RawBlong

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Tip: Zoom Out in a PVP zone. You won't have to "spin the camera around.


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That is a good tip - thanks

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Really? I rarely meet people in PVP who sit still long enough to be ASed, to begin with. I rarely meet people in PVP who can't see me. I rarely meet people in PVP who don't have some sort of anti-AS defenses. If someone falls into all three catagories, then they reserve no right to complain.

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lol - you're right, it didn't take long to learn not to stand still.... If I was a stalker and saw someone standing still I think I'd suspect a trap - and if it was me... they'd be right! Throw down a few trip mines slap an afk above your head and wait a few minutes... one will be by....

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You guys are missing the point why AS should be nerfed, nothing should be that powerful of an attack

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I think YOU'RE missing the point where we may have ONE powerful attack, but the rest are pretty mediocre on the damage scale. And I don't mean that all our attacks say "Moderate" or "Low." I mean that our damage is really low for a melee class.

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The whose missing the point game - yeah!

I think YOU'RE missing the point in that assasin strike is so powerful your other attacks are moot for the poor schmoe licking asphalt.

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If you get ASed by a Stalker, you sure as hell know where it came from.

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Knowing you've been AS'd and knowing where it came from are not exactly the same thing and again unimportant when you're deciding to go to your SG base or to the hospital for recovery. I've spun the camera around on many occasion trying to spot my assailant and seen nothing or maybe a wisp of an invisible nothing (of course, I suck, but that's another post entirely... ha!). I will agree though that a defianced up, hopped up on build up and red pills, blaster who's sniping you while stealthed that fades into the shadows while your still trying to get the license plate of the... well, that stinks too - and stinks equally for the victim - but hey, no danger no excitement right?

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Sooo..for giggles, and in the name of science, I have been practicing *Not* one shotting people. I have not used any damage inspirations (Never really did anyway in PvP) and/or no build up (depending on how many hit points they had left to take them down to the proper range).

So in my experiment, I have been hitting people (in hotspots) to the point of leaving them with what I think, (though I dont have exact numbers) will be the percentage of health left after the ont shot changes are made.

I have then been stepping back, to allow them to make use of this second chance they have. Heal, run, chew some inspirations, call for help, write a eulogy- anything.



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However- not one single person stayed to engage with me.


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hmmm.... I don't PvP a whole lot but I have dabbled in it and unless I'm doing something wrong, certainly possible, it's not always easy to quickly tell what just took 99% of your hp's when your already in an engagement with many targets swirling around. When surrounded by enemies and suddenly near death it makes much more sense to take self preservation actions and flee than attempt to locate and engage. In fact, this poster makes a comment that his / her victim is killed by NPC's some large percentage - makes one wonder if those people were staying in danger to locate their assailant and paid the price.

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In fact- not one single person came BACK to fight.

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Well, this does seem a little odd, but given one one could easily put it together that a stalker is lurking around and they are not exactly easy to spot, not re-engaging is probably a little cowardly but also not foolish or anything. Call it discretionary... lol. Perhaps there were some searching around to re-engage, but in trying to sneak up on you to get the drop they couldn't find you and you never saw them.
Not trying to stir up trouble or anything - I like the danger factor presented by stalkers. Not afraid to honestly say either that when I'm looking around for PvP w/ my AR/dev blaster I can't beat them by myself. I'm just not built for it I guess. My solution is not to nerf them though but just to realize that and hunt them down with a team and exterminate with prejudice - you know, good clean fun! I just wanted to present some possible explanations for what you saw from the victim's (er, opponent's) side.

Stalk on you stalkers, stalk on...