Jibikao

The good thing is I took Taunt (for the first time in my 4 years of playing!!) so when I want aggro, I'll use it and when I don't want it, I won't use it. :P Flexibility is there and it's not like my Dark Melee has big aoe..not yet. I'll see when I hit 26.

I begin to think that Stalker's ability to Assassin Strike in the beginning is the exact reason why this AT is never going to be team-friendly unless the dev makes some big changes. Yes, no other ATs have Assassin Strike but do they "need" it?? I run teams myself all the time and I don't usually turn down Stalkers (unless the team has too many melee already) but some "picky" leaders would think "mmmm, burst damage... let's get Blaster or hell, another Corruptor/Defender to make sure that "burst" damage is not really required".


I've come to the conclusion that this "thing" that other ATs don't have is the exact reason why Stalker isn't built for team-friendly. Stalker doesn't hurt the team but to boost people's confidence in Stalker, the dev needs to do a lot more than just a "few" changes.


Like I said, I used to play mostly Stalkers but recently I've made a MA Scrapper and now a Brute. I can see why people complain about Stalker especially those that are used to playing Scrapper/Brute.


The only thing Stalker has is almost 100% stealth (very few mobs can see). That is it. Does Stalker solo better? Nope. I guarantee my Brute can solo faster than any of my Stalker especially at lvl 24. There is no comparison at all. I only slot for END, ACC and RECHARGE and I can keep going the whole mission without even rest once and I don't even have Endurance Drain yet!


I like Stalkers but the most I play other ATs, the more I feel this AT is lacking. Yeah, Stalker at lvl 24 can solo +1 or +2 with 1-4 mobs while my Brute can "comfortably" solo more than 3-4 enemies easily.



PS: By the way, is the stealth in Dark Armor unsuppressed too? Doesn't Scrapper have Dark Armor?


PS2: And I don't know about you but I play an online game specifically for teaming. I only solo when I only have time for 1 or 2 missions. If a game is pushing for "teaming" (which they should), then this Stalker AT hasn't done very well. I am not denying that being able to stealth through the mission and tp everyone isn't helpful but most people join a team to "kill". They just want to kill and get expeees.

The blasts in Sonic Blast can stack on their own?? I swear when I use Scream twice, the debuff values are the same? How many powers in this game that allow -res stacking from the same source? The only ones I know are from psedo pets like Tar Patch and Acid Mortar.

I would start by pushing your ranged defense as high as possible and you may want to "hover" in air too to avoid strong melee attacks.

Thunder Strike set is the cheapest good ranged defense set to get. You get decent recovery bonus and very good ranged defense and some energy/negative energy defense.

You would want to make sure you have enough endurance recovery to last the whole fight so get as many sets as you can.

That's about it. /Rad is a very good one for soloing AV. I've never tried it though. I've only tried it with Ice/Trap.

I second this opinion.

I have a Ninja/FF at lvl 46. While I think Ninja/FF is effective, I get bored by bubbling all the time. Since I am a good team-player, I also try to bubble teammates. I can't stand the amount of bubbling after 3 battles. lol

Yeah, I've only seen one higher level Mind Troller, which is Mind/FF in Siren Calls or maybe RV but that's it. I rarely rarely see a Mind Troller. I thought maybe Mind control on Troller is different from Dominator's somehow.

Oh.. Champions Online and Star Trek then. bummer... good luck to him.

I could be wrong but I thought AH Proc lasts at least 10s? And yeah, I would definitely put it in both Soldier and Spec-Ops but it's not like Spec-Ops have other good things to slot for. Increase stun duration? Nah.. . the recharge is so long that I think it's better off procing AH and Lady Grey.

I wish they could add Accurate Defense Debuff in Merc because then I can add Chance for Lethal too. :P

Yeah, the ST-attack chain seems like it could be decent because the damage applies right away rather than waiting for DoT damage from immb attacks. But without Domination, Mind Control just seems kinda meh in the control department.

Do you slot mostly for +damage in your mind control powers or you go for a mix of damage and control enhancements?

I have to assume Mind control was created even before Dominator was created? And Containment bonus was invented after Mind control was created right?

Illusion doesn't have immb but it has two very good pets to make up the lack of damage.

What does Mind control offer that makes up the loss of damage? When they invented Containment, did they do anything special for Mind control on Controller? Because it doesn't look good on paper. In fact, it looks pretty terrible. lol

PS: Oh, I just found out Sleep and Stun give containment bonus too.

BaB left? What?!! Where? @_@

To work on DC Universe? :P

The thing about changing form is that if I change from Human to Dwarf and then back to Human, I lose all the shields. I have to put them on again. It is quite annoying. And it seems to take like 3s to change into Dwarf from Human. I know it's not that long but when I held and click Dwarf, I feel I lost a lot of time changing form.

If I only change from Nova to Dwarf and back to Nova, there is no shields to change. I almost think if it's better just put slots in Nova and Dwarf and only use Human for extra healing if needed. Any Dual-form specialist here to share thoughts?

I am a full PB Human build now. Radiant Strike is the best attack so far. It is quite fast with decent base damage and a decent knockback. I find tier 1 attack so slow. That 4s eye-beam is slow and I don't feel like clicking that 1.5s range attack so often either.

I still have mixed review on PB so far. She is level 27. I just got my healing power. It helps others at least.

So true!

But here is the question. Why do we MUST have redraw? I am asking because sets like Stone Melee and Icy Assault don't cause redraws even though they "draw" out something. You still get that "drawing graphic" but minus the animation time.

Why can't we just get rid of all redraw delays for the sack of balancing? If Stone Melee and Icy Assault can bypass redraw, why can't other sets do it too? That's what I really want to know. I know Dual Pistol's redraw looks nice but still...

Oh, this is sooooooooooooooooo true on my Peacebringer Human. I recently started PB Human and while she survives well (due to resistance shields and higher HP), I hate it when I get stunned by Void right before I kill him or get Bean Bagged by Longbows. It's like all my useful resistance is thrown down to the toilet for a while. Defense, at least can void some mez attacks.

This. Even if Resistance protects better (which it isn't IMO), Defense at least lets you avoid quite a few secondary effects. Due to this reason, Defense > Resistance by a pretty large margin IMO.

However, in some extremely situations where if you get hit once, you die, resistance could be a bit better. You just need to eat some purples.

I think the problem with Resistance is that it only seems to work reasonably well in 3 ATs: Tankers, Brutes and maybe Scrapper.

I play Stalkers most of the time and Resistance is not very good. I get interrupted and I don't have the health to back up that Resistance.