Stalker can't critical with Epic Powers
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Posted on: 2010-10-08 17:28 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
I wouldn't see this as an issue if Scrappers didn't get crits with the stars but they do so you are right, this should be addressed.
I understand your concern for why it should have a natural critical, but aren't powers not going to critical from hidden status, unless explicitly stated in the power description?
All Stalker powers will crit from hide (single-target 100% chance, AoE 50% chance). For some reason someone forgot to build the crit flags into the power definitions when they copy-pasted from the Scrapper powers, which is also the same reason you have silly things like Scrappers not being able to crit with Stalker epics because they're flagged to only crit while hidden (and show me a Scrapper with Hide), and Defenders getting Scourge with Corruptor epics.
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Originally Posted by macskull
All Stalker powers will crit from hide (single-target 100% chance, AoE 50% chance). For some reason someone forgot to build the crit flags into the power definitions when they copy-pasted from the Scrapper powers, which is also the same reason you have silly things like Scrappers not being able to crit with Stalker epics because they're flagged to only crit while hidden (and show me a Scrapper with Hide), and Defenders getting Scourge with Corruptor epics.
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I'd just always thought that powers, that would be critical for a stalker, had something along the lines of:
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Flashing Steel You swing your Ninja Blade in a wide arc in front of you, slicing multiple foes with lethal damage. This attack can reduce a target's Defense, making him easier to hit. If executed while hidden, all affected targets have a chance to be hit with a Critical for extra damage. |
I was sure the abilty to crit with epics was removed about 2 years ago for all ATs.
Containment for 'trollers certainly was disabled at that time, I believe all other ATs crits went at the same time.
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Nope. Stalkers and Scrappers get their criticals from their respective epic pools. It just seems this didn't get ported over when the pools became shared by both ATs. There are some exceptions, though. For example, damage dealing control powers like Soul Storm (Ghost Widow's Hold) do not get a critical. But Dark Blast in the same pool crits like any Stalker primary attack would.
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Originally Posted by Gaia
I was sure the abilty to crit with epics was removed about 2 years ago for all ATs.
Containment for 'trollers certainly was disabled at that time, I believe all other ATs crits went at the same time. |
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It's an oversight. Ranged attacks from the Stalker PPPs crit, and there doesn't seem to be any real reason the Stalker APPs shouldn't get crits, either. Seems to be low priority, sadly.
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I hope the dev can fix this soon. I just got Shuriken from Weapon Master and it cannot critical. It cannot critical from Hidden, not from Placate and it has no natural critical.
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.