I actually find that most stalkers (in Sirens) are afraid of heroes unless they are using hide. I took my blaster into sirens once and stood around looking for people to attack. A stalker ran right up to my face not knowing i had perception from leadership, one power thrust and snipe (with aim + BU) later he ran away from me and i chased him for 30mins.
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I actually find that most stalkers (in Sirens) are afraid of heroes unless they are using hide. I took my blaster into sirens once and stood around looking for people to attack. A stalker ran right up to my face not knowing i had perception from leadership, one power thrust and snipe (with aim + BU) later he ran away from me and i chased him for 30mins.
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Thats like telling me Scrappers are afraid of blasters without their toggles/heals.
Anyone who play's a stalker as their PvP main, should have their account perma banned.
Well there you go it shows that a stalker needs hide hence having the name stalker, And most stalkers that do go into Sirens/warburg/RV will not just have hide they will be equipped so you cannot see them. Why do you think most people hang in Sirens cause they can see a badly equipped stalkers due to the IR goggles, Anyhow the point is if you do not have hide your not a stalker your just a really bad scrapper thats very squishy. And as i have just said that most people will say but they can fight, I am not saying they cannot just that hide is our main tool to allow us to kill those unsuspecting targets.
One of the leaders of the Harlequins villain group and currently on defiant.
I'm not saying theres anything wrong with hiding, as you mentioned you wouldn't really be stalking without it, otherewise you just have pretty watered down scrapper. It just seems like it's the one AT that attracts the most inexperienced players who don't plan their build with any other powers in mind except for AS.
has nothing to vent ..love my stalker ,love AS love ET an love to hide ...jumps off singing a happy tune 
Not got much beef with stalkers myself other than what was mentioned about the badly played ones. My main pet hate is badly played stalkers myself, But hey people play how they want to play.
Not keen on teaming myself to much, As i can blame most other AT's for not letting the stalker be a stalker if you want a scrapper play a hero or if you want a brute then invite one don't expect the stalker to be the aggro magnet.
Many teams i have joined and found that they "dislike" to wait about 20 seconds for the stalker to get into position, And on a side note i never leave combat to re-hide i think thats so lame, But thats just me :P
Oh and lastly just because i need to say it, I go into sirens alot recently and find it so very funny that hero's need IR goggles think all stalkers hate them, Guess we actually scare them.
One of the leaders of the Harlequins villain group and currently on defiant.