I hit 26 this morning and learned Energy Transfer.
(a)The attack hits incredibly hard. Unenhanced it does nearly double damage as Bonesmasher (with 3SO damage enhancements).
In pve, my damage has increased significantly. I can quickly take 3-4 monster size groups now using placate/as/buildup/et.
In pvp, [once slotted] I imagine I will be using this attack with buildup as an opener opposed to AS most of the time, then follow up with placate/as. As ET's damage w/ buildup is slightly lower then a non-buildup AS, with a very short activation time - and no interrupt.
(b) I did not have the power before todays patch, so I don't know how the health drain was before. As is, the health drain seems almost trivial. The boosted damage output from this attack shortens fights more then enough to make up for the health loss (compared to the health I would take by scrapping longer).
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(1)Are most of you double recharge slotting this, orr 1xrecharge & 1xEndo?
I'm leaning towards 2xrecharge.
(2)With the reduced health drain added to this power, is it too good? Is it balanced with other Stalker primaries?
Based on what a stalker is supposed to do (Stalking
), it seems like this is a very huge advantage in a stalkers primary role compared to other primaries.
--Should I be worried about a Stalker only damage reduction on this power? Especially with the minimal health drain on it.
