PsychicKitty

I take recall friend on all my stalkers.

I also take hover on all my characters.(defense, knockback protection, ability to be anywhere what more do you need)

I usualy end up taking flying....and occasionaly after burner now.

Everything else depends on the character and powers and whatever concept i am going for.

I do tend to not get The Taunt and Fear powers...and since they broke the concealment pool i dont get much of that stuff either.

hmm that would be a tank or brute or scrapper with invulnerability and super strength.(dont remeber if scrapper get super strength or not oh well)

There is no guess work with those archtypes or combinations of powers....nothing super special or super complex....you punch and you resist damage....cant get any simpler.

Easiest sets....also the biggest snooze fest for players who have played city of heroes alot before.
And coincidentaly the most confortable to some players becasue they dont have to think very much to play as they know what to do and what to expect.

I think archtypes dont really need help more then specifc power sets.

but if it where me i would work on Corruptors and Defenders those are serioulsy in need of help....they are like the side kick archtypes....

the characters the main villains ridicule becasue as master healers they cant heal themselves or they can create huge blasts of energy that do absolutely nothing but singe the enemy....or better still the ones who if things go wrong can only watch helplessly as their team dies.

I mean i dont want to sound too mean or critical....but personaly out of all the defenders and corruptors i have played over the years I never felt like i was really making a big difference on my teams....i mean i could see the effect i had when i play a controller or blaster or tank....but just never felt it with corruptors or defenders.

I mean sure when i buff botted on one character there was one mission...but out of 100's of missions...i dont think i could ever really defend myself...nor actualy stop a team wipe...i could with other characters...but not with a defender or corruptor....

Its like the sniper shots doing at the top 150 damage when i play a blaster i do 500...i heal someone for 300 damage they use their own heal power for 500.
I put shields on a group start getting shot at and realize i dont have any personal defense.

Also on every corruptor and defender i tend to die alot more then any other archtype....

And from everyone i talked to....that seams to be normal....and that is just Frustrating and wrong.

So maybe i am just biased, but i think the numbers speak for themselves on this.

ok sooo level 4.....super speed with a stealth proc in it?!?

I am guessing this is for pvp?

Hate to say this....but super speed doesnt use stealth in pvp...its a no stealth power for that part of the game.
Also supression is not a good thing.
Might want to move the stealth proc. to sprint which does not get supression or get turned off.

if this for pvp...your best bet would be teleport instead of super speed

And then there is hide....you know you can slot karma a -knockback into it....

Ok i understand hover...that makes sense wanting defense and 3d movement and something to stop knock backs...always a good choice for ninjutsu..nice and easy can be used all over.

But i am not understanding super speed......since you have ninja run....why was super speed taken?...you can turn on sprint and ninja run and run almost as fast...so i am not understanding that bit.

I also am not following the stealth thing....you have hide so why stealth?

You know if you ditched stealth and super speed...you could take assult and maneuvers from leadership instead...which would net you increased defense and damage and effect your entire team....if you are ever on one...thus becoming more valuable and actualy being more effective solo.

I am not a proponent of the entire fighting pool thing...the 10% defense from weave and 10% resistance from smash lethal and making you take boxing or kick just never sits right with me.

I would take instead fly and after burner or maybe even some more leadership powers thats if you chose to do away with stealth and super speed....but again.....if that 10% is important which is 35% with after burner....then go for it.

Also you have Hide with one slot....ok...yah you get more slots for other things sooner....fine i understand the logic.....but when you exemplar you always have hide no matter how far you exemplar....so add at least 1 slot for a karma knock back protection.

Also about health and stamina

I see what you tried.....ok its better to only two slot stamina with the recovery and (chance for the +5) only...becasue you wont raise the 40% to much more then 55%...even with the other thing added...and the set bonus doesnt justify it very well either.
And on health you want to 3 slot it, with the three special health ones...+recovery, +recovery/+regen, and +regen ones...those help a tremendous amount and will stay with you even when exemplared as you keep powers +5 levels to you now...thus even at level 1 those things will effect you.

This is just my advice and concerns and questions....so maybe they will help.

well go figure.

They have alot more of these types of threads on the other archtype boards.

But you do bring up a good point Darth...in one way....

Someone needs to clean up this forum section a bit.

Some of the stickies at the top are super dated.

And the top one....needs a serious update.

There are some top notch builds players have been making that are just not easily found.

I have one thing to ask...i see superior conditioning and physical perfection.

Ok i understand one....with the increased recovery...

But the other is just +5 energy...thats it....

I personaly never could fathom that.

So was that taken because of energy problems?....

or was it because it just was something to take?

For build advice from me....well these builds look fairly solid.
I am going to suggest some alternate things to do...because what you have is fairly good.


I am more of a team and solo player and dont do PVP anymore....
So for me Personaly i wouldnt take jump....

I would take Hover and Fly and then instead of the +5 to endurence power which is a bit over kill, i would take after burner. Hover and After burner take defense items(such as the karma knock back protection and luck of the gambler + recharge)...and after burner adds a nice chunk of defence when you need it and lets you fly faster. And with hover you can float above targets or outside walls and windows to click or kill things...since you dont slide with hover you can assassin strike from hidden without being interupted.

Also I noticed alot of people taking hasten...I understand wanting fast recharge...for me personaly I dont take Hasten much...instead at level 4 I try to be more team orientated so I take recall friend at level 4.

These builds though look real solid....and probably very good with PVP even.

So What i suggest doesnt improve them.....its an alternate way of playing.

I take those four powers on all my stalkers...(and make sure i have the day jobs(fromthe university and hospital) that give me the ally rez ability)

Again...just differing build options...heck this game lets you have alternate builds.

Well with enough numbers....that wont matter for long.

Thats why we need to be higher.

We need to make this game city of Stalkers!!!

Down With The Tyrant Other Archtypes! o_o

Yeah I know a bit slow on the responces

Stalkers are slowly building up....so it takes abit to come up with solid builds for some things...

You should get a responce though soonish

Some of the builder Stalker Forum posters are playing damage control on other threads...thus they havent posted to this.

After all with the new stalker changes and more players finding out how much fun they are....its making a number of the top vocal other archtype supporters get scared that they wont hold the crown for being the most fun anymore.

What the heck!

We still have lower numbers then dominators and masterminds.

See the numbers on the side of the forum sections.

We need to change that.

We need next issue to be the age of the Stalker.

I am going to admit...I am actualy trying to get players to play stalkers because I am tired of all the blasters and scrappers and stuff.

So far a few vocal players have gotten scared....with their threads that they need more enhancement for blasters scrappers and brutes...which makes me laugh.

But I am hoping anyone who reads this will go out...and actively promote Stalkers.

Its time we become higher then 5th from the bottom.

By the way...most new Stalkers I do play with....I tend to give them a piece from the Stalker's guile set....I bought alot of pieces because I could...so its my way of supporting Stalkers as a whole.

And because even non-vips can use them....and even if you cant drag one to them or trade one...you can still send them...via ingame email....so i found a way around.

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Well i found great use for it when i am doing bomb disposal type things....and also when solo and going against large groups.

What i do is go in...assassin strike the target then use smoke flash and get the heck out.

Only problem with it...is that it doesnt hit everything all the time...and its range isnt that great...so you need to know your escape route...lest you aggro more enemies.

Redlynne also has a valid point.

On those you need to click the object things....nothing stopping you from using the smoke flash then clicking the object...in fact most of the time your hide will kick back in before they become hostile thus never becoming hostile to you.

One other usage....is on iTrials and missions where your entire team is getting hit alot....you can smoke flash and get rid of some ofthe unwanted aggro.
Works not too bad on the bahavior adjustment facility if you start getting rings or the BCUs and other ADDs start targeting you.

Doesnt seam to help on the Underground Trial(i am refering to the being targeted thing)....and on the Keyes Trial....well it makes Anitmatter not attack you for a little bit sometimes....but it looks more like Antimatter ignores it.
Oh and on the TPN trial.....nope...Mealstrom wills till do his teleport kick and get you...and if you are within one of the fields....the protestors and the psionic users will still attack as well....did hope it might work.

hmmm...also doesnt work on Hamidon or his mitochondria.

Works on the Crystal Titan but his attack is an area of effect...so best to not be infront of him.

I have had mixed results with monsters....so not sure what to say except placate works better with monsters i find.

I used to have issue like this when i used Ninjas and using Poison for my secondary.

I stopped having issues when I realized that Henchmen are not the end all of meat shields nor are they the end all of damage...that really they are are very young children that you need to help alot.

To this end....i ended up getting powers like grant invisibility and i found utilizing my other command abilities was the key.

I found on 99% of the AVs and Elites you run into....they all have one problem....and thats in your face attacks....as in they are programmed to either hit in melee or ranged and dont usualy use both at the same time.

So my way of tackling those enemies, has been to:

1. set my pets on passive
2. turn them all invisible.
3. cast whatever other buffs on them
4. command them to stand on top of the archvillain or whatever
5. get back
6. tell them to attack my target

At that point i use whatever debuffs or whatever i also have like attacks and things...on the target as well.

yes some henchmen die....but with that preparation...most of the pet summons are recharged.

So the result is...I take out the Archviallians/Elties Alpha strike....and still have henchmen fighting so i can send more....at close range the elites and archvillains will normaly try to use close range atatcks only....thus they wont be using long range attacks which some have that are very deadly.

Also dont forget you can give your pets inspirations too.....drag and drop one onto your pet list name.....sometimes takes a moment before they take them...but you can heal and buff that way too....and you can make one bogus tough with enough purples or oranges....so you can have a temporary meat shield.

if the archvillains and elites are the stupid ones...they will come after you only...and ignore your pets...which means...they will be beating on them...while the enemy shoots at you only.....fix for that is purples and orange inspirations with a few greens mixed in.

I dont know if this will help the OP or anyone else...its simply what i do...which seams to work on everything.....if they run...thats even better...as all i have to do is stay with in range a bit and my henchmen keep attacking.

For the OP though.....If those turrets are making them run thats a good thing.....it means they got hit.....and also you said you had caltrops....you know nothing stops you from throwing those at the exit points.....enmies tend to try to avoid them....thus you can block exits with damage that way.

Considering the time giant time vortex over first ward...and considering you team up with your self to stop an evil version of yourself and also prevent an army of other dimension versions of you from coming across a portal. And considering you explore a world where another version of you killed everyone leaving only ghosts behind bones of themselves and a journal.

I highly doubt Preatoria is even close to being done for.

In fact I personaly am hoping for a more (Fairy Tail-esque[anime]) Finale to the Emporer Cole-Incarnate chapter.

After all as the saying goes, well gun fighters used to say it...there is always someone better who shows up eventualy.

And in a Super Hero world, how can someone who is more powerful, not step in at the end and show off.

I too can solo monsters with a couple of my blasters...can do it with my fire/fire/fire and my psy/psy/weapons ones

Dont want to comment on my dark/dark or my dual pistol ones...their powers are not that great.

But interesting choice to use archery...i never thought archery would be that good...i mean it does have a crashless nuke which takes no energy to use....but still...over all its not the best set.

Thanks for the nice videos

You know whats interesting about this topic....is that this is an old topic brought up before in the past...about how scrappers only have a higher critical...yada yada...

Anywise I recall from one of the past threads that a developer had said there was some planned change...something about increased drop rates for things that scrappers got becasue they where the jack of all trades master of none group.

And then i remember some people posting about how they felt their should be something more and the developers had said yes their was something more...but i forget the specifcs to all of it.

And the really silly part is i cant find that thread.....I remember the drop rate thing...and recall the developers equating it to like luck.....and i recall one of them said that since the scrapper wasnt a tank or blaster and was more of a jack of all trades that the plan was something about their inhearent ability might effect others on their team or be effected by them.

But i am pretty sure it wasnt about the critical value since the scrapper value was right where they think it should be.

I hate not recalling all the information...i know the thread was like 4+ years old though...was done at the time that the defenders got their current thing.

Anywise i bring it up...because i am wondering what ever happened with that?

I can confirm with dark powers that the fear and immobolize and hold effects are slow in actualy happening.

I can prove this by citing the usage of a specic crotoa mission...stop 30 firbolg from escaping....I found the firbolg generaly kept going fairly a good distance when I used my powers...as in many times they actualy made it to the exit before the hold, fear or immobolize kicked in....and anyone who knows this mission....that means they will be held or in fear or immobolized....right before the exit...but still counted as escaped.

So if nothing else that is a great proof on the delay.

Its like the nuke damage attacks from blasters...where you defeat a big group of enemies...but they all get a retaliation attack on you anywise.

I am disapointed too about not much new stuff....but I have this feelingbthey didvthis on purpose.

Its not a good sales technique but it does kind of work, basically they are trying to work everyone into a frenzy then release new items in hopes people will buy more.

Personaly....i would have released another bunch of lotto-esque items featuring new items...then release the items very rarely gotten from the lotto thing for a fair amount.

In this case it would have been the staff set and somthing else...in a brand new lotto super pack set....that way it would make some serious bank from people who want things now...and later from people who get fed up with the lotto item and the people who get sold on the things after they see them.

But thats just my opinion.

yah sent zwill a message about this....

its not all servers....at least it isnt for alot of people...

I am able to acess liberty and freedom for example....and my characters onthose servers dont have the unknown map error.

other servers for me do though....

And on a differing thread seams people are able to access differing servers and for them liberty and freedom are down....

so i am thinking....go through...check the servers...if you have nothing else cerated anywhere...make a new character....get to galaxy...send in a petition....

that used to go to the online GMs not sure if it still does.....if it doesnt....wow they need to fix that...i am thinking it probably doesnt anymore since last time i sent petitions they never responded until a week later.

I remeber when they would respond in a like an hour, and actualy go intothe game and help people....times sure have changed.

Yes i logged on to find this same issue...

took me a bit to notice that onthe character select screen on each character it tells you where they are....and all my favorites i have been playing had MAP: Unknown

anywise i didnt panic....i decided to look at all servers.....and found a few semed to show characetrs on maps...

Liberty was one...Freedom was another....i think one other.

Guardain was down though and thats the one i like playing on...also notice exhalted had the same issue.

Anywise...i noticed people on another thread said differing servers...=O_O=

so maybe...just maybe...people might be able to access differing servers then i am able to....

If so...and you have no ther characters...make a new one....send a petition...

well not sure it will work...probably just goes into the auto bug thing...

Used to go to the online GMs to read....which made it handy with issues they didnt know about

but lately this game is getting weird with stuff...left hand doesnt know what he right hand is doing sort of things....

well i am on liberty as i write this...

for me freedom and liberty seam to be fine for my characters and the maps will list.....guradian the one i play on most isnt working for me though.....and i laughed becasue Exhalted also isnt working for me...

I am was thinking....LOL
SO much for VIP treatment

I mean they made a big thing about a special server for subscribers and its not accessible....just kind of silly.....you would think with the amount of hype they made for that server it would be up no matter what issues happened....but guess not.