SmegHead

What max said. It's sad really because it was actually good before the pvp nerf.

What I don't understand is why thunder strike is good for stalkers and doms, yet it completely sucks for blasters.

It confused me a bit as well. I think it's because he described it as "ss/inv" when it should be "inv/ss" since hes talking about a tank.

Well, it depends on what server you play on and what type of pvp you want to get into. RV on freedom is almost always active. Arena has a decent population, but usually only during the evening hours. I hear almost all the other servers have either a low population of PvPers or is close to dead.

Sounds like the sprint brawl PvP the devs are working towards. These guys are beating them to the punch... or brawl.

Being able to use phase after hibernate should be added to that list.

I'm flattered I was mentioned but I'm definitely not one of "the best". I'm not going to say I suck (I'll leave that to the haters) but I'm nowhere near the best.

As far as PvPers I know... I guess that would have to be supermax since hes the only one I've actually spoken more then 10 words to in the past. For a SO user hes pretty damn good.

Zone:

Blood Mark: Hes basically the only stalker that I worry about on my squishies. And he always tries to farm me, or at least it seems he does.

Subsonic Epsilon: Knows how to work that sonic.

Conflicts Grav dom (forget the name): His worm hole skills are tight son.

Arena:

I don't really arena much and all the old schoolers I did know are gone now.

You were getting smacked with a lot of -def last night and still seemed to hold up well. I was laying it on heavy with my earth dom and it still took a team effort to take you down. Not as effective as your inv brute but its still a pretty tough tank.

You want to know what's funny, chido is in the process of slotting a regen scrapper. He was talking about it the other day in bc. I think that comic strip is a glimpse of the future.

I wonder why the hulk reminded me of el chido in that comic strip...

I guess you totally skipped the "IMO" part of the post. That or you dont know what IMO means. Either way, how does "I want them more" make them more rare then purples? For one, half of the crap listed for gladiator is useless for most of the toons I roll. Second, cut half of those bonuses (most of the good ones) off for the PvE only crowd that buys these. Yeah they are PvP IO's, but the fact that they exemp down like purple makes them desirable to the PvE players as well. And the fact that they even have PvE bonuses shows that the devs had them in mind when they made them. I bet more PvEers have PvP IO's slotted then PvPers.

So again, what makes these more "rare" then purps? Just because you want them more? I want purps more, so going by your logic purps should be more rare the PvP recipes correct?

Taunt spamming brute with web nade and phase gets my vote.

The only TA corruptor I've seen so far in RV is the guy that cloned manticore. I don't know if hes a skilled player or not, but he is a easy farm target. TA seems like its more of a pain then a serious threat. Honestly, his stunning shot is more effective then his glue arrow for getting kills IMO. He usually doesn't get the kill himself, but that stun is almost as annoying as the one from worm hole. It kind of made me wonder if it was bugged.

As far as keeping a stalker out of hide, I don't think that would be too useful for a TA corruptor unless it was WB.

Simply put, it does have its drawbacks:

1: it roots you for its duration making you a sitting duck
2: you cant attack for its duration
3: it has the phase timer working against it
4: it only lasts 30 seconds

And by other t9 powers, I assume you're referring to things like retsu and unstoppable and the crashes. What you forgot to mention is that during the duration of those powers you can move around and unload your arsenal for 3 minutes. And the crash isn't a big deal to competent players that know how to watch a icon.