why are you not playing a crab SoA?

I don't like it because I like making my own characters with their own backstories and personal ideologies.

Having all of that predetermined for me strikes a harsh nerve.

Because I already got mine to 50, and with the choice at 50 of "grind or retire", I choose retire.

The 'look and feel' is vitally important to my enjoyment of a character.
I'm not an active role player but every one of my characters has a more or less elaborate backstory & their own position in the game world.

With crabs (and to a lesser extent *all* the EATs, none of which I've logged much time with) I feel like someone's handed me one of their characters to play. I've given it many shots over the years, but however 'good' their powers supposedly make them I just can't get immersed in their story.

My favourite toon was my MM (Bots/Traps). Then, I tried to like my crab (since it was the closest thing to a MM), but I ended up hating it. I felt like more like a soft-capped Blaster than an MM.

I tried a Mind Dom to go through Praetoria and I loved it. Controllers were not my cup of tea, which made me stay away from Doms too, and that was a huge mistake. My favourite power was Confuse; I was literally playing with my food before eating it, especially when the Confused enemies were buffing me while I was killing them.

Then I realised I can have a Mind Dom Scrapper. And I can say that my Melee Fort cured my altitis.