ChaosExMachina

And whenever somebody asks why something is:

je_saist:

*SIGH*

How do the devs put up with these players? They're getting increasingly incompetent.

The obvious answer is BECAUSE THE DEVS SAID SO. Do you need a clue bat for that? You're like one of those PVPers who can't learn new mechanics. Obviously, this was done to improve the game, but you'd know that if you had any idea what the industry is about.

Person:

Hey I was just asking for costume advice!








The story of the nothing/traps is indeed awesome however.

And Scrapper Hibernate.

Actually, what about making the crit chance related to the number of enemies nearby?

That would accomplish quite a lot of things:

Improve team performance
Improve performance against tons of targets, which is key to Stalkers competing
Not influence solo PVP unless the stalker gets double teamed, in which case they could use some more buffing anyway

Adding a more predictable assassin's debuff and fear would help too, since it's not 100%.

Sort of. But there are also other reasons:

1. Any time I might want a stalker, for TFs, not regular teams, there's no particular reason to target them rather than a VEAT or blaster.

2. In general I would try to get buffs first, a tank if it's the type of TF that needs it, and then other ATs join as random people who ask while I search for buffs.

3. To be honest, when I make a hero team scrappers are usually the last thing I target too, and that is probably the AT with the highest satisfaction rate.

Did that happen? That's almost unbelievable. How can they rip your receipt and not be in breach of contract? Did you get a refund of the preorder price?

You're the first I've seen other than myself boosting banner ads and they are the most appropriate venue to GR advertising.

Assassin's strike, if it is interrupted.

I sometimes search for specific ATs to invite, and don't often search for stalker. The others are not that useful to a team, but there is no way to filter those by build. Most scrappers, blasters, and brutes can do things other than single target, while non-elec stalkers have essentially 1 thing they can do well, and that 1 thing becomes less useful the bigger the team is.

An exception would be duoing. As a bots/dark, I have a little of everything, except single target power. That makes stalkers complementary.

What stalkers need is another trick, and better performance in teams. So the buff was exactly the right idea - an AoE debuff mez and a buff while in a big team. It might just need a slight increase in reliability.

No I don't. They did use some, as it was adjusted during beta. You're changing the subject and debating a straw man as a distraction.

That is what you said. It is what I replied to. At no point did I suggest that there was no use of data mining.

There is. It counts non-combat rescues too.

Beyond how the implementation of PPPs is among the worst game design ideas I've ever heard of (hey let's make them locked, but then make them overpowered in an attempt to balance that, which even if it works, will only make them overpowered for tweakers and underpowered for everybody else, then not actually make them overpowered, then say that we did, and add railroad concept and lots of insults of the player to go with it), this gets to the point.

APPs are dramatic increases in ability to hero ATs, and PPPs are nothing but bonuses. Some of that is because hero ATs are more specialized in the first place, so they have much more to gain, and some of it is because whoever made PPPs was just not remotely good at making them equivalent. They're more equitable now due to the additional powers in i13, but APPs got those too so it is just a case of diluting the suckiness of the PPPs.

Think of how you might hear a guide to blasters or controllers, the most specialized ATs, hype up your increase in performance with APPs. PPPs do not provide that sort of role-breaking. The strongest PPP, brute soul, is more complementary. It can improve them, but it does not radically change their playstyle like blaster and controller APPs do.