Silverado

There is no such thing as an "accuracy debuff" ingame. Dark Melee (as other dark powers) has -tohit debuffs, and the tohit attribute can't be debuffed below 5%; in other words, the debuff won't matter once you're at the softcap

nono, what I'm saying is that the fact that Thermal is such a uncommon and underplayed set, is bad.

Hasten doesn't stack with itself.

You may've been gone a long time, but there have been heated debates about this ever since soloing AVs became 'popular'. The majority of builds/players out there can't solo an AV even with nukes or Shivans, so those who can do it have at least some degree of credit, as minor as it may be. They defend their point by saying that they soloed the AV because they were unteamed, which is technically true, which has lead the real soloers to specify that "I soloed so and so with no temps and no insps!" (aka the unofficial Scrapper rule)

Purple inspirations, they give defense.

MMs are arguably the most powerful AT in the game, but they're far from being "best at everything". Like I said before, each AT has their own role to fullfill

-MMs can heal, buff and debuff. Do Corruptors and Controllers do it better? sure, but in practice the difference is depreciable
-MMs can tank. Sure, but they have to dip into the Presence pool, and even the aggro management capabilities are rather mediocre compared to a Brute or Tanker
-MMs can control. Sure, there are a few powersets such as /Dark and /Traps that have a fair bit of control, but then again Corruptors and Defenders make better use of those powers, and Dominators and Controllers are the specialists in this field.
-MMs can run off to the boss and make their own way like a Scrapper or Stalker. Sure, but your teammates may object that you stray off and leave them without your sweet buffs/debuffs/heals.

Good for you, that's your own personal playstyle and I congratulate you for it, but I'm talking in more general lines.

In my opinion, if you're an MM with buffs and/or heals (FF, Therm, Pain) your teammates should take priority over your pets to get the buffs/heals, especially if you're teaming with SG and Coalition. That's why I categorize them as team support (along with Corruptors, Controllers and Defenders).

I also doubt, with all due respect, that you could cut your way through the Freedom Phalanx in an LRSF by yourself, or even through Romulus Nictus in the ITF (not before the rest of the team caught up anyways)

The thing is, while Brutes can do ridiculous amounts of damage, so can pretty much any red AT. A Fire/Kin Corruptor with FS capped damage spamming AoEs, a Fire/Fire Dominator pushing single target damage to levels no one else can attain, a Stalker downing those pesky threatening targets in a couple seconds, etc.

Since damage is something everyone can do, and it's not unique to any AT (redside) then what determines your role in a team is that what your AT can do that other ATs can't. Therefore a Corruptor and MM's role is support, Brute is aggro management, Dominator is crowd control, and Stalker is stealth tactics/maneuvers (no, not the leadership pool)

Scrapper damage auras don't taunt