Maelwys

Some of the other ATs/powersets have similar stuff - an example that pops into my head is the Sentinel Super Reflexes powers "Master Brawler" and "Practised Brawler" (which are each coded to exclude you from taking the other one). Usually this is specified in the Power Description in-game; and usually Mids will stop you from being able to take impossible power combinations when you're planning your build out. But if in doubt, the Test Server is your friend.

https://cod.uberguy.net./html/power.html?power=controller_control.mind_control.telekinesis&at=controller

There's a little synergy in Elec Mastery: I've got a few Sents that use the AoE Immob (Chain Fences) to keep stuff in place. (and in at least one of those builds it's not even procbombed...) 100% agree that there are much better "utility" pools out there though if maximum damage output isn't your schtick.

Plus the fact that the biggest hitter abilities like Havoc Punch actually come online at level 35 (and so remain available at level 30). It wasn't so long ago that your Primary and Secondary powerset capstones only became available at levels 32 and 38 respectively, and there's only a comparatively small number of taskforces and Ouroboros arcs that cap out below 30.

Fair point, even if a lot of swill ends up with more than one iteration through the pig. (Warning: do NOT google "coprophagia" from your work computer.... although if a coworker is dumb enough to leave theirs unlocked, have at it!) 💩 🐽 ((and yes, it was actually dumb enough to give the pig two sets of ears and no visible eyes by default))

Look further down, there's another 35.5ft (which unlike the first 15ft cancels when you attack or click a glowie)

Seismic/Elec with procced out Thunderstrike and recoloured Void Judgement? (Epic could be Arsenal for LRM, Elec for EM Pulse or Force for Forcebomb...) Or just a Seismic/RadArmor Sentinel with procbombed Ground Zero.

Nah. We'd end up with even worse tat than the above. AI output is known as "slop" for a reason. It bears a strong resemblance to pigswill. Isolating a LLM to produce output for use by MMORPG NPCs will likely result in a regurgitated assortment of tired old Everquest and WoW tropes with no plot coherence; and if you attempt to weight it to be superhero appropriate it'll have trouble determining any difference between 60's Stan Lee paperbacks and a copy of Watchmen. Besides, we already have plenty of our own Stupid Jerk Hackers around here. (Next thing you know we'll all be Gone to the Americans...)

None. It boosts raw Healing but not +Regeneration or -Regeneration.

Sucking for regular content =/= Sucking for farming. If you're only ever dealing with less than or equal to a single aggro cap's worth of enemies then the changes I pointed out above won't overly impact you (beyond a slightly reduced killspeed). It's on AE farming missions that you're going to notice a major difference to before (since several dozen mobs will be shooting at you simultaneously on top of the regular old 17 that're trying to chew your face off). It's possible to build a /FA Brute for AE farming but it involves major build concessions so your damage output will lag considerably behind a non-Granite /Stone Brute and practically any decently built Tanker.

For Set Bonuses; yes. For raw aspect enhancement; nope. Boosted 50+5s give better raw numbers better than attuned (at least over most of the level range) For "Globals" (special enhancements that are coded as set bonuses); yes. You want these to be attuned otherwise you lose access to them at lower levels. For "Procs"; it doesn't matter. As long as the power they're slotted in is accessible you'll get the benefit of them regardless of whatever level you/they are. https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Exemplar_Effects_on_Enhancements

Yes:

This. And it's worth pointing out that there's no need to spend a long time and spend lots of imaginary money in order to try different builds and/or enhancement slotting combinations out:

Some further relevant reading: