So I guess I'm playing Mass Effect wrong?

[Bartman3010]

I want to figure out why I keep dying in the game. My weapon power is always underwhelming, my allies keep walking in front of my line of fire and killing themselves, and enemies need only to shoot me a handful of times or just come charging into my face to take me out. Why?

Maybe I dont have the right armor, although I try to go to the store on my ship, I cant even afford one for myself despite playing about 4 hours of the game. What am I doing wrong?

[Jessica HawlSera]

Well for starters, You're playing Mass Effect

[Corey]

For starters, which difficulty are you playing on? I would recommend lowering the difficulty until you become a little more used to it.

Also, make sure to decrypt everything you can. It increase experience, and negates the need to buy stuff until buying the Spectre gear.