Soooo....Mass Effect 3

[Lissa]

Called it.

The announcement of From Ashes, a downloadable content pack for Mass Effect 3 that will be available when the game launches on March 6th, has brought about accusations that Electronic Arts and BioWare are exploiting their customers through unethical business practices. This day-1 DLC contains a new playable character and a new mission, and the character in question is so vital to series mythology that its very nature represents a spoiler. The apparent importance of this squadmate has led many to speculate that the DLC is vital to the game's story, all but coercing fans to buy it, and popular community galvanizer TotalBiscuit has gone so far as to call for a boycott.

If you buy the CE, you get it as part of the CE. Also, I doubt the spuadmate is really going to be that integral. I have a feeling (and I know what said squadmate is), that it's (the squadmate) more like Zaeed, an add on if you want it, and nothing more. Right now, everything about said squadmate is supposition by those that haven't played the game.