Phedre_D
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Until recently I shied a away from teams with my stalker and stayed in the shadows. The few times I had teamed up I was close to useless. As soon as I would assassin strike one a mob in a group I would pull too much aggro, and be dead in a moment. Especially since you can't really do hit and run tactics with a bunch of teammates standing around I had given up on teaming and played my otherwise great stalker in the quiet hours when there is nobody around anyway.
I am not sure if it is because I am getting better at playing a stalker, or the fact she is now level 30 and has build up quite some tough skin over the years, but the past few days I have been teaming more and more. And on every team I joined I was really useful. I am no longer the dirtnapper, but in stead the deadly assassin I want to be. Aggro can still be an issue at times. But I can survive a lot longer, and the other teammates seem to be able to pull aggro pretty darn well themselves too.
So what is the purpose of all this babbling? No purpose at all, of course. I am just happy that my stalker has become a great team player, as well as still the ideal soloist. Maybe all of you knew this already but it was an eye opener for me. I am definitely looking forward for the next 20 levels, and I'll be sure to invite other stalkers to my team when playing some of my many other alts that have reached their late 20's.
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| 02/19/08 04:58 |
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DocterPink
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To be honest, I think this is one of the strange quirks stalkers have. At lower levels, they're gimped Scrappers with low armor, low damage except for AS and a good bit of aggro draw. This is why I can never get any stalkers high enough: They're just not that great on teams
However, once you get some more attacks and armors, you can start doing amazing damage and actually survive a hit or 2. So I guess that with getting the more essential skills comes being better at teaming.
But whatever, I'm not a stalker expert by any strecth of the imagination and my highest lvl one was lvl 12. But I've seen this also Phedre, stalkers getting more team friendly. Oh, and by the way, good luck on those last 20 levels![/CODE]
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| 02/19/08 07:25 |
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Hemlut
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I don't have a stalker but when playing with one in the last few weeks and levels 10 to 20, I found if I hit the mob (AoE wise)just after the killer hit the aggro would spread out enough for them to survive, I'd be hit hard as well but the rest of the team would pitch in and we'd all make it (mostly).
You are right, if someone was to fall it would be the Stalker, but then thats the risk they run getting up close and personal.
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| 02/20/08 01:45 |
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midnight guard
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A Stalker's survivability depends alot on, whether most of his or her secondary powers are offensive or defensive. E.g. if you were using Caltrops from Nin on every mob you fought, or if you concentrated on keeping that finger on Reconstruction from Regen.
My Stalker had a reeeaaally hard time from levels 15-20, but after he got Sha, which heals him for 41% hp now, 45s recharge (Yes, it's a really awesome power, fits well with the rest of Nin's powers), he can do anything.
I didn't pick Caltrops as it didn't fit into my build, but alot of my chars are build for durability.
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Midnight Guard - Level 50 Dark Melee / Dark Armor / Soul Mastery Brute. [Defiant]
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Karokage - Level 43 Ninjas / Dark Miasma Mastermind. [Defiant]
Midnight Phantom - Level 35 Martial Arts / Ninjutsu Stalker. [Union]
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| 02/20/08 04:57 |
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