I found out about this as well when simply going through Ordis's dialogue. It's a pretty neat feature/mechanic, and is nice if you don't have a suitable warframe/weapon to do this mission with others.
@@framedspartan I recall a long time ago, they showcased a playable stalker demo, where you could play (and invade) players missions as the stalker himself (looked for players that had a Stalker bounty). I think it was originally showcased during the first Tennocon. I think it received some pushback though from the general community, as people had concerns of an "invasion-like" system akin to Dark Souls, and didn't want to have to PvP fight a player controlled stalker from time to time, so don't think it ever got released to the general public. Though later devstreams did show DE invading other players games as Stalker to try and kill them.
@@OwlskiTV I do remember the Stalker demo that DE showed, but i meant to play stalker in more PVE modes or make a few missions on the ztar chart for Stalker or even a conclave mode for him. It would just be a shame to see him only playable for the operation and duviri and that's it, but I do like that we can atleast play as him finally.
@@framedspartan I feel ya. There were a good handful of neat things over the years that were developed & considered, but never were added into the core game. Perhaps we'll see more of the player controlled Stalker. I do find it funny that he'll still invade the player, but if you're playing as Jade will immediately dip out/leave. xD
I was surprised as well. I was talking to Ordis and saw "A Shared Purpose?" option so I clicked it and next thing I knew I was playing as Stalker. I hope this stays after the operation, but I hope we can use him more in the game soon.