What the heck is a stifle?

[Ishnar]

<DIV>Can I eat it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lvl 6 cheap shot stuns target.   Cut Throat, its apparent replacement, does not stun--it stifles--and must be used from stealth which Cheap Shot does not.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is a stifle like a stun but better, or is it a really wimpy form of stun?  I'm used to stifle meaning something like "cant cast" which isn't nearly as useful as a stun.  But if they aren't stunned, how does an assassin do the dance?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ishnar</DIV>

[Putka]

<P>aren't you a SK?</P> <P>stifle is silence yes.. and cut throat lasts 10 seconds. for this duration the mob can't use specials. I think this is way more useful than crap..err cheap shot. And I don't think I've used the stun-run around method since I was in my 20s.. It's nice to silence the mob at the start of the fight so people have a chance of getting all their debuffs in before the mob starts nuking.</P>

[Ishnar]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Putka wrote:<BR> <P>aren't you a SK?</P> <P>stifle is silence yes.. and cut throat lasts 10 seconds. for this duration the mob can't use specials. I think this is way more useful than crap..err cheap shot. And I don't think I've used the stun-run around method since I was in my 20s.. It's nice to silence the mob at the start of the fight so people have a chance of getting all their debuffs in before the mob starts nuking.</P> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>/nod.  Yup, but I'm working up an assassin right now.  Was just wondering how an assassin solos positional attacks with a greyed out cheap shot.</P> <P>Thank you,</P> <P>Ishnar</P>

[Putka]

<P>well the thing is, even at lv50 grey cheap shot still works and only costs 5 power hehe <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Kinda weird I have to say.. maybe it's considered a scout innate ability or something <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I wouldn't be surprised if this was changed in the revamp.</P> <P>The reason why I (well and most people to my knowledge) don't bother with this "trick" anymore, is cause at higher levels there are just better tools and ways to solo.</P> <P>When I want to grind some cash I just go to deer in EF, run up to one, spitting viper->faltering blast->assassin's shot and melee to death. Next. Can't be bothered with all that stun and runnin around and such <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P>

[Graton]

<span><blockquote><hr>Putka wrote:<p>well the thing is, even at lv50 grey cheap shot still works and only costs 5 power hehe <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Kinda weird I have to say.. maybe it's considered a scout innate ability or something <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I wouldn't be surprised if this was changed in the revamp.</p> <p>The reason why I (well and most people to my knowledge) don't bother with this "trick" anymore, is cause at higher levels there are just better tools and ways to solo.</p> <p>When I want to grind some cash I just go to deer in EF, run up to one, spitting viper->faltering blast->assassin's shot and melee to death. Next. Can't be bothered with all that stun and runnin around and such <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><hr></blockquote> some of our highest dmg attacks are still stealth attacks. i'm not 50 but i'm lvl 43 and i still stun / strafe to this day. you can still continue to melee like you said after you do this. using the strafe combo you can open with bloodthirster, then follow with condemning blade. if you don't have room to manuever like in a dungeon, i don't know a higher dmg way to open a fight solo than that.</span> with some room to breathe, you can open with bow moves like you suggest, then stun / bloodthirster and melee from there. i like that since you have a better chance of firing off a poison. i like opening with the cloaked barb line , stun / strafe bloodthirster , then rooting the mob and dropping back with assassin's shot and hopefully deadly shot if it stays rooted. from there i straight melee until stun is back up when i try and use another stealth attack. i dunno, it's hard for me to imagine that stun / strafe will ever be something i don't use when soloing. <div></div>

[scivias]

I also open up grinding solo mobs with the ranged attacks, following with frontal melee.. its just so much faster and easier then to sneak around or suchalike. High damage attacks are neat, but in the overall damage done they don't add too much, timers are just too long. Sure there is nothing wrong starting with a condeming blade or assassination, but thats nothing you can do chainkilling mobs for drops. <div></div>

[Ishnar]

<P>Thank you very much for the replies.</P> <P>Ishnar</P>