Hi. I currently (happily) own a lvl 50 toon like yours. I sometimes do some pvp with my friends. I'm specced for teaming and not for soloing, so I have few attacks and took the leadership pool.
The best answer for your a) and b) questions are: "wait for I13".
Personally, as I said, I'm not specced for solo pvp, so I went on a sapper spec, meaning few attacks and low damage.
If you want to play sapper, think about placing a "tempest chance for -end" in all your attacks.
I currently haven't many sets as I specced my defender before I11 (where end drain sets were introduced). I suggest aiming mainly at +dmg sets and +recharge as a second choice.
I also have a lvl 50 Kin/elec. You'll find you are very usefull in base raids if your SG has any.
@Sweet Chilli
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a)is kin/elec/power more suitable for PvP than a melee toon?
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A kin/elec IS a melee toon 
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c)other basic advice?I usually play melee toons.
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well I recomend steering clear of elec brutes - they will resist your end drains.
Definitely take Power Build Up from your epic - it will greatly increase the effect of transference and short circuit and don't forget to spam your debufs, the combination of siphon speed, siphon strength and fulcrum shift will neuter most of your targets. ID is useful for teams and remember the move boost from siphon speed and the jump from IR do not suppress when you attack - this is likely to change with I13 so take advantage of it now.
Mind of Gaia lvl 50 Defiant's first Mind/Storm 'troller.
Deadly Doc 50 Dark/Dark Corr
and lots more on Pinnacle,Union and Defiant
Elec is the best choice for a Kinetic Defender, when it comes to end draining anyway. Its a great suport toon for team pvp aswell. That toon IMO would be more fun then any melee tbh.
With 250 mill you can make a decent toon i think. I will try to make something upp in mids thats playable, when im back home(at work now).
A kin/elec/power is a great support toon, can provide awesome buffs and sapp, most of your sapping will come from PBU'd Transference, though your Thunderous blast also drains aruond 35% end i think.
If you usualy play melee toons then i would probs get total focus on it too just so you can have some fun with a melee power aswell. Mostly though just take all the kin powers but fulcrum and repel (this is for pvp btw, might think im mad saying no fulcrum but in pvp siphon power is just more viable as people dont tend to ball up in pvp, so your fulcrum wont be very useful). As for the elec powers (You have to take charged bolts 
) i would take second blast power i think it's lightning bolt, shortcircuit, thunderous blast and maybe tesla cage if you can fit it in.
Try to make some sort of bind that tells your team mates which target your sapping or which target has been sapped so they know to attack that target seeing as he wont be able to run very far with no end 
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/bind key say "[DRAINING]$target!" and /bind key say "[NO END]$target!"
Hope this helped..
Gamete..
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Mostly though just take all the kin powers but fulcrum and repel (this is for pvp btw, might think im mad saying no fulcrum but in pvp siphon power is just more viable as people dont tend to ball up in pvp, so your fulcrum wont be very useful).
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unless you time well a FS when a friend of yours finds himself in the middle of a MM and his pets... 
seen an ice/nrg friend of mine tri-shotting a brute after a FS like that...
and in zone pvp, you can use the mobs around to buff your mates..
anyway, FS+siphon power = -50% damage... it's still workable as a debuff for the target than a buff for your mates, as with 2 50 rech IOs + hasten you can cast it nearly every 20s (siphon speed shortens the cast time even more).
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Siphon speed does not shorten cast times.
I think he meant recharge.
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Siphon speed does not shorten cast times.
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Aren't you specced to reduce cast time?
@Rooks
"You should come inside the box... Then you'll know what I mean."
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Siphon speed does not shorten cast times.
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No, I'm an Arcane Fire Mage
thePhilosopher Martial Arts/Regen/Fire Scrapper
theRegulator Empathy/Energy/Soul Defender
Total Inertia Ice Blast/Kinetics/Psy Corruptor
Total Inferno Ice Blast/Thermal/Leviathan Corruptor
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No, I'm an Arcane Fire Mage
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....Christ...
@Rooks
"You should come inside the box... Then you'll know what I mean."
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I think he meant recharge.
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I am currently leveling a kinetics/electricity defender and i am wondering wether he can be viable for PvP. I think the following changes will be really drastic so i am not looking for specific advice, more of gudelines:
a)is kin/elec/power more suitable for PvP than a melee toon?
b)what IO sets are good for such a toon?Are there "staple" sets for some powers? I do not intend to spend too much(about 200-250 mil probably) but maybe i can get something good.
c)other basic advice?I usually play melee toons.