Having played a Spines/Fire and a DB/Elec to 50, I'll list the main differences...
Damage: Fiery Aura wins this hands down, Elec just cannot compete with Blazing Aura + Burn + Fiery Embrace. If I'm not all wrong, Blazing Aura alone is stronger than Lightning Field damage wise. Elec does have the +Rech, but from my experience (lvl 50 Spines/Fire and Spines/SR), Spines doesn't really benefit that much from high Rech.
Endurance: I'd like to say Elec wins this category, but I have the feeling that with the buffed up Consume Fiery Aura is on par. It might even be better, thanks to easy perma +Recovery surpassing Stamina and the low cast time of Consume (vs. Power Sink). The EndRed from Energize helps, obviously, but there is a point where EndRedux becomes useless.
Damage mitigation: Elec wins here easily. With higher resistances across the board and being able to drain a whole spawn empty of endurance (easy with slotted Power Sink and LField) it mitigates more damage. Elec also has a godmode should you want to pick it.
Damage recovery: I'd say the two sets are on par here. While Elec's heal recharges slower, it gives you +Regen for half a minute which slotted up is very nice. Fiery Aura does have a nice self rez if you do get defeated, but I think the goal of most Scrappers is to stay alive.
Overall, I'd say the sets are quite equal. Elec being the winner in survivability while Fire does more damage. This is also why I think /Fire is the more common pick for farming.
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I have a spine/elec which is a decent farmer. As the previous poster said, it's probably a bit more survivable than a spine/fire. And prior to this most recent issue, the difference in damage output between the two was a fairly minor one.
However, now spine/fire should outdamage spine/elec by a wide margin. The changes to Burn and to Fiery Embrace should guarantee that. And the nature of farming is that you don't look to push the limits of survivability, where /elec would have an edge, but to push the speed of defeating enemies which pose little threat.
Therefore in the current climate, spine/fire should be a clearly superior farmer to spine/elec.
I run a Spine / Elec. Armor scrapper for farming reasons, I like it but, I'm seeing alot more Spine / Fire Armor scrappers. Is there someone who can tell me the difference in the two and if one is better then the other and why? I am running a Spine / Fire now to see if I can teach myself but, I'm still at low levels and having a rough time with it then my Spine / Elec..
Is it better at higher level then Elec.? Please, any help would be great. thanks