Steyrharquebus Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) Is there a specific reason that War Mace is unavailable to Stalkers? Are we likely to see it someday? I love my WM/DA Scrapper, but I'd love them even more if they were a Stalker. Edited February 2 by Steyrharquebus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZorkNemesis Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Stalkers are about subtly and assassainations. A morningstar or hammer really isn't the best for trying to be unnoticed as they're heavy, clunky, and messy. Of course we might get them repurposed for Stalkers, but Mace and Axe are very much not "stealthy" weapons. 1 1 Currently playing on Indomitable as @Zork Nemesis; was a Protector native on live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steyrharquebus Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 18 minutes ago, ZorkNemesis said: Stalkers are about subtly and assassainations. A morningstar or hammer really isn't the best for trying to be unnoticed as they're heavy, clunky, and messy. Of course we might get them repurposed for Stalkers, but Mace and Axe are very much not "stealthy" weapons. I presumed this was the logic behind the decision. Though smashing someone across the head with a mace doesn't necessarily need to be a noisy affair. Bashing someone with a mace is a pretty surefire way to go unnoticed. Unnoticed by the person you brained anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobbledigook Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 36 minutes ago, ZorkNemesis said: Stalkers are about subtly and assassainations. A morningstar or hammer really isn't the best for trying to be unnoticed as they're heavy, clunky, and messy. Of course we might get them repurposed for Stalkers, but Mace and Axe are very much not "stealthy" weapons. So a Staff and a Broadsword are? A Club(mace) could easily work. Sneak up and bop someone on the head. A hatchet/cleaver(axe) could also work quite well. But this is not real world comparison it is total fantasy. So we have people wielding stupidly over sized weapons(TW) and shooting Beams of energy from their eyeballs etc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haijinx Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, ZorkNemesis said: Stalkers are about subtly and assassainations. A morningstar or hammer really isn't the best for trying to be unnoticed as they're heavy, clunky, and messy. Of course we might get them repurposed for Stalkers, but Mace and Axe are very much not "stealthy" weapons. As opposed to being literally on fire, using a fire sword. Which is super sneaky 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaghetti Betty Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Stomping the ground and causing a rupture so powerful it sends multiple enemies flying and stuns them. Much subtle, very sneak. 7 1 Mainly on Excelsior. Find me in game @Spaghetti Betty. AE Arcs: Big Magic Blowout! 41612 | The Meta-Human Wrestling Association 44683 | MHWA Part 2 48577 Click to look at my pets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purexedz Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 On 2/2/2024 at 5:14 AM, ZorkNemesis said: Stalkers are about subtlety and assassinations. A morningstar or hammer really isn't the best for trying to be unnoticed as they're heavy, clunky, and messy. Of course we might get them repurposed for Stalkers, but Mace and Axe are very much not "stealthy" weapons. The archetypal aspect isn't really respected anymore and the melee ATs are just "playstyle" now, i.e. Brutes/Tankers getting "finesse" sets, and Stalkers/Scrappers getting "smashing" sets. They gave stalkers Stone Melee ffs. Might as well go all the way at this point and give War Mace and Titan Weapons since they've already broken the archetypal qualia. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaghetti Betty Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Super Strength please! 1 Mainly on Excelsior. Find me in game @Spaghetti Betty. AE Arcs: Big Magic Blowout! 41612 | The Meta-Human Wrestling Association 44683 | MHWA Part 2 48577 Click to look at my pets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aethereal Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Bane spiders are conceptually similar to Mace stalkers, if you're interested in approximating the character today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erratic1 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 On 2/2/2024 at 5:14 AM, ZorkNemesis said: Stalkers are about subtly and assassainations. A morningstar or hammer really isn't the best for trying to be unnoticed as they're heavy, clunky, and messy. Of course we might get them repurposed for Stalkers, but Mace and Axe are very much not "stealthy" weapons. And yet I have a WM/Ninjitsu Scrapper who very much goes without being seen and crits from stealth. And were I to turn the dial to 11, I could make a Titan Weapon/Ninjitsu scrapper who could do the same while being fantastically even more absurd as a practitioner of ninjitsu. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errants Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/19/2024 at 6:52 PM, Erratic1 said: And yet I have a WM/Ninjitsu Scrapper who very much goes without being seen and crits from stealth. And were I to turn the dial to 11, I could make a Titan Weapon/Ninjitsu scrapper who could do the same while being fantastically even more absurd as a practitioner of ninjitsu. 1) Top Tier Name 2) I have a TW/Nin - She is absurdly fun. And a magical girl. Who uses her powers for profit. 1 1 Death is the best debuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZemX Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 On 2/2/2024 at 5:14 AM, ZorkNemesis said: Stalkers are about subtly and assassainations. *Hurls a Boulder... from the SHADOWS!* 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringo Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 That doesn't seem very sporting /fezzic 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal_General Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 On 2/5/2024 at 2:11 PM, Spaghetti Betty said: Super Strength please! It would be fun to watch someone assassin strike someone right after rage crashes. The Hellion Boss turns around. "What was that? Did you just sneak up and try to tickle me?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardboiled Hero Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 2/2/2024 at 11:26 PM, Spaghetti Betty said: Stomping the ground and causing a rupture so powerful it sends multiple enemies flying and stuns them. Much subtle, very sneak. He fell.. Onto an earthquake. To the OP's point though, Claw Hammers are actually pretty common as murder weapons go today, and I'm sure there have been as many or more assassinations carried out through history with blunt weapons than with swords (although I imagine smaller blades would be more common.) As I say this, I just picture the assassination from Braveheart where the guy rides a horse into his victims bedroom and smashes him with a Flail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bAss_ackwards Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 On 2/29/2024 at 3:49 AM, Marshal_General said: It would be fun to watch someone assassin strike someone right after rage crashes. The Hellion Boss turns around. "What was that? Did you just sneak up and try to tickle me?" Have a sneaking suspicion they would just turn it into Build Up. 🤔 1 Former Paragon Studios QA - Redname Fireman Current and always Scrapper enthusiast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zect Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 If a stalker swings a Titan weapon and nobody is left alive to hear it, does it still make a sound? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haijinx Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 3/17/2024 at 11:26 PM, Zect said: If a stalker swings a Titan weapon and nobody is left alive to hear it, does it still make a sound? Only if the TW is a Giant Tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haijinx Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 3/17/2024 at 9:24 PM, bAss_ackwards said: Have a sneaking suspicion they would just turn it into Build Up. 🤔 Which would suggest they would need to double the recharge on jab, punch and Haymarker-- allowing them to have a reasonable damage scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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