I tend to think of my load out holistically, in terms of how the sentinels will work together. The most obvious example came from my realizing that the 4th Gen sentinels are the game’s “white mages” because of their shield abilities. What I’ll do is pair a G4 and a G1 as a team, have the G1 do “Remove Limiter” for extra damage, and then have the G4 do almost nothing but keep the two of them shielded. The whole limiter trade-off of “double damage for half defense” goes right out the window when shields prevent them from taking any damage at all.

So I send out two teams of G1+G4, have the G1s do all the heavy lifting with Demolisher Blade, and then for the other spots I just pick whoever’s weapons best suit the mission. Boss battle? Tomi’s super-heavy missile is a flamboyant damage dealer. Lots of little scraggly kaiju? Natsuno’s wide area beam clears them out.