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I'm primarily thinking of Sonic/Sonic or Kin/Sonic Def for a Musician Themed Toon, but am open to other suggestions. I read some comments that Sonic Resonance is underpowered. I'm thinking that Kin/Sonic might be good because in some other games, Bards use their music to buff.

I think that other attack sets can be better on a Def because of stronger secondary abilities which debuff, such as -Res on Sonic or -Def on Rad. Since Fire only has a DoT as its secondary ability, I'm guessing that it is inferior to other Def attacks. Does anyone agree or disagree?

What is a good primary with a Sonic Defender? I've read that Kinetics isn't good because it has too many clicks, making it difficult to attack and debuff. I saw one post saying that Empathy is good. I'm sure that Sonic/Sonic is good as well.

One problem is that many of the buffs have only 1 1/2 - 2 minute duration. Fortitude has 45s CD. This can be difficult to maintain

I plan to mostly group, but sometimes solo. I only do PVE. I've read that dps classes get the worst Leadership benefits. Since I mostly plan to group, I would assume that Leadership would be better because others might have it as well. Some people have said that they always take Fighting.

I've seen this posted in other games. One person mentioned that someone could be away in the military.

I often see people using a non-bow secondary such as Tactical Arrow with a non bow primary. Sometimes I want TA with a non bow primary, but I don't take it because I care about character conception, so I can only take a few TA powers. I also couldn't use my T1 secondary. Invisible bows could solve this problem.

I've heard that Dark/Dark isn't a good combo because Dark Primary is mostly ranged and Dark Secondary is mostly melee. I've read in older posts that TA and Dev are good, but I don't want a bow or devices. What is a good secondary for a Dark Blaster?

Thank you for your replies. They were very good. I especially liked the comments of /Sonic vs /Rad because I often think of which secondary to use. I once had a group in which we were unable to defeat the final boss. After a long time of attacking, we took down its health a little bit, and then it healed back. We had two sonics in the group. Finally, we retreated and someone switch his toon with a /Rad Def. Then we defeated the boss fairly quickly.

Several people have told me that Kinetics is superior to Empathy. The only problem is that many Kin abilities only work around a radius. I've had many group members fall when I played a Kin, probably because they weren't within the radius. Since many Emp abilities are ranged, I think than Emp is better, at least in healing.

Thank you everyone for your replies. You have shown me that SR is a good secondary for Katana.

Someone told me that a toon shouldn't have more than 3 of an enhancement type. For example, attack powers should use 3 slots for dmg enhaments, and def powers should use 3 slots for def or res. For attacks, I usually use 1 acc, 3 dmg and 1 rech. Is this a good rule for most categories such as attack, def, heals etc?

Since Kat has DA, is it overkill to use SR? Is a difference secondary better? I assume that I should avoid taking Weave from the Fighting Pool. This toon will be a Natural Scrapper, so I want a secondary that will appear to come from training. It will be PVE only, and will mostly group, with some soloing.

Thank you, Snarky for your advice. I've decided to make a Dark/Dark Blaster. The thing that upset me was that there wasn't a Dark Epic Pool, but you mentioned Soul and I found that it is the same thing. Later, I will do the mission for that.

I'm making a crow themed toon, so I want something that is black themed. Of course, I can color anything black. I tried Dark/Dark but thought that a Dark Miasma/Dark Defender would be better due to secondary effects. I just read in a different post that Dark Miasma isn't good at endgame. I already have a Fire/Fire blaster. I'm mostly thinking of Dark/Dark or Fire/Dark but am open to other suggestions including another Fire/Fire toon. I only PVE. I don't PVP and I mostly group. I also want something that will be good at endgame.

I've also thought of DP/TM and have wondered if it is good or not.

I know that this is frustrating but please be patient. Remember, that they aren't paid for this, and we should be happy that they are running this game for us. They probably have jobs and lives in addition to HC. I give a thumbs up to our devs and thank them for everything that they do!

I plan to use either WP or SR for a Secondary because it will be Natural Origin. I plan to mostly group, and sometimes solo. PVE only.

One thing that I like about Katana is that most attacks give a -Def debuff, while I believe only 1 DB attack debuffs. On the other hand, I see many Scrappers with DB and few with Katana.

Thank you everyone. They were all good responses and were all practical and/or funny. Moohaha. The reason why I was thinking of /Ice and /Fire is that /Ice could be frozen milk and /fire looks similar to milk when colored white. I will probably choose /ice because it can slow down the baddies before they reach me.

I'm trying to decide on a Secondary for a Water Blaster. This toon will be a cow, so powers will be colored white for milk. Since she will be a cow, she won't fly, even though I've considered adding wings and putting something in the background that this is a cow that flies (the background story will be humorous). I'm primarily thinking of Fire or Ice as a Secondary, but am open to other power sets. I don't plan to use devices because that will be outside character conception.

I've noticed that I'm getting tip missions. My toon is a hero. Does it make a difference if my hero is Hero Alignment zero or ten? Also, what is vigilante?

I'm primarily thinking of /Water or /Dark as an NA Secondary, but am willing to take any other suggestions. Of course, I plan to mostly group and only PVE

I often see posts about Elec/Shield which say that it is awesome, but I rarely see posts about Elec/Elec. Is Elec/Elec good? Is it comparable to Elec/Shield? I mostly plan to group and do radios and TFs. I don't PVP at all.

Many say that WP isn't good for Stalkers. Since WP is similar to Regen, I'm guessing that Regen isn't good for Stalkers either.