What Patron Power for thugs/dark ?

Hay all

I just got my first lvl 40 and i don't know what patron powers are good for thugs/dark

Also the mace mastery pool can u change the model of the mace like the other weapons ?

Thanks.

I would go for Mace, but not take any of the damage powers, go for the shield and immob first.

Mace Mastery models are AT-specific as far as I know. Masterminds have the TacOps mace, I think.

As the PPPs are virtually identical I'd really go for Soul Mastery because it looks good paired with /Dark, and Soul Storm just looks badass. You'd get pretty decent negative energy resists from Soul Mastery's res toggle and Shadow Fall, too.
Alternatively, Scorpion Shield gives +def, which would work nicely with the -ToHit from some /Dark powers, and the +def from Shadow Fall (and Maneuvers if you have it)

cheers guys i went for mace mastery powers.