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Erm... your spines/fire is about 12 lvls higher than my MA/Fire... but I can exemp you 
Now all we have to do is make you log in the game sometime...
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You want to take my conserve power away from me? I waited ages for that
"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
Oh I guess I'll have to speed him up then, the account he's in expires December the 1st and there are a Fire/DA scrapper, an Ice/Elec blaster and a Fire/DM tanker to take to 50 before my MA/Fire...
This build has good res and damage. Its my Spines/Fire PvE build 
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Baby Farmer PvE: Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Spines
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery
Hero Profile:
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Level 1: Lunge Hectmb-Dmg:50(A), Hectmb-Dmg/Rchg:50(3), Hectmb-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(3), Hectmb-Dmg/EndRdx:50(5), Hectmb-Dam%:50(7)
Level 1: Fire Shield HO:Ribo(A), HO:Ribo(7), HO:Ribo(9), HO:Ribo(9)
Level 2: Blazing Aura HO:Nucle(A), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(11), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx:50(11), HO:Nucle(13), EndRdx-I:50(13)
Level 4: Healing Flames Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx:40(A), Dct'dW-Heal:50(5), Dct'dW-Rchg:40(15), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg:40(15), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg:50(17)
Level 6: Spine Burst Armgdn-Dmg:50(A), Armgdn-Dmg/Rchg:50(19), Armgdn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(21), Armgdn-Acc/Rchg:50(21), Armgdn-Dmg/EndRdx:50(23), Armgdn-Dam%:50(23)
Level 8: Build Up HO:Membr(A), HO:Membr(25), HO:Membr(25), GSFC-Build%:50(27)
Level 10: Impale Apoc-Dmg:50(A), Apoc-Dmg/Rchg:50(27), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(29), Apoc-Acc/Rchg:50(29), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx:50(31), Apoc-Dam%:50(31)
Level 12: Combat Jumping Ksmt-ToHit+:30(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(17)
Level 14: Super Jump Jump-I:50(A)
Level 16: Hurdle Jump-I:50(A)
Level 18: Health Numna-Regen/Rcvry+:50(A), Mrcl-Rcvry+:40(19), Heal-I:30(31)
Level 20: Stamina P'Shift-End%:50(A), P'Shift-EndMod:50(33), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg:50(33), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:50(33), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc:50(34)
Level 22: Plasma Shield HO:Ribo(A), HO:Ribo(34), HO:Ribo(34), HO:Ribo(36)
Level 24: Consume Efficacy-EndMod:50(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg:50(36), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:50(36), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg:50(37), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc:50(37), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx:50(37)
Level 26: Ripper Sciroc-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx:50(39), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg:50(39), Sciroc-Dam%:50(39), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(40), FrcFbk-Rechg%:50(40)
Level 28: Hasten RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(45), RechRdx-I:50(46)
Level 30: Quills C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx:50(A), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx:50(40), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx:50(48)
Level 32: Throw Spines Ragnrk-Dmg:50(A), Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg:50(42), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(42), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg:50(42), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx:50(43), Posi-Dam%:50(43)
Level 35: Kick FrcFbk-Rechg%:50(A)
Level 38: Tough HO:Ribo(A), S'fstPrt-ResDam/EndRdx:30(43), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(45), S'fstPrt-ResKB:30(45)
Level 41: Fiery Embrace RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(46), RechRdx-I:50(46)
Level 44: Rise of the Phoenix RgnTis-Regen+:30(A)
Level 47: Conserve Power RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(48), RechRdx-I:50(48)
Level 49: Focused Accuracy HO:Cyto(A), HO:Cyto(50), HO:Cyto(50), GSFC-Build%:50(50)
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Level 1: Brawl T'Death-Dam%:40(A)
Level 1: Sprint HO:Micro(A)
Level 2: Rest RechRdx-I:50(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit
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Which two of these powers should I grab on mine before TT?
Torrent, Petrifying Gaze, Dark Blast?
Thoughts on all three are varied...
Torrent does KB, which is normally 'eww'. But smartly used it could be good for positioning mobs for tighter AoE madness on indoor maps.
Dark Blast is another ranged attack. On one hand, with Throw Spines and Impale, do I really need another one? On the other hand, it couldn't hurt, could it? Well, technically it could because of Redraw.
Petrifying Gaze is a Hold, which sounds useful... Except for the fact that it won't hold Bosses and I have nothing to stack it with. Anything lower than a boss tends to die too fast. Still, it might be good against Malta Sappers and the like, I guess.
On a spines/fire I'd go for Torrent as a form of damage mitigation and "panic button" for when the brwon stuff gets close to the fan. Also, as you mentioned, with the right positioning, the combo Torrent+BU+Throw Spines+Spine Burst = teh lulz
Dark Blast is nice all negative damage and fast recharge, being spines heavy on smashing component, dark blast can help a lot because negative damage is one of the less resisted in game, plus the spines attack chain is not specially fast, so Dark Blast can help fill nicely on the attack chain.
Petrifying Gaze, although it can be useful as you said, is more situational than the other two, so I'd go for Torrent and Dark Blast as pre-requisites to TT instead of Petrifying Gaze.
I wouldn't skip dark blast, the other two its down to which situation you feel will come up most. Personally I cant see Pet Gaze being the one to take
"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
Tbh, you don't need to dip into the fighting pool on a spines/fire. Just with plasma and fire sheild on, you have a 70%-ish (With 3 res IOs) resistance to smashing, lethal and fire damage
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Tbh, you don't need to dip into the fighting pool on a spines/fire. Just with plasma and fire sheild on, you have a 70%-ish (With 3 res IOs) resistance to smashing, lethal and fire damage
[/ QUOTE ]No you don't. Fire Shield has a base Resistance value of 22.5% on Scrappers, 3 SOs will boost that to roughly 37% Smashing/Lethal resistance. Capping Fire Resistance (75%) is easy though, as you have 3 sources for that.
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Tbh, you don't need to dip into the fighting pool on a spines/fire. Just with plasma and fire sheild on, you have a 70%-ish (With 3 res IOs) resistance to smashing, lethal and fire damage
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not on a scrapper im afraid 
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Tbh, you don't need to dip into the fighting pool on a spines/fire. Just with plasma and fire sheild on, you have a 70%-ish (With 3 res IOs) resistance to smashing, lethal and fire damage
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not on a scrapper im afraid
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And not sure of those figures even on a tanker without Fighting Pool, iirc a Fire Tank with shields and tough gets around 70% smashing/lethal res while a scrapper gets 53ish% (iirc, ofc).-
[Edit] Wow, what a double post delay...
Sorry, for some reason I thought plasma gave S/L resistance too. My bad 
Wish the Devs has done that too
"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
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Hm, now if only I could think of a decent concept for a Spines/Fire/Dark that makes sense, I'd give one a try.
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Ok i think i got one, how about you got burned to death which melted your skin and exposed your bones, but you were ressed by CoT with dark magic and forced to be there slave until some random hero freed you and you decided to join them?
Ok other than that no idea lol
no burn :O