Here is my setup; vortex grenade, I'd does good damage and is good for area denial. Focused burst, it makes your movements much quicker, I find it essential. Vortex, it is the only nova bomb mod that seems to be worth it, lance removes The Curve from the bombs path so you can't land it on flat surfaces above you and splitting your bomb into three weaker bombs is so situational that it is almost useless. Life steal, if you are using a melee atack, there is a good chance you are weak so restoring your health will often be useful, your super charges anyway so soul rip is a bit useless, surge is also useful but I personally dislike temporary bonuses. Arcane force, I use this because it raises the two lowest stats slightly to make the class more versitile. Annihilate, I feel it offers the best advantage, if you have good aim, you don't need angry magic, and the hunger would not be as useful as I'm not using surge. Chaos order, I have already buffed up health and agility a bit but I value agility over health as I prefer a high risk high reward style as a confident player, if you are less confident then boosting health would be better. I then use bloom for the sole fact that it is badass. For weapons, I simply pick on how I feel like playing and what map it is, I change quickly as the ships approach the planet and the map name is displayed. I like to have the ability to play all aspects of the map, e.g. I wouldn't run an auto rifle and a shotty on first light as I wouldn't be able to play on the long sites, I would always run a sniper and a primary that works at range. On shores of time I would probably run any primary as there are no huge sight lines, along with a fusion rifle as there is lots of medium-close range engagements. For a small map like the anomaly or burning shrine, shotty takes it with a primary of your choice. Remember, 90% of this game depends on your gun skill and situational plays though so don't expect your setup to win it for you, any class can be played any way and wreck people. Let people give their opinions but don't let them tell you what is right and what is wrong, it's all down to personal preference.