Not sure what the Captain is on about, but I thought the game was smurfing fantastic in just about every way. Only thing I can agree with there is that the mineral scanning was mind-numbing and credits were obnoxiously sparse. Maybe I'll write a fuller response later, but I thought the final mission was all kinds of awesome. I got out with the "No One Left Behind" achievement the first time as well, so I must have done something right (SPOILER)Legion as my tech specialist for the ducts, Samara as my biotic specialist for the barriers, and Garrus both times leading the alternate squad. Then again, I did have loyalty of all my squad members as well as having researched all their suggested upgrades for the ship. I also did every assignment available to me and explored all clusters to 100%. Don't know if those latter bits affect the outcome at all.