/Dark Miasma or /Kinetics...hard choice.

Basicly i'm looking to roll another Corr, have almost lvl'd my Ice/Cold to 50. I'm pretty much decided that i want Fire Blast as my primary, its just proving tricky deciding which one of the two secondaries mentioned above to go for.

I have a late teens DM Defender that i enjoy playing, so i know what thats like and the DeBuffs paired with the AoE of Fire Blast could be pretty awesome, but then you get so many self/team buffs in the Kin set (i know it'll be a way off yet...but boosted RV Mechs for ultimate Prestige/Inf/Exp farming )

What are peoples opinions on the two secondaries paired with Fire Blast?

For me, my Fire/Kin really didn't take off as I'd hoped until after Transference, and I could unleash constant carnage - since then, I've really enjoyed playing her. Oddly enough, the best teaming I've done with her is when alongside an Ice/Dark Corr.

Whilst Fire/Dark would have a nice mix of control and AoE damage, I think you'd have to pull back on the reins that much more and/or slot heavily for End Reduction. If you're comfortable with a more sedentary, controlled pace then go with Fire/Dark; if you want a breakneck teetering on the edge of life and death playstyle, Fire/Kin might be more rewarding.

The main advantage of Fire/Dark is that you get great powers early on which help mitigate the huge aggro that your AoEs will draw (Tar Patch + Rain of Fire + Fireball + Fire Breath ftw!). But as Syn says, after Transference and Fulcrum, Fire/Kin will be a damage monster. So I guess it really depends on your playstyle and how patient you are .

It has to be breakneck teetering of the egde of death i think....much more fun plus it'll help keep my reputation in my VG alive.

And i don't think the grind to 35 for Transference will that hard, as my Cold Domination Corr didn't really start to shine till then when i got Sleet.

So its lookin more and more like it'll be a Fire/Kin, which i was starting to lean too anyway....leaves me one more question, How well can /Kin solo. I love to team as much as the next person, but sometimes teams are scarce (or i just can't be bothered ). In my mind it seems like it should fair well...you get a damage and speed self buff, a damn fine heal and repel (/e joking of course), plus the options to skip travel powers if you so desire...personally i won't, i'll grab Hasten/SS and have Inertial Reduction for the verticle travel.

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personally i won't, i'll grab Hasten/SS and have Inertial Reduction for the verticle travel.

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Personally i'd take sj pool for acro. priceless especially for a kin...

I deleted my fire/kin cor in his late teens as it was quite a dissappointment and i didn't have the patience anymore to persevere till late 30's tbh, then again so was my fire/kin troller which i was about to delete in his late 20's but happily didnt't as it turned out my most thrilling ride to 50 starting his early 30's so ...

All in all fire/dark (which i made later on and suits me better) and fire/kin can both very nice.

Have fun anywhich way you go!

P.S check out the pretty nice fire/kin guide -with original approach (use of presence pool and thus getting you a taste of that excellent fire/dark feel ) here

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How well can /Kin solo.

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Pretty well, just remember to pack BFs. Also, knockback is a [censored] - you'll want something to counter it...

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i'll grab Hasten/SS and have Inertial Reduction for the verticle travel.

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... which at least means grabbing Hover, which works well with Siphon Speed. If you can afford the power-choices, grabbing the Leaping pool up to Acrobatics is a solid idea.

id definately recommend fire/kin, sure is the most fun ive had playing and im kind of a corr fanatic

I must add tho that its kind of hard going (end wise) but still great fun until you get transference and then there is absolutely no stopping you.