LongStrider42

My MM is bots/dark so some of this may not be precisely right for /time. I take rifle burst (lv2 slower with knockback) plus photon grenade for solo leveling. I greatly increase the rate at which you'll kill mobs. After 32 when we get Upgrade I respec out of rifle burst but keep photon grenade. Because I'm running in partial stealth (/dark's Shadowfall), I really appreciate an aoe pulling power, so I can leave the bots in bodyguard mode. Its disorient is a nice additional cc when it procs. If you are not running stealth you can probably just body pull everything, but it might still be worth it for the minor cc. On live at 50 I was running tactics/assault/maneuvers (Victory Rush didn't exist when I was playing); hover/fly; soul mastery where I picked up another attack and more cc/debuff. I plan to do the same and may drop photon then as well, however there are several nice aoe set IOs with nice procs so I may keep it. All of the ancillary power pools offer a variety of attacks that could replace Photon, if you wanted. Given the numbers other are quoting, the reason to keep Tactics would be to frankenslot the heck out of your Drones power and not worry about ACC there. This frees up space on Protector for a non-set Defense IO/Hami to buff their bubbles and/or yet more damage on Assault Bot. Pulse Rifle Blast -- no Battle Drones -- yes Pulse Rifle Burst -- while leveling Equip Robot -- yes Photon Grenade -- yes Protector Bots -- yes Repair -- no, it's a trap, between the protector bots heal and your aoe heal, it's unnecessary. Assault Bot -- yes Upgrade Robot -- yes, once you have this you can drop Burst and/or Photon. I can't speak to the /time skills. My highest is a time/dual pistols that like 12.