Are all kits equally enjoyable in Platinum?

Works with rank X (or lower) and lvl 20 as well.
We had a rank 7 level 17 KroMerc pug in our lobby who did very well.

I believe key is having at least one infiltrator, rest all viable combinations.

I agree. Human Engineer becoming a very strong kit for instance.

Only tried the Angara Avenger (X), and she's pretty solid at Platinum. Which is probably pretty obvious...

Yeah my concern was that 

what if Platinum is only truly playable by Tactical Cloak / Flak / Grenade classes.


I was worried about power classes & squishy classes... but it sounds like XX characters were meant to make up for that.

I only PUG. My experience so far is that my Asari Sentinel = easy mode. My Kineticist XIX on the other hand got rekt and I feel far more comfortable/confident with her than any other class. Maybe I just need to change up my strategy using her. I don't use cloaking classes much but I heard infiltrators have it pretty easy. I get the feeling that tanky characters will have a much better time.

Overall, platinum is fairly fun and challenging. It is not too much harder than gold. It just takes a LOT more time due to bullet sponges. PUGs still run around doing their own thing but I have yet to fail to extract. Still prefer gold basically because of the shorter games (11-14 min vs ~20).

The reason why all kits are viable on Platinum is that this is a gun game and all kits are gun kits, basically, and all kits can take any gun into Plat.

You see balance, I see blandness.

You're ignoring survivability though. Not everyone is going to be able to stay alive without a little something extra.

Human infiltrator for me is still my preferred class.. it is the only class which I am personally able to prevent a complete mission failure with, even on platinum.. in most circumstances anyway. If all 3 players are down and jsut me standing, I have the means to get some of them back up with ease.. if all 3 are down and out, it is the one class I find that has the survivability (stealth + 200 damage resistance when health goes critical.. that one has saved me countless times and bought me the precious seconds I needed to either cloak or pop a heal) to carefully clear out the remaining enemies when the party is all dead.. and it is an excellent class for most mission objectives overall.

Other stealth classes work well too, but for me its the ability to use incinerate (simply superior to most other stealth class offensive abilities in my eyes) and the huge resistance boost when health goes critical (which is very common in platinum.. that 200 resistance will let you survive almost anything except a hydra volley, giving you the precious seconds you need to cover / cloak / heal.. no other stealth class has that level of insurance when things go bad unexpectedly).

I enjoy playing my asari sentinel as well, very sturdy... but I've been completely unable to prevent mission failures with it when I was with a bad team or if things went south in a hurry.. without some means of escape even the sentinel's tankiness won't generally buy you the means to save a mission when 3 members are down (which in my 14+ platinum runs so far is veyr damn common).. yet I have saved 4 missions so far from total party wipes using my human infiltrator.

Salarian infiltrator would be my next choice I suppose.. energy drain is a good addition to survivability.. but the class lacks the ability to survive alpha strikes like a human infiltrator can (no resistances.. human infiltrator can have 50 resistance in cover.. or 250 resistance if in cover and critical health).

Asari duelist can sort of do this too with less success despite the lack of stealth.. but by "cheesing" the system and using her melee attack to teleport through walls etc you can also have reasonable success (she's invincible during her melee attack animation.. if you spam it and with a bit of luck you can get through most swarms somewhat safely)

There are a couple of things to consider with platinum when making your choice:
1) There are a lot of damage flying around. Between new boss mobs that do a lot of damage and/or move faster and a lot of higher tier enemies present overall, it is a lot harder to avoid taking damage
2) Unless you have a superb group, you will likely be forced to move, as enemies are tough, fast and will likely force you from the camping position sooner or later. Then see 1)

That means that you will have to move around and likely take damage. So you need to have a class that has some defensive capabilities and will not melt under fire (at least not right away).

Overall I have seen mostly infiltrators and sentinels in the last half a dozen PuG games. The bad part is that people are taking their infiltrators which they have no clue how to play into it and then melt constantly.

Oh and
"I am at least glad to hear nobody mentioning there was speed upgrade for Platinum enemies... lol"

Just wait until you see boss level berserkers, blaze hydras and progenitors. Its fun to see a hydra charging at you with sprint speed.

Veteran bonus only adds melee, power and combo detonation damage. Doesn't give you DR, so the squishiness remains.

Seriously? lmao

The issue I will have is being one of the two non infils in a match and getting my ass shot off all game long.