My main question is in regards to how you are hunting or doing missions. Are you Teaming...or are you trying to take on 10-15 +1 MoBs?
Having made my build...and respec'ing it...i have always centered around the idea that a game of this caliber is made for grps of individuals to work together in...thats why there are multiple AT's..each one fills in the weakness's of another.
I am not trying to say this is HOW you play the game...i am a firm believer in "to each his own" but...and this is especially true after the update2...the days of alpha strike blasters has sadly come to an end.
For example...my alt is a lvl26AR/Dev blaster...i respec'd her to have almost all AoE attacks...she was my solo'in blaster and though the xp gain was nice....i personally found solo'n boring...anyways after the respec i went to DA and with a six slotted flamethrower...SG...Stealth....CloakingDevice....2 slot M30....and Buckshot.....I was creamed by 10 even con Banished Pantheon....I didnt even have time to turn on my Phase Shift it happended so fast....as a result....I have stopped playing as my AR blaster....btw Flame is sixslotted...sg was 2 slotted and so on and so forth....my respec build was an alpha strike AoE build....i expected to get hit once or twice....however...BAM im dead.
It's a good thing it happened too...I much prefer to team up...but I do miss my multiple MoB xp gain now and then and hope the devs do change their opinions on a few issues concerning blasters...till then i'll keep on teamin with my SG mates and keep on blasting anything that moves.