Starting new Controller Alt, need advice for "Healing Nymph"

I have a new alt in the training mission area right now on Freedom.
Illusionist / Empath Magic Controller. I've heard that having a
"ninja" style player can be very helpful. So, I wanted to build one
from scratch that would target that niche. I am looking to develop
the Improved Invisibility, so I can help stealth my way through a
mission and then TP my teammates. She's wearing mainly the plant
theme costume, with insect-wing looking cape, elven ears, supernatural
face (pleasant one) and a Red Cross tiara, and a green veil. Slim
build minimum height.

Can someone give me a rundown on the illusionist powerset, which
powers are must haves and which enhancements I should look for to
supplement it?

As for Power Pools, I'll go with TP pool, starting with TP friend,
then go with the Fitness Pool and running, then moving on to probably
Teleportation for the travel power. I opted for the Sands of Mu,
since my character is light on damage attacks, and with that and the
Illusionary Wounds I have enough offense punch to keep myself alive in
the short term.

What other pools should I consider to help with defense? I am toying
with getting flight since either fairy wings or insect wings would
look cool on this costume at some point. I would like some creative
suggestions for the other pools. Would the Stealth Pool Stack well
with the primary powerset? With empathy as the secondary and my
obvious name, I intend to try and get a lot of team support missions.
I'll be looking to really buff the healing aura so I can do the "Tree
of Life" impersonation and leave it toggled on constantly in combat.
After I get Stamina, I might go with the Leadership set of toggles so
I can buff everyone.

I would like to try getting a Kings Row / Perez Park / Croatoa
mission path and steer clear of getting stuck on the Hollows
treadmill. Advice? Any key contacts I should look for? Someone
mentioned one way was to meet the cop at the hollows but not take any
missions. Anyone care to clairfy that?

The other reason for the alt is since my primary is nearing 49, and
its prestige earnings are so meager compared to its Influence earning
ability, I figured if I built a new healer that I start out from level
1 in the SG I could rack up enough heal credits faster to earn the
base enhancements for the healing station.

Speaking of the base, I finally deleted the old starter room and the
laptop/generator combo. I'll have a new layout with 9 rooms and room
for 5 more teleporters. With the Secret Entrance room in the middle,
and the med station upgraded now to allow me to stick the inspiration
storage in the healing room it will offer some new room to grow. I
had been fighting deletion of the starter room for so long but I
finally have enough control/power that the 3x3 room and the space
issues it caused for me became more of a headache. Redecorating time
though; the place is a mess as I just had to throw all the posters and
personal items in a pile in the control room until I get a chance to
sort through them this weekend. Does the base raid teleporter fit
in a 2x2 cube room?

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>I would like to try getting a Kings Row / Perez Park / Croatoa
>mission path and steer clear of getting stuck on the Hollows
>treadmill. Advice? Any key contacts I should look for? Someone
>mentioned one way was to meet the cop at the hollows but not take any
>missions. Anyone care to clairfy that?


A contact will send you to see Winfield, but clicking on him once ends
that mission and you never have to take any of his missions unless you
want to.
(Or you can go ahead of time and never get sent [handy since the second
contact is usually in KR or Galaxy and it's a pain to have to go back to
Atlas to go to the Hollows. More than once my second contact was one of
the north end of KR ones, so there was a load of travel from the train
just to be sent right back.])

This is totally unlike the old intro-to-hazard-zones for Perez which
gives you a hunt 10 CoT mission.

There's enough content these days at low level that you can easily skip
the whole Hollow arc and never miss it (not to mention skipping missions
by some contacts that are an enemy type you may have trouble with.)

IE my Ice tank has real trouble with vahzilok zombies since the puke
attacks are toxic and he has damn all defense/resistance vs it and they
are heavy damage attacks - so I've just refused to take any of the vahz
missions from the skyway contact.

The only small concern is mission out on some of the mission badges,
which is only a real concern if you're fanatic about getting all badges
and/or they're part of an accolade.

Xocyll
--
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr