**Mastery Loadouts**
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
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1. The Tech Class has the least variety in utility. The concepts in tech tend to be focused on armor and robots, which leads to less diversity in abilities and effects. Even skill has a lot more diversity in what's available within the class. Omega Sentinel's character concept lends itself to a lot of creativity, because her nanobots allow for a lot of creative freedom. Her adaptability means she can theoretically be designed to counter anything the devs want, within balance limits. Because she can theoretically do almost anything, the devs are free to try to make her completely different from, and add diversity to, the rest of the tech class.
2. Omega Sentinel is a tech countering tech. We have champions that are good against #robots like Medusa, and champs that are good against #metal like Magneto. Given Omega Sentinel's comic book abilities, there's an opportunity for Omega Sentinel to be good against #tech, where we flag all the high tech using champions and such as something Omega Sentinel has special strengths against. That would make for an interesting counter against champs like Guardian or MODOK or Yellowjacket.
3. Omega Sentinel has a potentially animation-rich fighting style. She can fight hand to hand, she can fight with projectile weapons, she can fly. The sky is the limit for the animators and the power designers.
4. By my count we have three female tech champs: Ghost, G2099, and Nebula. That's the smallest number of any class. We could use more women of tech in the game.
Omega Sentinel is in many ways a blank slate in terms of abilities, so there's tons of room for design creative freedom. But she also has enough source material concept to mine for a lot of interesting ideas and effects in the game. So, Omega Sentinel gets my vote.
Additionally I have some personal motives, which may or may not involve the hope for a sick synergy with my r3 6* Sentinel.
And one final reason, we cannot have enough Sentinels in the game.
Great idea making her Superior over #Tech class... Similiar to her comic book prowess, her buffs or what not should be HACKS against tech class. Hackable powers over machinery and tech.
EatChris of the LORDS OF PUNISHMENT!
As such, the things we should be considering are class (which Kabam has announced), potential synergies, and personal preference. There are probably other things I’m not thinking of right now, this is just off the top of my head. Representation factors into personal preference and should totally be considered by people.
In any event, there are no bad options. I voted Omega Sentinel because she seems the coolest and I think the tech class needs a kick in the pants.
Specifically with regard to the fact that she's a tech female champ, separate from the general representation issue, which I believe is a valid thing to consider, there's the fact that there are actual combat effects of being female, as there are actual nodes that boost the performance of female champs. The tech class has the fewest options available to take advantage of those nodes when they exist.
You said: "id rather vote for someone based on what new/cool abilities theyd provide than solely on the fact their X whatevr." However, as you yourself point out, there's no way to know what abilities the champs being voted for will have. So on what basis did you decide which champ to vote for?