Talk:Stalker/@comment-71.92.156.173-20150805095145

Is Stalker a useful addition to Warframe?

Stalker may have been added to make things more interesting and maybe even more fun. He has special items that only drop from him unless you put out a not-insignificant amount of money just to buy the items he'd otherwise drop (which, to my knowledge, doesn't stop him from stalking said player and their Warframes). In response to having those rare items, Stalker was given significant power and has continued to be buffed in order to keep those items rare.

In my opinion, given the alternatives to Stalker's weapons (Paris Prime and Reaper Prime, mainly), I have no interest in getting any more of the Stalker's weapons. Furthermore, I do not want the monotony of the missions broken up by the Stalker's presence. The Stalker, in combination with the Gustrag 3 and any of the Syndicate strike squads, cause me to just abort the mission as soon as I see they're showing up. My conclusion? I want a way to turn these things off so that I am no longer bothered by them.

Maybe the Stalker is put in to enrich the setting, though. The Stalker could help blur the line that so clearly separates the Tenno from the Grineer and Corpus. This would make sense except that the Stalker avenges creatures like Phorid and Lephantis. If you have to justify the Stalker with story, he starts to look like a parody, looking for any excuse to attack the Tenno. At that point, it gets ridiculous and it's hard to see Stalker's point of view, even from the perspective of an antagonist. At least the Gustrag 3 attack you because you fought against the Grineer, the Stalker makes no sense at all.

In conclusion, I want to be able to turn the Stalker and those like him off. Because he's random, I'm almost never prepared for him (always leveling up a Warframe or their weapons), so I usually end up quitting the mission. I just want to grind in peace, why do we keep getting Stalker buffed or features like him added to the game?