Old Ben, useful?

One of the top 10 toons in the game when zetaed.

The regain taunt after losing taunt zeta is huge.

You can never have too many tanks.

"DuneSeaFarmer;c-1623766" wrote:

"Chicagotarsier;c-1623765" wrote:
One of the top 10 toons in the game when zetaed.

The regain taunt after losing taunt zeta is huge.

You can never have too many tanks.

so tons of protection (mods) and utilize as a tank?

Protection and potency. And yes, because that's what he is.

Traya makes GK useless so old ben has finally found his place. Especially in Jedi teams

His mind tricks ability is great. Once I get enough mk3 carbantis I’m going to bring him up to g10, I think he’s worth it. Definitely mod for protection or defense (especially with the boost defense is going to get soon).

I still can't decide between Old Ben and GK as my favourite. Got both at g12 and current using both under Bastila lead until I have Hoda ready then GK will probably get dropped.

Depends on who you are running and who you are facing.

"DuneSeaFarmer;c-1623789" wrote:

"ZCD_9915;c-1623785" wrote:
Traya makes GK useless so old ben has finally found his place. Especially in Jedi teams

Even in Bastilla squads?

Yeah, traya isolates him a lot and that stops him from giving buffs or calling a mass assist. So all he has left is his taunt. Old ben has that too and can still use mind trick while isolated. And the buffs he gives when he dies would still go, or at least I think they do. I don't run ls so someone that does can confirm that.

Old Ben is super, super useful.

Mind Tricks is invaluable against debuffing teams.

I have much "better" tanks in my ranks but can't give him up. Just too good.

"DarkHelmet1138;c-1623797" wrote:

"DuneSeaFarmer;c-1623789" wrote:

"ZCD_9915;c-1623785" wrote:
Traya makes GK useless so old ben has finally found his place. Especially in Jedi teams

Even in Bastilla squads?

Yeah, traya isolates him a lot and that stops him from giving buffs or calling a mass assist. So all he has left is his taunt. Old ben has that too and can still use mind trick while isolated. And the buffs he gives when he dies would still go, or at least I think they do. I don't run ls so someone that does can confirm that.

It's worse. I'm pretty sure you can't gain buffs out of turn under isolate, so GK can't taunt and just becomes a big paperweight. OB can still taunt under isolate (because it's during his turn) as well as use mind tricks. So for Bastila teams facing Traya, OB has become the better choice. But I think GK might still edge him out when not facing Traya. But OB is really not far behind now with the zeta on his taunt; even if fractured, he's still regain taunt, I believe.

"DuneSeaFarmer;d-179069" wrote:
I have been on the fence about Obi, I have a 5* GK in the works and wonder if his older self is worth developing past g9? Talk to me, is he worth zetas etc?

I do not have elite mods and my best mods are still on my NS, I am at top 200, I can easy enter the top 100 but only on Sundays which is the only day I can play before paytime, I have him at G9, under Bastila lead I do not think he needs more than that if you put some decent mods on him.
I also suggest to try him for a bit before applying a zeta, his zeta sounds very good but I think others zeta are more important in a Bastila team, so not the main priority.

Darn these replies almost make me regret all the gear I invested in GK, maybe should have gone with OB instead. Oh well...