Coming Back, Trying to Pick a Controller

[TheOOB]

I played years and years ago on live, and controller was always my favorite AT, with Fire/Rad and Illusion/Rad being what I played the most of. I'm looking to get back into the game, and trying to figure out which controller to roll up first. For primaries, fire, illusion, and dark all look the most fun for me, and secondaries rad, darkness, and time look interesting, but I figured I'd see what people think. I'm looking for something that can solo well while still being useful in a group, and that doesn't require really expensive enhancements or max level to be fun. I don't mind the set being a bit complicated, but I want damage to be high enough that fights don't take forever.

 

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

[BurnTheWitch]

I think that I speak for a large number of people when I say, "you can't go wrong, pick what interests you. . . Yadda yadda yadda."

 

That being said, if you want to pick up where you left off,  that is certainly an option. I'm personally a hugh fan of my Dark/Dark troller, so my vote will go there.  I will warn that the damage was lacking until she was geared, but she is lockdown and a great addition to any team.  Her soloability exists now, but I remember almost abandoning soloing in the mid 20's (she was not gifted piles of enhancements, that should be noted.) Until she was geared up.

 

Now I will say that Dark/ Fire sounds like a combo win, although I've never played the combo.

 

[Psyonico]

My dark/dark solos very well, but he’s also fully IO’d out.  I recently started a fire/dark.  He’s still only level 8 or 9 so I can’t comment on how effective he is yet, but fire brings more damage to the table, while /dark should be able to help with its massive -tohit and -damage debuffs and Soul Absorption for extra recovery.

[TygerDarkstorm]

I highly recommend trying out the /Marine secondary, especially with a primary like Fire. Quite a few folks here have made monsters out of  Fire/Marine controllers. Fire/Nature should also be a decent combo for something different.

 

For those mentioning Fire/Dark, this is probably a decent starting point: 

 

[Force Redux]

If you like teaming Plant/Nature is an excellent all rounder. Great AOE damage potential but single target is okay but not stellar.