Nrg? If i remember correctly Energy Blast have many AoE or Cone attacks. But if you want to team mostly i say forget Nrg and go with Electric(because of KB i really annoyed with energy blast). I'm a great fan of FF/Psi tho.
In FF i think your secondary is more important than any other set. After you bubble whole team and raise your Dispersion Bubble you act more like a blaster or offender.
I was thinking Rad, as that has 3 AoE attacks- and NRG has the scatter effect..
I've done psi before, but it is more suited to ST I find. How would Elec and Rad compare AoE damage-wise?
Both are [censored] in terms of dmg, elec shines for its end draining and rad for def debuffs.
Possibly you might be more effective choosing something that does -acc, namely Dark. NRG has Energy Torrent, which is a great cone attack, I've sent whole mobs flying with it, and I've also annoyed a tank to the point he kicked me for it. 
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Is it actually possible to do worthwhile AoE damage with a defender though? I'm not too fussed about secondary effects on this.
Rad secondary has some good AoE's, but then I'm biased cos I'm usually topped up on damage thanks to FS.
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There isn't really a good AoE damage set for a defender since ED. When you could 5 slot for damage you could get an alright amount, but still not reat. Of course all seem good till level 20 and the scaling sets in
Sonic seems like nice damage because of its -res
Rad seems acurate because of its -def
Possibly best you could go with is archery cause then you could use your nuke without losing end and your purpose in the team. Its still not great damage all round
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They were appropriately appalled
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They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
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Mayb the thought of Arch would be in there.
With bubbles requiring little activation time during fights as you will place them prior or after fights then the cone/aoe could be a help. Although it's quiet highly resisted the other appeal Archery had to an FF def imo is that the nuke doesn't run you dry (from memory or am I completely wrong?) so you will continue running your PbAoE bubbles and it also has a very quick recharge.. so if you really want AoE mayb have a play witha builder on that set
You're correct, Rain of Arrows has no end crash or any high amount of End Drain either.
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I think archery will shine with Sonic primary because of the -res. I am thinking about making one for a long time but i'm afraid i am little short on slots on Union and Defiant. o.O
I think my time for a second account coming closer. 
Archery was a set I wasn't going towards, because I've already got it on my blaster (level 38 Arch/energy) and yes, the nuke does rock.
Hmm, I might end up making sonic/ instead for the extra damage, but the resistance doesn't quite match the defence of FF... ah well.
I just respecced into Force Bubble on my Grav/FF controller and my first thought was how good it would be with an AOE-based defender with corner-crowding.
I'd probably take Dark or Rad - neither has awesome damage, but Rad has 3 worthwhile AoEs and Dark has 2 very large cones and more safety (I don't consider Torrent to be worth much, personally).
Slightly off topic, but I would just like to post in defense of Energy Blast - it doesn't have to be annoying to team members due to scatter and KB. If you learn to play it well, the KB actually becomes a bonus to your team mates, even to tankers. Further, FF/ has quite a few KB- related powers itself (let's remember force fields don't just have to be shields) which reinforces the whole KB-is-a-good-defense/mitigation-power line of thought.
Having said that, if you're going for AoE dmg then Energy Blast wouldn't be my first choice. Energy Torrent is meh damage imho and you don't really get anything else big in AoE dmg till the nuke (ok, you're gonna say Explosive Blast, but draw your own conclusions).
My FF/ is /Sonic purely due to concept. I was impressed with the damage /Sonic can do - though this is partly due to DoT attacks feeling like they do loads of damage (imagine all those orange numbers), partly due to the -Res you can stack on mobs ( = more damage), and partly due to it doing decent amount of damage in the first place anyway
Second to that I'd go /Rad I think. Let us know how things work out
Have fun!!
FF/Sonic, level 11 now 
Excellent
How are you liking the damage? And in general?
Take a look further down in this forum for some discussion from others on my FF/Sonic build if you like.
It's okay, pretty supportive
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LMAO.
Right, here's the deal- I want to make a FF/ defender, with AoE attacks. Now I don't really like the sound of sonic (literally) and was thinking- what's the second biggest damaging secondary after sonic? This is for AoE PvE, in teams.