MAD UMLAUTS

Originally Posted by The-Wizard-of-Odd

Well then don't be surprised when you get jerked around a bit more. It amazes me that some people still haven't realised just how far a little civility and general politeness will get them when dealing with customer service reps. I'll bend over backwards for someone who seems like a nice person, but if someone is being arrogant (just talking generally not you specifically) then I will use my wonderful discretionary power to tell them "Sorry, there's nothing we can do to help you"

Originally Posted by Texas Justice

You can politely ask that the issue be escalated to a Senior GM.

I've not heard of them denying that request if it is done politely.

Originally Posted by FourSpeed

And your SC Stalker's name is?

They're easy to play if you like being dead a lot...
They're easy to play if you don't care about getting kills.

Note: I've stated that I'm against Sharks as the *only* tool a Stalker should use.

That said, my particular stalker (NB/Nin) does not *have* a ranged attack unless
I use Sharks or Nemmie Staff.

Maybe if something like Caltrops actually worked in zone - I wouldn't need one.
Of course, that's why everyone takes SJ/SS, so they can completely ignore
them.

So, your answer then is - pick another powerset, noob...

Right, and *that* more than anything is what is wrong about PvP - most powersets
are crap in PvP - which is why you typically see the same 1/2 dozen ATs.

That brings me full-circle to - devs need to fix (or delete) PvP...

It's not about this or that power - it's about a seriously crappy system and
implementation in the first place...


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Originally Posted by Jibikao

I PM Synapse about this issue when I tested SJ. He is worried that a full critical from a combo 3 is going to do too much damage (especially at early levels), which I kinda agree.

I also agree that Brute gets more benefit from SJ due to Fury increasing combo damage.

I guess the more logical way is to not allow Fury increase every damage! It's ridiculous that they allow Fury to increase Burn damage too. If they get rid of that, then everything else seems to be more balanced. :P


I think most people are happy with current SJ damage output so adding more critical damage seems to be too much. A full critical combo 3 Uppercut does more than a critical Assassin Strike.

The only problem I have with Stalker SJ is the loss of Rib Cracker. That attack just looks cool and the debuffs are useful. I really hope Synapse can increase Shin Breaker's damage a bit more to make up for the loss of resistance debuff. He said he may look into Shin Breaker later. I left this game right when VIP freedom came out and I haven't really followed up on new stuff.

Originally Posted by _Velociteh_

Exile vs. Casual Champions

27-1 Exile
23-3 Exile
CC forfeits, Exile wins by default

GGs Casual Champs...

Originally Posted by ArcticFahx

And actually, two chief soldiers hitting a blaster at the same time will kill him with no possibility to heal him. Each one would hit with an attack that does about 60% of the blaster's HP, and since they're two separate attacks, one-shot protection wouldn't apply.

And before you say it, I simply forgot to put Chief in my description of the two enemies. And 2 Chief Soldiers in a spawn does definitely happen on teams of decent size.

Originally Posted by ArcticFahx

Sure, it's not quite impossible. But Forting the blaster (and likely running Maneuvers, because it's taken on 90% of empaths) puts them at nearly 30% defense to all. Which means that of the two Rikti Chief Soldiers, the most likely number to hit at once is 0-1 (since each only has a 20%-ish chance of hitting). If you replace that empath with an FF defender, you get soft-cap between the individual bubbles, dispersion, and maneuvers. Buffs and debuffs are exponentially better than heals (not that heals aren't useful, but you need buffs and debuffs much more than you need heals).

Originally Posted by ArcticFahx

I see you're still making stuff up. No amount of reaction time with heals will save a blaster from two Rikti Soldiers aggroing on him at once. On the other hand, a defense or resistance buff will. In this game, proactive damage mitigation has always outshone reactive mitigation. And healing is by its very definition (and lack of HoTs in this game) is reactive.