I have a BS/elec armor at 43 current and just my 2 cents: BS hits pretty hard and has good mitigation through a knockdown (head splitter), knockup (disembowler) and you can cap melee and lethal defenses pretty easy with parry. Head splitter is also a 10' 20 degree cone (that accepts melee sets and not PBAoE for some reason) and can hit 3-4 mobs per swing with practice.
Some folks will complain that it's all lethal damage which is resisted by some mobs but since carnies can be fought till lvl 50 I just pick them every time (lethal does +20% damage to carnies, and with elec armor's +90%+ recovery debuff resistance I can mow through ring mistresses without worry of having my end bar sapped dry). Great set, never played it on a scrapper so was pleasantly surprised with its performance.
MA I don't have a ton of experience with. I know it has a variety of effects (an immob, a KB, 2 stuns) and has some wicked cool animations (I love crane kick) but MA seems to be the least played stalker primary. If you are gonna go with nin or SR I'd try MA, if you decide to try a resist based set or regen I'd go with BS. Or just try both =)
Bs > ma 
If you are playing to get the min/maxxer out of you, BS is the better choice. MA is stylish with its cool animations, but not the choice of most min/maxxers. I recently rolled a regen, and I chose MA simply because I enjoy the animations of the set.
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Thanks for the input. I'll go ahead and stick with my BS/Nin, since I just hit SOs. But I'm finding myself really enjoying playing stalkers, so I may just roll a MA later on.
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also one tidbit you may want to consider (depending on how far you want to take your character): MA/ does more damage per activation time than BS/ as well as using a less resisted damage type. however, BS/ does have a -def debuff which allows for slotting the -res proc (achilles' heel set) which may or may not nullify the lethal typed damage.|
Originally Posted by dougnukem
I've got a new stalker currently at 19; BS/Nin. But I'm debating rerolling as MA/Nin or /SR. I enjoy the MA animations and know it's not the best per se, but still quite effective.
Anyone have any thoughts to share or experience with BS, to give me some food for thought on keeping on, or starting over? |
broadsword has a bit more burst, but martial arts has similar and also is capable of more damage over time. it all depends on how you want to deal your damage
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Cool beans. MA is a decent set. I prefer Broadsword, but MA is good too.
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Originally Posted by dougnukem
Thanks for the input. I'll go ahead and stick with my BS/Nin, since I just hit SOs. But I'm finding myself really enjoying playing stalkers, so I may just roll a MA later on.
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Yea, I've been running a lot with a fellow stalker who is MA. It's pretty fun rolling with teams with another stalker, as it seems we contribute quite a bit between the two of us.
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Originally Posted by JWatt
Cool beans. MA is a decent set. I prefer Broadsword, but MA is good too.
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I've got a new stalker currently at 19; BS/Nin. But I'm debating rerolling as MA/Nin or /SR. I enjoy the MA animations and know it's not the best per se, but still quite effective.
Anyone have any thoughts to share or experience with BS, to give me some food for thought on keeping on, or starting over?
Don't I know you???