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Just to say thankyou to all the people who helped....
Edo,Unkown Object,Black Medusa et al it was much appreciated

Ah finally a post that starts to address what i see as the problem with RV it acts as if its a PvE zone....with our friends the overpowered Longbow.My stalker tho built as a concept not particularly with PvP in mind has always held his own, he can scrap when necessary and has stood toe-to toe with tanks and scrappers in Sirens.
In 15 mins in RV he had been TP foed..something that has never happened before(entropy shield), been attacked by singularities while hidden, and attacked while hidden by pop-up turrets.Resulting in debt a substantial amount.This doesn't take into account being held on one hit and seeing attacks that are properly slotted do much reduced damage.Quite simply without changes I dont see him visiting RV again until he's lvl 50, shame cos certain aspects of it are quite cool, but if I want to get him to 50 I can't really risk the high lvls of debt that can be accrued for little or no real reward.
It does strike me also that this could be the death of the Concept character as to be successful in PvP it seems even more neccessary to min/max your build..and I'm really not certain if I can be bothered to respec my characters yet again.

Yeah we're still here Silver Spirit and I,we were on on the 1st day of retail,tho sharing an account ,now of course we have 3 in the EU and 1 in the states
You're unlikely to see my 1st char tho he still exists as Caduceus is on Silver's account and he's not that keen on healers

It's been a busy weekend and it's with great pleasure that we can announce that Robot Scrapper and Waveshock both dinged the big 5-0 this weekend.
We'd like to thank everyone who helped them on their way especially Maximus Prime for keeping Robo company during the days.
Con-super-mega-gratu-hyper-lations to them both

Well Happy Birthday TG
Hope you have a great day get suitably drunk get lotsa pressies and lotsa lurve
Love and *big hug* from me and Silver

Well I'm running an AR/Traps and she's brilliant really fun to play and yes it's noticeable that the damage you do varies from villain to villain,but the traps helps to mitigate that.Also remember that you have acsess to fire DoT and the joy of the Bean Bag,if they're wandering around they,re not hitting you So as they say...
Bomb Girl FTW

Congratulations from all in the Family of the Ankh

I now have 2 archers:-
Yeoman lvl 32 archery/electric
Sang et Tonerre lvl 11 archery/dev
Yeoman has certainly shown an aptitude for PvP as well

Ok this is PE's build..Exported from version 1.5A of CoH Planner
http://joechott.com/coh

Archetype: Stalker
Primary Powers - Ranged : Energy Melee
Secondary Powers - Support : Energy Aura

01 : Hide Empty(01)
01 : Energy Punch Empty(01)
02 : Bone Smasher Empty(02)
04 : Kenetic Shield Empty(04)
06 : Assassin's Strike Empty(06)
08 : Build Up Empty(08)
10 : Entropy Shield Empty(10)
12 : Placate Empty(12)
14 : Hover Empty(14)
16 : Energy Protection Empty(16)
18 : Fly Empty(18)
20 : Stun Empty(20)
22 : Challenge Empty(22)
24 : Intimidate Empty(24)
26 : Energy Transfer Empty(26)
28 : Energy Drain Empty(28)
30 : Invoke Panic Empty(30)
32 : Total Focus Empty(32)
35 : Conserve Power Empty(35)
38 : Overload Empty(38)

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01 : Brawl Empty(01)
01 : Sprint Empty(01)
02 : Rest Empty(02)....
sorry theres no slots shown but this was my basic guide..u can take it that attacks are usually 3acc/3 dam..defenses are 2def/1 end rec...the fear attacks are slotted for accuracy and are what can give u a real edge in PvP and an effective hold in PvE.The End Drain has effectively killed in PvP as it has detoggled players allowing stun to hold or intimidate..followed by nrg transfer or AS

Done by Silver Spirit in a few mins he had away from the game
clicky

Hi TG were up for this both The Family and The Union so we can probably provide 6 chars or more in shifts,Silver Spirit as ever wants to work the bar and Seky so enjoys the worship of Dance
It's quite possible that Cap'n Katy could do a bit of bouncing especially if it's on a few heros

Ok lets put this one to bed as a /EA stalker u do not need stamina,nothing to stop you taking it,but you don't need it.
You have the benefit of Endurance Drain,this with only 2 slots of endurance modification will regain you about 70% of your endurance bar,from 1 enemy.It also recharges relatively quickly,so you can keep attacking if you need to,nicely it is auto-hit so doesn't need accuracy enhancements.
I have played Public Enemy No9 thru to lvl 40 with no real problems, yes you have to remember at low levels that you're not a scrapper but as you progress and achieve a decent attack chain you won't need to scrap because your enemies in PvE will be dead around you.
In PvP hes good not brilliant but he can stand toe-toe with a regen scrapper and if they've not built themselves correctly take them out.That is of course they're not already face-planted from the AS.
Stalkers are all about front end damage and the EM set has massive damage potential,you can achieve 1000+ damage from energy transfer+build-up from Hide
So the basics from the powersets will give you a very nice Char "out-of-the-box" so to speak with enough powers left over for some customisation.I would tell you what PE has but I don't want to spoil the surprise for all those little Heros

As an /energy stalker you really dont need stamina,you will get end drain,this with 2 endurance modifications on it, will quite happily replenish your end and leave all the mobs around you effectively slowed,unable to attack you as they have no end
Yes i have power shield, i didn't take thermal shield,all the defences are 3 slotted,2 defence buffs and an end reduction,with this setup I can run them continuously with no problems.
This has allowed me to take powers from the prescence set giving me an effective hold on single targets and groups.This works very effectively in PvE and in PvP giving me a very nicely balanced powerset.

Yay welcome back *big hug*

Congratulations from the rest of The Family on getting to your 50

I would also say that end drain is well worth getting as it not only very effectively replenishes your end but it can be used as an attack and a slow power.
I have caused other players to detoggle by draining their end in PvP and in PvE if they have no end they can't attack you
Add this to the toggle dropping of the EA power set and you can be very effective in PvP as Stalk-obot can confirm of Public Enemy No9.
Also if you can find yourself a friendly Ice corrupter ang get shielded you can almost Tank

Spad's point is a good one but the basic thrust of this topic is not correct for the simple reason that Stalkers are not the only AT that can 1-hit kill.
A well slotted blaster,AR for instance can with aim, build-up etc.,produce a 1-hit kill against which you can do nothing,as A.I 101 v2 can attest, and if stealthed and at range you cannot take any mitigating action.
So who's going to lead the the call for this to be nerfed?
Lol no-one it's a feature of the game,a strength to compensate for their weaknesses in other areas.
Simply the villain ATs are probably more designed towards PvP,however this is at the expense of variety,certain of the ATs will tend to be very similar simply because for them to function adequately there are certain powers you have to take or you will be gimped.
This does reduce the options for constructing your character in an RP type way.
It is also quite unusual for the hero shop to be empty there is often a very cool selection of temp powers available to heros and the IR goggles do work.
It is also very difficult to actually AS someone who knows what they're doing, the power is interuptible,very interuptible.As a fire tanker I simply do not understand how you could be 1-shotted, you'd surely have to have your toggles dropped 1st, which brings us back to Spad's point and why I now have energy transfer 6-slotted.

Sad to hear you're leaving but go with all our best wishes for whatever you do in the future.

hiya TG we're up for it if u need some villains or heros...Silver would be happy to do the bar tho he might have to share duties with A.I 101 v2 and all his little robos.Let us know what we can do

Congtatulations for hitting that big 5 0

Yeah cogratz we teamed a bit in the 10+s,which I thoroughly enjoyed
Just shows what playing CoV does to lvling in CoH

I got energy tranfer on my stalker its a lovely power,massive damage and the damage hit is not that bad,at lvl 27 it's 83 damage,quite manageable
Granted as a stalker if I can do it from "hidden" I don't take the damage....even better

well congratz Sugar my that took a time
Congratz from Silver Spirit too

Big congratz on getting ur PB to 50, looking forward to seeing the cupcake...lol.Silver Spirit sends his gratz too

Mine's set to placate and is the opposite it's:-
"now you see me,now you don't" usually follwed by AS and the targets swift death