How exactly can a stalker solo the new bank raids?
By
Crossfire_EU,
Posted on: 2006-06-11 17:56 in Stalkers
The ambsuhes from longbow shouldn't be more than two rorthree but because they're ambushes they're auto aggroed to you, same goes for the boss. Basically you have to take them on as they come. This is also something of an issue for Masterminds becuase the ambushes will go straight for the MM instead of his pets although it's not a huge deal since th epets take it away quickly enough.
Personally I have soloed two mayhem bank raids on relentless lvl 24 so far, of the two I have attempted. Last raid was a toughie when I tried the extra mission as well but I managed it.
tips: Buy insps. Especially def and damage (or acc depending on your build) for the boss fight. Utilize placate. If it gets real tough, exit the mayhem mission to buy even more insps and come back. 
Use AS as much as possible.
Ambushes are indeed auto-targeted to you, but you can retreat to a suitable location like inside/outside the bank building so the mobs need to zone and you might be able to pick them one by one (AS maybe) as they come thru the door. Or in general utilize surroundings. For instance the Family will fight longbow so you might want to draw the longbows to them. And usually the Family underboss makes short work of the police etc. Normally I havent had much trouble with the ambushes unless they surprise me when Im fighting something else.
Ah, I love this game, so many little things to try
Thanks for these tips. I must admit that I'm rather green at stalking so hopefully with a bit more experience under my belt the whole experience will run a bit smoother .
@Moondog
Union:
CoH: Moondog (WS); V-Rock (Tnk, semi-retired); Pole-Star (Bla); Demon Dog (Scr).
CoV: Midnight Gunner (Corr); Operative John Doe (Ban); Day-Star (Dom); Commissar Jaeger (MM).
I took my lvl 8 nin/nin on a mayhem mish yesterday (solo)
I hadn't read anything about them so off I trot, skirt past some police, see a car all on its own and use build up and then AS, the car explodes and the next thing I know is I'm stunned for a while and see Longbow coming for me.
I ran to the bank marker, with the Longbow taking potshots at me, I go into the bank and AS the first guard and scrap the 2nd....then the Longbow come in after me, all 5 of em!
Luckily I had 3 luck insps, so I used them and managed to scrap them (just, flashing steel attack came in very handy!) as the last one droped I had about 10hp left
Went through the rest with no probs and managed to get the insp tray filled up. Got to the vault and after getting the cash, I waited for the Hero (Flambeaux), used all the inspirations and used BU + AS on the approaching Hero and then finished of a Longbow Sergeant and a few more PPD officers who were in attendance and managed to complete the mission 
Great fun
Doing the jail sidemission first and getting a Boss/pet helps a lot and you get a +8 min plus(but you got to be REAL careful to get him to the bank since he will aggro everything thats near him).
Doing the raid sidemission helps too but thats depending on the temp power you receive and your build.
It is not real difficult to solo this but you cant make it stalker way(going straight to the loot chamber).Every time your see "00:30 for resisting arrest" you must stop and wait till the ambush gets to you or youre gonna stack ambushes.
Finally,the hero is a piece of cake with 3 purples(no matter your build) or,if you dont have any, you could use the elevator as a ¿enviroment-placate?.You wait for him at the top of the elevator,when he goes out crit him and take the elevator.That will give you 4-6 second combined with running to a corner youll rehide.Repeat process: Crit + elevator + run to a corner + hide + crit + elevator....(anyway whats the problem of using purples if you have problems?)
My Claws/SR plays pretty much like a scrapper anyway so I haven't had any real problems with Mayhem, only annoying thing is the inssitance on AOE and Flamethrower attacks (lvl 34 don't get AoE evade till 35 
). Always end up meeting Blast Furnace as Hero in bank, his AoE fire attacks kill me
Placate & buildup as much as possible. A placate>attack is an almost guaranteed critical. Another thing I suggest is sticking around and duking it out, if you've got the defence.
Right, I like I7 in general, very nice update, and the mayhem missions are a hoot. Except with my stalker. I try to play it stealthy, but those flippin longbow can see right through hide, never give up chasing you and the same applies to the final boss. So how am i supposed to a) sneak or b) assassin strike? I have attempted 2 of these bank heists so far, one i died after 8 or so longbow finally caught up with me in the bank and cornered me and in the second tried to outrun the boss, but she followed me to the exit. When i popped back into the map whilst hidden she was right next to me, saw me and kicked my bum. Plus i've found that i can be attacking nothing (no parking meters etc) and i still get time bonuses for destroying stuff i haven't touched, whats up with that?
Any help/tips for a solo stalker would be appreciated,
Ta.
@Moondog
Union:
CoH: Moondog (WS); V-Rock (Tnk, semi-retired); Pole-Star (Bla); Demon Dog (Scr).
CoV: Midnight Gunner (Corr); Operative John Doe (Ban); Day-Star (Dom); Commissar Jaeger (MM).