Erratic

Why would you want to cure altitus?

What is up with all the pooh-poohing of Siren's Song?

You may use it less on a team, but it can still be a useful power on teams because there are invariably spare mobs that nobody is fighting/controlling who are off on the sides, accidental pulls from directions the group is not facing, and sometimes no desire even by the tank to face the alpha strike from certain groups. In each of those situations Siren's Song has a role to play. Add too that it comes with a default duration which is quite lengthy.

Of course the ultimate guide to which Sonic powers you should take depends on your concept of how your character works and the powerset you pair with it. In my case, playing a Kinetic/Sonic Defender, sleeping a spawn is a prelude to making use of Fulcrum Shift, Siphon Speed, Transference, and whatever else then becomes safe to apply. Look at your other powerset and consider what powers you can leverage synergy from.

Going the other way and thinking about adding knockback to a power, what does anyone think about adding the kb2kd proc to Rain of Fire?

I have prevented a couple of group wipes (though not all) by use of DS. Also, in the Summer Event, I took a couple of the echo opponents you face at the end out of the fight by use of DS and made surviving that portion of the event easier.

Certainly it is not a power you're going to use all that often. On the other hand, I'm drowning in power slots and can afford several "don't use all the time" powers.

I've been cycling through my 15 characters, getting each a level or two before moving on, so my Grav/Energy Dom is only now at 35. Still a ton of fun to play and there are wonderful abuses you can manage when you've got Singularity.

Went with a Water/Time corruptor and have been enjoying it so far.

Now giving thought to a Water/Dark Blaster and possibly shipping one of my characters off to another server so I can use his name--Dark Tide.

Just picked it up (and all the badges. . .nifty) on my first go at it with my DM/Elec/Soul Brute. I'm half tempted to slam it into Lightning Field. But then my thoughts turn to Dark Consumpion, Soul Drain, and Dark Obliteration. Heck. . .even though it is single target, Siphon Life is up every 4 seconds.

Thoughts?

Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention, but did somebody non-ironically suggest Brutes were among the least damaging ATs in the game?

As goes Rad/Elec. . .well, my first character in CoH after beta ended was a Rad/Elec and the notion that it deals substandard damage is. . . .

They were joking, right?

Water/Time Corruptor.

Tried it on the test server and loved it.

I just started a Grav/Energy last Friday and while a bit straightforward at lower levels, he's been enjoyable enough through his first 26 levels. Wormhole is awfully darned nice as a pulling tool what with not pissing off foes you miss and stunning ones you do. In my last session with him I had a ton of fun dropping foes in the middle of the pack of robots the Mastermind I was running with had with him.

Elecrtical Armor as your secondary gives you a lot to work with. Is it the best secondary? No, I am not saying that. But I feel it should be strongly considered as one of the best as the powerset gives you an incredible bag of tools to work with.

You get high resists, virtual immunity to energy attacks and endurance draining, the equivalent of a Recharge SO in all your powers, an endurance recovery/drain power, a heal/max hp power which lowers the cost of all your powers for a period of time.

I went Dark Melee with my signature brute and am very happy with his ability to wade into a crowd, deal massive damage, survive the attacks, and come out with full health and endurance while using only SOs so far.

What to pair with Electric Armor? Dark Melee, on a Brute.

Really.

Your survivability will be covered by Siphon Life being up every 3 seconds combined with the high resists Electric Armor brings. Lightning Field being backed by Fury and Soul Drain will be happily grinding down anything that is standing close. Energize will be your tool for handling alpha strikes with the bonus that it lowers your endurance consumption for 30 seconds. Dark Consumption will be used regularly because Lightning Reflexes invites you to grab Hasten and the combination of the two means you'll be cycling your attacks quickly enough to otherwise drain you.

The only downside is the relative lack of AoEs, but you have Lightning Field running and Shadow Maul in the middle of a group is an easy tool to make hit multiple targets (choose target, take a half step back, activate).

Icing are little things like being mostly resistant to energy attacks, endurance drains, and slows. When you get to your Epic pool choices you can either go Soul or Mu Mastery. I went with Soul Mastery to pick up Gloom, Darkest Night, and Dark Obliteration but if you are inclined for more AoE damage Mu may suit your tastes better.

I have played the combo up to 50 on SOs and it feels every bit as powerful as pre-ED DM/Inv ever did on a Scrapper with the bonus you are harder to kill and don't run out of endurance. Indeed, you'll find yourself coming close to struggling only when there aren't enough enemies around.