MarquandDance

If you want to look at my own post do a search on holds in the suggestions forum.

I cant really think of a better way to put it but i dont like the idea cos i think its a bit silly.

As for toggles, leave them alone. How am i meant to have a chance against mr stalker and mr brute if i cant drop his toggles?

I like blizzard games, but i think they must have been smoking something when they came up with that idea. I agree the current situation isnt great but I dont think i'd like to see this implemented. I posted my own solution in suggestions which might interest you.

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Energy does knockback. I do know the various secondary effects, more just looking to see if anyone could come up with a compelling reason for using one of the sets.


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It depends on how you want to play, when i started out i was only interested in what looked like the coolest sets. Now i'm a little more knowldgeable, i'm more likely to pick my sets based on a playing strategy I want to use.

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all those holds and terrors that I throw arround must get highly annoying in a very short space of time!

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So YOUR the one!

Well.
Archery has an accuracy bonus, i believe energy does more damage (someone correct me if i'm wrong), psychic is the least resisted and sonic will weaken resistences. I'd prolly stick with my kin/elec though

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Agree, everyone seems to want to be the tough cookie thats hard to take down or/and the dmg dealing type for that 'yay I rock' feeling.

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Yup, it doesnt help much when a few loosers believe that damage output is the only thing that matters and will ridicule the suppost classes for having low damage output. Doesnt matter if my defender can conistantly chase you away, still gets the "lol. u have to be kiding, ur damage is embarrasingly low". Now i just insult there lack of buffs, holds, AoE's, heals..etc.

Think i might make a corruptor next, they look quite good, and there seem to be so few around.

I would join but my stalker is more like the ninja from metal gear solid. Wanted something like that crossed with boba fett.

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Hello marque,
Well, you've met Ardman in BB, so i'm probably not the best for giving advice (you git! ).
From my experience of faceplanting, I would have to say focus on your primarys first, and your attacks second. We're on at the same time usually, so send me a tell if you want to know more.
oh yeah, don't be put off by the performance in the early levels, it really does get better as you level higher!

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hehe.
I just had more experience thats all. Thanks, I'm starting to see that a tank isnt a scrapper with more defence, so i'l be taking all the defence i can and slotting it heavily.

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Any AT can be built to solo in PvP and hunt whatever builds are paper to its scissors.

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Solo PvP Sonic defender, anyone?

Hmmm, for that matter, are there any sonic defenders out there at all?

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Bah! now i have an urge to build one :S

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By the sounds of it Stalkers can now be seen when in close range

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By the sounds of. Maybe you could try it out before coming to a concrete conclusion. Since the alleged bug fix/nerf i've been caught out by unseen stalkers more often.

As for soloing, I cant see any AT soloing an enemy team with some pvp experience.

Kinda like trying to say a defender makes a good blaster while defending.

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Gauntlet is nonexistent in PvP. Yep, our inherent is absolutely useless in PvP... as the only AT.

Taunt - as far as I understand from other threads - apparently only hits 50% of a time with the target having a 50% chance of resisting it or something. The duration is also shorter than in PvE.

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Well that sucks. Every other AT gets to use its inherent ability. I mean gauntlet could work by reducing the accuracy of attacks on nearby teamates or something.

I prolly wont be slotting much in jab then in favour of the other powers.

I'm putting an invulnerable/SS tank together and wouldnt mind hearing other peoples advice. I'm thinking of taking the knockdown/disorient attacks and slotting them to get the most out them for pvp.
Also have a question, how does taunt and gauntlet work in pvp?

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Stay away from dominatorss and defenders. Now, some people will jump and scream "But my dom/def is doing fine in pvp!". Yes, that's great, but the OP is asking about a "villain pvp god", not your personal success with a slightly underpowered AT (in regards to pvp).

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If dominators and defenders are underpowered lets beef them up a bit.

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So I'm a bit drunk right now, but still, I've never been beated one on one in the arena and if you think you're the person to do it send a challenge this way. Anyone that beats me gets at least 1 mil inf so let the smack talk begin. Nad

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LOL. the online equivalent of a drunk guy staggering out the pub and challenging everyone to fight while he zig zags his way home.

I certainly couldnt see hidden + stealthed stalkers on my defender last night, got so bored chasing shadows i almost fell asleep. Anywho, I quite like the idea of defenders being able to see stalkers if they have gone out there way to do so. And its not like a defender will easily kill a stalker 1 v 1, most of my stalker battles have me zapping away for 5 minutes listening to insults like "haha, you have to be kidding" or, "omg, your damage is so lame u noob", before the stalker gives up or a team mate assits. A few anti-stalker nerf arguments centre around the role of the stalker AT, the role of a defender is to defend the team, something they are far more capable of doing if they can see the stalker. And no, i dont think it would break the stalker AT, just force them to team and use a better strategy than lumbering up beside someone and twiddling there thumbs while looking for there AS power. (that was to the poster that raised the issue of defenders seeing his stalker, forget the name).

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Erm, tested this on my friends controller in the Arena. He ran tactics, and he could see me when I was just running hide. However, when I ran stealth he couldn't see me at all.

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As far as i know, this has always been the case. no offence to the OP, but i think he/she has gotten confused somewhere along the line, i know i have

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So what is the change if steath and hide still stack so that we cant be seen with one + perception. I for one would be evry anoyed if they had borked it and changed it with out saying.

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I dunno, i was hoping someone could tell me cos i see no change at all. I'd be willing to help test on union just now if you like.

I helped gutts test some things last night. On my own with tactics, hide + stealth meant i couldnt see him. With tactics stacked from a team mate, i could see him. I dont really see what the big deal is (or the change) just dont mince into a large group of heroes running multiple tactics and youl be fine.

ps. gutts said he noticed a change, but like i said, i didnt.

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Ill still be hunting you

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hunting? or haunting? *ponders*

Yup, as was said to everyone who moaned about stalkers being invisible and taking off shedloads of your hp. You'l just have to come up with new tactics

tbh, i dont think this will affect the good stalkers too much though. There are a few who squeeze all they can out the AT.

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Hurricane
Toggle: PBAoE, foe -range, -accuracy, knockback/knockdown, repel
Sorry, another endurance drainer, but also another must, even at lower lvls. It makes you melee proof in PvP, and if you can keep up, can also be Blast proof. It was also a must for me, because who I'm based on, and my urge to RP.
Slotting Advice: 3 ToHit Debuffs, 3 accuracy reductions


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How does it make you blast proof?

There isnt really an all round AT that can beat everyother AT on the other side. I have characters who can cripple other players, but dont hit hard enough to finish them off, I have to team, and the chances are you will have to team as well. Think about how you want to play, look at the best AT for your play style, maybe think about how you want to develop the character, and most of all, just have fun.

I've seen players of all AT's in pvp and some play really well, even a few MM's, which a lot of people think is a rubbish AT for PVP.

Some stalkers have perception bonuses, one stalker could see through my invis (power pool), so dont assume your cloak will work all the time.

Do you need the goggles? I head u can see stalkers with just tactics and targetting drone.