Opinions on Psionic Melee?

[venetiasilver]

How do we all think about it?

[Octogoat]

It's not as bad as people say 

[tidge]

In terms of types of powers, it is perfectly fine. It is possible to build up a decent attack chain with it, and Mass Levitate is fun!

 

For me, it falls into a category with some other sets (like Dual Blades) when against some enemies it begins to feel like I'm taking forever to defeat them, because of damage (and resistance) typing. An obvious fix for this drawback is to try to leverage Epic attacks, but for me I don't like to pick up attacks that late in a build and will usually only do so if it fits the character concept.

[Uun]

The damage is fine, but the animations and SFX are unexciting. The Insight mechanic isn't great and could use a rework. Boggle (ST confuse) is mostly pointless. It has limited options for slotting %dmg procs. It's not as bad as Psi Blast against psi-resistant foes since all the attacks do 25% smashing or lethal damage (and Mass Levitate is 100% smashing).

[Yomo Kimyata]

I kind of like it, but then again I really only use four or five powers from the set.  Insight isn't a very good mechanic and not, in my opinion, worth trying to take into account.  I hate the look and feel of psi blade sweep but like the other psi blade powers.  Mass Levitate is a game changing power, but doesn't really feel like it meshes with the rest of the set.