Claws is more AoE, Katana is higher ST damage, and better surivvability (Due to the +def in Divine avalanche)
Regen is really the best secondary survivability-wise (At least after few first levels), and you get quick recovery early, which means you dont need to take stamina for endurance management, and thus can get more useful powers early on.
You can respec at L24+. All your powers can be changed (pools and primary/secondary), but you ant change your actual primary and secondary powersets.
As MaXimillion said, the only addition I would make is that while you CAN respec later in the game it's best to plan your build anyway as you need to do a mission to gain the respec.
Well, unless a new patch comes along with a freespec. But that's another story.
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Regen is really the best secondary survivability-wise (At least after few first levels), and you get quick recovery early, which means you dont need to take stamina for endurance management, and thus can get more useful powers early on.
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yes take regen, less skill is required regarding survivability and it lends itself for easier primary slotting so once again less worries involved.
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I see regen it is then ^^
As for Katana or Claws, is there any known as better? or are they pretty equal?
Is it me, or the first few levels with katana im using brawl alot 
will that change quik?
Anyone who has tried both? Or either? and can tel me how they found it.
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yes take regen, less skill is required regarding survivability and it lends itself for easier primary slotting so once again less worries involved.
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How does regen take less skill?? Regen is a great set and we do not have any shields like the others. You have to know how long you can take a beating before hitting one of your heals and when to use instant healing.
Well in any case Im rather enquiring about the primary power set ^^
lol sorry mate, my scrapper is katana and is great fun, i get a knock up in soaring dragon, an aoe in the lotus drops and golden dragonfly has the best animation and does great damage.
It is also very quick to recharge when combined with hasten.
Aye it seems Katana is best in the long run, err kinda confused with the first choice of abilities, Sting of the Wasp, and Gambler's Cut :S
Also, about what level did you stop having to wait for recharges + never press brawl again? :P
That's usually when you have around 3/4 attacks.
I have played both claws and katana and I can say they are both a lot of fun to play.
Katana has a lot more damage compared to claws, the early levels can be a little tough for a good attack chain but when you get soaring dragon and golden dragonfly you will have a great chain.
Claws isnt as good as katana for damage but what it lacks in damage it makes up for it with some control through knockdown, which can be very useful and it also has a very nice ranged attack (focus).
You cant go wrong with either set but in my opinion claws is more fun and looks cooler. 
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Aye it seems Katana is best in the long run, err kinda confused with the first choice of abilities, Sting of the Wasp, and Gambler's Cut :S
Also, about what level did you stop having to wait for recharges + never press brawl again? :P
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I took sting of the wasp and then flashing steel at level 2. I also got divine avalanche at 8, these 3 attacks were my attack chain till I got to 18 it isnt great for damage and you will have some gaps but if you can get to 26 you will be glad you stuck it out. If you really hate gaps in your chain you can take gamblers cut and respec it out when u get soaring dragon.
hehe ok well seeing as im not aoe like blaster, ill certainly appreciate the big numbers, and going for all natural hero, so katana goes nicely. As well as that being left handed in a game is refreshing 
(you cant change that right? hehe just curious)
Ill go with katana/regen then.
Are there any pool powers i should put points in? (for travel ill go super jump/fly, is flykick(forgot name, prequisite) good, maybe in pvp? )
And in terms of slotting and enhancements, with the test chars iv thought (for damage moves) simply accuracy and damage modifiers are best, is that right or is there something im missing?
Thanks alot all who have posted so far, very much appreciated
There's two schools of thought over whether "Tough" is worth the two picks for a /regen or not.
Slotting up Health and Stamina is generally a good choice, even with QR.
Hasten is very useful to get clickyheals up sooner.
If you are set on PVPing, get resilience for the high disorient resistance. If you're going the leaping route then it might be worth picking up acrobatics for the hold resistance + hold protection since Integration is a little lackluster as PVP hold protection these days.
Would also recommend the Weapon Mastery pool for Web Grenade, or Body Mastery Pool for Focussed Accuracy. Depending on how you want to build your toon!
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It all stacks and iirc health adds 20%-ish to regen rate so why not?
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It all stacks and iirc health adds 20%-ish to regen rate so why not?
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For katana i'd say the best survavility is /SR tho
The thing with /SR is the no self-heal in it, so aid self from the medicine pool could be put in if possible. The good thing about SR is that the defence is really good, and with Quickness your attack chain should work out nicely.
I am the Blaster, I have filled the role of Tank, Controller and Defender
Sometimes all at once.
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Im relatively new to the game, just played it a bit exploring and such. Ill be playing with my girlfreind, wer still waiting for order to arrive, who has gone for storm/light defender (or blaster if she doesnt enjoy that later on).
Iv tried out controller, and the lack of instant damage isnt my thing, im not keen on hybrids or tanking, so defender and tanker out, and i did try blaster but, i don't know, got to simple for me i gues. Scrapper seemed alot more fun atm, and im pretty certain thats what i want to go with. However im torn between katana and claws, iv looked at all the abilities and played with them for 4 levels, but cant decide. It seems katana has a slow start, where brawl seems to be used quite abit (by me) but that will simply pick up when i have more moves.
Claws seems to have slighlt more aoe and faster, though katana is more focused and bigger burst damage.
Id really like some experienced opinions and advice on this, My way of playing is certainly fast kills rather then control, i want my next ability ready without any time to brawl imbetween. I like aoe, but i can sacrifice the blaster's aoe for scrappers, as long as i can kill them fast to make up for it.
Suggestions on secondary power would be good to
[edit] oo another question, can we respec later in the game?( i know you can with pool powers, but unsure about primary and secondary) or Should i plan my build now?