Archangels - are you using them?

[Flowette]

I've come to the conclusion that I probably shouldn't be bothering with Archangels, and instead I should just pimp my ride as much as I feel like.

Is there much point to having a specific Archangel? Have you bothered using them? I used The Jack for a while when I got it, and recently I've started "collecting" them. But they all seem kinda inferior to a beast that I could actually be building.

What say ye?

[Dfeeds]

Nope, not once. I didn't even use the Jack for the jaw, switched as soon as I was able. The only reason I use them is for the death races. The archangel is a better car than the others usually supplied.

[Darllock]

Ripper all the way.

[Boombastic]

It depends how ppl play their game. If you jet through the game hammering enemies down to finish the game as fast as possible, you will probably not need them. On the other hand, if you take the time to enjoy every thing the game has to offer, try to do the challenges, etc. then you will surely build the Angels ;-)

[Flowette]

I think I've built about six by now (the early ones, not the later ones), although I've only really used a couple for the most part. They should probably provide some kind of "set bonus" for using a full Archangel (I mistakenly thought this was the case).

[Fabiolus]

Playing the game to the max and using them, its also a nice project to start and fill your garage with sweet wheels

[BirdDog]

Archangel´s is useless. Only importants are car hulls.

[Cormoran]

I didn't even use the first one for the mission they wanted me to use it in. Once the mission goals continued past creating it I changed it back to what I had before and did the mission with that.

[Aahzmandias]

I will make my own car, that's for sure. Because I need a car tailored to my lack of driving skill. ;)

[Foxpass]

Seems like the point of the Archangels was to be able to put together a car to fit your needs with one click. So you could switch between a heavily armored car and a car build for speed without having to swap out all the parts. The problem is that every Archangel available ends up being suboptimal, and you swap out parts anyway. What I kept wanting was the ability to save my own preferred setups for armor, attack, and speed specialized cars.

[Argent Defender]

Could see them being of use to someone who doesn't particularly care about customising the car themselves. Otherwise they're only challenge vehicles for races. Can't see any use to them other than that. Which is a shame. They really should of given them advantages outside of just being pre-built versions of your own car. Like give one the ability to launch two thunderpoons at once or the ability to shoot flames out the back instead of the sides. Those small variations might of made them worth investing in outside of just for one-off races...

[Boombastic]

You also need several of them (in unmodified version) to complete several game challenges for 100% completition of the game.

[Memnoch]

The Archangels were a nice but flawed idea poorly implemented.

At its heart all an Archangel is is a particular configuration of the MO. If you have the required upgrades you can make a particular Archangel. That sounds great right?

Well, no. Not really. Because if you look at the upgrades they all, except tyres perhaps, have a very linear progression from the left (worst) to the right (best). Better engine, better harpoon, better armour.

The only real concessions to make here are the ram on the front and armour, because of weight affecting handling speed and acceleration, and the tyres that effect grip on different surfaces.

In light of all that you just stick on the best kit you have available and off you go. The Archangels are entirely redundant at this point unless they are required for a mission of some kind. And the joke is that even during that mission you can then swap away from the Archangel to your better kit. You just need it to trigger the mission start.

This upgrade system was such a great idea they could have done a lot with but they fumbled I think amd streamlined it for the masses.