ok, blueside time

Cors? Check. Scrappers? yeah. Brutes? Got em.
Doms? working on em...

Bluesiders? I have nothing but some pve controllers and a spines regen that's seen better days.

So. A blaster.

I should probably have one.

But what to do? I know that sonic/EM is the current must have, but I'd like to think of what else might be solidly good

Psi/ for the sleep proc?
Fire/ for nice short attacks?
/Mental for DS and a fear?

If sonic/EM really is that much better, so be it. I really DONT want my only bluesider to be daft, but if it's more of a rock paper scissors thing... well, I'd rather be at least a little different...

Thanks again for any suggestions. As always, zone, kickballs and random arena duels only for me.

Oh, and I think he'll be on freedom this time.

Sonic/EM is mostly hype, Psi will wreck Sonic real good in a 1vs1.

Psi/em or is psi/mm ok as well?

EDIT: again, I seem to be drawn to the atypical... this was probably ill advised with regards to my rad/thermal (ele would have been better) I'd prefer not to do the same again...

Psi/EM

The reason I ask is a duel I had with my rad/thermal vs a fire/MM.

He had all kinds of horrible hold procs, his fear, and a knock that punched through 33 points of pre DR knock protection. It was an exercise in misery.

What does EM offer that's really that much better?

Range range range. A good Psi/EM will fire off 3 attacks before the average ranged squishy can even get in range of his powers.

So would it be safe to say that for zone, /EM would be superior... but in arenas, perhaps not so much?

The duel in question was in cargo ship, and I don't think range was THAT much of a factor...

Currently I have lobies of both of these, so I could go either way, but I just want to understand the setup as best I can...

range is what makes blasters .. just use it to your advantage .. if you have greater range back away and attack instead of jumping in. And yeah psi has 4 attacks while sonic has 2. Not counting shout cuz its situational.

Thanks for all the advice... that said:

What about vs. melee? does EM have enough to be worth the loss of DS?

Forgive me if this is daft for some reason... Absurd as this sounds, I've quite literally never played a PvP blaster.