So, Benezia gave me hell and I stopped playing for a week. Last night I picked it back up, dialed the difficulty back down to casual, played the game patiently and used talents (that's what they called?) and hot damn shot the hell out of her.

Well, it depends on your class. If you're an Adept, you're doing great with your party, but you should start spending your points in Basic Armor until you unlock pistols, then go for Pistols. Invest in Throw until you get Lift, then go for Lift. Then Warp until you get Singularity, and invest in Singularity.

Ahh... I *think* I'm a soldier.

Williams might be a bit redundant if you are a soldier, because she is one too. It doesn't matter if you bulk up on those two anyways because XP is shared throughout the whole crew encouraging you to bring out any other party members.

If you are going renegade invest in Intimidate instead, charm is for Paragon. Spectre is a good all around choice though, can't go wrong. Remember though the more paragon or renegade points you get, the more Charm and Intimidate you get along with it. Invest in a little of every weapon though, full assault rifle and pistol is unecessary though, but Execute and more sniper skills is a god send.

Oh also invest in adrenaline because it allows you to recover all your moves in one shot (except adrenaline of course). Useful for healing and bringing your dudes from the grave. Invest in Williams Shotgun and sniper abilities, because the sniper rifle is really effective for the AI, and the plasma burst from the shotgun can come in handy. She should also be the medic, give her all the first aid skills, you don't need all 3 party members to have first aid.

Good help, thanks!