Talk:Sentinels/@comment-96.2.96.75-20130404115511/@comment-37.110.148.109-20130404122557

Well that's a question. Colors don't give you anything other than aesthetics so they are completely irrelevant to said question. You either want them or not, no sense in comparing them to, say, buying a weapon. Helmets mostly provide minor changes, like +skill power -shield strength, depending on particular case. Modificators at the level of level 1 Mods, as I see it. I'll repeat myself and say they are more for a visual change rather than gameplay, though they do provide some stats.

That aside - Sentinels vs Weapons vs Warframes. Some serious thing to think about. Firstly, consider your current loadout. As far as weapons go, excluding last update which severely nerfed automatic weapons (including MK1 Braton) default ones are relatively effective and easily replaced. You can easily replace Skana with Cronus using recipe from mercury boss, which is straightforward upgrade and quite decent weapon for a good portion of the game. There is also cheap and effective option of Dual Skana. You can replace Lato with, say, Lex or Aklato. Both are relatively cheap and proven weapons even in late game, first being amazingly accurate headshot sniper rifle in secondary slot, second being highly adaptable and overall effective weapon. And lastly, at some expense you can get decent weapons like Paris or Boltor (hope it still does okay after nerf). They will require some farming, but still manageable.

Sentinels mostly require money, resources to craft them are usually already in your pocket when you have 100k for blueprint. You can buy them, platinum price may be relatively cheap, but do consider that Sentinels don't provide anything beyond expectations. Even with levels they mostly help you by replenishing your shields and drawing some of the fire, maybe slowing down nearby enemies with Frost. So here you go. Sentinel maybe cheaper than buying a weapon with platinum, but the only real problem with getting them are money and they don't give you as much as a good weapon. Warframes are quite pricy which is somewhat founded by the fact that blueprints require farming and require quite a lot of resources. Still, I'd say your choice primarily is between weapons and sentinels for platinum. Mayby someone can give you a better advice. Sentinels are definitely helpful but not irreplaceable.