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all the above is true i believe except for i think they lowered the timer from 10 min to 5.

False, Regular pvpers will have advantage of better insp management, as well as knowing how to strategically use temps and maps to their advantage. and that is a BIG advantage =P

assume its both and move onto killing something else until then. if you found that you killed every player in the zone, switch toons and repeat. =D

hold and dmg pocs dont count as set bonues >>

the values enhanced by generic IOs are a little higher then HOs or SOs

a schedule A IO for example: a lvl 50 dmg generic is 42% where as an nuc acc/dam is only 33.3%

With good slotting however an HOed build is still better then just a generic IOed build.

i beat some random baddie brute doing this, after he popped his tier 9 as well as demonic wen sudden death hit.

dont mess with the inventors of the triple reverse easy 8 T SPIN combo.

any primary can be effective in zones if you follow the simple rule of KSing half dead targets, If you don't feel comfortable ASing then you will love spines. Spamming impale and sharks will generally get the job done, especially when a target is at a sliver of health and running for base. EM and MA are all around good sets with the significant advantage to EM IMO. DM is generally good for arena matches or FC duels as you can put your secondary effects to work more consistently here. Also Elec is not as devastating as it used to be following the TS nerf but it is definantly still way up there.

em>spines>dm,ma,elec>claws>kat>bs>db

Secondary Wise: every stalker secondary have subtle differences that tend to make play styles differ. Distinct differences would be choosing a resist set or a defense set. Subtle differences would be in how often one attacks, what attacks one leads with and how long one stays in combat.

Nin>regen>Wp>ea>sr>elec>da

Broad sword and katana are good if you like to stand around and fc duel. parry helps with that. however fire is about as good as it gets.

A competent regen will NEVER EVER die. sadly everything else imo pales in comparison.

Everything here is dead on.

depending on the secondary, Ice can still be a very effective primary. Pairing Ice with /rad or /cold will give you a deadly dueling toon. an Earth/TA is still about the most annoying toon in the game.

unresisted debuffs were more or less a myth, however these days trollers are better to bring to KBs or Zones because you can get more utility out of them.

I'm not a big fan of sonic blast although I know how effective it is. I prefer Rad and even fire when paired with most secondaries. elec definantly is a winner when paired with thermal (end drain madness)

most of the corrupter secondaries make for really good dueling toons if paired with a decent primary examples include: fire/dark, dark/cold, elec/thermal.

a good fire blaster can outperform just about every other blaster except for a better fire blaster. proc it out and your good to go. psy is a close thanks to the placate proc, but psy is also more friendly to newer blasters thanks to what i believe to be very distinct roles of each attacks, a newbie will very quickly learn to use which attack in a certain situation. rad is ok, everything esle is meh.

energy is still at the top for secondaries. elec took a hit seeing as how its melee oriented. MM is useful because of drain psyche and devs for web grenades.

Necro is probably the most popular primary. just about any secondary can work but the most effective being pains,thermals,poisons and darks.

the key to a good pvp brute lies in playstyle. it would take 10 pages to explain it but being creative is key.

mind is the best hands down. fire can work if your very aggresive, everything else is meh

fire is the most damaging, energy is decent elec is overated (unless your m3z, then its good)

Forts are good stalker killers in wb especially when given a lil perception. a good pb should NEVER die. spiders can be annoying in kbs if spamming webnades.

depending on how much you duel and what your build is , its a toss up between concealment and leadership.

would you like me to point out the 20 or 30 flaws in your argument or would you like to look over what you said, and try again?

oz yes, snacks is comparable to uncle ruckus from the boondocks he has re-Vitiligo

well you had the privelidge of learning to pvp when the server's pvp population was fairly high and had a good amount of skill. during this time many of those skilled players were currently competing on test and if they werent doing officials they were practicing against other test groups or just doing for fun pvp in zones (where you would encounter them) so at the time arena was dead (no such thing as practices on live) these days however zones are poppin for a lil bit then die instantly, hardly a way to consistently improve. however a few friends in the arena could practice several different things (ie. hard to practice your evasion in the zones, when your constantly the chaser and not evader)

the nature of zone pvp calls for a certain degree of imbalance, theres no clear cut method to ever balance fighting in a zone with so many factors to take into account such as skill level, AT usage, and teaming. Plus the whole hero vs villain thing, zones are a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE place to learn to pvp. while it is a good place to promote interest in pvp or the occasional zone wide large scale battle royale of doom for fun (as to allow you to hop in, button mash and hopefully come up with a kill)

to really learn pvp a more controlled enviorment helps alot. (cough arena cough) which everyone typically overlooks. dont get me wrong, its certainly possible to learn how to player a really good stalker in zones by trial and error, but due to low zone activities, generally lower skill level etc it will take alot longer.

which makes a difference. a general SO slotting would be 2 acc 3 dmg 1 rech. or 2 acc generics 2 dmg generics and 2 rech generics. while frankenslotting you can can probably get the equivilant of say 3 acc 3 dmg and 3 rech plus a lil end redux for the same amount of slots.

always keep in mind powers like Mind Link for NW and Forts, while they dont accept recharge enhancements, they except defense IO sets that include things like def/rech and def/rech/end which affect the recharge. so a SOed NW will have a normal mind link where as a frankenslotting widow (slotting 6 different def/rech or something) would have mind link come up alot faster.