the operative in my opinion, is more similar to a bow bear.

other then that, i'm at lvl 10 almost 11. Mrknify :P reserved lols. now i've experemented with class abilities and come up with this combo,

Mind wrack 3 (works with crit yet to see the damage bonus.)
Amplify pain 5 (debuff armour and ups crit.) the armour is target the crit is your buff.
psychic lash 1 (still testing out.... root and dots... its a bit iffy at this level, but)

now the goal is a high crit to work with the bonus crit damage but in dynastar lvls 2 crits to kill a mob, and in cycorp 3 crits to kill the average mob. i toss the Psychic Lash to one back up out of range and work the other. i'm thinking Lurch would be better for this as more damage then the total dot.