pangelo Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I have read a lot of threads about gearing my shadow 31/10build and the consensus seems to be mostly stalker with 2 set survivor bonus. I have also seen a lot of people recommending swapping the mods to stalker. My question is, why? The stalker is laden with accuracy, what am I missing here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shagatha Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) I really like stalker 4 set bonus myself. Helps me to burst a bit more often. Not really answering your question but not all like survivor set. Edited March 4, 2012 by shagatha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sollinton Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) The only reason I can think of for this is in a PvP setting. Kinetic Combat in PvP already has plenty of survivability from Combat Tech, Kinetic Ward, Harnessed Shadows, and all the passives, so the tanking gear becomes pretty redundant. PvP tanking is not about sitting there letting enemies wail on you while your friends finish them off. Without aggro tables and with the way taunts work in PvP you don't take nearly as much direct damage as you do in raid environments. Because of this, the term "A good offense is the best defense" really makes itself heard, even for tanks. That is most likely why people recommend Stalker gear. Aside from a PvP scenario, I can think of no reason to use DPS gear as a tank. Edited March 4, 2012 by sollinton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samyrius Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Because defense, shielding, and absorb are all very lackluster in PvP due to the fact that the majority of player attacks are Force/Tech (which skip defense and shielding entirely). Survivor is filled with plenty of defense/shielding/absorb mods, which again aren't that great in PvP. Keep in mind that Stalker and Survivor have the exact same base stats, so if you remove the mod and enhancement, they are identical except for the set bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuorEarfalas Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) If I were you, I would go Survivor Lightsaber and Survivor Shield Generator. My reason is simple. The survivor lightsaber gives you massive endurance over the stalker one, in turn you lose 23 willpower and 77 crit rating, which you can compensate by swapping some low endurance power/surge and crit/surge enhancement to your armor gears. The survivor shield generator gives you your extra shield and most importantly your absorption rating. There is no point in having shield rating when you don't have absorption rating. EDIT: I am speaking for BM gears of course. Edited March 5, 2012 by HuorEarfalas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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