I would say you are pretty much correct. The only good way to play a stalker in a team is AS'ing the bosse and placating the next big treat.
Soloing is pretty much getting kill xxx and guards missions, cause everything else sucks.
On the other hand kill xxx and guards mission makes you feel like an assassin, and thats pretty cool.
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On the other hand kill xxx and guards mission makes you feel like an assassin, and thats pretty cool.
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Well, yeah, but it get's repetitive, and isn't all that fast.
Also, it's a real pain when trying to do some story missions, and it turns out it's NOT a steal/kill mission... Bah!
And people say stalkers are overpowered in PvP. They should try playing one first in PvE. 
What you need to do is befriend a nice dominator. Doms and stalkers make great duo partners. Your only problem is that there are a lot more stalkers than doms.
You mean the chance to crit held enemies? I've noticed that. The chance however seems rather small, if that's the only reason.
It's not the only reason but I think the chance is actually pretty good, at least looks that way for a dom viewpoint. But there's basically a great synergy between the ATs. You have heaps of damage and weak defenses, the dominator has weak damage but can protect you, while you can protect the dom by killing things before their control runs out.
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It's not the only reason but I think the chance is actually pretty good, at least looks that way for a dom viewpoint. But there's basically a great synergy between the ATs. You have heaps of damage and weak defenses, the dominator has weak damage but can protect you, while you can protect the dom by killing things before their control runs out.
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Hmm... I must be doing something wrong then. My "great" damage so far comes from AS. Anything after that is weak. True, I don't have SOs yet, but still, the damage after the firt enemy goes down is rather poor.
Also: what kind of difficulty setting do you think I could go for to gain as much exp as possible out of those defeat/steal missions (when doing them solo)?
I stayed on the easiest difficulty villainous right through to being able to buy all SO's, i then went up to vicious and have no problem soloing...lvl 31 now.
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Levelling a Stalker...
1. Start at level 1.
2. Do Breakout.
3. Hit things until you reach level 40.
4. Wait for Cryptic to implement the 40-50 band.
Am I missing something?
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You can use AS several times in a fight if you like. The mob is controlled, it's irrelevant how you kill it provided you can kill it before the control runs out. And the crits really are pretty nice as well.
The thing you need to watch out for is that the dom doesn't get too much aggro for that short while before the control is established. Yes you're squishy but the dom is even squishier so you need to at least share the aggro.
Anyway, you should give it a try if you get the chance. Can't hurt right? .
Its always nice to go with some MM;s doing relentless missions 
and there like 5 lvl above you
Myself and Mr Rolled a coulple of stalkers yesterday. We mostly play as a duo with the occasion bigger team when we feel like it and TBH it wasnt much fun.
Majority of time I was the 1st to attack, within 5 second of the 1st stike I was at 1/2 hp and had all the aggro anthother 10 seconds and I was face planted while Mr hand near full hp.
The mobs then about faced and waded in on Mr who had to more often or not run for the hills or be pushing up the daisys like me.
So even as a duo ther unplayable so I think team play is the only way to go with them
IMHO, You're playing them wrong.
Mob groups shouldn't be massively larger for two than for one and I can solo missions effectively as a Stalker, at least in the early stages, but that sounds like all you've done.
Actually, I think a team of Stalkers is only much use in PvP. They need other kinds of support in PvE. A duo of Stalkers wouldn't be good, but it shouldn't be as bad as you're making out.
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A stalker in PVE vs a large group with a team should NEVER EVER attack first , it is the way to getting a debt badge lol, if theres anyone ever to atk fist it should always be MM's minions that atk first , as there expendable.
I think I'm missing something. I found that playing as a stalker, while interesting, is very slow to lvl up.
Why?
Well... I can do "kill XYZ and guards" or "steal ABC" missions with ease... go in, grab the item/kill the enemy, and bingo, mission complete. Trouble is, this seems to give little exp on it's own. On the other hand, missions where I need to kill every mob on the level are a real pain, take way too much time, and aren't that fun. And don't even get me started on kidnap missions.
Sure, I can also team up with someone. But I found most people want a me to stay and fight the whole time after an AS... which is NOT what a stalker is good for.
So... am I missing something, or is it just the way of the stalker?