Aett_Thorn

I am strongly considering pairing it with Dark Armor. Dark Armor is a very "set and forget" set, with only one click that you'll need to use frequently - thereby minimizing redraw. While DA/ tends to be seen as an endurance hog, using the right form from staff can heavily mitigate that issue (at least until you get a Theft of Essence proc, and then it's not so bad anyways).

All of the forms can help DA, depending on the situation.

As long as I'm shot down by a massive, frozen carp, I won't complain.

I'm just thrilled that my powerset has some Dev attention being put towards it. I mean, at least they considered it a possibility.

Son of a... They know me too well. Did they really specifically call Carp Melee out?

It SHOULD be a great single-target debuffer. Basically, it's two main debuffs in the early levels especially are more focused on single targets over the whole group, with the radius being pretty small. It get's a lot more AoE control/debuffs later, which definitely helps. But for a set that is supposed to be a great hard-target killer, it lacks in the one big area that you need when taking down an AV or GM: -regen. At only 50% -regen, it can't floor the regen of these targets, making it less effective than many other sets against these types of foes.

Well, maybe I need to update my Mid's. If that is true, then I need to both respec already, and plan for softcapping ranged and S/L defense. Thanks.

Again, Blasters are NOT "very popular." They may be rolled more than some other ATs, but their actual in-game presence drops off significantly past a certain point. I would say that to be popular, people need to be playing them across a wide variety of levels, not just the early levels.

I do agree with this. I really don't know why this wasn't switched when Stalkers first got the set. Blueside is actually easier to get around in than the other sides. Praetoria is actually the worst. I'd like it higher than 20, but I'd take 20.

It looks as ridiculous as it sounds, much as it was with Claws on a Brute before they pulled the option for looking ridiculous. It is pretty fun to play, as long as you know that it will look absolutely bonkers.


Edit -> From a mechanical standpoint, I would think that the only thing that would hurt it is that you won't get much out of Storm Kick. It gives positional defense, whereas Stone Armor mainly gives typed Defense. However, the extra damage buff from Eagle's Kick would help to negate some of the debuff from Granite.

1) Popularity of an AT is not necessarily an indication of an AT's relative strength, but it can be.

2) Stalkers were less popular, and that was backed up by datamining that showed that they were leveling slower than other ATs.

3) Stalkers could solo fine, but did so at a slower speed than the Devs determined to be acceptable (otherwise, they wouldn't have gotten a buff)

4) Stalkers could contribute to groups, but did so less than most other ATs (otherwise, they wouldn't have gotten a buff)


Stalkers wanted a buff because they didn't perform their core function well, nor did they perform any other sort of function well, except for one that didn't do well in team play. And even in that role, aggro functions often meant that they couldn't play that team role well.


Stalkers were determined to be under-preforming, so they got a buff. I do not believe you can make a case for Scrappers that shows that they are under-performing similarly. If Scrappers are not shown as under-performing, then they shouldn't get a buff "just because." Stalkers certainly didn't, and it's laughable that you think that's the case.

Yes.