My vote was for Ellie the engineer. Mainly because as far as I know she'll be the first black Character in the game. With that in mind, the label of conducter has more of a historically predominantly male stereotype or imagery. Where as an engineer is less gendered. Obviously, this is just personal views and I think that…
Yes, I most definitely agree, mainly because sending lives is t exactly always helpful if that person has full lives&maybe doesn't have any boosters but has lives, then ya end up loosing lives much faster. Particularly if you're stuck on that level an just can't get past it.