Uh I am amazed you alsted so long without the fitness power pool?! Stamina is a great power!
To a lesser extent I reccomend taking Hasten from the speed power pool, bring that nova round just a little quicker. Well it will once youve unlocked it anyways.
K
Pre-ED, once I used my free respec at level 21 to get Stamina, my hold playstyle changed. No more waiting for Endurance, just blast. Highly, highly recommended as Krunch says.
Other Power Pools with Proximity:
Speed, for Hasten and Super Speed which I took really late (my 49 power, more for convenience really)
Fly, like you. Nuff said really, although I did swap out Hover for Air Superiority once Hover gave virtually no defence bonus.
Concealment - found this a real boon in the mid-levels. Stealth and Invis meant I wasn't drawing unnecessary attention to myself.
On my level 29 Blaster I have the following pool powers:
Speed
Hasten, Super Speed and Whirlwind
Fitness
Swift, Hurdle and Stamina
Medicine
Stimulant (and my next power is going to be Aid Self)
I'll also be taking Combat Jumping at some point.
I have 2 AR/Devices blasters. Both are esssentially solos.
Both have fitness, with 3 slotted Stamina - for me this is an absolute 'must have'.
My first (main) has no travel power at all, and only has the medicine pool besides fitness. 6 slotted aid self is the prize here, 3 heal, 1 recharge and 2 Reduce interrupt makes it fairly usable even in combat. Would only recommend this for a solo really, and only then if you particularly like/want it. Aid other (which you need to take to get aid self) is pitiful and obviously it's a power pick flushed if you're a solo. I mainly chose medicine for this guy because it had a devices type animation - he's kind of a 'no super powers' concept hero. My other guy gets by fine without it.
AR/Dev number 2 has Leaping and Concealment as well as Fitness.
Combat jump and acrobatics come in handy now and then for the little bit of added hold(?)/immob/knockback resitance they give. They're ok, but after having played my other blaster for ages without them they're really no biggie to me. Combat jump I have to have anyway to get super jump (which I really like, it's fun and it makes this alt more team-friendly) Acrobatics? IMO pretty pointless really. Wouldn't miss it if I didn't have it.
As a solo I personally consider some form of concealment vital for my style of play (my other guy uses cloaking device) This guy has stealth and invis. Wouldn't be without them. Had phase shift and respec'd it out - virtually useless IMO. I regularly use invisibility for ghosting missions quickly when I just can't face slogging through all the goons. Otherwise I'm perma-stealthed, slotted for end reduction. I'm told the defence bonus is risible, but I don't use it for defence, it's so I can lay trip mines and caltrops closer to enemies. I can't count the number of times stealth/invis have saved my rear in rubbish PUG's when someone else has suicidally aggro'd. If you don't like ghosting missions, don't have trip mines, and/or have a regular/reliable team then personally I can't see that much use for the concealment pool.
on my lvl 47 ar/dev blaster i have in this order
speed (haste and superspeed)
fitness (hurdle,health and stamina)
leaping (combat jump/superjump/acrobatics)
would have conceal (stealth) but i have cloak from dev pool and the rest is offense
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
I was wondering what other people have chosen from the secondary power pools. I am a level 31 eng/eng blaster. I have really concentrated on this side, so have not taken many other pools. Currently only have hasten, hover and fly. Are there any other pools I should take? I mainly play as a solo player, so are there any secondary power pools required/essential for the higher levels.