Good to have more old players back! The Stalker buff is very fun.
Don't forget to try some of the new sets like Street Justice. You may like it more than EM. :P
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.
I knocked the dust off of my EM/Nin and it's been great! Just wish they'd use a different AS animation instead of the "Potty Dance" it has now.
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Friend of mine gave up on CoX a couple years ago for other MMO pastures....but still keeps tabs on what coming down the pipe here. The other month he mentioned that the new issue was bringing much needed love to the stalker. So I returned again & had to dust off my launch stalker and see what gives.
Yes I likey!!! The wind ups are a little annoying still, but speed soloing the new content including Elite Bosses has been a breeze. Last time I sub'd, I spent a crap load on sets and even got the Incarnate slots going until friends pulled me back to another MMO.
I was also informed that the EM/Ninj is no longer the pvp bomb as it was during the first couple years. Ya it was a blast back then in pvp. So I thought 'oh well, let's see what the game gives these days before I shelf the EM/Ninj once again and reroll another stalker'. Last week I transferred to Freedom to check out what what's left of pvp. In regards to pvp 'Ewwwwy'...2 much bunny hopping and break frees. Found out quick that stalkers need to pounce on others' fights mostly. Therefore, rerolling another build to get a couple more kills isn't worth it... especially for my casual play. I rather mess around with another AT again then commit fully to another stalker build. Besides, I do not have the time to farm accolades and all that to bring another one up to par with my EM/Ninj.
I am just as happy with the EM/Ninj as I was when CoV first launched. Awesome burst damage and defenses....and soling is a breeze. Good enough for meh!
Since SWTOR is another watered down WoW copycat (reason why I came back to coX)...I actually might stick around longer this round.
Old Skool MMOs FTW!!!
Cheers.