason Tali and Garrus are in ME2 as squad members is cause they couldn't die in the first.  Look at people like Ashley and Wrex in ME2, they play bit roles because they are not going to put a lot of time into a character that no one may see.  It would be sweet if they were all fleshed out story wise though, don't get me wrong;)

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That is a really narrow minded way to think about things.  The game sets up pretty well you keeping the crew you have, I could see them bringing some old characters back as well, a long with some new ones.  I have faith Bioware can work around things, there is no reason they couldn't have optional crew members depending who you've saved. "

" @HatKing said:

" @MikeFightNight said:

"Tali and Garrus son, I keeps it old school.  But to bad none of them will be... 
 

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Considering the fact that anyone of them can die in the last mission.  The only reason Tali and Garrus are in ME2 as squad members is cause they couldn't die in the first.  Look at people like Ashley and Wrex in ME2, they play bit roles because they are not going to put a lot of time into a character that no one may see.  It would be sweet if they were all fleshed out story wise though, don't get me wrong;)

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That is a really narrow minded way to think about things.  The game sets up pretty well you keeping the crew you have, I could see them bringing some old characters back as well, a long with some new ones.  I have faith Bioware can work around things, there is no reason they couldn't have optional crew members depending who you've saved. "

That's gonna be a bitch to program. "

Jack and Zaeed.  I guess we probably won't see Zaeed tho.

Thane, Samara and Legion I would like from ME2's cast. They were easily the most interesting characters in the game for me, partly because they were so different from the rest of the cast and because they were the best-written.

" @MushroomSamba said:

" @HatKing said:

" @MikeFightNight said:

"Tali and Garrus son, I keeps it old school.  But to bad none of them will be... 
 

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

Considering the fact that anyone of them can die in the last mission.  The only reason Tali and Garrus are in ME2 as squad members is cause they couldn't die in the first.  Look at people like Ashley and Wrex in ME2, they play bit roles because they are not going to put a lot of time into a character that no one may see.  It would be sweet if they were all fleshed out story wise though, don't get me wrong;)

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That is a really narrow minded way to think about things.  The game sets up pretty well you keeping the crew you have, I could see them bringing some old characters back as well, a long with some new ones.  I have faith Bioware can work around things, there is no reason they couldn't have optional crew members depending who you've saved. "

That's gonna be a bitch to program. "

Liara breaks your theory.   Also im pretty sure everyone is going to replay the month before ME3 is launched just so everyone survives. "

Everyone that can be alive and is alive. No new squad mates, just straight into the action

Tali and Garrus. I wish that Thane could come back, but with his fatal disease that Bioware goes out of their way to say is uncurable, that would just be a cop-out.

Here is my hypothesis: 
 
You will have whatever crew survived from ME2. You may also recruit some people from ME1 (Ashley and Wrex come to mind). There will also be a couple new people. You'll have a big crew for ME3. That's my hope anyway.
 
They can't "recreate" you again to have a whole new crew like they did with ME2. So I really think they will have you have your crew back. I hope so. Its totally set up that way and man, I love all the characters in ME2 so I hope they come back.

Picking a dream team of six using 1 and 2: 

1. Wrex
2. Garrus
3. Tali
4. Thane
5. Mordin
6. Commander Anderson

Actually I think they shot themselves in the foot by giving Thane a deadly illness, as that character is awesome to talk with and learn about.  Then again I play as a paragon, keeping everyone alive and defying the expectations of all in that game hehehe.  Suicide mission my ass!
 
But yea Tali and Garrus seem like key players that will still be playable due to their immense popularity.  It would be great for Wrex to come back as a player, but Grunt has proven to be quite the fun savage character.  Mordin is a must due to his great personality, and your love interest from ME1 (if you had one) should come back as a player or at least play a more key role.  I would still rock with Jacob and Legion as well, though they need to give Miranda more personality though she is still quite a good character.
 
Now that I think about it, unless they make a cop-out method to save Thane for him to still be a companion, how about - 

the only option is too have the me2 crew join up with the me1 crew...i think it would be a pretty awesome ending to a trilogy full of awesome characters....just have some badass reunion where u go around picking up the me1 crew that is still alive..and BAM just one epic battle against the reapers....shit anderson got to be playable too haha

Tali on my arm
Garrus watching my back.

I wouldn't mind them breaking the rules a bit and basically go "Look you were supposed to save your entire team, so everyone's alive. You get x of XP and money for every member you saved in ME2"

Just give me Tali, Garrus, Mordin and Legion. Everyone else can be replaced.

" I wouldn't mind them breaking the rules a bit and basically go "Look you were supposed to save your entire team, so everyone's alive. You get x of XP and money for every member you saved in ME2" "

Admiral Hackket, end of story

Realistically the only people that I can see being prominent squad mates are Liara and Ashley/Kaidan. But if I have the choice of any characters, I'd probably go with;
 

• Garrus
• Tali
• Wrex
• Legion
• Miranda
• Jack
• Zaeed (only if they flesh him out this time)
• Mordin

Miranda, Legion, Mordin, Thane, Tali, Garrus, jack,
 
Want: Wrex and Liara back.

" Tali and Garrus son, I keeps it old school.  But to bad none of them will be... 
 

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Considering the fact that anyone of them can die in the last mission.  The only reason Tali and Garrus are in ME2 as squad members is cause they couldn't die in the first.  Look at people like Ashley and Wrex in ME2, they play bit roles because they are not going to put a lot of time into a character that no one may see.  It would be sweet if they were all fleshed out story wise though, don't get me wrong;)

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Saren is in ME3. 
Cerberus rebuilt him to help you. 
 
lol, that would be epic.

Am I insane for hoping that Joker can go on missions in the next one?

" @MushroomSamba: Nah, he said that the reason why Tali and Garrus were the only recruitable players is because they were unable to die in ME1. But that's wrong as Liara couldn't die either, yet she wasn't playable in ME2. "