and damn if that doesn't make the game AT LEAST 3x more fun. not using the wheel makes combat flow a LOT nicer.

slowly training myself to use the "hold X" to switch between guns, especially since I primarily stay on the hand cannon or the shotty.

other notes from just having assembled the first squad:

-- damn Miranda hates me, and I been trying to suck up to her
-- Jack's tit harness design is fucking retarded. everything else, dope, but the tit harness is DUMB
-- it's almost like they just gave up on even trying to pretend the Krogans were anything but a pretty one dimensional "warrior race," giving you one with ZERO personality (but a warlike demeanor!) instead. pretty damn disappointing, can't wait to get Wrex back.
-- scanning is fun, and the cabin is dope.