Reply to Electro Massive Patches?

Two quick questions for you guys:

1. Do you recommend the use of patches for a beginner? I'm believeing of dropping some money on a pack to at least give myself a small library of premade sounds to work with, and more importantly tweak and alter to my own liking. I've read alot of people who frown upon the use of sounds/samples made by others but I don't see the harm in using them temporarily until I'm personally capable of creating the exact sounds I want in Massive.

2. Any recommended electro patches/packs for Massive? Alot of electro tracks reuse the same general sounds so I'm looking for something along the lines of that.