AlwaysGoofingOff

@Groovy_Ghoul question on your build... Why do you have a single Doctored Wound: Recharge slotted into Painbringer? If you only want recharge reduction a simple IO gives you much more. And it provides no set bonuses since it's the only Doctored Wounds slotted. Was this a mistake? Should it charge to a simple Recharge IO or maybe a 3rd Numina for the HP set bonus?

Fun so far. I'm 36. Initial impressions are that the clear speed and durability seems about the same as my Demon/Dark MM. I do notice that I get tagged a LOT with status effects, so that's a concern but I assume it'll improve as I get better enhancements. Currently my powers are slotted with about 30% of the enhancements in the build and the remainder just random IOs I built. I grind until I feel the progress is getting slow then I go work WW to get a few more pieces of the build - repeat. If I get really stalled I'll go over to my other characters and dump inf to acquire more of the build to push it along. That's the plan.

@Groovy_Ghoul Couple question on your build because I'm leveling the same currently. I'm not an expert on builds so apologies if these questions are silly. I prefer Flight as my travel power. Can I swap Hover for Combat Jumping and Flight for Super Speed? (Slotting them the same) Are Stealth and Vengeance included only as mules for additional LotG slotting? I'm assuming yes.

Played a Demons/Dark MM to 50+ recently and starting a Thugs/Time one now. (only level 12) I've read that both those combos are strong so I expect the difficulty for the Thugs/Time to be about the same as my Demons/Dark was. But I'm curious what things I should expect to be different? For those with more experience - have any thoughts on this? What are the big differences that I should expect to notice?

I was thinking of starting one of these, focusing on group play, but was dissuaded by a few things: I imagine early leveling without a group will be painful. Mind has a lot of Sleep, which isn't helpful in AOE-happy groups. I suspect the Mind/Emp combo isn't highly desired in endgame content compared to other Controller sets? But I really want to play one for thematic reasons. Plus your comment of them being "busy" is a PLUS to me, since I'm looking for engaging play with this character. Thoughts? Will I have trouble finding pickup groups? Maybe I should join a SG or something?