Ishaila

Originally Posted by Ocularis

Pets, Pets, and more pets. Try to get your pets on a real quick recharge. They are ever so useful for adding to your dps (and sometimes taking the mob groups alpha).

Venom and frag grenades are a must, as is suppression and heavy burst (and Arm Lash for when they get close). Not much will be left after all that.

(some) Bosses did give me a hard time when trying to farm, so you may want to turn them off.

*on a side not, I duo'd with a Force Field Defender the other day... might be a crabs best friend.

Originally Posted by Verg

Ok so I quit somewhere around i5 and came back cause i heard there was.. PvP! I like pets, I like PvP! Sweet 1.2.3- KILL!

Or not..

Everyones got some kind of superspeedy power, even when TS'd they still move faster than pets

Teleport foe makes people intangible

Caltrops doesn't slow people down near enough for pets to start whackin away

Web grenade SAYS 2.9second immobilze, more like .5 seconds-- and then they are immune for 15 seconds?

Just how exactly do people even kill anyone in open PvP with MM? It seems like all anyone does is use builds that kill in 2 shots, then stealth/speed off if their attack succeeeds or fails. Is there any real viable option to PvP'ing with a MM?

Granted I really like the bodyguard mode, but that means my stupid pets don't attack people as they come. I wish Attack/Defensive was still in BG mode =\

Anyways I rant cause i'm tired, CAN MM PvP seriously and get kills without people always runnin off? If so I'd love to hear =D

Originally Posted by Negate

*sheds man tear* I'm glad to see more ppl playing mercs!

Originally Posted by BlackArua

I have a Thug/Pain,Trap and Poison. all lvl 50

Traps are a very active and powerful set to play. It is a Defensive and Offensive a set. It a tactical type play style. Alot it powers you need select and be in the right spot to really get most out of the set. Powers you can do without are Time Bomb and Triage heal take "Heal Others".

Pain set is more relaxed and more about surviving longer then your prey. It is a good set if you like take it easy. It does take longer to kill enemies vs Traps. Namely because traps you can pin down the enemies in to a spot and there are damaging traps.

Both are really good solo and teams though on a fast kill teams traps are not useful do there setup. Pain is good in all times I have found.

Originally Posted by Local_Man

The thing that makes Choking Cloud work is the combination of (a) some kind of initial AoE control that will prevent an alpha strike, and (b) some kind of PB AoE aura that will work with Choking Cloud to combine controls. Fire has Hot Feet, with its Slow+Afraid+Damage. Ice has Arctic Air, with Slow+Afraid+Confuse. And Elec has Conductive Aura, which drains Endurance.

My Elec/Rad hasn't quite gotten there yet (he's 27), but I played one on Test with the level bump to 41. The combo of Static Field+Jolting Chain+Chain Fences, then run in with Choking Cloud+Conductive Aura was very effective control -- but no damage. So, I was able to stand in a group and hold/drain them, and then just waited for the Gremlins or teammates to do the killing. It had a lot of similarity to an Ice/Rad -- great control but little damage.

Originally Posted by Knights Reach

Well as with all places... COH has its good, the bad, and ugly of RPers..

But I feel here its all at a tolerable level..

Originally Posted by Le Blanc

If I put the "Chance for Neg. Energy Damage" in the Touch of lady Grey set, in my Enforcer, does that apply to me and all my pets or just my Enforcers?

Originally Posted by PillBug_EU

Hi, I started my DP build and picked cold as a secondary. My plan was to take hover to add to mist for some extra defence. I would then reley on SS for travel. This has worked for me in the past but I like the diving moves of DP and think hover may spoil them.
If I don't take hover I'll be looking for alternative ways to toughen it up. should I add the jumping or fighting pool or what do you reckon? Alternativley I could just start again with another secondary and change the build? I do like cold?
So many questions-some outside advice would be much appreciated

Pill

Originally Posted by Jeava

I was looking around for a electric stalker guide and havn't found one yet. Proabably because it was added last issue I think? Or just that I can chalk it up to my horriable searching abilites one..lol. I have a question about their secondary damage, the descriptions say that each of the primary attacks has a chance to sleep the enemy, but thus far I haven't seen that happen yet. is that my bad luck or is the sleep broken, or does it work but I'm just not seeing it? Thanks!

Originally Posted by SpiderTeo_OC

Nope, I mean S/L resistance. Tough and a Patron Shield will significantly buff that, but I don't know offhand of a Patron Shield that provides defense. If I knew how to get near the soft-cap in any one particular area, I would try to do that, but I don't think it's that possible with a /Cold without forsaking other important aspects of that set, such as recharge.

Originally Posted by Santorican

Dual Pistols DPS sucks, thats all you need to know.

Originally Posted by oOStaticOo

My Elec/Nin Stalker doesn't have Assassin's Strike either. I too never saw the point in taking it if I wasn't playing PvP. Mine is set up for a more team friendly role. I focused on as much AoE as possible and soft-capping my defenses. I have often taken the role of lead Brute with my Stalker. I wanted to break the mold of the one-trick-pony that Stalkers often get accused of. Yes Assassin's Strike deals a massive amount of damage in one shot, but look how long it takes and what you have to do to get that one shot set up. I can Build-Up, Lightning Rod, Thunder Strike, and Ball Lightning in the same amount of time and have almost the entire mob down instead of trying to make sure I'm in Hide, position myself behind the boss, hit AS, and hope nothing interrupts it in the process. Do Stalkers need AS? It's nice for some occasions, but no I don't think you need to have it at all.

Originally Posted by Silas

Hm. Well, no access to Mids atm but I can comment on Ishaila's build.

Drop the Deflated Ego proc from RI, its kindof a waste. You've got no other recovery debuffs from AR or Rad to stack it with and it'll only check once every 10s. I'd leave the Achilles proc in there if you've got a slot, but drop the Lady Grey proc. You'd be better off putting a Lady Grey proc in Burst.

I went with 4 Dark Watchers Despair for the recharge bonus. Your current setup doesn't give much end redux, which is important for RI.

Swap the Extreme Measures in Sniper Rifle for Sting of the Manticores, much better set bonuses.

Add an extra recharge or endurance rdx in Flamethrower. Posi Blast is a great set but gives crap recharge and end rdx. Flamethrower is both an awesome attack so you want it back up faster but eats a lot of endurance. If you've got the recovery to swing it (which you probably will with AM) I'd recommend you go with the recharge.

Drop the Pacing of the Turtles in Lingering Rad, it gives really crappy enhancement values. You want to max the acc and recharge on LR. I recommend 2 acc, 2 rech, 1-2 slows if you really want/have spare slots. You can nick a slot from cj, with RI and -def from Burst you really won't get much benefit from the Kismet +6%.

Swap the dam/range in Ignite to Dam/Rech. Since it's recharge got whacked a while back it needs recharge reduction more.

If you want Choking Cloud, you're going to want much more end redx and accuracy in it. That said, I'd recommend you skip CC. With the cones of AR, you're going to be at range almost all the time. AR doesn't lend itself well to melee-blasting. Not worth the endurance, imo.

Don't need the slow resistance in SJ, stealth proc or jump IO would be better.

Ragnaroks in Full Auto. I love it. Unloading into someone so hard they get knocked down :3

Um, pick up Slug. You've only got Burst and Sniper Rifle for ST damage. This makes me a sad panda. Being able to hose down entire spawns with FT and FA isn't as awesome when you've gotta spend ages using only Burst to kill a boss. AR has fairly weak ST damage due to its lack of a t3 attack and Ignite being tricky to leverage. Don't exacerbate it by not showin' Slug no luv.

Fallout is an awesome power. It's an awesome damage power. plz 2 slotting some dmg in it. Yes, it does have stupid awesome debuff values. It also has stupid awesome damage. Make the most of the damage first, the debuffs second. If the dudes hovering menacingly over your dead buddy get blown to itty bitty irradiated bits, they don't need to be debuffed.

Eh, Focused Accuracy. It's a decent power but you really don't need it. If you really need to hit something drop RI on them. It uses up a lot of endurance for something another power does better.

Hope that helps, I'll see about throwing together a build when I get home.