Yeah, I was considering just not recruiting some people but I think it'll add so much more to the import if they join, be my super best buddy forever, and then die. I want to do as many loyalty missions as I can. I'm going to start the game tomorrow!
(Fun fact, this is going to be my first time actually playing a Mass Effect game all the way through for myself. I played two or three hours of the first and then watched Mogi play all of ME2.)