Which Stalker combo are you favoring? Welcome back to the game!
Right now I've got a Kinetic/Ice and a Ninja Blade/Ninjitsu that I'm playing most often. I was a little hesitant to create the Kinetic stalker since it was difficult to find a theme that would match the primary, but once I actually started playing him it was a blast. I used the forum macro that allows you suppress the ice effects and made them a deep purple so that others wouldn't see much of it either.
"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." - George Orwell
I haven't played a stalker in a while, even though I love the dynamic of criticals while hidden and the general more deliberate playstyle required for the AT. With the new changes I decided to give it a go and was very impressed with the results. Not only has the damage improved, but the ATO proc really is a game changer!! Great idea devs. I've since made 3 other stalkers and alternate between them to try and see which I'm going to take the finish line. They've become my new favorite AT. For someone who's just coming back after a couple year hiatus the general state of the game is very good and I look forward to other things in the pipeline.
"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." - George Orwell