Zamuel

Very seriously doubt that would work...

Sewer Trial..?

• If there's a secondary effect on an enemy or a PvP foe, there is a high chance of the Placate effect being overridden.
• Some enemies have natural Placate resistance.
• Oddly, some enemies seem to have a one or two second delay before Placate kicks in. If you're fighting something one on one and you're having problems with Placate, stop attacking and take a few steps back. After attempting one or two attacks in their queue they'll ignore you.

Not sure if it would really change your mind. Personally, when I think of my Corruptor as something Blaster like I'm massively disappointed. If I think of them like a Defender then I enjoy using them. It could be an issue of powerset choice. I prefer debuffing the enemy more than buffing my team.

It depends entirely upon implementation. Considering how much buffs/debuffs rule this game it IS a serious threat. I mean debuffs even generate aggro while healing does not. Something to keep in mind for Stalkers is that the cottage rule will prevent any changes that are too drastic.

As stated, cottage rule will prevent this. Plus, it seems like spiting others for something you dislike though it could be feasible.

I don't see raising perception to be a problem if it is in moderation such as individual enemies with Tactics. It mainly needs to be mission sensitive which probably opens up discussions over content and mission design. This also connected to having better map design. I don't have any problem with Superior Invisibility outside of the fact that it seems to be tossed around as a bragging tool when compared to Hide.

Easily available unresisted damage is asking to break things considering what entities use it. That's why I suggested regen and resistance debuffs on AS.

The old sidekick range was 225 feet which I actually think is too big though I may be in the minority in that opinion. 60-100 feet works fine. It's a subtle way to limit "scouting the map" when not needed and better fits to the concept of using your team as a distraction. Also, while there should be a HP cap raise, I more heavily favor giving them more damage as opposed to making them more survivable. My other suggestions would be:

• Allow the 25% chance to Terrorize to have it's probability increased with the team crit buff.
• Allow the chance to Terrorize to proc regardless of if the enemy survives.
• Give Assassin's Strike a small (5%?) -resistance and/or -regen debuff that does not stack from the same caster but will stack from different attackers.
• Give Placate a 25% chance to confuse.
• Move Tankers and Stalkers onto the same tier of Leadership buffs as Dominators and Masterminds for Maneuvers (from 2.275% Def to 2.625% Def), Assault (from 10.50% Dmg to 11.25% Dmg), Tactics:To Hit (from 7.0% to 7.5%), and Tactics: Perception (from 141.4 at level 14 – 242.2 at level 50 to 151.5 at level 14 – 259.5 at level 50)

For the most part the suggestions are with teaming in mind but can be applied to solo play. A better application of the Terrorize effect will help protect the Stalker and their team. Since AS is an ST move that the AT is somewhat built around in a game that favors AOE, it needs a buff to help guarantee it softens up a target, especially a hard target that you can not OHKO. A confuse in Placate is meant to protect squishies when you drop aggro. The Leadership buff is slightly more meant for Tankers but it's a concept of something that the two could bring to the table versus the other melee classes.

However, I think the main thing Stalkers need isn't buff to the AT (though they do need it). The main thing is tweaks to the rest of the game. More enemies with perception buffs (and not enemies that ignore stealth). More missions with sensors like from the mayhem missions or turrets (naturally higher perception). In other words, more reasons to actually be a stealth based AT and to make it so that other ATs using stealth powers aren't marginalizing a Stalker's existence. It's sort of the same problem as [Acrobatics] where the call for its use gets met with "just slot an IO".

Reichsman!!!

He keeps getting in the way when I want to activate the console. He gives me this shiny button with a no aggro cap instant kill AOE and now he won't let me use it. Jerk.

Intriguingly, a few people have reported that it actually isn't hard capped. A while back some people were suggesting Stalkers take the Black Scorpion pool since he comes with three pets specifically due to this. Plus, Vigilance before I17 took pets into account so it's entirely possible the crit buff is taking pets into account.

I think a lot of the problem actually is that Stalkers buff the team in a way that is hard to quantify and admittedly is not common enough. Sapper = dead helps a team but there's not enough situations where there's an individual problem enemy that needs to die immediately. Don't get me wrong, they could stand to be buffed but it seems like they'd be harder to pinpoint the exact hard numbers needed.