Test_Rat
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This is a tool that is quite useful in other MMOs, and I am wondering if its something we should ask for here?
Think about it, a way to check participation of teamates on a TF!
We could go even further and list average DPS of a character right on the character info screen.
EDIT I was just thinking, we can log combat logs right? I don't think it would be that hard to make a log parser? -
My motto:
If you could roll it as a scrapper, ROLL IT AS A SCRAPPER. -
The patrol Xp you get is pretty cool though!
Leveling up my Fortunata now, and I have been enjoying it. -
Thanks Aeden, I can't access the wiki from work!
My build has 185%-ish good to know I am covered. -
300R/90D.
I have forgotten how the calcutate recharge reduction in CoX.
How much do you need Slotted, and Globally? -
Plant/Psi Perma dom.
I loved this character. But I played it so much that its boring to play now.
Its time for her to be stripped and deleted. -
Endurance Range on my Ranged/Control focused Fortunata.
Endurance Range on my Ranged/AOE/Pets Focused Huntsman.
Endurance Range on my Traps/ice/Force Defender
Accuracy Defense On my Elec/Nin and Spines/Nin stalkers. -
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Vote # 409
Stalkers +
Tankers -
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Blasters 15
Defenders 24
Tankers 72
Dominators 27
Stalkers 2 -
Director 11 has invulnerable invisible pets that spawn the trip mines.
You can either fly or just beat him extremely quickly to avoid the mines. -
Ninjitsu, EA and SR stalkers easily solo on X8 +1.
The resist stalkers pale. -
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VOTE: 373!
Stalkers +
Tankers -
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Blasters 16
Defenders 25
Tankers 61
Dominators 24
Stalkers 14 -
Damn. Another mission I will auto complete, or drop when I get it.
I used to LOVE doing this at x8 on my Elec/Ninjitsu/Mu stalker. -
I would like to go.
I have an Ele/Nin stalker (hero) and Spines/Nin stalker (villian).
I have successfully completed both these TFs with the Ele/Nin.
Very doable TFs.
I definatley will be home by 630 Eastern on friday. -
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Vote # 350
Stalkers + Even if Castle doesn't care for you, some do
Tankers - No body likes the guy in front.
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Blasters 16
Defenders 22
Tankers 59
Dominators 25
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I have become really disatisfied with the Freedom Server teaming situation.
I have two characters that I want to move to greener pastures but I just don't have the 20 dollars free at the moment.
Has anything been mentioned regarding Server transfers being offered on a free basis again? -
Quote:Look I got my initial slots on my two stalkers too, but its a battle in frustration. Heck if not for Repeat Offenders, I don't think i would even have that.Originally Posted by Zem
Test, this stalker nonsense is getting tiresome. You were all over the boards proclaiming how hard it would be to get Incarnate on a stalker too. I got my tier 1 alpha on my Ninja Blade stalker within a few hours of logging into i19 for the first time. According to you I should not only not be able to get a TF team but probably get kicked for not having the AoE "everybody" cares about.
Give it a rest already. Or leave Freedom. I've certainly not had these problems on Virtue.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not as popular on my stalker as on my Dark corruptor. I definitely get more unsolicited team invites on that corr. Point is though, you're exaggering when you claim most people will absolutely not team with a stalker. At least this is not true on all servers. Maybe it IS true on Freedom. You got me there. I don't play on Freedom.
I DO agree there are some idealistic viewpoints here that are indeed in the minority. The truth is that most PuG teams do care about team composition... but only to a point. Many will want to fill a couple roles like tanker/brute and one or two supporty types but few are as picky as to specifically exclude certain ATs. At least not in normal PvE gameplay like TFs and mission teams. Don't know about farm teams. Don't care.
It gets old asking leader after leader to join, crossing your fingers he/she is one of the "enlightned" people that are said to be in such high concentrations in City of Heroes on the forums.
The enlightened view is a minority one, that is the point.
No amount of people saying here that they will team with any compentent player will change the fact that choosing a Stalker as your AT means, less teaming, a harder time joining TFs and less ability to enjoy the incarnate system.
Heck I couldn't even get people to join an APEX team i was forming lastnight because they would join the team, see I was a stalker and quit. (I think in the future I will form the team using my Defender, then at the last minute switch to my stalker).
I wish I was exaggerating. And honestly I am beginng to think it is JUST Freedom that is like this. Cesspool of a server, as soon as they offer free transfers again I am going to Virtue. -
Quote:Hey Johnny, I call ******** on what I bolded.Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
Actually, this mission is just more evidence to support everything I've ever said that Tanker defenses don't really benefit the Tanker. Tanker defenses will bottom out to this debuff the same as a Scrapper. Considering how fast the debuff stacks, and to such a degree, the difference doesn't really matter. Meanwhile, a Scrapper's superior damage will likely allow him to drop Lady Winter faster, thus decreasing the time in that a chance hard hit could land before she's dead and maybe even before the debuff can stack fully. I point you to Test_Rat's anecdote.
Meanwhile, I've admitted and pointed out that other ATs have gotten/still get screwed over by the devs too, and that it's unfair no matter who it's happening too. You say Tankers 'had it easy'. I say they put up with more crap than a lot of ATs and are probably the AT besides Blasters that suffers the most from overspecialization and redundancy issues.
Trust me: Stalkers are that AT. -
Quote:Too bad most people don't think like you.Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
This, and only this.
In a game where no powerset combination is "gimped," it is more about the player than the character.
Rule Five: Any build, any budget, no exclusions.
It took me 16 inquiries to get a stalker on a TF last night.
16rejections.*
Face it the "I WILL PLAY WITH ANYONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO PLAY" Sect is a superminority in this game, and honestly you mislead people with it.
The reality is that a majority of the playerbase will not team with or consider a team with a stalker.
Period.
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Quote:Oh really now?Originally Posted by macskull
Oddly, it's the least-popular ATs they spend time revamping (Stalkers in I11, Doms in I15).
lol
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I beat it with both my stalkers Elec/nin and Spines/nin no inspirations.
But then again my stalkers are tougher than most tanks, so it might not be relevant. -
I don't understand why people are proposing changes to stalkers directly.
Castle has stated the issues are systemic.
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No need to be a jerk.
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OP its in your head. Don't bother testing it.
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Against my better judgement I am still going to do my Stalker twins.
They are my theme characters, and fully kitted out.
Thankfully they are AOE based (Spines and Electric Ninjitsu) so I should be able to beg my way onto TFs and solo farm effectively. -
Leo, everything you write comes off with this really nasty tone.
Listen, my stalkers are Spines and Elec melee with ninjitsu.
I don't lack aoe, My toons are soft capped and beyond permahasten, but they still pale in comparison to
a scrapper in terms of Single target DPS, AoE DPS, and Survival, and in most cases BURST damage.
If lagging behind a scrapper in all areas is competative and balanced, then something is wrong with the game.
A stalker does nothing teamed better than his collegue ATs, and that is just sad.
Now am I going to delete my Spines/Nin or Elec/nin? After some thoughts, no since I can't get Ninjitsu on scrappers yet. But the moment that becomes an option, the AT is dead to me.