FM was right: in order to fully exploit the kit, you need points in everything and have a CM. If I do that, I'm going to run out of CM's soon, so I tried to compromise. Geth Turret was the one I found the most expendable, HM and Overload are too important to spec out any of their evolutions. Networked AI 6 can be missed, too, it is not essential (but really helpful). So this is what I thought the best non-CM OS Sniper GE, the last points can be spent either to Turret 5B, Networked AI 6A, 6B or Hardware 5B, whichever seems to be the best for the user.
No disagreements here. I have ran GE without HM (I was a newb), without Turret, without Passive, and without Fitness. And in all fairness, no-Fitness is by far the best.
However, Turret is the most expendable power in his arsenal, but that is only because HM and Overload are insanely OP. However, I don't really see any of the non-CM armour bonus equipments being all that good on him with an SMG build, which is why I skip Fitness on him.
I honestly don't know what I would do to tweak a Sniper build for him, I'd have to try it again, though I am thinking something like this ( http://kalence.drupa...34U55334!38GBG9). It would need testing in-game, however, number-crunching says Overload+Disruptor IV should drop the shields of ANY non-boss on Platinum (Collectors included), leaving the follow-up Widow shot full access to health.
Dammit, you're making me want to run Mantis GE again, you are an evil, indoctrinated human.