Psiphon

Doh, sorry I was skipping across threads and thought I was still in the Sentinel one. 🤦‍♂️ * Note to self "keep off the forums when intoxicated!". 🤣

Usually the range and targets are more limited for Sentinels compared to other ATs. Just checked and the range is more limited but the cap is the same.

Sonic has a few cones that you can cycle through. One is a sleep and one is a KB that can be changed to KD with an enhancement, so gives nice added control. Slot cones/Ranged AoE with Artillery and ranged damage with Thunderstrikes will allow you to cap ranged defence depending on the secondary and other slotting.

Sentinels have reduced target numbers to balance them against other ranged ATs. If you want more range and targets go with one of those.

Dark Armor is great on melee alts but awful on Sentinels. If you want to play DA go for a Scrapper or Tank etc. If you want to play a Sentinel, go anything but DA.

Gotta love the stacked stuns. 😊

Dark Mastery adds a lot of survivability with very few slots if you want to concentrate them elsewhere. Nether world Tentacles is a mass immob that gives - to hit, Darkest night is a targeted toggle that can be used on hard hitting mobs and Netherworld Grasp with the Lockdown proc allows you to one hit hold bosses. Apart from NG that would need an accuracy and the proc you could just have the default slot if you wanted to. I usually fully slot NT with Cloud Senses for the ranged defence and recharge.

Personally I tend to go with either Dark or Psi mastery. If most of my attacks are cones or ranged such as Sonic and Water I'd go Dark. It's got a nice cone immob and a targeted - to hit the toggle for dangerous targets. All of the powers give - to hit so increases survivability. I tend to take Psi for more melee based Sents. Shock wave is a nice mini nuke with a stun so mitigate damage before the main nuke. For a fire/fire I'd go with Psi but if you want to be themetic, fire can work too.

In theory having no DDR is a problem, in practice being airborne and being able to move around while still dealing damage means that it's a viable option.

There are range enhancements, they widen the cone at the end.

I target the guy in the middle to hit as many mobs as possible.

For me it's not just the damage that it outputs it's also the effects. Love the glowing fists and the thunk as you hit the target.

Personally I'd drop LBE and take Energy Torrent. Slot it with an accuracy, a KB to KD and a + recharge proc. Energy Torrent can be used as an opener for mobs so that the Alpha is mitigated, while they are on their backsides jump in and dish out the damage. It can also be used to limit damage if your regen is getting overwhelmed or knock down any troublesome ranged foes. Add in the + recharge and it's a no brainer compared to LBE.

I have to be in the right state of mind to play any of my traps. It can be annoying having to run in and set them up. It would be nice if they had a quality of life change that allowed them to be thrown in a short distance.

Not personally, I assume you've tried rebooting the PC?