I've always made basically the same choice:
Garrus is always the first team leader,
Legion always goes through the vents,
Miranda is always the second team leader
Grunt is always the escort (all but one time at least, when I used Zaeed and that worked too),
Used both Samara and Jack for barrier,
And I always choose the "we have to hurry" dialogue option.
I've also used a combination of Tali, Garrus, Miranda and Legion as my final team to go against the boss.
Never had anyone die on me, except for my very first playthrough when I went and did most of the loyalty missions AFTER my crew got abducted.
[Edited by Skyheart, 3/9/2010 10:03:37 PM]
thanx a lot buddy. i'll try that. now that i think of it..that's exactly what i did the first time and no one died. never do the loyalty missions after the crew is abducted. even i know that
Haha, I know. I kinda thought that the very first time, I didn't even think of the possibility that they could actually die. I learned my lesson. :P
yea..i know what u mean. the first time even i thought that...no one was going to die..but i too was humbled by the lesson i learnt. one other thing: i did every thing right during my last playthrough which i finished last night and probably did everything u advised and even then Mordin dies in the end. will talking with him more help? will talking with all of them actually help? because i think i saved kelly the last time because i talked quite frequently with her.