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Thank you everyone for your advice. You've all agreed on Musculature, making this an easy choice.

My stalker is a new Lvl 50, and I'm trying to choose an Alpha. The toon is an StJ/SR Stalker. My main choices are Agility and Musculature. I mostly think of Musc because the extra dmg would be good, and Stalkers are primarily damage dealers. The problem is that some abilities such as Immob, would be wasted. I also think that Agil would be good, and I don't think that any abilities would be wasted, but it wouldn't be increased dmg. The extra rech would help dmg somewhat.

I've had many times when I've joined a group with a Kin or NA and found one or more other people with the same power set. Is this a waste, or do they stack?

I rarely see posts about Elec/Elec. Do they have good synergy? Is this pairing better on Brute, Tanker or something else?

I just made a comparison using the test server. I made level 50 StJ SR and EA, with no enhancements. The EA had a Def of 16% in most areas except Psy and Toxic, while the SR had 19% across all. The EA also had 7.5% Res in many areas, while the SR had 0%. I'm guessing that EA's self heal will help make up for the Tox and Psy hole. I also dislike EA's appearance for a Natural, but it is not as bad as many other armors.

Are there any ablities that have an acrobatic appearance, such as doing flips? To my knowledge, Ninja Run is the only ability that can do this.

I like this idea. I often see people who are MA/Bio. They are Natural Origin and have Minimal FX. I still see all kinds of energy coming out of their body. I'm sure that they chose Bio because it is one of the best secondaries, but hate the FX. Unfortunately, games often try to adjust this by giving love or nerfs. I think that giving an invisible option for secondary powers can help this without nerfs.

I like this idea. I have a Water Blaster with Leviathan Epic Pool, and I think that a Hand shot Bile Spray would be more thematic.

I finally found City of Data. It wasn't working for me, but I found a different link and now it works. Anyway, I can't find the Def penalty on it. I'm guessing that it was removed, so things should be good now. Thanks for your help.

Thank you for your reply. I read your comments and read a page about Invuln. Most looks good, but my one problem is that Unyielding is the only power that grants res against status effects, but it gives -5% def. I don't like this because my toon is supposed to be StJ who can gets all abilities from natural training, and can defend well. I've used SR but didn't like it since it provided def and nothing else. Right now, I'm using EA. I like it, but don't like its appearance. I might still take Inv, since it still appears good and has invis power effects.

I'm thinking of making an StJ/Invuln Stalker but I have some questions. I've read some comments that Inv is good. Since it is mostly Res, I wonder if that is good. I would assume that it is a bad End guzzler. Would I need a lot of End Red? Would triple slotting Stamina with End Mod be enough? Is it better than other secondaries, such as SR? Some things that I didn't like are that it doesn't have an End regain ability, and its only heal has a long CD

Thank you everyone for your comments. They were all very helpful. In a different post, someone said that Brutes are better because of the +Def on Storm Kick. I'm glad to see that Scrappers are awesome as well.

I've been playing MA/EA Scrapper for a while, but wonder if a different AT might be better, since Brute and Tanker have a Def bonus on SK. I've been thinking of remaking it into a MA/EA Brute or MA/WP Tanker. Is MA especially good for a certain AT?

I'm trying to decide on a Dark/Dark Melee. I'm mostly thinking of Brute and Tanker, but Scrapper and Stalker are ok as well. I mostly group in TFs, Radios and other group stuff. PVE only. I was thinking that Tanker might be better because it would have a larger AOE radius

Thanks. I know what they are, I just didn't know the abbreviation

Since Brutes don't crit, then Eagle's Claw would also be at a disadvantage since EC gives a crit bonus. Also, I know that ATOs are, but I don't do what APP or PPP are.

Thank you everyone for your advice. It was all very useful. I've decided to keep my MA/EA Scrapper as is, and not reroll to a Brute.

I know that this has been discussed many times, but I want to give my perspective. To my knowledge, the only advantage that a Scrapper has is critical hits. This makes it better at the beginning of a fight. It isn't long before a Brute's Fury increases the damage to exceed a crit. When I start a new toon, I do the Matthew Habashy arc. Near the end is a room full of force doors. I usually destroy the doors because there is a badge for destroying 100 doors. For most toons, it takes around 12 hits to destroy a door, give or take a few. When playing my StJ/WP Brute, it took around 6 hits to destroy the door. There aren't many fights before that room, so I can only do so much to build up Fury. Please feel free to agree or disagree with me.

Thank you for that link. It was awesome and answered all my questions.

Someone told me that if an enemy has zero end, then an electric blast would get a dmg bonus when hitting him. I've never found anything that confirms this. Is this true? Does Elec have any other bonuses?

I thought that ATOs were put on the AH by admins, so they should have the same price. Last week, I bought several at 6M each. This week, I've bid on several different types and ATs but they were around 8M-11M each.

Thank you everyone. I read several websites and they didn't have Power Crash. I guess it was added later. After reading this, I checked the character builder and Power Crash was there.

I've read many times that MA is a weak powerset for Stalker. Most comments that I've read say that it is because they lose the AOE. I've also read that EM is one of the strongest powersets for Stalker, but it also loses its AOE. I assume that I'm missing something.

I've noticed that several people mentioned Scrappers, Stalkers and Tankers. Are they good for Brutes?

Which ATs are good or bad for using ATOs? From previous comments, I get the impression that melee ATs make excellent use of ATOs while ranged and defensive ATs don't use them as well.