User blog comment:Sith Venator/Noble Team vs Shepard's Team/@comment-143604-20110605190704

Shepard's team is better experienced, smarter and more work together better.

Long Range- Noble Team, they're using clearly more powerful Snipers, though it begs the question as to why the Normandy Ground Team is leaving their best sniper rifle behind... Mid Range- Shepard and company. Noble Team's tech is waaaay behind Shepard's. The Assault Rifle and DMR are both slower and the ammo is incapable of piercing the kinetic barriers of the armor from Mass Effect (as per the Codex entries) Close Range- Shepard and Company. Granted, the Halo pistol has much better range, but suffers from not being nearly powerful enough, and the Carnifex could literaly splatter a Halo Marine against a wall, making it a very effective weapon against a SPARTAN's armor. The shotguns are a bit better balanced, but the Scimitar seems to be faster and slightly more powerful. Explosives- Noble Team. Shepard's team isn't very well equiped with explosives on this list, and the SPARTANs are using the best of the UNSC's heavy ordinace. Special- Shepard's Team. Biotics and Tech powers can shut down and make useless Noble Teams weapons and armor, and can crush them under their own weight, throw them about like ragdolls and leave them completley useless. Armor- Shepard's Team. Did you even read the codex? The armor for Mass Effect is specificly designed to counter weapons like Noble Team's. Even with Noble's armor lock, which stops working after a couple seconds, Noble is hopelessly outclassed.

Shepard's Team all the way, and I'm honostly doubting you even really -played- Mass Effect.