A good point is made about control being ignored in higher end content, though. I'll add another log to that fire and point out that my Ice/Elec Brute can spam Ice Patch on a BAF and keep all but bosses slipping up on their butts. I plant him near a choke point and keep the patch up. A Brute doing more crowd control than a Controller does seem a bit nutty, eh?
Is getting paid in influence like getting paid in exposure? If so, that shit doesn't pay the bills and Sergei knows enough supers to send some around for "collections".
Maybe have the fire and ice come out of the hand in the shape of a sword/saber? Kinda like the spirit sword of Vegito in DBZ? Bonus if the animation becomes the psi blade animation.