Time vs Storm: Solo and Groups

[ScarySai]

How does everyone feel these two sets compare? I went with storm on my gravity controller because it seems like a stronger soloing set, but I've been curious about /Time for a good while.

[Crowcus Pocus]

Storm has a (much) higher damage output, while Time allows for a much safer playstyle, but you'll gimp your dps. Granted, you can try a proc-heavy Grav/Time, but I can't tell how it would work without testing.

[Coyote]

With Gravity, Time's lower damage is a bit less noticeable. But if you're running a lower-damage primary, such as Earth or Ice, you would do a lot better with Storm than with Time.

 

But on teams, personal damage out of you is less important, and Time's greater team defense is more valuable. Soloing, Time is also closer to Storm when the primary's damage is higher, such as from Plant, Fire, Gravity, Dark, etc. In this case, you look at the primary to see if it really benefits from Time's great +Recharge ability... Fire doesn't really, since Fire Imps and Hot Feet are a major source of damage and don't benefit. But Dark does since you get Haunts and Heart of Darkness up faster, and Time's stronger defenses allow you to slot up HoD as a nuke rather than as a control power.

 

So it greatly depends on the primary that you want to use.