I am not 100% sure why OP posted here if he inst ready for criticism. He even made comment at bottom saying " let me know what you guys think" ...sigh.

I also run a Kinetic / Balance hybrid spec. It is very very strong in PvP tbh. My only problem with this build is getting the Mind crush buff thing to proc often enough. Listen to what previous poster said and ensure you stack PvP gear. Also before you buy champion pieces, pay attention to which slots have the +crit chance on them and which slots dont. Put stalker in all slots that have + crit chance in em. Then I use 2 slots for survivor gear..I love using Spinning kick ;p . One concern I do have is PvE in this spec. I am not sure If I am an effective enough dps, or tank...so getting any FP groups has been hard for me so far. Also please keep in mind when getting Champ PvP gear...that you can take out some of those modifications...the expertise stays on the gear, just for those that might want to play around with the stats on the PvP gear abit more. EDIT: I do not spec into Containment in balance tree. I spec into Mind Ward. When i am in warzones...i see huge Dots on me alot of time, so this keeps me alive longer until i can clear them away with resilience.

Do agree with the OP abit in terms of not feeling that heroic and about how much better companions look than our mains. I play a kinetic and sometimes infil shadow. I now have Nadia aswell. My God she is a monster! All her animations ( especially her aoe KB) look far more epic and amazing than ours. When i see her fight, i get the cinematic combat that i should be seeing on my main. I feel embarrased fighting next to her and using my double strike and pathetic Force Wave, which has ud jump up and flap our hands like fools.

This is it! Thats the ability that causes me most frustration! It feels like combat stops dead after its use. I cant explain the feeling better than that. Its called double strike and its an ability that ruins for me the "connection" to my avatar when in combat.

To OP ( please read and respond) To be fair i didnt read 100% of your post, but that is because as soon as i saw title of this thread i agreed 100% and thought "finally some1 else noticed". I play a shadow and even though i love the class there are times i feel a disconnect between what im telling my avatar to do and what he ( animation) is actually doing. It just feels like the moves/animations do not flow together "smoothly" enough. Please note i do not spam buttons. At first i thought maybe if i had high alacrity or whatever this might reduce, but dont think thats the case now. So in short i support you on this point 100%. EDIT: although i dont play WoW i have been raiding HC in top server guilds in EQ2 for past 5years now. I learnt a LONG time ago not to spam abilities and so small gameplay issues ( or nuances for a better term ) like this are extremely noticeable to me.

Tomb of Freedon... 6 hour wait time. I would jump for joy to see a 30 min wait.