CrazyJerseyan

Welcome back and nice work

I would like to run Mr E:

Cyber-Threat
lv40 spines/WP Stalker

Have fun Smash

Ive seen a lot of the old school Stalker pros mention the only way to go is staminaless. Id like to know the same. I know it depends on the powersets, but what is the best way to build a staminaless Stalker with x amount of toggles without running out of endurance constantly? Or what is a good EndRec VS EndUse ratio?

Its not so bad when I think about in and out zone hits, but Ive seen stalkers fiteklubbing/arenaing and have a better appreciation for that now knowing how bad my stamina is.

Just like in real life, being able to contribute somehow (as Super mentioned) and having fun/a good time (as Skeet said).

Its a free country and all (well, not really), but the guy is just trying to sell an IO...he didn't ask for anyone to comment on the evils of the market or silly discussions from other parts of the forums.

I kinda agree with Xan even though of course I would like to see more PvPIO drops. I don't know if the drop rate is that bad or you just get lucky though honestly. I put a new villain toon into SC this weekend and with a few hours on Sat & Sun, came up with 1 drop each day (nothing of great value). I dont play heroside PvP much at this point, but when I did...Id get 2-3 drops a week and that happened about 4 weeks in a row.

Couple of factors that may help with drops:
1) I dont have a social life and can spend a few hours a day in zone having fun
2) I don't team and dont have to split drops between 5-8 other players

And gratz Ares.

**Warning - TLDR**

So bringing up the thread again based on a couple opinions of having to go all Human for PvP. I will caveat this by saying I know Im not a great player and never claimed to be, but I do ok in zone PvP on my Nova build (thx to Solient).

Was on my Villain toon in SC yesterday and there was a Defender that kept standing in the street in the same spot over and over. After the 8th AS/kill, he engaged me in some mild chat PvP and I informed him that Defenders or any toon just shouldn't be standing around in zone when stalkers are the primary opposing force. I then tried to give him some tips and just mentioned that even on my PB with good range I try to move around for fear of flying/jetpack Stalkers. He then said, "trust me, my PB will dominate your PB in a duel" blah blah blah and all b/c he was annoyed at being killed so much due to standing still in zone.

I loaded up the PB and politely asked him to arena b/c I wanted to see how I would hold up to another PB with a lot of set bonus'. Nova VS all Human match and both having what looked like 97 pages of IO sets:
1st match (I made), 10mins/outdoor map/inspirations - 3 to 0 win for Nova
2nd match (he made), 20mins/cage map/no inspirations - 8 to 1 win for Nova

After the 1st match, he sent me a tell saying I won b/c I buffed b4 going into the match, then popped reds the whole time and ran for the last part of the fight (I don't duel much, but wished I had known about buffing up pre-arena match). In actuality, same tactics as zone PvP...fly in human form invis/stealthed, see target, Photon Seekers, BU and attk...wash and rinse unless needing to change to Dwarf or Human for a heal. His IS grounded me for the last 3mins so I spent time changing forms, trying to get back in the air etc b/c his BU/IS combo was a monster.

Back in zone, I told him GF, but he was a sore loser and dared me for a rematch that he would make. 1st 10mins I spent outside of the cage fighting him, 2nd 10mins I spent in the cage fighting since it was already 4 to 1 at that point. Tactics...outdmg with Nova blasts, and switch to Dwarf to outresist when needed. When he hit BU...I hit Quantum Flight which is up about every 30 secs...I would phase and wait til BU expired then resume.

Bottom line is, outside of all his smack talk (he told me at the beginning of the 2nd match that he was going to record beating me)...he had a good Human build and his IS hit like a truck. My 2x ST Nova blasts hit for slightly less, but seemed 2-3x as fast and they currently hit from 172ft away. So I understand its a preference, but wanted to give my opinion after this match by saying I definitely don't think Human form is the only viable build for PvP.

I returned to zone and the guy was nowhere to be found. If you bump into 'Shining Angel', tell him I said he did a decent job, just less trash talk next time and have more fun with it.

Ill take a spot Mr EMan.

Cyber-Nemesis
lv50 Elec/WP STalker