Wheee, nice to have this back! We've both been somewhat behind on our LPs, haven't we?

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A few more hacks and non-stimulating conversations later and I arrive at the start of the assault. A Batarian called Cathy was fixing a gunship which they were gonna use in the assault. I'm not sure whether it was a paragon or renegade quick-time action (I can't help myself, either way!) but I knocked the f***er out. That should help me in my 'don't kill Archangel' mission though there are plenty of other ways I could smurf it up.
It's definitely a Renegade interrupt as far as I recall, but even as Paragon Shepard I always take this route, because it's such a kickass move to take and it helps you out. I mean, it isn't as if you killed him (I think)...

Sh*t the bed, even better! It's Garrus!! Turns out he thought I was dead (yeah, I get that a lot) and didn't like how the council was being run so he decided to come to Omega and kill bad people. Nice plan. Now I'm back from the dead though he's happy to get the hell out of dodge with me and my crew. Unfortunately, this was just when the bloody assault started!
I was just wondering whether you pegged it was Garrus from the start or found the surprise genuinely well, surprising! You see, I kinda already knew that Tali and Garrus returned as squad members, and as soon as it was revealed that Archangel was a mean sniper, I sussed it. I liked his return though. I loved the Archangel mission.

Garrus picked a particularly impressive spot for sniping so I joined him in taking out the mugs from afar. I freakin' love the sniper! Only problem is the reload isn't great and it's only one shot per time. That being the case a few of the pricks managed to enter the base so I had to leave the Garrmeister upstairs while I went down and took out the trash.
You get better snipers throughout the game, but half of them are one shot weapons (your default sniper and arguably the best sniper in the game are one-shotters). All of them are fantastic upgrades and handle much better than the first game snipers, as I'm sure you've noticed. The rapid-shot snipers are perfectly viable, but are honestly better suited to classes that don't possess the Infiltrator's time dilation or the Soldier's Adrenaline Rush (you get to pick another weapon much later on). Personally as an Infiltrator, I prefer the one-shot weapons. But again, it is all a matter of preference.

Either way, you won't get another sniper rifle for quite awhile, so get used to your Mantis (Unless you have DLC or a digital deluxe edition). I went down Infiltrator in this game, so I'm more than happy to give advice when you need it!

My next task was to seal these annoying three doors. The first one was fine. Though I don't see why there needs to be ten-second countdown for the smurfing things to close. I thought this was the future? Anyhoo, if any enemies made it past a certain point then the countdown resets. Really. Smurfing. Annoying. I won't mention how many deaths I experienced on the last two doors... let's just say it was more than one.
Probably the toughest part of this mission. The doors close agonisingly slowly. As an Infiltrator, the only advice I could have given on that section is to not rely on the sniper, as you need to press at a reasonable pace and you are limited to Garrus's health bar. Sticking to the SMG helps, but really, it's just a tough section all round.