Bazior

Thanks guys.

I'm talking [mostly] here about early slotting around the 15 mark on an SS/Inv brute.

Obviously the wider guidance is useful for the future here but just wondering what should be done with those first 3 or so slots being allocated to attacks.

On Brute attacks in general, which enhancements should be the priority?

Accuracy is a no brainer, but 1 or 2 slots?

Which should be second, recharge, damage, end reduction?

Can damage wait due to Fury? I figured faster recharge=faster hits=faster fury and aggro=faster fury=more damage and so on?

End cost I thought with all toggles and stuff Brutes are going to drain end fast?

Any help on this issue?

THANK YOU

Focus doesn't have any -fly :\

Apparently it's the dogs of an attack though. Does that mean I'd want to use Focus out of Hide instead of my AS attack?

Would it be Focus to bring down fliers?

Are any of the Patron Powers useful in PvP or could be used as subtitutes in powersets that are lacking certain PvP utility?

Now I'm somewhat torn between the fact that I like claws and the fact that it's not so good for PvP.

How big is the difference? Are we talking merely "not ideal" or will it be a case of Controllers and Defender laughing off my alpha-strike?

Funny, my next question was going to be about Accolades, so that's excellent, thanks.

Thing is, I'm anal enough that if there is some "kill one hundred prisoners" badge or something it'll do my head in if I find out at level 30 that I missed it

Whilst I still have you. Is there any Stalker primaries or secondaries favoured for PvP or PvE?

I'm going Claws/Regen. I like the speed of Claws, slow activations is one of my main annoyances in this game but I might go something else if it's particulary better for PvP or something.

I like Regen because it's on-demand fire-stopping, which I like, but again if it's fairly middle of the road PvP or Pve I would change.

I like to go with what I like, but I think picking the more powerful sets is more important to me

Also, is Swipe rubbish? Since I7 there seems to be some debate.

Okay, thanks again. You've been an awesome help and answered everything I was wondering about.

I still need to get my head around IO's but not for a few levels yet

One final question.

In Outbreak there is that god awful badge involving killing 100 Contaminated and that is the only easy chance to get it.

Is there anything similiar in Breakout? I know there is an explore badge somewhere, is that all? Can I safely leave Breakout after that without later finding out I've missed something totally annoying?

I did wonder about slotting Hide to be honest. Not like me to follow a guide so blindly. I'm going 1-6 again anyway so can reslot as need be.

So at levl 3 and 5 would you advise spreading those four slots evenly across my attacks (Strike and Slash)? Then I can 6 slot AS?

I had been focusing on Accuracy. Seems less whiffing is more important than slightly more damage.

I did realise I was starting out of Hide but then 'scrapping' the mobs down after that. At least the ones I couldn't one shot but I figured this would become less the norm and I'd be more and more one-shotting then re-hiding, in which case slots on the other ST attacks would be wasted.

Is this not the case then? Can I expect to be 'scrapping' with the other attacks all my career?

Also, I found trying to attack, then rehide, to be a bit of a pain. If solo I could run away (only if in danger) and rehide but in groups it seems the time it took me to rehide and re-strike from hidden negated any extra damage so I just ended up attacking from hide and then just 'scrapping' the mob to death. Is this mostly the case, or should I be trying to rehide in groups as much as possible?

Any tips on rehiding? What effects how fast it happens? Is it related to LoS or being attacked? Is there a set amount of seconds for hide to re-kick in?

Would it be massively expensive to get level 30 inventions? How early can I use them?

I wouldn't mind some advice on early slotting in general, too.

I read a guide advising to slot Hide to begin with and stick some Defense enhancements in there, is this also wise?

So there is no 'obvious' winner for Stalkers then?

Okay, thanks for your reply.

Golden Axe rules!

Is there any travel power that works particular well with the Stalker or is it just 'go with what you like'?

I can see particular applications with Superspeed but then i'm a big fan of Super Leap.

If one offers particular benefits, how big are they?

Thanks

Is it worth slotting attacks before Assassins Strike or should I put the slots in my secondary?

This might sound like a stupid question but I'm new

I was just thinking as AS is going to be the main event in killing things the slots might be better not going into the other ST attacks.