Suggestion: Stalker Showdown?

[Hinsonator]

I just thought of another awesome idea, in a defense mission that your defending a cryo pod or in the mobile defense cryo pod there is a chance that Stalker is in that cryo pod? I don't mean when people are marked for death by him but he targets the whole team and if you beat him the mission clears?
EDIT:
The idea is the baits you into the mission with a cryopod that you don't know what's inside and when you get close enough, instead of enemies spawning the pod opens and POOF there's Stalker, coming out of the cryopod.
Same with the MD mission when you have a cryopod in addition to the two terminals, maybie with some kind of que from Lotus, like "this isn't like the others, be on your guard" or something like that.

[Ivara Ara]

Yeah...no.

[MrCongeniality]

wut

[Basser]

Uhm, there was already an event involving Darvo, that had you doing a Mobile Defense mission and near the end the Stalker attacked you.

If it's random, it's still the same as how it works now, and there's still those that panic and die, and those that insta-kill him because Stalker is still a BIG pushover. Although he doesn't trip anymore once he dies in less than 2 seconds, that was embarrasing.


Basically, no.

[WindierShark]

?

[Vulbjorn]

This is a completely insane idea. What on earth would Stalker do INSIDE one of the cryopods? Is he hiding under my bed too?

[WindierShark]

*checks closet*

[Serverus]

No. Defense is an endless-type of mission. It doesn't "end" until you decide to extract, so something like this would make absolutely no sense.

[✼ Frosty ✼]

Just no..

[Watermelons]

Originally posted by Basser:

Uhm, there was already an event involving Darvo, that had you doing a Mobile Defense mission and near the end the Stalker attacked you.

This. We already had a special Alert once where Darvo angered the Stalker when he put his "What Stalker?" pack on sale. He then asked us (without telling us about the Stalker) to search a ship for something. After we find the 3 things he tells us to hack, the Stalker comes out and Darvo practically says "Aha, Stalker ♥♥♥♥♥! I brought company!" Then we kicked the Stalker's ass and Darvo gave us more sales in thanks.

[Hinsonator]

The idea is the baits you into the mission with a cryopod that you don't know what's inside and when you get close enough, instead of enemies spawning the pod opens and POOF there's Stalker.
Same with the MD mission when you have a cryopod in addition to the two terminals, maybie with some kind of que from Lotus, like "this isn't like the others, be on your guard" or something like that.

[Dagordae]

Originally posted by Hinsonator:

The idea is the baits you into the mission with a cryopod that you don't know what's inside and when you get close enough, instead of enemies spawning the pod opens and POOF there's Stalker.

There's the problem that the Stalker is not really a challenge for a team. He's really dangerous against a single unprepared player, but in any other situation he gets eaten alive. The mission would literally consist of him dramatically jumping out and getting shot to pieces.

[Serverus]

Originally posted by Hinsonator:

The idea is the baits you into the mission with a cryopod that you don't know what's inside and when you get close enough, instead of enemies spawning the pod opens and POOF there's Stalker.
Same with the MD mission when you have a cryopod in addition to the two terminals, maybie with some kind of que from Lotus, like "this isn't like the others, be on your guard" or something like that.

Ok, so you're saying something similar to how the G3 works where you can extract right away instead of completing your original objective. Now i get what you're saying;

However, there is still the problem of implementation. If you replace a defense node with this, then it's not exactly much of a challenge because then people would just keep going there to farm the stalker and he would become more of a push-over than he already is. On the other hand, if it were implemented as a random event like the G3 or Zanuka Hunter, then imagine you're in a defense mission trying to farm enemies for something specific, when all of a sudden, Stalker shows-up! It's not fun because you're wasting time trying to farm a mission for something specific and the Stalker's appearences are a nuisance. This would especially be horrible for Void missions where you waste a key only to fight the Stalker and have the mission end before you can get what you want from it.

[Hinsonator]

I actually mean he comes out of the crypod, i probably should of explained that part better.

[Serverus]

Originally posted by Hinsonator:

I actually mean he comes out of the crypod, i probably should of explained that part better.

No. I get that he comes out of the cryopod. But you explained earlier that upon killing him, the mission ends. That's what I'm getting at.

[Satsujinki]

No.....just no.