My Xalek dueled a similiar geared tank companion and Xalek won. The stats work now.

Powertechs are really good at killing Jedi Knights 1v1, so yes. However, 1v1 versus a Sorcerer is a more even matchup.

Double dipping is fun, but you don't gain any damage. FL gets clipped when you double cast, so you only get 6 tics of damage in 3 seconds. If you fast cast FL just once, you get the normal 4x tics in 1.5 seconds, and then cast a normal 4x tic 3 second cast gives the same damage. I still double dip, but it is good to know you don't lose anything by missing the second cast.

About 100 dps less than Pyro.

I sort of glad the matrix shards are gone (they will be back). I found that have 2x Power PvP relics (War Hero and Battlemaster) allows you to use each one 30 seconds later. Of course you can use 2x War hero relics (one Power and one Crit/surge), but the extra crit/surge gets mostly wasted due to DR.

That is the classic 21/2/18. Note having 100 extra Force instead of 6% cheaper Force is better.

I don't think double dip will ever be fixed, but since patch 1.2 you get 6 tics out of 2x FL. No one noticed until today though. You still get 4x tics if you only cast one hasted FL.

Hybrid got nerfed, the damage difference used to be bigger . I personally don't need Effusion since we lost Chain Lightning, but it is nice to have.

I use 14/27 (dropping 1 point in crit and 2/3 in the surge talent) because I really like Overload. This is more for PvP, for PvE Overload isn't so great.

A good setup is three Oranges with Augments and then the 2 set PvP bonus (from any two pieces), this is assuming you are playing Madness or Hybrid. This allows more casts of Crushing Darkness. The 2 set PvP bonus is about 10 dps with is around the value of 2 augments (36 willpower).

Yes, lag will reduce the number of double dips. Also you have to hit your keybind within the queueing window. I think the default is set to 0.5s, mine is set to 1 second to make it easy to hit FL twice.

I miss the laugh too.

I vote for Norse as well.

What about 4/12/25 spec (to get more Quell) to stop casts?

Note in patch 1.2 you can get orange bracers and belts for 100k from a vendor and it requires Legacy 10.