MA - higher burst damage, has build up
Claws - lower end cost and recharge, slightly better AoE potential
I'd be tempted to go with Claws for the reduced end cost - it would go well with the high end costs of DA.
also in later levels, MA's stun will help with Opressive Gloomg if you take it. making you able to stun bosses in 1 hit (if the MA stun lands)
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also in later levels, MA's stun will help with Opressive Gloomg if you take it. making you able to stun bosses in 1 hit (if the MA stun lands)
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Cobra Strike and opressive gloom would work very well 
thePhilosopher Martial Arts/Regen/Fire Scrapper
theRegulator Empathy/Energy/Soul Defender
Total Inertia Ice Blast/Kinetics/Psy Corruptor
Total Inferno Ice Blast/Thermal/Leviathan Corruptor
Hellowie!
Thankyou all for your input. Twas' very helpful. I tried out Claws, but they look really silly on a character of Jazz Noirs build and I am still a bit iffy on Martial Arts after playing it to Level 14 and finding it 50 - 50.
So I'm going for Dark Melee - Super Refelxes 
But still, thankyou all for the help.
The Rot Hood.
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So I'm going for Dark Melee - Super Refelxes
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lol 
thePhilosopher Martial Arts/Regen/Fire Scrapper
theRegulator Empathy/Energy/Soul Defender
Total Inertia Ice Blast/Kinetics/Psy Corruptor
Total Inferno Ice Blast/Thermal/Leviathan Corruptor
That "schliikt" noise the claws make. What more do you want?
I actually created a new claws/dark scrapper last night, which was my first experience of claws, and found it great fun. I only leveled him to lvl 6, but the low endurance costs was nice. Oh, and did I mention the "schliikt" noise?
Shlickt? Blasphemer!!
Everyone knows it's *snick*
Hellowie!
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I had a Level 14 Martial Arts - Dark Armour Scrapper (Jazz Noir), who I restarted because I didn't like hwhere she was on my character selection list (sad I know
Anyway, I want to make a Scrapper again, but I can't decide betweem Claws and Martial Arts. With the fact that I will be taking Dark Armour, can anyone give me some hints on what the Pros and Cons of taking Martial Arts or Claws are? As Powers on their own, and in conjunction with Dark Armour.
Many thanks.
The Rot Hood.