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Because I am starting to feel my old mild case of stalker addiction from the old days coming back, I'm considering one of two. I had been trying to work on a claws/Electric brute but I'm not sure I am feeling it or not. I've thought of of redoing it as a stalker, but after a night widow it almost feels silly to do a claws stalker. So, I thought I might try street justice out as it might work with the theme for the toon but then I'd want electric armor to at least complete the theme (name and all). Has anyone had experience with Street Justice paired with Electric Armor? Would Willpower work better if I can forgo my desire to fit with the name/look theme I had in mind?

It was useful at times when leveling up my night widow, and still used it fights here and there in the Dark Astoria story, Once I got the toon specced out enough in the incarnate stuff I never ended up using it, though. Kind of outgrew the need for it I suppose. I just finished working on a dual blades stalker and realized I used it maybe twice in all 50 levels and never once against an EB past 25. Probably just a power that is more useful at lower levels once available but if you do things right, the higher you get, the less you'll need it. Been thinking of respeccing out of it on the NW actually. Never tried it PVP, though, so maybe Tacopotamus (best name I have seen on the boards this month so far! Kudos!) is right.

I admit I am by no means a numbers person in this game, so I've just gone by the feel of stuff when playing. My first 50 back in the day was an Elec/Eng blaster and at the time I enjoyed it (mostly for the theme). Then I played virtually every other alt I've had (except that one Corr i tried and hated) both then and now. So I rerolled the toon on Homecoming and felt very sad. Didn't really get it til I rerolled it as Beam/Elec (for theme again... also, blast loudly and carry a big gun) also made a different blaster. Elec blast just FELT lacking as a blasting set. I tried a couple of different secondaries but they never seemed to help. I would have loved for it to hit a bit harder, not saying like fire, but it feels like attacking mobs by sticking a 9volt battery on their tongues.

My only 50, a night widow, has 10 costumes but really only cycles between the main widow suit and the carnie homage (I mean really, those carnies are soooo easily stabbed and slaughtered I felt bad and figured they needed a proper role model other than Vanessa DeVore (OH! I forgot I left that one at the dry cleaners to get a stain out of...)), but I know I made Praetorian Resistance and Loyalist themed ones when I ran through flashback missions there. Haven't done anything with Halloween stuff. Got some based on toons I made the fist time around. Did make a bikini one for lounging in the SG base's hot tub.

I have it in Slash on my Night Widow and feel like every time I use it on 1 target in a group at least 1 other nearby enemy acts terrorized. I assume it was the proc and not body odor or halitosis as she is pretty good about brushing her teeth and enjoys a good cherry blossom scented bubble bath after a day of slaughtering and stabbing.

I made the mistake of leveling my night widow to 50, then going back and playing with others. Oh, how the NW spoiled me... I tried a remake of my first 50 back in the day, a blaster, and lamented that I couldn't blast and kill fast enough. Then I tried Titan Weapons, Savage Melee, even Dual Blades and an Electric/Shield combo at one point... nothing made me as happy as the slice and dice action of that NW. On the original game, I 50'd a NW quicker than the others I had, even without teaming much. I enjoy my other toons, make no mistake about that, but for my money, nothing else seemed to have the same feel as a Night Widow. IMy old Crab Spider came close but since someone snatched my old name before I could I've been lazy leveling it while lamenting the name loss (ridiculous reasoning I admit).

Hello, fellow NW, I saw your question about the DEF numbers and though I may not be who you specifically asked, I'd like to offer mine up as a comparison... I ended up, before incarnate abilities, with 42% on melee and about 36% on both ranged and AOE. I'm working on a respec but not sure how to allocate 4 extra slots I can take out of Elude and Placate since I don't use them hardly at all anymore.

Considering I have some exes that I am positive are members of a real life Burning Legion, I have no interest in joining such a game

Hi there! One thing I did on mine was frankenslotted Mind Link with different sets' Def/Recharges to get it close to perma. I think the way mine is right now I'm off by a few seconds but the defense worked out better in mine. CT: Offensive could probably be dropped for almost anything else. I never noticed it really helping much, even at earlier levels. Your build reminds me I keep forgetting to respec so I can get Aid Self (thanks for reminder #451... perhaps it will light a fire to remember finally). Mental Blast I don't know much about because I tend to stick to the stabby mcstabyourface powers on mine. The IOs you have I didn't pay much attention to because it is late her and the sleepies are kicking in, but I did want to post something of a reply so you didn't feel left hanging completely. Happy toxic stabbing out there!

Clarion, eh? Hmmm... hadn't thought of that before. I've been switching between Barrier and Rebirth but I might have to add your suggestion now. Thanks!

:( Is it that bad a build-out? /e headscratch_and_frown :-[

Alrighty then, another request for help/insight/criticisms/"nice jobs"/"what the hades were you thinking?" here... I was a fan of stalkers in the game originally so when I read about widows and learned they were kinda stalkers+ I was excited. Then I played one and enjoyed it way much. And while I'm pleased overall with this particular toon's build overall, I know it has some shortcomings for sure (def and res numbers make me scowl in frustration when looking at them)... So I'm asking for anyone to take a look and make any suggestions that could maybe help shore up some numbers without having to sacrifice offense (at least too much). I'm planning on taking 2 slots out of Elude since I don't need it much if at all anymore and am not all that married to the Patron Pools right now. Thanks ahead of time for viewing/comments! Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 2.22 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Random Task: Level 50 Natural Arachnos Widow Primary Power Set: Night Widow Training Secondary Power Set: Widow Teamwork Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Sorcery Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Poison Dart (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (3) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance (3) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge (5) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (5) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (46) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 1: Combat Training: Defensive (A) Defense Buff IO (42) Defense Buff IO Level 2: Strike (A) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Damage/Recharge (7) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (9) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (9) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (48) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Recharge/Chance for -Dmg and Terrorize Level 4: Tactical Training: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (50) Luck of the Gambler - Endurance/Recharge Level 6: Super Jump (A) Jumping IO (11) Jumping IO Level 8: Follow Up (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage (42) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance (43) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge (43) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (43) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (48) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 10: Indomitable Will (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance (42) Aegis - Resistance (50) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge Level 12: Lunge (A) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage (13) Overwhelming Force - Endurance/Recharge (13) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (15) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (15) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (17) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown Level 14: Spin (A) Obliteration - Damage (17) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (23) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (25) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (25) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 16: Tactical Training: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO (40) Endurance Reduction IO Level 18: Slash (A) Hecatomb - Damage (19) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge (19) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (21) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Recharge (21) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance (23) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 20: Tactical Training: Leadership (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff (40) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge (45) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance (45) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 22: Mask Presence (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance (31) Gift of the Ancients - Defense (40) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 24: Mental Training (A) Run Speed IO (39) Run Speed IO Level 26: Eviscerate (A) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage (27) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Endurance (27) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Recharge (29) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (29) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Recharge (31) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal) Level 28: Foresight (A) Defense Buff IO (37) Resist Damage IO Level 30: Placate (A) Recharge Reduction IO (31) Recharge Reduction IO (33) Recharge Reduction IO Level 32: Mind Link (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge (36) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge (37) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge (37) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge Level 35: Mu Lightning (A) Damage Increase IO Level 38: Elude (A) Recharge Reduction IO (39) Recharge Reduction IO (39) Recharge Reduction IO Level 41: Ball Lightning (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 44: Mystic Flight (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range Level 47: Summon Striker (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 49: Arcane Bolt (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) Empty Level 1: Sprint (A) Empty Level 1: Conditioning Level 2: Rest (A) Empty Level 4: Ninja Run Level 2: Swift (A) Flight Speed IO (34) Run Speed IO Level 2: Health (A) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance (33) Numina's Convalesence - Heal (34) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (36) Healing IO Level 2: Hurdle (A) Jumping IO Level 2: Stamina (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod (11) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (33) Endurance Modification IO (34) Endurance Modification IO Level 50: Agility Radial Paragon Level 0: Born In Battle Level 0: High Pain Threshold Level 0: Invader Level 50: Barrier Core Epiphany Level 0: Marshal Level 50: Ion Core Final Judgement Level 50: Preemptive Core Flawless Interface Level 50: Warworks Core Superior Ally Level 50: Support Total Radial Graft ------------ ------------

My very first toon I leveled up back in the day was an Elec/Eng blaster... always will have a soft spot in my heart but when Homecoming came around and I tried the combo again... it felt kinda meh... ended up switching it to a beam rifle/elec for something that at least fit the theme but wasn't something I had played before... I am liking it much better than trying to level with Elec/Eng

Jeez, you took the words right out of my mouth on t I is one. Elec/En was my first 50 back in the day but i never saved the build out information so I'm in the same position. I only did PVE and occasion TFs with it. Had a blast with it... the 30s i remember were a pain hut I don't recall why.

I saw an odd badge pop up in my display... "They Still Walk Among Us" or to that effect. The info says it is for all the exploration badges in RWZ, but when I look in the exploration badges I can't find the listings for Scarred and the one on the building east of the ship. Never got a notice for them either.

I'm gonna half to second Tzu about the claws/nin stalker. Always enjoyed it and somehow managed to 50 it pretty quick.

Has anyone else out there tried this powerset? I rolled it on an elec blaster for funsies but I'm curious if it is worth it long run or if I should go back to the original secondary I had which was energy manip. So, thoughts? Likes? Complaints?