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  1. One day soon, soonish I suppose. It reminds me of the days on live trying to get a toon fully i0d, when single purples went for 100 mil+.
  2. Tough choice. I've been messing with it on the test server on random alts. Leaning towards a visually hectic armor set to try and layer the visuals and colors. I do like the Shadow prismatic aura in conjunction with the undefined. I could see rolling up a Energy Aura stalker that uses Disrupt for the bonkers visual that thing gives. Who knows. PB sounds pretty dope, pure human gets some nice armor visuals.
  3. @Azari Hmm, I guess that is probably the most reasonable explanation. Thanks for throwing that out there for me to mull over. I do wish that the other 2 had the option for the aura, the green undefined has the minimal fx option yet silver and evil just default to minimal which seems crazy for the price point of the 1,500 aether's. I'm on the fence for saving up but I wish you good fortune on your road to landing the other half of the required aether's.
  4. Forgiveness if this has been asked and answered, but is there a reason for the silver and evil costume variants missing the storm elemental aura that the basic Undefined Mode has? It seems for 1,500 aether’s that all 3 should have access to aura effect, colored correctly for whichever is selected. Just seems unusual to me, thanks in advance for any and all answers.
  5. For tankers Parry, Divine Avalanche, and Storm Kick do not stack. Guarded Spin and Defensive Sweep do stack. It's misleading and I'm sure there's some balance reason for it.
  6. @BitCook Mids didn't update Scramble, It's an Aoe splash skill now that does dmg. I'd swap out that Purple Stun for the other ATO and fully capitalize on Psi's new found aoe potential.
  7. Going down the rabbit hole of potential t9 names I humbly submit a classic.
  8. Call me crazy but despite it's long animation, 1,000 cuts being a 90degree 10 target cone is pretty solid. Frankenslot that thing with acc/dmg x3, 2 procs, and a FF proc and you're sitting on a solid skill for what it is, just an aoe. Would this work in a single chain? Goodness no, but that's what Sweeping is for.
  9. You're certainly going to get a wide variety of suggestions for builds but going back to your initial "tanky" quandary that without a doubt goes to Ice manipulation. It's got the best sustain for merely surviving. Slow/-recharge so enemies attack less often, check. -Dmg so you can survive longer, check. 30 ft radius so you don't even have to be melee, even better. It also is an Absorb which just works better than any of the sets that have +regen from their sustain. Take a Primary with a heal; water, dark, stone(not as reliable as the previous 2 sets) and you're looking at "tanky" blaster. Not to mention that ice manipulation has Ice Patch for some CC and you're looking at a blaster that can run in and stand still in a mob without a care in the world.
  10. @smnolimits43 It sounds like for your style and build Hide is the perfect fit. I wholeheartedly agree with the points you made and Hide does and can help with what you intend. Ultimately if I had a spare power pick I'd probably take Hide because it can speed up certain aspects of the game. While my build can't speed missions like other stalkers who take hide can, I merely use Celerity + stealth in sprint, I opted to utilize Chilling Embrace to minimize runners, reduce the dmg of enemies in melee, and the frequency in which they attack. One way isn't necessarily better than the other, it's merely what our intended purposes are that differ.
  11. Ice is hands down my favorite stalker secondary. I've never been a huge fan of set and forget armors so Ice hit that's that nice zone of engagement where I have to be cognizant of what's happening. Every power just works for what I'm trying to accomplish and the fact it's a decently layered secondary means with a little foresight and awareness the likelihood of me eating dirt is nonexistent. I would love for tankers and brutes to get Icy Bastion but fully acknowledge how insane that would be for PvE content. So, for now I'll rock the stj/ice and play it like a front-line bruiser.
  12. Honestly, it’s going to boil down to the primary you select. Obviously for certain combinations that have mechanics that utilize Hide (elec/shield) or allow for instant BU (KM) or guaranteed Aoe crit (KM again) hide is a must. For others? A case can be made to skip. I just finished a StJ/Ice and found hide to be largely a waste of a power pick. My final build could have hide or unleash potential, one guess which power I opted for. The benefit of Hide end game is greatly exaggerated as well. Sure it’s nice to stealth missions but SS with a Celerity +Stealth works just fine. The huge Aoe def bonus? Only applies outside of combat, no real point of that. The def of hide when slotted, my typically set up was 2 parts reactive (Def/Res scaling) Shield Wall +res, and a Lotg 7.5%, that adds a whopping 2.5ish…. Nothing spectacular at all to justify a power pick and slots. AS from hide? Sure, the burst dmg is handy but hardly something I’d consider game changing. Now if Hide granted some DDR or something else to warrant it being picked I’d reconsider it. The fact is you can easily get away without picking Hide if your primary/secondary allows it and not grabbing it isn’t gimping yourself by any means, it lets you have more freedom in build flexibility. Just my experience with my recent hideless stalker journey. But again, it comes down to your primary/secondary and if you feel comfortable not taking it.
  13. I'm not sure when this happened but the limit to having 3 no longer seems to be working. I informed a GM last night but thought for due diligences sake I'd make an official topic regarding this. *Cough" Bug hunter badge?! Anywho, just wanted proper channels to know, thanks kindly.
  14. If I could convince the devs to pipe in "Purple Rain" by Prince.... Me thinks this give away could work.
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