Plant/Psi Alpha Question.

I've just returned to the game after a length hiatus and unlocked my first-ever Alpha slot on my Plant/Psi Dominator. Only problem is that I'm not sure which way to go.

A friend recommended Musculature for the damage boost, but I was that perhaps Spiritual as it would boost more of my powers, be less effected by ED (since my recharge numbers are lower than my damage) and would translate to improved damage / functionality as well. Though it could potentially be superfluous with since my global recharge is already pretty high (126.5%, 196.5% with hasten).

I've included my build below. Any thoughts?

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I went Nerve. The additional Accuracy helps the AoE controls and it also increases the duration of Confuse and Hold Effects both of which I found useful.

Note that recharge bonuses from the Alpha slot do not affect Dominaton, though they will help Hasten. Personally, I feel that Spirtual Alpha is not worth it if you've got perma-dom global recharge already. (Though Ageless Destiny can be good - its recharge DOES affect Domination and it comes with an endurance/recovery boost too).

I'd consider any of the following:

Cardiac, if you're NOT going for Ageless Destiny and hate hate hate running out of Endurance.

Intuition, which boosts Hold Duration, and on the Radial path also boosts Damage and Range (which is sweet for cones like Seeds of Confusion). My Dark/Dark dom loves Intuition because he gets all that, plus -To-Hit Debuffs!

Musculature Core for max Damage (Musculature Radial is worse than Intuition Radial - same damage, but Intuition boosts Hold instead of Immob).

Nerve Radial to boost both Hold and Confuse duration (realistically, the Accuracy isn't very needed assuming you've got good IO sets with good Accuracy values and global Accuracy bonuses). If you hate hate hate missing with a passion, that'd also be a reason to go with this.

And, strangely enough Vigor Radial could be an option - Confuse + Sleep Duration, Heal for your Spirit Tree, and Accuracy and Endurance for everything, assuming you use Spirit Tree and Spore Burst enough to value those enhancements.

Spiritual is useful if you want to free up a slot on Hasten. Alternatively, keeping three slots on Hasten with Spiritual makes it easier to reach perma-hasten.

I wound up going Spiritual over Musculature as it would aid in functionality in boosting recharge, healing and disorient (in Psychic Shockwave), free up a couple of slots (whenever I respec) while also increasing my DPS in a roundabout way (especially since much of my damage comes from procs).