Alright, so I made a shadow because I simply love the mix of force and melee combat, but I just can't decide on a spec. And yes, I have read the sticky at the top.
I levelled up to 41 as infiltration, but something about clairvoyant strike just bugs me. While I like the mainly-melee focus, something about the lightsaber-chucking-whirling-deathblender irks me. I like the burst, though...
I tried balance, but I can't seem to do good at all. It seems like it's very little melee, and the DoT bit kind of bugs me. I'm told it's miles ahead of infiltration, but I seem to do so much worse as balance.
There are key points of each spec that I really LIKE. One thing is the melee focus of Infiltration, and the extra force bits from balance...So I decided to do some fiddling around to try to find a happy medium, and I came up with this.
http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#601MZhGMRkG0bzZf0for0z.1
I know it will be losing the critical damage bonus to breach and project, as well as clairvoyant strike, but I'd be gaining some more fun things, in my opinion.
Now, what I want to know is...how viable would this be? I don't expect to raid with it, but I am talking in general terms, how viable would it be for flashpoints and such?