So he has a 30% chance to enter the overpowering light mode. Once in that mode all sp1 fired will be unblockable not a chance of unblockable....
He also has a 30% chance of entering absolute strength which would give him a guarunteed unblockable sp2....
So a 60% chamce that he ends up being in one of these states.
Meaning that there is a 60% chance that one of his specials are unblockable.
The chance only applies to chosing which starenhe gets correct?
Once in a state buffs a guaranteed????
I understand he can only be in one state at a time but...
There are 2 states that give an unblockable special each with a 30% chance of happening.
Meaning 60% chance he is in a state which has an unblockable attack....
I read it as he progresses to the next state every 10 hits on the combo meter (guaranteed). Once in that state IF you use the corresponding attack (for example sp1 in overpowering light) he has a 30% chance that it will be unblockable and have bonus damage.
So most of the damage will be done in steadfast approach. Parry (zero damage taken) and heavy. Repeat until state changes.
Certain it is every 10hits he changes states
30% chance of which one it is
Once in a particular state the buffs always apply
30% chance overpowering light
30% chance absolute strength
= 60% chance that it is either one of those.
Meaning 60% chance that one of his attacks will be unbloclable....
That's not how probability works, although I think you basically understand what is happening correctly. Assuming you maintain combo, you will be cycling through all four states. On each loop through you have a 30% independent chance of getting unblockable SP1, buffed heavy, and unblockable SP2. That doesn't mean there's a 60% chance to get one of those, because you could get both. You have a 21% chance to get unblockable SP1 but NOT unblockable SP2. You have a 21% chance to get unblockable SP2 but NOT unblockable SP1. You have a 9% chance to get unblockable SP1 AND unblockable SP2 as you enter those states. And you have a 49% chance to get neither unblockable SP1 or unblockable SP2.
And when I say you can get both, that's one followed by the other. The effects stop when you change state, so you cannot have more than one effect active at the same time. When you change state from Overpowering Light to Steadfast Approach you lose unblockable SP1, even if you don't get the buffed heavy. You just have no special effect at that time.
If wat you are saying is true i think he will suck
I think it would be cool if we had a resource that clearly explained a champions mechanics and abilities. We could call it "Champion Spotlight" or something.
My thing is that is says
“30% chance on entering this state,”
Meaning that there is a 30% chance he will enter the state.....
Not
“30
“When in this state 30% chamce of (insert ability)”
Leads me to believe when in the state abilities always trigger
So he has a 30% chance to enter the overpowering light mode. Once in that mode all sp1 fired will be unblockable not a chance of unblockable....
He also has a 30% chance of entering absolute strength which would give him a guarunteed unblockable sp2....
So a 60% chamce that he ends up being in one of these states.
Meaning that there is a 60% chance that one of his specials are unblockable.
The chance only applies to chosing which starenhe gets correct?
Once in a state buffs a guaranteed????
I understand he can only be in one state at a time but...
There are 2 states that give an unblockable special each with a 30% chance of happening.
Meaning 60% chance he is in a state which has an unblockable attack....
I read it as he progresses to the next state every 10 hits on the combo meter (guaranteed). Once in that state IF you use the corresponding attack (for example sp1 in overpowering light) he has a 30% chance that it will be unblockable and have bonus damage.
So most of the damage will be done in steadfast approach. Parry (zero damage taken) and heavy. Repeat until state changes.
Certain it is every 10hits he changes states
30% chance of which one it is
Once in a particular state the buffs always apply
30% chance overpowering light
30% chance absolute strength
= 60% chance that it is either one of those.
Meaning 60% chance that one of his attacks will be unbloclable....
That's not how probability works, although I think you basically understand what is happening correctly. Assuming you maintain combo, you will be cycling through all four states. On each loop through you have a 30% independent chance of getting unblockable SP1, buffed heavy, and unblockable SP2. That doesn't mean there's a 60% chance to get one of those, because you could get both. You have a 21% chance to get unblockable SP1 but NOT unblockable SP2. You have a 21% chance to get unblockable SP2 but NOT unblockable SP1. You have a 9% chance to get unblockable SP1 AND unblockable SP2 as you enter those states. And you have a 49% chance to get neither unblockable SP1 or unblockable SP2.
And when I say you can get both, that's one followed by the other. The effects stop when you change state, so you cannot have more than one effect active at the same time. When you change state from Overpowering Light to Steadfast Approach you lose unblockable SP1, even if you don't get the buffed heavy. You just have no special effect at that time.
If wat you are saying is true i think he will suck
It almost looks to me like whoever designed Sentry looked over at the guy designing Modok and said "mine's going to kill yours."
It looks like Kabam dropped the ball on this hero as well. First carnage now sentry. I really hope I’m wrong as science need some viable champs that the other classes have.
If it is a 30% chance of triggering amd ability there shoul be a “that” added in.....
30% chance on entering this state, that
actually really should be
30% chamce when in this state
But if it always triiggers and he chance is to enter the state it should say
30% chamce to enter this state where,
Will change, to next, 30% chance to enter,
All kinda contradict each other....
Will chamge means will be different from how he is....
To next logically inplies 1,2,3,4... (however may not)
30% chance means he may not go to this state...
All kinda contradict each other....
10 hit combo (random state entered)
10 hit combo (state reverted, new random state entered)
While in a state he always has the associated buffs
Will change, to next, 30% chance to enter,
All kinda contradict each other....
Will chamge means will be different from how he is....
To next logically inplies 1,2,3,4... (however may not)
30% chance means he may not go to this state...
All kinda contradict each other....
10 hit combo (random state entered)
10 hit combo (state reverted, new random state entered)
While in a state he always has the associated buffs
Are you ok??
Perfect....
How about you?
Maat seriously stop cluttering this thread with your nonsense! It says 30% on entering the state, X happens. It does NOT say 30% chance “to” enter the state. You clearly always cycle through the states every 10 hits. And “on entering the state” there is 30% chance for X to happen. Not my job to explain English to you but there you go!
If he enters the states one after the other and 30% chamce to trigger will make him suck
If he is in overpowering light you can probably only fire 1 sp1 (2 if you have great timing, maybe) and at only a 30% chance really.....
Will enter a state with rng deciding which one and abilities alwasy triggering while in that state would actually make him great.
Will change, to next, 30% chance to enter,
All kinda contradict each other....
Will chamge means will be different from how he is....
To next logically inplies 1,2,3,4... (however may not)
30% chance means he may not go to this state...
All kinda contradict each other....
10 hit combo (random state entered)
10 hit combo (state reverted, new random state entered)
While in a state he always has the associated buffs
Are you ok??
Perfect....
How about you?
Maat seriously stop cluttering this thread with your nonsense! It says 30% on entering the state, X happens. It does NOT say 30% chance “to” enter the state. You clearly always cycle through the states every 10 hits. And “on entering the state” there is 30% chance for X to happen. Not my job to explain English to you but there you go!
No nonsense here.....
it is worded porly....
There is grammatical problems and words missing regardless of its intended meaning
You may very well be correct but no need to be a rude agressive twat...
Will change, to next, 30% chance to enter,
All kinda contradict each other....
Will chamge means will be different from how he is....
To next logically inplies 1,2,3,4... (however may not)
30% chance means he may not go to this state...
All kinda contradict each other....
10 hit combo (random state entered)
10 hit combo (state reverted, new random state entered)
While in a state he always has the associated buffs
Are you ok??
Perfect....
How about you?
Maat seriously stop cluttering this thread with your nonsense! It says 30% on entering the state, X happens. It does NOT say 30% chance “to” enter the state. You clearly always cycle through the states every 10 hits. And “on entering the state” there is 30% chance for X to happen. Not my job to explain English to you but there you go!
No nonsense here.....
it is worded porly....
There is grammatical problems and words missing regardless of its intended meaning
My thing is that is says
“30% chance on entering this state,”
Meaning that there is a 30% chance he will enter the state.....
Not
“30
“When in this state 30% chamce of (insert ability)”
Leads me to believe when in the state abilities always trigger
If you're quibbling with the wording, that's actually not correct. Grammatically speaking, "30% chance on entering this State" means "upon entering this state, there is a 30% chance [of something happening]." For the phrase to mean "30% chance he will enter the state" it should read "30% chance to enter this State" or "30% chance of entering this State." "30% chance on entering this State" is grammatically unambiguous.
The section where you go over masteries that work well with him is TERRIBLE. The section where you go over weak and strong matchups is TERRIBLE. Why only a chance to change states? Why doesn’t Fury stack? This guy was so hyped and while his abilities don’t look to bad it’s pretty darn disappointing
Carnage 2.0!!!! Long ramp up with minimal pay off. Kabam banking on people spending based on his marvel lore as “most powerful character in marvel universe” exactly what they did with Carnage and his popularity as a top spiderman villian. Skip this RNG fiesta BS and don’t buy crystals on this garbage and hopefully Kabam abandons this garbage for designing characters
Either way i understand where i went wrong now....
There was a couple of lines that i did not read.... i missed some cus i was in a hurry and workkng at the time....
The last line that states
After absolute strength sentry restarts state of mind.....
clarifies for me that itnis infact a logical progression through the states with a 30% chance of triggerong the ability....
I apologose for my rambling. I really thought i was correct.
It appears i mever actually read the whole thing and that is why i was uninformed and incorrect.
My thing is that is says
“30% chance on entering this state,”
Meaning that there is a 30% chance he will enter the state.....
Not
“30
“When in this state 30% chamce of (insert ability)”
Leads me to believe when in the state abilities always trigger
If you're quibbling with the wording, that's actually not correct. Grammatically speaking, "30% chance on entering this State" means "upon entering this state, there is a 30% chance [of something happening]." For the phrase to mean "30% chance he will enter the state" it should read "30% chance to enter this State" or "30% chance of entering this State." "30% chance on entering this State" is grammatically unambiguous.
Yeah ok... the comma is really important.... the wording is terrible so when read in a hurry it is easy to mis read...
There is so many better way this could have been written
Either way i understand where i went wrong now....
There was a couple of lines that i did not read.... i missed some cus i was in a hurry and workkng at the time....
The last line that states
After absolute strength sentry restarts state of mind.....
clarifies for me that itnis infact a logical progression through the states with a 30% chance of triggerong the ability....
I apologose for my rambling. I really thought i was correct.
It appears i mever actually read the whole thing and that is why i was uninformed and incorrect.
Damn don’t be too hard on yourself, that’s our job.
It is legitimately confusing AF. I have a couple questions in this thread myself that I hope get clarified
If it is a 30% chance of triggering amd ability there shoul be a “that” added in.....
30% chance on entering this state, that
actually really should be
30% chamce when in this state
Actually, the second one is even worse and not synonymous with the first. Saying "30% chance when in this state" actually implies there's a 30% chance for SP1 to be unblockable every time you fire it while you are in that state. The 30% doesn't occur *when* in the state, but upon entering the state only.
The first one is actually not grammatically correct. I'm not sure why you believe the word "that" should appear there, but grammatically speaking "that" implies the rest of the phrase defines the object of the previous phrase, which is "this state." But that makes the entire sentence grammatically mean the wrong thing. "This state" refers to the named state mentioned earlier, and the rest of the phrase describes something that sometimes happens in that state, not the description of the state.
In other words, "30% chance on entering this state that allows SP1 to be unblockable" is proper use of the word "that" and says "this state is the one that specifically allows SP1 to be unblockable." But that's not what the description is trying to say here. Its trying to say that there's a 30% chance when entering this state, the state we already called "Overpowering Light" for this specific thing to happen.
Will change, to next, 30% chance to enter,
All kinda contradict each other....
Will chamge means will be different from how he is....
To next logically inplies 1,2,3,4... (however may not)
30% chance means he may not go to this state...
All kinda contradict each other....
10 hit combo (random state entered)
10 hit combo (state reverted, new random state entered)
While in a state he always has the associated buffs
Are you ok??
Perfect....
How about you?
Maat seriously stop cluttering this thread with your nonsense! It says 30% on entering the state, X happens. It does NOT say 30% chance “to” enter the state. You clearly always cycle through the states every 10 hits. And “on entering the state” there is 30% chance for X to happen. Not my job to explain English to you but there you go!
They made a mistake in English, in French it clearly says « 30% TO enter this state »
The section where you go over masteries that work well with him is TERRIBLE. The section where you go over weak and strong matchups is TERRIBLE.
They kind of always are. There is a lot of subjectiveness to that sort of thing, and reasonable people can debate them a lot. But I honestly cannot cut that slack to the person who wrote this one.
For example, this one literally makes my head hurt:
Glass Cannon
Sentry is all about increasing his Attack through his abilities. Glass Cannon is another way to boost Attack, and with his Signature Ability, he has some defenses to back the damage up.
This is actually the exact *opposite* of the truth. Glass Cannon boosts base attack, which means it is most effective when the champion itself *doesn't* have attack boosts built in. Champion attack boosts dilute the effect of Glass Cannon making it proportionately less effective with a champion like Sentry. For those for whom this isn't mathematically obvious, consider Deep Wounds. Its more effective when the champion has short bleeds than long ones. Similar effect.
Either way i understand where i went wrong now....
There was a couple of lines that i did not read.... i missed some cus i was in a hurry and workkng at the time....
The last line that states
After absolute strength sentry restarts state of mind.....
clarifies for me that itnis infact a logical progression through the states with a 30% chance of triggerong the ability....
I apologose for my rambling. I really thought i was correct.
It appears i mever actually read the whole thing and that is why i was uninformed and incorrect.
Damn don’t be too hard on yourself, that’s our job.
It is legitimately confusing AF. I have a couple questions in this thread myself that I hope get clarified
All good. I just dont like making sich stupid mistakes.
If it is a 30% chance of triggering amd ability there shoul be a “that” added in.....
30% chance on entering this state, that
actually really should be
30% chamce when in this state
Actually, the second one is even worse and not synonymous with the first. Saying "30% chance when in this state" actually implies there's a 30% chance for SP1 to be unblockable every time you fire it while you are in that state. The 30% doesn't occur *when* in the state, but upon entering the state only.
The first one is actually not grammatically correct. I'm not sure why you believe the word "that" should appear there, but grammatically speaking "that" implies the rest of the phrase defines the object of the previous phrase, which is "this state." But that makes the entire sentence grammatically mean the wrong thing. "This state" refers to the named state mentioned earlier, and the rest of the phrase describes something that sometimes happens in that state, not the description of the state.
In other words, "30% chance on entering this state that allows SP1 to be unblockable" is proper use of the word "that" and says "this state is the one that specifically allows SP1 to be unblockable." But that's not what the description is trying to say here. Its trying to say that there's a 30% chance when entering this state, the state we already called "Overpowering Light" for this specific thing to happen.
True.
So should it then read “Upon entering Overpowering Light there is 30% chance for that Special 1 attacks will be unblockable and have increased damage. The chance remains the same throughout the duration of overpowering light.”
Will change, to next, 30% chance to enter,
All kinda contradict each other....
Will chamge means will be different from how he is....
To next logically inplies 1,2,3,4... (however may not)
30% chance means he may not go to this state...
All kinda contradict each other....
10 hit combo (random state entered)
10 hit combo (state reverted, new random state entered)
While in a state he always has the associated buffs
Are you ok??
Perfect....
How about you?
Maat seriously stop cluttering this thread with your nonsense! It says 30% on entering the state, X happens. It does NOT say 30% chance “to” enter the state. You clearly always cycle through the states every 10 hits. And “on entering the state” there is 30% chance for X to happen. Not my job to explain English to you but there you go!
They made a mistake in English, in French it clearly says « 30% TO enter this state »
Maybe the mistake is in french? That makes it mean something totally different (wat i was orginally thinking)
Either way i understand where i went wrong now....
There was a couple of lines that i did not read.... i missed some cus i was in a hurry and workkng at the time....
The last line that states
After absolute strength sentry restarts state of mind.....
clarifies for me that itnis infact a logical progression through the states with a 30% chance of triggerong the ability....
I apologose for my rambling. I really thought i was correct.
It appears i mever actually read the whole thing and that is why i was uninformed and incorrect.
Damn don’t be too hard on yourself, that’s our job.
It is legitimately confusing AF. I have a couple questions in this thread myself that I hope get clarified
All good. I just dont like making sich stupid mistakes.
If it is a 30% chance of triggering amd ability there shoul be a “that” added in.....
30% chance on entering this state, that
actually really should be
30% chamce when in this state
Actually, the second one is even worse and not synonymous with the first. Saying "30% chance when in this state" actually implies there's a 30% chance for SP1 to be unblockable every time you fire it while you are in that state. The 30% doesn't occur *when* in the state, but upon entering the state only.
The first one is actually not grammatically correct. I'm not sure why you believe the word "that" should appear there, but grammatically speaking "that" implies the rest of the phrase defines the object of the previous phrase, which is "this state." But that makes the entire sentence grammatically mean the wrong thing. "This state" refers to the named state mentioned earlier, and the rest of the phrase describes something that sometimes happens in that state, not the description of the state.
In other words, "30% chance on entering this state that allows SP1 to be unblockable" is proper use of the word "that" and says "this state is the one that specifically allows SP1 to be unblockable." But that's not what the description is trying to say here. Its trying to say that there's a 30% chance when entering this state, the state we already called "Overpowering Light" for this specific thing to happen.
True.
So should it then read “Upon entering Overpowering Light there is 30% chance for that Special 1 attacks will be unblockable and have increased damage. The chance remains the same throughout the duration of overpowering light.”
The first sentence is fine, the second one not so much. The second one I believe misleads people into thinking that for the duration of Overpowering Light, every activation of a SP1 has a 30% chance of being unblockable (and buffed).
I think the biggest source of confusion for people confused about the description is the notion that Sentry's "states" don't actually do anything. When Sentry is in the Overpowering Light state, that state by itself confers no special benefit. It is the *transition* between states that can *sometimes* generate a benefit, and that's not an obvious concept to everyone.
The most unambiguous way I can think of to explain how Sentry works is actually to change the descriptions to something that isn't technically true, but correctly encapsulates the process. Instead of four states, imagine there are seven states: Overpowering Light Alpha and Overpowering Light Beta; Steadfast Approach Alpha and Steadfast Approach Beta; etc. There would be only one version of Unyielding Fortitude.
Now suppose I were to say the following:
Sentry starts in Unyielding Fortitude. While in Unyielding Fortitude Sentry cannot lose combo meter. After increasing combo by ten, Sentry has a 30% chance to enter Overpowering Light Alpha and a 70% chance to enter Overpowering Light Beta. While in Overpowering Light Alpha Sentry's SP1 are buffed and unblockable. While in Overpowering Light Beta, Sentry gains no benefits.
While in Overpowering Light Alpha or Beta, after increasing combo by ten Sentry has a 30% chance to enter Steadfast Approach Alpha and a 70% chance to enter Steadfast Approach Beta. While in Steadfast Approach Alpha Sentry's heavy attacks are buffed and Sentry gain perfect block. While in Steadfast Approach Beta Sentry gains no benefits.
Etc.
That I think is unambiguous. I also think it would be an opportunity to give Sentry something when he is in one of those "Beta" modes. I think Sentry would have been more attractive if there was a consolation prize: 30% chance to get the "big buff" and 70% chance to get some other buff, maybe a defensive one. Making the description look like the above actually highlights the fact that the designer should have made Sentry have less "boring" periods during his cycle when nothing is happening. To properly understand how Sentry works, you have to accept that most of the time nothing is happening. And maybe that suggests a design weakness.
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“30% chance on entering this state,”
Meaning that there is a 30% chance he will enter the state.....
Not
“30
“When in this state 30% chamce of (insert ability)”
Leads me to believe when in the state abilities always trigger
It almost looks to me like whoever designed Sentry looked over at the guy designing Modok and said "mine's going to kill yours."
30% chance on entering this state, that
actually really should be
30% chamce when in this state
But if it always triiggers and he chance is to enter the state it should say
30% chamce to enter this state where,
How about you?
Maat seriously stop cluttering this thread with your nonsense! It says 30% on entering the state, X happens. It does NOT say 30% chance “to” enter the state. You clearly always cycle through the states every 10 hits. And “on entering the state” there is 30% chance for X to happen. Not my job to explain English to you but there you go!
If he is in overpowering light you can probably only fire 1 sp1 (2 if you have great timing, maybe) and at only a 30% chance really.....
Will enter a state with rng deciding which one and abilities alwasy triggering while in that state would actually make him great.
No nonsense here.....
it is worded porly....
There is grammatical problems and words missing regardless of its intended meaning
You may very well be correct but no need to be a rude agressive twat...
Well we can agree on that.
If you're quibbling with the wording, that's actually not correct. Grammatically speaking, "30% chance on entering this State" means "upon entering this state, there is a 30% chance [of something happening]." For the phrase to mean "30% chance he will enter the state" it should read "30% chance to enter this State" or "30% chance of entering this State." "30% chance on entering this State" is grammatically unambiguous.
There was a couple of lines that i did not read.... i missed some cus i was in a hurry and workkng at the time....
The last line that states
After absolute strength sentry restarts state of mind.....
clarifies for me that itnis infact a logical progression through the states with a 30% chance of triggerong the ability....
I apologose for my rambling. I really thought i was correct.
It appears i mever actually read the whole thing and that is why i was uninformed and incorrect.
There is so many better way this could have been written
Damn don’t be too hard on yourself, that’s our job.
It is legitimately confusing AF. I have a couple questions in this thread myself that I hope get clarified
Actually, the second one is even worse and not synonymous with the first. Saying "30% chance when in this state" actually implies there's a 30% chance for SP1 to be unblockable every time you fire it while you are in that state. The 30% doesn't occur *when* in the state, but upon entering the state only.
The first one is actually not grammatically correct. I'm not sure why you believe the word "that" should appear there, but grammatically speaking "that" implies the rest of the phrase defines the object of the previous phrase, which is "this state." But that makes the entire sentence grammatically mean the wrong thing. "This state" refers to the named state mentioned earlier, and the rest of the phrase describes something that sometimes happens in that state, not the description of the state.
In other words, "30% chance on entering this state that allows SP1 to be unblockable" is proper use of the word "that" and says "this state is the one that specifically allows SP1 to be unblockable." But that's not what the description is trying to say here. Its trying to say that there's a 30% chance when entering this state, the state we already called "Overpowering Light" for this specific thing to happen.
I don't disagree with that: this is a plague upon all houses in the MMO world.
They made a mistake in English, in French it clearly says « 30% TO enter this state »
They kind of always are. There is a lot of subjectiveness to that sort of thing, and reasonable people can debate them a lot. But I honestly cannot cut that slack to the person who wrote this one.
For example, this one literally makes my head hurt:
This is actually the exact *opposite* of the truth. Glass Cannon boosts base attack, which means it is most effective when the champion itself *doesn't* have attack boosts built in. Champion attack boosts dilute the effect of Glass Cannon making it proportionately less effective with a champion like Sentry. For those for whom this isn't mathematically obvious, consider Deep Wounds. Its more effective when the champion has short bleeds than long ones. Similar effect.
All good. I just dont like making sich stupid mistakes.
True.
So should it then read “Upon entering Overpowering Light there is 30% chance for that Special 1 attacks will be unblockable and have increased damage. The chance remains the same throughout the duration of overpowering light.”
Maybe the mistake is in french? That makes it mean something totally different (wat i was orginally thinking)
The first sentence is fine, the second one not so much. The second one I believe misleads people into thinking that for the duration of Overpowering Light, every activation of a SP1 has a 30% chance of being unblockable (and buffed).
I think the biggest source of confusion for people confused about the description is the notion that Sentry's "states" don't actually do anything. When Sentry is in the Overpowering Light state, that state by itself confers no special benefit. It is the *transition* between states that can *sometimes* generate a benefit, and that's not an obvious concept to everyone.
The most unambiguous way I can think of to explain how Sentry works is actually to change the descriptions to something that isn't technically true, but correctly encapsulates the process. Instead of four states, imagine there are seven states: Overpowering Light Alpha and Overpowering Light Beta; Steadfast Approach Alpha and Steadfast Approach Beta; etc. There would be only one version of Unyielding Fortitude.
Now suppose I were to say the following:
Sentry starts in Unyielding Fortitude. While in Unyielding Fortitude Sentry cannot lose combo meter. After increasing combo by ten, Sentry has a 30% chance to enter Overpowering Light Alpha and a 70% chance to enter Overpowering Light Beta. While in Overpowering Light Alpha Sentry's SP1 are buffed and unblockable. While in Overpowering Light Beta, Sentry gains no benefits.
While in Overpowering Light Alpha or Beta, after increasing combo by ten Sentry has a 30% chance to enter Steadfast Approach Alpha and a 70% chance to enter Steadfast Approach Beta. While in Steadfast Approach Alpha Sentry's heavy attacks are buffed and Sentry gain perfect block. While in Steadfast Approach Beta Sentry gains no benefits.
Etc.
That I think is unambiguous. I also think it would be an opportunity to give Sentry something when he is in one of those "Beta" modes. I think Sentry would have been more attractive if there was a consolation prize: 30% chance to get the "big buff" and 70% chance to get some other buff, maybe a defensive one. Making the description look like the above actually highlights the fact that the designer should have made Sentry have less "boring" periods during his cycle when nothing is happening. To properly understand how Sentry works, you have to accept that most of the time nothing is happening. And maybe that suggests a design weakness.
Ideally we'd get prestige at unduped, sig 1, sig 20, sig 100 and sig 200. But for reasons I don't understand at all that's too much to ask.