New Dawn

Karma or Steadfast IO for KB. Hover won't be too bad if you have the patience.

Fear is the same. They'll attack you if you attack them. I wouldn't bother with presence pool at all myself.

I always thought the disorientated walked anywhere.

I'll throw this in for some reason (don't ask )

I thought that the Rikti pylon was an AoE power tagged as a Range attack meaning range def was needed. However, I not really gone into it.

Best off adding a datachunk for feedback.

Alright seeing as people are being specific his my summation:

Single target attacks have to land to serve gauntlet on other targets plus the target your hitting. The greater the base end cost the likelier the greater the AoE. Hit 5 max.

AoEs tend to aim to hit every target within max amount but you can miss everything, which can be done. Blazing Aura, Death Shroud and the likes rely on an accuracy check to hit and I've seen reasons to require build up or -def powers like stalagmites to make missing less likely. They've without fail tend to aggro around their natural radius.

Gauntlet duration can be extended by taunt slots, the threat level is also greatened by damage slots if you bare in mind that the higher the level of enemy the more resisted your taunt effects should be then you won't be always expecting enemies to stay on you the exact base durations you've read. Also some enemies have resistance. Mako placates if your within 50ft, better to have some aggro duration that surpasses that..

Never in my life would I be without the power taunt as gauntlet alone isn't acceptable to me, taunt auras aren't always autohit plus I like a bit of flexibility, if I personally don't want to be hit by Soulstorm I'd rather taunt without allowing it to happen. No need for that mezz buffer, def buffer etc, etc. The power Taunt is autohit except in PvP.

It was a long time ago when I relied on gauntlet alone to test this and I was sure it did.

EM was overpowered in the upfront ST burst department, especially noticeably so in PvP. Castle then balanced it more inline with the other sets. Now people compare it to how it was and think it is overly gimped. Overall I basically don't find my EM any worse off to my SS etc. There are many different attributes and across the different powersets, cost per attributes vary, so you will/can be well/better off in some area, at times. People tend to only notice ST damage output over a small amount of time rather than other attributes.

I am not saying there couldn't be tweaks, I thought with the last changes perhaps Whirling Hands could recharge sooner to balance out the whole of the set with other sets better but apparently that is fine.

I actually got this on a stalker but have yet to find a good use for it. Some people may say its worthless, and some may say that its worthless until you get conserve or energy drain about which I am inclined to agree but has anyone found it useful other than a "gtfo someone else!!" panic button?

I don't know how ya gonna get a bear but, ranged damage is lower than melee damage as there is less risk involved. Your dam per end on ranged attacks may not be as good neither making a less end friendly build.

One of my most favourite characters in another game is a assassin necromancer that feeds off of corpses. She only has to drop one enemy to get a full life bar and oh yes its great! Basically she can end up being the last one standing and self sufficient enough to afford a resurrect which can be such a boon to pugs going through new content in that game. Medic stalkers are a fine idea (certainly a team oriented one) but I would only make one out of certain primary secondary pairings.

Definitely don't be shy to show the build as is.