Stormdancer_EU

Thanks guys

I've got to 'Hastened Squid' already and loving it.
Starting to learn to spot Quantams/Voids at extreme range too! They ouchie.

Hit 50 for the first time last night, so I'm gonna try a warshade. Been reading up in this forum and the yank one. Looks fun.

AoE flying doom for me.

So, 'ello fellow Kheldians

Dirty trick for trip-mines, combine it with TP Foe for a nasty surprise in PvP or to one-shot tricky minions (like Sappers).

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Regen is still vulnerable to Fear and Confuse.

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I have a spine/DA, a BS/Inv a claw/regen, a DM/MA and a BS/regen, and it's the BS/regen that kicks the most butt in PvP.
Right up until the point you run into someone with high slash/lethal resist, which is unfortunatly quite common among the melee types.

Wb matey. You run out of booze?

Just to confirm, I *will* be there. I've even booked time off the wife .
I'll be bringing my Badge-Hunter, Broadsword.

*edit* I'll also be bringing 5 Shivans and a Nuke or two, if needed. */edit*

Sounds great, been wondering about how to beat on Longbow for a while...

What sort of time did you have in mind?

I am a badge-[sexual entertainment professional].
I PvP sometimes, but mostly I go into the PvP zones for badges, nukes and shivans. If I get approached while collecting these things, I hit Instant Healing, draw my sword and say in local (I even have a bind for it) "I'm not here to fight, are you going to be a problem?".

Most of the time, the prospective PvPer says something like "get your badge/Nuke/Shivan, then I'll go for you".
Sometimes they just laugh and attack.

Either way, I fight, right then or later. I had to get quite good at PvP to get my 400 rep badge, and I had to do *something* while waiting for the time-spent badges...

As it says on the way in; "This is a Player versus Player zone, do not enter unless you are willing to be attacked by other players.".
No sympathy for the OP.

I still play my Thug Blastermind.
I have all the pistol blasts, and the summons so far, the pets are permanantly out, and on Bodyguard. They all cut loose as soon as I get winged, and they soak up a lot of damage.

I've had no problems soloing, but teaming is a little crazy, mainly cos I don't get to keep the aggro, and the pets just sit there if I don't get hit.

Have a Thug/trap blastermind on test. Concept driven, rather than effective

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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder - (http://sherksilver.coldfront.net/index.php)
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Name:
Level: 41
Archetype: Mastermind
Primary: Thugs
Secondary: Traps
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01) --> Pistols==> Acc(1) Acc(3) Acc(3) EndRdx(11) Dmg(13) Dmg(25)
01) --> Web Grenade==> Immob(1)
02) --> Dual Wield==> Acc(2) Acc(5) Acc(5) EndRdx(11) Dmg(15) Dmg(31)
04) --> Triage Beacon==> Rechg(4) Heal(19) Heal(31) Heal(33) Rechg(37)
06) --> Hasten==> Rechg(6) Rechg(7) Rechg(7)
08) --> Empty Clips==> Acc(8) Acc(9) Acc(9) EndRdx(13) Dmg(15) Dmg(31)
10) --> Hurdle==> Jump(10)
12) --> Aid Other==> Heal(12)
14) --> Health==> Heal(14) Heal(17) Heal(17)
16) --> Force Field Generator==> DefBuf(16) DefBuf(40) DefBuf(40)
18) --> Super Speed==> Run(18) EndRdx(19)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20) EndMod(21) EndMod(21)
22) --> Aid Self==> Heal(22) Heal(23) Rechg(23) Heal(34)
24) --> Caltrops==> Slow(24) Slow(25)
26) --> Poison Trap==> Slow(26) Hold(27) Hold(27)
28) --> Seeker Drones==> Acc(28) Acc(29) Dmg(29) Dmg(34) Dmg(40)
30) --> Challenge==> Taunt(30)
32) --> Intimidate==> Acc(32) Fear(33) Fear(33) Acc(34)
35) --> Trip Mine==> Acc(35) Acc(36) Acc(36) Dmg(36) Dmg(37) Dmg(37)
38) --> Invoke Panic==> Acc(38) Fear(39) Fear(39) Acc(39)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Supremacy==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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Slotting timing is a little whack, but hey.
He seems to be doing well so far. I have had to re-jig a little for leveling purposes, but this is the respec build and the one I'm testing on the RV event.

Two self-heals and a shield-unit ought to do it.

Let the savage critique begin!

PS Who's up for meeting up in the RV event as a group of Thug Blasterminds?

**EDIT** Never mind. Still under discussion. **/EDIT**

Ooh. Shiney... Good work Soul Asylum.

Get one for the rest of us, Thorny

SW

I have an AR/Energy Blapper. You gotta not mind debt, but hey, Blappers aren't for everyone.

My build is something like this at level 17 -
01 Slug
01 Power Thrust
02 Energy Punch
04 Buildup
06 Air Superiority
08 Hover
10 Bone Smasher
12 Sniper Rifle
14 Fly
16 Conserve Power

My attack chain goes - Conserve Power, Buildup, Sniper, ** Slug, Air Sup, Bonesmasher, Power Punch, Power Push, and repeat from ** (firing brawl as an occasional filler, and buildup when it's ready).

If you get a good run, the badguy is constantly flying up, back or down, or is disoriented.

Way too much fun.

I wasn’t always a Villain.
Once, I patrolled the streets of Paragon City side-by-side with my sisters, Monica and Sascha. All three of us were highly skilled in the art of the sword, and we all took the name of our blade when we filled in our Hero Registrations – Monica became Broadsword, Sascha became Claymore and I took the name Dai-katana.

One summer evenin’, we was out on patrol, as usual. I was on point, as usual. My ninjitsu trainin’ givin’ me a hand to stay hidden until the right moment. We’d heard that the Lost were steppin’ up their snatch squad activity in King’s Row, and had decided to hit the rooftops near the sewer entrances to try and stamp out the kidnappings before they began.
A good plan, the Mutates and Scroungers would be little trouble, and even if we ran into a Headman or two the three of us should be able to cope.

Walk in the park, right?

Well, no. It all went wrong. We had just jumped a group of Mutates and Scroungers and were gettin’ stuck right in, when a Headman Blaster started layin’ into us with some kind of Plasma rifle. Monica got hit pretty bad, but she uses regen enzymes, so Me and Sascha just kept on. I went for the Blaster and Sas kept the pressure on the mooks. We knew Monica would be on her feet before long and come help us out. Boy were we in for a shock.

She left us. She crawled away and healed herself, and left us hung out to dry. Little [censored]! Y’all don’t know what it’s like, love and trust all goes out the window when you see your backup, your family, your blood, crawl away and abandon you.
Sas went mad. Clinically, terminally, and totally insane. She was doin’ well, from what I saw. She channelled the fury into her fight, and soon had the survivin’ Mutates on the run. As she chased ‘em up I lost sight of her.

Nothin’ I could do. I saw two Headsman chase her down an alley, carryin’ those big-[censored] curvey sword-staff things they like. I woulda’ helped, but a Prelate chose that exact moment to step up and fill my head with white noise.

I came to with blood in my mouth, and runnin’ down my face from my nose. Even my eyes were bleedin’ at that point. I looked down through the red tinge and saw why I had come outta that fuzz the Prelates stick in your brain. Stupid mutation had his claws in my guts. Last thing I saw was his other paw swingin’ round at my head. I couldn’t dodge it. I was too weak, and it was too fast.

As the darkness closed around me, I thought of Sas and Monica.
I hope they got away.
Black.
Pain.
Nothing.

Bright light burnin’ through my eyes woke me. I was surrounded by grey mist and bones, and held in the air like a puppet. As I spun, I saw what had happened.
I looked into the sunken eyes of the Necromancer and realised I was dead.
Had been dead.
Whatever.
The stupid Mortificator had tried one of Dr Vahzilok’s rites, aimin’ for an Eidlon of his own, I guess. Not gonna happen, I am too strong for that.

As the rite ended, and I was free of the invisible strings that held me, I saw my sword. It was broken, shorter than it used to be, but still with a wicked edge. As I felt the blood dry in my veins, I plunged the broken edge of my Dai-Katana straight through the Mortificator’s chest, and he collapsed in a clumsy heap. Two Abominations and a Cadaver followed him to the grave.

I laughed and raised my face to the sky. As it started to rain, I realised that my spandex hero costume was in tatters, and I was freezin’. Some biker guy chose to walk into the alley just then, and he saw me and the mess around me.

“Murderer! Heroes don’t kill. Murderer!”

As he ran, I planted two of my little knives in his back. I was just takin’ his jacket against the freezin’ rain and wonderin’ how I was gonna explain to the Freedom Corps what had happened, when this hero in a bright yellow and red outfit knocked me off my feet with a blast of fire.

I went down like a sack, my broken sword spinnin’ from my hand. Two more blasts and I was losin’ consciousness.
As I went out, I heard the hero…
“There is a special place for people like you. I think you will like it.”
I heard the cuffs click, and felt their steel against my wrists.
“It is called the Ziggurat. Just the place for a super powered villain to cool off and reconsider their crimes, yes? We do not like rogue heroes in Paragon City.”

I woke up in a cell, and I been in and out of them ever since. Last time, I got busted out by Arachnos troops and taken to the Rogue Isles. This time I’m stayin’ out, even if that means killin’ anyone who tries to put me back in.

I had the Arachnos teleporter thingy stuck in me too, and I’m learnin’ more Ninjitsu. I swapped my Dai-katana for a Ninja-to, and learned how to hide and hit people in the soft places.
Things are lookin’ up.
They call me a Stalker now.

And people shiver when they hear that Something Wicked this way comes.

One day I might go pay Broadsword a call…

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On each occassion I ahve stayed to fight (and I can win) it seems that a mass call out revertebrates around the zone telling people I am visible and to jump on me...

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S'cos you're famous, and everyone wants a peice of Stalk-obot to hang in their trophy room...

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Wasn't it about scrappers?

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Err... No.
The whole thread is about Stalkers; running away from Stalkers, Stalkers running away, AS and responses to AS.

My post was about why I don't run after my Blaster gets hit with AS.

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[...] sure the stalker is powerful we do a AS and the enemy goes like w00t [censored] [censored] and we go like ROFL NOOB and then he either panics or run away or die. [...]

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Or looks at health plummet below half, clicks Dull Pain... and tadaaa! you are looking at a Tanker at full health - and then some - again... with Knockout Blow queued for attack .

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Or looks at health plummet to near zero... realises Defiance is almost maxed out... and knocks you down, hits Buildup, Energy Punches you, then knocks you back, then shoots you...

Most Stalkers don't make it as far as getting shot if the first knockdown hits.

I love it when people forget that blasters can hit hard in melee, especially when they have just taken a pounding...

I kinda like defiance as it is. If I had to change it, I would go for...

Gain defiance while seriously wounded, and it stays until you use it. Each power you use drains a bit of defiance, which is linked to the powers base damage. The damage boost defiance grants stays roughly as is.

Rather than a random death-or-glory power (and defiance is fairly random), you end up with something that is more like vengeance. That last mob nearly finished you? The next one is gonna pay.

I got Tab on 'nearest enemy' and ¬ on 'next enemy' on my Blapper. Works quite well.

Mercs, under the control of General Malpractice -
Pvt Parts
Pvt Eye
Pvt Sector (medic, planned)
Cpl Punishment (planned)
Cpl Tunnel (planned)
Mjr Malfunction (planned)

Bots, under the control of MD-201X in the beta -
BD-117
BD-134
BD-165
MD-111
MD-303
ED-209

I deleted my screenies by accident, I don't even have a momento of my mercs :sniff:

The Hero Squad will have a villainous counterpart, but the leaders are still arguing over possible names. Any suggestions from the floor?
My personal vote is on the AntiHero squad.