Odirty117 wrote: http://www.d3pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3939
Switchman wrote: Sentry
Switchman wrote: I don't want cheap wins
Switchman wrote: I enjoy this game, play every day. Highest char is a lvl 70 2* Daken, 60 Ares, OBW, Thor, etc. Still trying to max 2*'s. Is it worth it to just buy a Sentry/XForce, Cover max him out through HP and put all my ISO into one of these as I do much better in PVP/PVE to gain additional covers and fill in the rest of my roster? Or will this just throw my Rating too high and stick me against 166 wall with Sentry/Xforce and a **** roster? I don't want cheap wins, I just want to be more competitor faster. For the amount of time I put into this, It'd be nice to not have to be on this slow hamster wheel selling hawkeye covers and not being able to do much with this slow **** transition time. I tried the 42 pack once and it was pretty worthless.
Switchman wrote: Is it worth it to just buy a Sentry/XForce, Cover max him out through HP and put all my ISO into one of these as I do much better in PVP/PVE to gain additional covers and fill in the rest of my roster? Or will this just throw my Rating too high and stick me against 166 wall with Sentry/Xforce and a **** roster?
MarvelMan wrote: Switchman wrote: Sentry Switchman wrote: I don't want cheap wins Kind of contradictory there. Sentry is, almost by definition, a cheap win. That said, there is a different kind of rush using him. It can be nerve wracking if you get a board with almost 0 green/yellow, plus you are definitely on the clock while hopping. My advice would be NOT to buy them. Well, at least not buy them other than the last cover or two. And if you must spend money, XF is a bit more fun as it takes some strategy for which AI to attack to maximize the pain of Surgical Strike, plus working the end match to get in a Recovery can be tough. On the other hand, getting Sentry to a usable level (I started low level bombing at 3G/3Y) plus the extra HP will get you further than having an XF. And Sentry can get you to those 1300 levels to build XF/Fury. T:DR: Dont do it, but to each their own.
Vertigozooropa wrote: I guess the point I'm making is, the pleasure of this game is gaining on the characters you can. I think if I put $10,000 into it, I'd have bought myself out of all the remaining play value. And if I'd listened to the popular opinion, I wouldn't have my own winning team. I use GSBW, Human Torch, and The Hood. They're great. But of those three, only Hood ever gets rated highly.
fakeaseizure wrote: Don't do it if you don't have a well rounded roster. People talk a lot about Sentry-bombing and XForce shenanigans, but don't mention that not having covers for the featured character is a flashing "hit me" sign. The loaner character often has their most useless skill, I'm mid-to-late 3* transition (lots at level 102-104) and I LOVE seeing a level 60 with one cover. I go out of my way to attack them, because the loaner is dead weight. A 1/1/2 or 1/2/2 build at level 53-55 gets boosted to 79-83, has skills in all their colors, and is therefore way better on defense. Using a loaner is like fighting with one hand tied behind your back, you might win, but it's waaay harder. It costs 5703 iso (I think) to max a 1/2/2 build and that leverages you an extra 2-3k in health for the featured character. Try not to go above that because then the featured starts to tank colors for your 2*s. You'll be able to get top 50-100 finishes every event and gain HP with alliance rewards, and at the rate they release new characters having extra HP every event is useful.
ark123 wrote: After you start maxing your roster you will look back to this time as some of the most fun times you had with this game. Shield hopping with Sentry is NOT fun. It's mechanical, tedious work that you need to do to get covers because everyone else does. The most emotion you'll get out of it is aggravation when you can't find yellow tiles. And when you get 3-4 covers you go "finally" or "yep", you don't raise your fist in victory like the first time you got three covers by fighting without shields until the very last second of a pvp. The only times I really have fun in pvp is climbing before the first shield.
Switchman wrote: I enjoy this game, play every day. Highest char is a lvl 70 2* Daken, 60 Ares, OBW, Thor, etc. Still trying to max 2*'s. Is it worth it to just buy a Sentry/XForce, Cover max him out through HP and put all my ISO into one of these as I do much better in PVP/PVE to gain additional covers and fill in the rest of my roster? Or will this just throw my Rating too high and stick me against 166 wall with Sentry/Xforce and a **** roster?