Looking ahead

As we near 50, my own mind is turning ahead to What Next. Or, rather, Who Next.
We’ll certainly put together some Kheldians, but assuming we slow down a bit with PC/A, what duo will we start pushing forward next, and what changes will that bring?
Probably not Velvet and P-siren. Fun enough characters, but a very low DPS for them, not to mention ongoing problems with the whole FF primary for Defenders.
More likely Torchielle and Hildegard — fire blaster and fire tank. I’ve been pleased with how they’ve worked together previously, they have a good DPS factor, and, I think, decent survivability.
It’s going to be a big change, though. PC/A work with highly planned tactics — controller lockdown of the worst in any given group, followed by scrapper tearing them apart, with Phred along for added damage if warrented. It’s a careful, intricate juggernaut, and the only time we get in trouble is when something interferes with that tactical planning — ambushes, running into something unexpected, etc. If I’m not on top of Amorpha’s buffs and healing, or if I get targetted too massively, it can all fall apart.
Still, alongside the fact that Amorpha is “frighteningly efficient” with the damage dealing, the combo of controls and Empathy and Group Invis that PC provides dictates how we handle nearly every mission.
A more “conventional” tank/blaster pairing will change that. No invis to sneak around with (let along stealth missions). No controls to pre-mitigate the worst of any encounter. No heals aside from what we carry in our pockets. We will almost certainly not run on Invincible. It will be more letting the tank lock down the attackers, then overpowering them with damage.
I suspect we’ll end up respeccing to some Medicine Pool bits. And maybe Stealth and/or Recall Friend. Some compromises in design to make the duo more duoable.
I’m looking forward to the challenge.
Of course, there’s the little bit about getting up to 50 first …