Defender or Corruptor

I've been reading around the forums and come to the conclusion that I am doing myself a disservice by not having a Sonic toon. I am considering Time Manipulation as the other set because I want to try that out and it seems like it would be a good combo with Sonic because it also has -res in addition to other good debuffs.

The question is should I roll a Defender or a Corruptor? Is the Cor's increased damage really that important with the -res or will I want to have more of the TM powers available earlier? Or does it even matter?

When in doubt, roll a Corruptor! Except when it's Sonic Blast, then go with the Defender.

You'll probably want a Defender. The higher -resist in your blasts will add up to more damage on teams and should give you enough of a boost when solo to make up for no Scourge. With a support power set that also offers -resist the Defender looks even better.

If you want to go sonic blast, you want a fender.

A little search fu would do you well.

Defenders more defensive, able to get more varied IO bonuses as a result of thier superior buff/debuff numbers.

Corruptors do more damage when teamed generally.

Sonic Attacks is about the only time I'd go with a Defender over a Corruptor.

Well everyone seems to agree. I was thinking of going defender and am glad to hear that is the right choice.

EDIT: Also, my search fu is weak. I never know what keywords to use.

Someone needs to make an FAQ type post like one guy did to respond to "Merge the servers" threads.

Each of the ATs has their acolytes that will extol the superiority of the Defender/Corruptor over the Corruptor/Defender. Anyone making any kind of absolute statement is incorrect, except for that absolute statement I just made. Lots of considerations have to be made, which I won't be going into.

You should go defender now by default because of the vigilance changes that make defender damage not that bad solo (and teamed who cares because your buffs/debuffs are going to be better.)

There are exceptions for specific powersets of course but the general rule still stands.

I am actually somewhat bummed because I have a mid 30s sonic/sonic corruptor who I got a lot of badges with (since I like to get them while leveling) who is clearly inferior to a sonic/sonic defender. It makes me want to not play the character at all, and not bother creating the defender because I spent so much on the corruptor.

I have my TA/A (my first 50 way back when in '05 or whatever...w00t!) heavily invested in expensive IOs and incarnate abilities. Still, I kind of wish they hadn't made the vigilance changes because they really slant things towards defenders and ruin the balance IMO.

Depends. I generally prefer a Corruptor. Higher damage cap, better damage scaler, and Scourge helps ensure that I am always doing damage, all the time. Besides that, I don't really have the defender 'mindset' to where I'm content with just shootin' magic healer goo all over my team. I like to make things die.

For me, another factor would be which set you see as your "main" set and how high your altitis is. I love Storm Summoning, and I would love to make a Storm corruptor, but I know most of my characters stall late 20, mid 30s. So I would not be getting much enjoyment out of a Storm Corr.