Timeshadow

Welcome to the game

Let's see...got some problems here. I'll go over some general points and let those with more recent Stalker experience handle specifics.

First, your attack slotting's a little wonky. Generally you want 1 Accuracy, followed by 3 Damage and wrapped up with Recharge and/or Endurance Reduction to taste. Yours are either out of order or kinda all over the place. Stalkers are about burst damage so place emphasis on slotting your big hitters first. Then get slots in your weaker attacks as availability allows. [B]NOTE:[B] Divine Avalanche should be slotted for Defense buff and maybe a little Recharge. Its real benefit is the Defense it grants you; especially when stacked with the Defense you get from Ninjitsu.



Only issue I see with your secondary is your enhancement choice. Get those toggles fully slotted for Defense. A lotta new players make the mistake of slotting End Reduction. Truth is, your attacks take a much bigger bite outta your blue bar than your toggles ever will. Also, get Caltrops and Blinding Powder and learn to use 'em. They'll save your life in addition to making fights with lots of enemies much easier. Smoke Flash is meh at best.

Finishing with your pool powers, Flight is way overslotted. There's a cap on flight speed and you only need one enhancement to get really close to it. The other two are wasted. Recall Friend's already got huge range. It doesn't need any enhancement.

Hope that's a good start. Did my best from memory of my old Elec/Nin Stalker.

Hey all

My girlfriend's gonna give the game a try. She's a big Laura Croft fan and wants to emulate her a little by rolling a Dual Pistols toon. In an effort to make her game time as enjoyable as possible I'm looking into secondaries she could use.

She hasn't chosen an AT yet but she's completely new to MMOs so ease of use is key. Nothing that requires a lotta knowledge of buff/debuff mechanics or would put a lotta pressure on her in teaming situations (i.e. Having to watch teammate's health bars)

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.

Personally speaking, I'm thoroughly enjoying the changes. It's really refreshing to come back to the game and find one of my favorite ATs can be as tough as the heartiest Tanker all the time with a little investment (My Perma Light Form build cost me about 55 million inf). Inner Light's also a nice addition. It's more viable for PBs than Build Up ever was.

That being said, I agree that there's more to be done, particularly for those who don't employ IOs. Without their benefits the AT can still be deficient in damage a good amount of the time.

Hmm...been a little while since I've looked at this thread.

Glad you liked the guide even if PBs aren't your style. I really need to go back and overhaul it for the i21 changes. They've done some really nice things for the AT as a whole.

Hey fellow forumites

I'm back from a long break and seein' a lotta posts about 'X' powerset needing Dev attention. I've got a proposal. I wanna put a team together (Infinty Server) made entirely of 'underpowered' sets and run some top level TFs. Anyone interested?

Even more reason not to go for a Resist based secondary

Agreed. VEATs are great and all but there's not a chance in hell I'd wanna see Kheldians cludged into something like them.

Seems like the conversation's died down a little bit. I'd like everyone to take a look at the OP and comment on the points that are in the proposal so far. Some of them are pretty general so more discussion is definitely needed.

And if the list seems short it's because I've only added things that seem to be backed by everyone thus far. Points of conflict have been intentionally excluded until we can agree on some sort of working compromise.

EATs. That's it, just EATs. I've got a Peacebringer, Warshade, Widow, and Spider. They're all 50 and IO'd out. The characters I played to unlock them (Back when they became available at 50) are long gone. Every time I try to start a new toon all I can think is I could be playing my EATs right now.

So no, you're not weird. Matter of fact, I'd say it's much more common to have an affinity for certain ATs than to enjoy them all equally.

Ok, I think the KB to KD argument has gone on long enough. For the time being let's back burner it in favor of less contemptuous issues. When the rest is worked out we can return to the issue.

On Knockback: I'll agree that changing the KB in Solar Flare to KD is a good idea. But I disagree with a blanket conversion of all KB. It's been proposed before and not just here on the Kheld boards. Everytime a KB power comes up there's at least one person who rails against it and says all KB should be removed from the game.

The Devs have been fairly consistent in their refusal to take KB out. They've done it with a power or two over the years but, for the large part, it sticks around. If for no other reason, because it's got major thematic value. Besides, I'm not sure how you justify KD on attacks that aren't on a vertical trajectory. That just doesn't make sense.

On Damage: This is where I think Khelds could stand a little improvement. As I said in another thread, we do Tanker level damage with our ranged attacks and hardly better with melee. The modifiers are currently 0.850 and 0.800 respectively.

• Reassess damage scales to reflect a melee modifier of 0.900 and a ranged modifier of 0.850.

That would put PBs squarely in the middle of the pack damage wise. Definitely not as high as damage specialists like Blasters, Doms and Scrappers but still well above support oriented toons like Corruptors and Tankers.

Question on toggle suppression in forms: Is this about convenience, survivability when down shifting or both? I don't use the human shields so I'm curious.

Let's talk about Light Form first since it's come up here and in several other threads. I'm not a big fan myself, particularly because of the crash. Making it more like Strength of Will probably violates the Cottage Rule () and may be a bit too far reaching for real consideration by the powers team. I'd say we'd be better off playing with the numbers instead.

I like Geko's suggestion about reducing Recharge and duration to make it a bit more accessible. Have it take half your total End and reduce your Recovery by something like 50%. That way there's still a penalty but you're not just plain screwed when the power ends.