You're labeling mental blast as a GOOD attack, while saying mind probe is rubbish? Can I have some of that stuff you're smoking please?
Sorry got mind probe and mental blast crosswired, still how come the snipe one of the best snipes in the game is given to defenders at level 4, but not till dominators till 31 levels later!? Just seems to me defenders get much better attacks and a LOT earlier than dominators do. I'd swap over their secondary pools if I could any day.
Defenders have to take mental blast though, while doms get an attack that's at least sometimes useful... Also, I'd say the last power is better for doms than defenders...
Def's get some good powers earlier, but doms beat them in the end.
Last time when I posted here I was slightly drunk.. hmm.
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Psionic Dart - pretty rubbish
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The idea of it isn't damage exactly, it is very fast and thus *great* to build Domination on.
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Mind Probe - ok attack.
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An essential part of your attack chain, and it's a great attack! You can fire it off at 10 feet so it is actually "ranged" (The other melee ordinaries are 5 feet)
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Telekinetic Thrust - Can be handy but nothing great.
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I agree. In the hands of average-Joes this is not that good. In the RV event I used this to along with Levitate to juggle with people with no knockback/up/down protection 
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Mental Blast - pretty poor.
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Yuck! This power roots you for so long time with not so great damage, so... ggh.
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Psychic Scream - Pretty poor.
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Roots you for the exactly long time as Mental Blast, does a bit more damage than Mental Blast though. I skipped it.
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Drain Psyche - Not too shabby.
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Haha! I love this! On the RV event I could shut down any darned /Regen Scrapper's regeneration! It also gives you more endurance recovery than a fully slotted Stamina.
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Subdue - Nothing special.
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This is a good part of your attack chain. It has a long range, does nice damage and immobilizes! (Pretty much like Impale)
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Psionic Lance - Really great power but we don't get it till level 35.
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If someone has enough nerves to stay in a spot for 5 seconds while the victim is locked down, this is a great power.
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Psychic Shockwave - Again really great power but then it should be, it's our last.
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I agree. Having a powerful PbAoE which recharges every 10 seconds is like driving with a Ferrari.
Just my personal opinion...
Playing both a psionic dominator and a psionic defender it's clear that the dominator has been given the short end of the stick with the secondary.
Let's look at what the dominator gets:
Psionic Dart - pretty rubbish
Mind Probe - ok attack.
Telekinetic Thrust - Can be handy but nothing great.
Mental Blast - pretty poor.
Psychic Scream - Pretty poor.
Drain Psyche - Not too shabby.
Subdue - Nothing special.
Psionic Lance - Really great power but we don't get it till level 35.
Psychic Shockwave - Again really great power but then it should be, it's our last.
Now let's look at the psi defender:
Mental Blast - At level 1 the same power dominators don't get till level 10.
Subdue - At level 2 the power dominators have to wait till level 28 to get!
Psionic Lance - Defenders get this at level4, dominators have to wait till level 35!
Psychic Scream - Again get it earlier than dominators.
Telekinetic Blast - Better than most of what got doms get.
Will Domination - Yep, we don't get this either.
Scramble Thoughts - Now it's levelling out, but too little too late.
Psychic Wail - Same.