One to see through Hide from various distances, 2 to see through Hide/Stealth with any reliability.
More the merrier though.
Generally, 1 instance of tactics and one other perception buff will see most stalkers from a reasonable distance, in my experience.
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Generally, 1 instance of tactics and one other perception buff will see most stalkers from a reasonable distance, in my experience.
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Yup.
2 +Perc negates Hide/Stealth from a reasonable distance.
Works as others have said - basically.
Usually it takes 1 Tactics to see through Hide, 2 to see Through Hide+Stealth, more vs. Hide + Invis.
Exactly how well Tactics boosts Perception depends on your archtype and level. For example, a Defender Tactics is almost twice as effective as Blaster tactics. At level 50, with a single Defender running Tactics, you can technically see a Stealth+Hidden character at around 45 feet.
At lower levels, Tactics is even worse for +Perception as the efficiency scales by level. Other +Perception powers have a steady boost. As do all Stealth powers.
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Someone mentioned to me that invisiblility was "capped" (as in limited, to less than its full potential) in sirens and warburg whereas hide was not, is there any basis to this?
True, on lower levels, there is lower maximum you can benefit from perception and stealth buffs that depends on the level you are and if you are a Stalker or not.
Caps at PvP zones are (BB, SC, WB, RV - distances in feet):
Stealth maximum for non-Stalkers: 487.5, 501.5, 529.5, 571.5
Stealth maximum for Stalkers: 975.0, 1003.0, 1059.0, 1143.0
Perception cap for all characters: 985.0, 1013.0, 1069.0, 1153.0
Hide is 500ft. of Stealth (lowers observer's perception range by 500 ft)
Stealth is 389ft. of Stealth
Invisibility is 611ft. of Stealth
Phase Shift is 222ft of Stealth
This means that a non-stalker will not benefit any from having additional stealth boosts if he has Invisibility, it will always make him as hidden as possible. A Stalker can stack his Hide with another power he is running - if he uses Invisibility (while Hidden) in any other zone than RV, his Stealth is capped as well (500 + 611 = 1111). In RV he has to have some outside assistance to reach the full Stealth potential.
Also comforting to the normal folk is the fact that a Perception cap is always 10 feet higher than Stalker's Stealth cap, so if both sides are at maximum numbers, you can see the Stalker when he's 10 feet away from you. At that distance, it comes down to reflexes and skill. 
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Question is:
How many tactics are needed to see stalkers? you need 2 people with it to stack 2? or 3? how many?