Stalk_obot_EU

Im miffed with the buff/debuffs in zones atm but i dont moan about odds, I often stay in when no one else is there just to give heroes something to do and give them bounty/pvp points. If one side is battering the other though i do swap to my alt and help out the underdogs.

Warburg sucks imo as its supposed to be a free for all zone but I dont see it that way, if it was free for all you should be able to team with heros/villains which you cant anymore, its too dark for a decent arena, Sirens call (hero half) is easily the best as its nice and bright the programers think ruins are cool but all it does is make it easy to get trapped/stuck and NPCd

Hmm it seems that I am whining about pvp

U can AS through most PBAOEs easily enough with the right def/approach only one I have found I cant is hurricane and then i use my ranged impale.

Stalkers are hard to solo early though but for that matter so are Dominators

Seriously I want to know why the devs have added this in, I assume it is to draw people into the zones and mission but as there is about a 10% xp increase and better drops on missions in pvp zones I see no need for it.

As far as I see now we just get people coming into the pvp zones to get the extra XP without indulging in PVP and messing with the PVP dyanamics for the whole zone. We cant even see the figures to know what kind of extent our characters have been altered to.

This really bugs me on both sides (hero/villain) as I dont want any more of an advatage/disadvantage than my own devised build gives me, the damn devs mess with our builds all the time in the name of "balancing" so why give people who dont pvp the opportunity to interfer?

Some of you may know I used to haunt sirens call and swap alts to help with the balance and loved PVP but having my characters getting unknown nerfs is not pleasing and I really do feel like stopping pvp altogether (cue cheers)

You cannot die from a fall, it has to be DOT that gets you.

I suspect that once the new 38+ zone goes live most people will respec in tactics

I changed my mind, with my stalker I hate tanks with Chilling embrace as I cant AS them and impale will take a loooong time to kill them

With my controller I just hate Ogun the Darkheart who bashes me before i can lock my debufs on him

distance blasters are good but some change in tactics are needed to maximise your chances in pvp. An effective but dangerous practice is defiancing which Daedra uses to deadly effect to one shot MMs

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Step 1: Open your attack with Assassin Strike ALWAYS


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Nope

I usually favour impale, build up, placate, AS

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The way I see ppl is that they are there character,I never assume that the person is male/female/non of the above.


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As above, hell this is the internet, I dont dare presume what sex a person is here

No idea on its technicallities but anything that hides you is good in pvp a yellow insp will reveal you though.

If people are dueling but you are missing on the bounty just ask, if they say yes or are weird about your request then you will not mind interfering

If people need a bounty or rep boost when its quiet Im always happy to play punchbag

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1)flying spines stalkers,cant see 'em and they have range,nerf the range of spines!!!


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Booo

/em slap for Window licker

So long as people have a good attitude I like them all, regens and Tanks are a nuisance for me as cant often solo them without insp

Spines do rule

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gotta disagree with ya there gilg.. a lvl 40 stalker couldnt bring down duke who is only lvl 30. Even a team of that same 40 stalker, 32 stalker and 29 stalker couldnt bring him down.. So there I prove that at least 1 AT is able to solo and stalkers arent THAT overpowered.

Also tanks CAN bring em down, at least ice melee can and if you know what you are doing. The big mistake people make is that they fight enemies in pvp the same way they fight enemies in pve. Problem is, in pvp the opportunity exists enemies actually have a brain.

If I solo with duke ice patch + CE is enough to keep em at bay while I dish out the pain with freezing touch, frozen fists, brawl and ice sword. The key in defeating most stalkers is toggledrops, as is the same for defeating tankers.

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Ice tanks do indeed seem to be the bane of stalkers at the moment, hopefully the request that I sent to the devs to nerf them will be implimented in the next patch I cannot take an ice tank solo by any stretch of the imagination (that said I can get away) but combined with 3 others we can bring you down with a specific strategy (hmmm 4 of one AT to bring down a solo AT, sounds like my nerf joke isnt such a bad idea )

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Facts bout CE:
DOES interrupt AS
DOES gimp enemy's movement/recharge
DOESNT drop hide
DOESNT have -stealth

at least those are the facts for my ice tank.. CE is great to keep on all the time when you are in a PvP zone so sneaky stalkers wont sneak up on you for that AS. Seeing they wont be able to get away fast (unless they got tp) you can do some nice damage with FF and Ice Sword as well.

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I disagree, CE sucks

We resort to getting a few stalkers together and brawling off the toggles for you pesky Ice tanks

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I'll be waiting
(glacial armor is your friend )

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Boo, nerf glacial armour oh and we tp u off your ice patch thing that seems to give u more def and us slow

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This pretty much seems like the same deal WoW has. Heroes never played the CoV ATs and claim they're all overpowered, villains never played the hero ATs and claim they're overpowered.

Just like how alliance always claims Shaman is overpowered, while horde keeps whining about paladin.

Seriously, get on with your lives, it's only a game. Stalkers were obviously made for PvP, where tankers aren't exactly the best damage dealers in the game and way better for team play.

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exactly

when iI play, everyone elses Hero/Villian seems uber to me and I wish I had their character and I already know they feel the same as mine, its the grass is always greener syndrome

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Still stalkers are overpowered: they can solo easy and can increase easy, with a good target choice, their reputation in comparison with other AT.

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By the same definition my Empath must be over powered. With good target choices i can easily increase my reputation also. My Empath is Empathy/Psi and is now built specifically for PvP just like my Stalker is built for PvP. On either toon if i only target squishies i get easy kills.

Quick... nerf Empaths... no wait... they already did

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and people who say stalkers are overpowered are generally people who have not played one for long. Soloing is NOT easy and can be very labourious compared to other ATs

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It shows people who have killed you recently and will not gain any bonus from doing so again. The timer is the coutdown for you to be worth rep/bounty again as I understand. Probably only of use if you intend to suicidally charge someone..........maybe.

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hmmm seems very pointless lol

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Facts bout CE:
DOES interrupt AS
DOES gimp enemy's movement/recharge
DOESNT drop hide
DOESNT have -stealth

at least those are the facts for my ice tank.. CE is great to keep on all the time when you are in a PvP zone so sneaky stalkers wont sneak up on you for that AS. Seeing they wont be able to get away fast (unless they got tp) you can do some nice damage with FF and Ice Sword as well.

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I disagree, CE sucks

We resort to getting a few stalkers together and brawling off the toggles for you pesky Ice tanks

I dont know what this function is for either

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In my experience Chilling Embrace drops hide as well, as well as totally nuking the oppositions recharge. I wouldn't take it for just interrupting AS though. Chilling Embrace is a melee range power and as long as your in melee range, you might as well do some damage with Frozen Fists and Ice Sword. Good for toggle dropping.

I wouldn't take Electric Primary with Ice secondary though. Electric Primary lacks the damage of other pools and you can't stack effects with it, like you could do if you have a similar primary/secondary, like Ice/Ice or elec/elec.

If you plan on taking Ice secondary, i suggest taking either the Ice primary, for stacking slow effects and good ranged damage, or Fire primary for pure damage.

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I think it has -stealth so you can see the stalker but doesnt actually drop hide so they can still land a critical hit.

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Hi all,

I'm thinking about running a blaster for PVP and would like to do something a bit different. As far as I can see Ice/NRG seems the most common PVP blaster build, So I want to keep away from these powersets.

I am considering Elec/Ice. I am thinking of using Ice secondary primarily for chilling embrace which, according to the american forums stops AS from hitting (it apparently doesn't unhide the stalker just stops AS), Ice patch and freezing touch. As for Elec primary I was considering slotting for END drain.

Has anyone tried a build like this? And if so is END drain effective or will it be just wasted slots? Also can someone confirm whether chilling embrace does interupt AS? i got that info from this and several other threads on the american forums

Clicky

Any help and comments appreciated

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Chilling embrace does interupt AS, at least when ice tanks are using it.

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I'll prolly try and drop by for a wee while. To anyone planning on messing the event up, a bad reputation can be your worst enemy.

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Indeed, and do you think it would actually be you Vs the patrols? because if I'm there and someone tried something I will come and kick your [censored] too and it doesnt matter that I am not an experienced PvP player I expect a numerical advantage.

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yeah a simple "everone get [insert name here] as they are being a [censored]" would be an amusing sight to behold

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Beats me why they dont just apply the incarnate AT seeing as its already done

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I am sure I read in a post by statesman that the incarnate was an AT thats already within the game just not accessible by players. Dont quote me on that though as it is a recollection from around the time of beta.

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Also,I dont mind getting killed, but on some occasions the cockyness from some players that follows after they've killed me annoys me, esp droning on and on and on about the defeat, and prolly how awesome they think they are, but hey those guys will be top of the list in hunting

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Yeah its pretty tedious when people go on about killing you (unless you know them then you can appreciate the banter ) I think there is too much trash talk in pvp generally