I have a fully io'd fire/kin/stone that farms the BM mis at lev 52 or 53 set for 8 with relative ease. My fully io'd el/sd scrap can farm the same mission 3-4 times faster within each mob but falls short overall for one reason--recharge. I don't have her purped out but even if I did I'd only save 4-5 seconds on the two tp aoe attacks and these are what make her so fast killing lev 52-53 mobs. This puts me waiting for the two vital attacks to come back up and there fore a slower farmer in this mission.
Now if you consider other missions farmed the scrap has better survivability and therefore excels over the f/k.
I would agree that overall a fire/kin/stone is tops as a farmer, and if capped for s/l as mine is can run tf's like the ITF with equal ferver.
Having said this el/sh is one of the most enjoyable combos of any AT I have played (76 toons and have played all but stone mallet and TA.) It has revitalized my excitement in the game and on ITF's is just pure crazy fun.
I am intererested to see how a fire/sh does and am leveling one now. I do miss having that extra ST damage that you lose with EL but the aoe more than makes up for it.
