Feugan

it was a bug in the last patch, I read it somewhere but can't remember where lol

In a blaster fight it is still viable, just harder... Versing good blasters its a bad thing to be grounded too long because you will get knocked around like a rag doll which is why Sonic has a rough time... If you get a fast enough recharge on it, you can compete against other blasters with shriek/scream/shriek/scream instead of shriek/scream/shout... I've taken plenty of fire blasters and psy blasters on mine.

My flares have the Armageddon proc and chance for hold

Psy/Em > Fire/Em > Sonic/Em

Psy beats Fire because of the placate proc... All the above Blasters are kickass though

I see now, I read it all but seemed to have missed the points somewhere in it... cool, thanks for clarifyin

I know its not the most populated server. I only moved one toon, I've got several toons pvp ready that was kind of pointless having on the one server... I think this is server number 5... much easier to find action if theres 5 RVs to check >_<

We should have some events where we use some second builds.. i dont know about the other pvpers.. but most of my toons still only have 1 build... Lets see how people go if we are all using SO's? would be a good event for new people to come into aswell... so they don't get rolled by the kind of builds we play with.

Yeah, I don't play melee toons as much as squishies... But i've versed every type of scrapper under the sun.. I would much prefer to verse a Katana than an MA, the stun can be extremely useful

I wouldn't start with a blaster unless you can put some cash into it, particuarly a Psy blaster... they can gobble up your endurance pretty bad unless you have a decent build.. Only roll a blaster if you are prepared to get rolled many times before you pick up the tricks in pvp... You wont die as easy on a brute/tank/scrapper... you will probably have more fun on a scrapper though... nothing like chasing someone on a brute or a tank, especially if you arent used to pvp movement... Regen scrapper for sure, they are tough with just SOs

A stalker is a good choice... they aren't "tough" so to speak, but you will learn pretty quickly when to come out of hide and when not too... you also have the option of overseeing the zone with 0 danger, helps a bit to familiarize yourself with the zone.

yay, moar KB

Regens tougher for sure, But for Zone that isn't as useful as it would be in other places.. unless things are different on the servers I play on, Scrappers are rarely the first targets of the villains... Most of the time if the Villain Team do take out the Hero team, the Scrappers are the last to get taken down... Because they are tough yeah, but also because they are the last to be focused on... In zones if it comes down to that, Regens are tough but once the team is wiped out and the villains focus on your scrapper, regen or not you will most likely die... maybe have the chance to run back to base if thats your choice... Fire has perfectly good survivability in Zone so you will only get taken down fast if multiple villains are hitting you, it would take a decent player to kill you still solo, a lot longer than whats usually granted for someone to run around and kill you before one team wipes the other...

That being said its always handy to have a toon that can adapt to situations, if your zone isnt that populated and its say 3v3, then even if your team mates get wiped... depending on who your versing/where your fighting, you may be able to fend them off and keep the fight going until an alley comes back from the hospital... For that reason Regen is teh winner.

I've played Regen and Fire in Zones... Regen you feel a lot safer on, Fire is fun though and the damage is nice on a fire/fire... So long as the stalkers aren't SRs then blazing aura should flush them out... thats if your hunting them not waiting for them to AS you... Altho I would feel confident ASing a scrapper with Blazing aura if I had high defence... if the stalker is competent at it anyway.

I ramble lots.

Scrappers generally aren't as heavily targeted as say Blasters or Fenders... people will see a squishy and drool as its their chance to get a kill... So being a Scrapper you can usually assume you will be one of the last to die on your team... They can deal nice damage at times, and sometimes they can just be a distraction... yeah a BU crit on a scrapper rocks, but can't always guarentee that, and unless your FCing then you only get a few good shots in...

A good stalker should never die, not because it is a l33t AT, but because they can pick their own fights... This is the reason many people think stalkers are OPd, they simply just enter the fights where they are fairly sure they will come out on top... Stalkers solo aren't that good, if you're always ready to be hit by a stalker, you take away one of their biggest weapons.

So really they are both better than each other in certain circumstances, you can bet you will get a lot of kills on a stalker if you are in a team... Scrappers with webnade and decent damage help the team a lot also in killing and disruption, but you wont pull a kill count that a stalker would.

Solo, well putting them head to head, the Scrapper has a better chance at surviving, but usually I would put it down to a stalemate... most stalkers simply annoy scrappers 1v1, but the Stalker shouldn't be killed unless it hangs around to be killed or sits their dancing in front of the scrapper.

I think Virtue would be good at those times