So, Sentinals in so many ways seem to fit what I've always wanted. A true Iron Man style character. But everywhere I look all I am seeing is that Sentinals are completely outclassed by every other AT at what they are supposed to be good at. I've even seen several claims that Blasters, the glass cannon AT if there ever was one, is more survivable than a Sentinal due to their later power set add ons (Mace/Wu/etc). My only hope is the fact that most of these seem to be from over a year ago and there was mention that the HC dev's were giving the AT a passover to improve its performance.
So I'm wondering, is the Sentinal's Damage as bad as I'm hearing (less than 40% of a blaster) while having defense/resist numbers so low that they have never been seen prior to the AT? Or is it all over inflated bashing on the new kid on the block? Was it fixed if it was that bad once upon a time? And lastly, I see the thread on the power set break downs, but is there a guide out there on Sentinels in general? I really really want to like what I'm seeing here, but I'm worried I'll feel severely let down.