Trigger1861

So recently I started a Psionic Melee/Dark Armor Brute, purely because I liked the theme and came up with a really cool backstory for said character. Right now I am at level 41, and I picked up Soul Mastery as my patron pool. I love the character, but it just seems to be hot garbage. My survivability seems low for a brute, my endurance drains fast, and I seem to miss so many attacks that I can't keep up a consistent DPS output (which coupled with losing endurance fast is a real problem, I have to turn off defensive powers and of course that gets me killed faster) Thing is, I don't really farm, so I don't have an influence income to really spend lots of time tweaking and trying out all kinds of different IO sets to figure out what works best, especially pre-level 50. From the reading I have done today I have read a lot of negative things about psi as well as dark for brutes. That being said, I really enjoy the theme and story behind my character, so can someone give me what they would consider an at least usable build for psi/dark for when I hit 50? Preferably no purple sets, but if its absolutely necessary to make a build work I'll check it out. Thanks in advance!