At What Point Is the Bandage Worth Using?

I have an epic at level 11 with 2 epic perks.
It heals 44 hitpoints. At what point is using bandage feasable? Should I spend the resources or what until I have another dup?
BTW, my standard epic is at 801 hitpoints.

 

General rule with epics is to not upgrade them until you get 4 copies. You should only work on epics when you know that it will surpass your level 50 rare.

 

Side note: I upgrade epics when they'll surpass whatever I have currently.

But I'm looking for opinions on when to use a bandage, not just epics. At +40 hitpoints? 60? It's kind of like the "defense or hitpoints" question.

 

Depends on the league, tbh. My level 40 rare ticks for roughly 84 and it's not good enough for ace 1/ nightmare. Below that, you might me able to survive long enough to get significant HP out of it. Since I use defender, I can stay in match long enough to get more HP than standard shield but other ships are better off with standard shields.

It really comes down to your ship and options available.

 

If it's not around +100 don't use it. This is advice for any player over 3000 infamy

 

Everyone who uses bandage in Master II has it heal them ~60.

 

127, max t4 epic bandage, 4 epic perks

Can get t5

At least have a strong bandage in nightmare
Ok

 

And how long ago was that? I believe circumstances are different now.

 

Thanks guys. It'll stay in inventory. I play Enforcer. I see others using bandage on theirs in the 2.6-3k range.
It seems to be a hit or miss in battle when I tried it. I was wrong on my Std shield hitpoints. It's at lvl 28 and 975 with perks.

 

Wow, 1st time see that’s rule... do u have some another arguments for non upgrade until u have 4 copies ..?
What about u don’t have space for all items to collect?... how many slots in your enventory?..

 

That's a fair rule. I've run into a couple issues being out of rare power cells for 2 months now, so I've been scrap any rares not in my immediate evolution path, particularly items which I have an epic or two, may not use now, but may use in the future. As a shooter I had no need for small shield or bandage, so those all went. Then one day I realized that I want to try Speeder, Enforcer, Fixer before realizing my big shield is unusable on those boats, particularly at MK4 without sacrificing a blue slot. I can put one on a Speeder at MK5, but doubt that's a recommended use of a blue slot on a Speeder. Enforcer at MK6 is good, but I'm not qualified for MK6. Fixer is a no go.

I'm assuming bandage is a good thing to level up, particularly since the RNG rains rares on me, but lacking power cells for evolutions puts a quick halt to that. I only have a single rare small shield, and I don't think I've ever received an epic bandage or small shield being that the RNG is ultra stingy with all blue items for me. Sometime next year planets may align for me to build a useful 1 slot blue defense item.

 

I'm an enforcer at 3300 infamy and I use a level 40 uncommon bandage doing 57 heal (I need epic dupes), I think a bandage is always better than a standard shield, you have to play a little more careful in the beginning, but by the end it pays off, especially in 1v1s

 

I'm a MK5 defender at 2.5k infamy, and I run 3x bandage (Epic t2 : 73hp | Rare t3 : 69hp | Uncommon t4 :62hp) and have a total heal of 204hp/5 sec. I run it with big shield and no turbo setup and I can keep up with everyone else where the norm is they have full t4 rare equips while I compete with full t3 rare weapons. It all depends on how long you can survive in order for the bandages to provide more value than a standard shield.

 

I had my bandaid for a VERY long time anticipating mk6 shooter. Finally got there after the update nudged the bar and it is worth it. I had it to 50 awaiting use. It now does between 90-100. I float 4k inf. For a shooter a motor and shield below mk6 is better unless you're the pansy in back lobbing mortars hoping for damage scraps. Even then the shield n motor make more sense

 

I almost got to master LOL. Right now I'm running with 31 on my bandages and I like them. But you and I both prefer a more subtle strategy wherein "not getting hit" plays a big factor. So the bandages have the time to outdo the shields. Heck, up until just now I found dual turbos to be way better than bandages or shields. Every bullet into the waves and every mortar splash in my wake is a few hundred hit points "healed".

I suspect, as always, that what works best has a lot to do with play style.

 

How much hit points does a maxed out rare bandage heal per 5 second? Assuming the rare bandage is equipped with all 3 epic perks for bandage. A photo would be even better.