AlienOne

I have no idea why someone would put "lshift+rclick" just to activate the reticle, when you could just bind "lshift" to do it, and then do the clicking yourself.

Seems like a backwards way of thinking of things...

If you wanted to use the left shift key, enter:

/bind lshift "powexec_name Shadow Step"

I also noticed you didn't include the quotation marks on the bind you posted. You need to include them (at least in my experience) in order for them to work without giving you some sort of error message.

"Alien"

Yeah, that's actually the one I was referring to. I wanted to see who he was responding to in that thread (I can't remember), and I can't seem to find it by doing a skim-through of all BaBs posts via the search function either.

:/

"Alien"

*EDIT*
All this proves is that all those "lrn2usetehsearchfunction" people need to take note and stop preaching it so hard. It's really only "partially" useful, if half the forums have been lost to purges or error deletions.

Why can I not find that post by BackAlleyBrawler using the "search" function, no matter what keywords I use?

Is the search function broken?

"Alien"

That made me seriously LOL.

If only I could have a few more lines for my sig, I'd add this.

LOVIN' the sense of humor, BaBs.

Throw some of this at the Khelds every once in a while. We'd enjoy it.



"Alien"

I think this is partially true. Many tri-formers don't think this, but I believe this to be part right. If you switch to another form, you're immediately limited on what you can do.

The forms are (I think) attemps at "augmenting" the human form. They're sort of an "added bonus," so to speak. Those "young whippersnapper" gamers who can quickly pick up fluidly switching between all the forms (almost simultaneously it seems like with the really good players) seem to have no thought or care for the part of the playerbase who can't seem to pick that up very easily. It's an automatic "lrn2play" from their end.

There's actually been much discussion lately about the inherents for Kheldians... The devs (I'm sure) are hovering around every once in a while and listening, but that won't ever guarantee that anything will be done.

I can say, however, that quite a bit of the Kheld playerbase agrees with you. Personally, I love the fact that I get extra resists or that it means I have to hit fewer enemies with my Eclipse because I'm on a team, but I totally see where you're coming from.

Personally (and I get slammed for even suggesting things like this), I wish the inherents that benefitted Khelds were for more "useful" things, like (for example) if you teamed with a scrapper, instead of getting more resists, you got a bit of mez protection. That would make both human-formers and tri-formers happier, because they would be able to stay in human or nova form longer during an attack chain (if teamed) without having to bring a tray full of break frees or get stuck in Dwarf form for the entirety of the chain-mezzing enemies you find at lvl 50 content.

However, there's also been much talk about this lately as well, and it always comes down to "bring a tray full of break frees," "EVERYONE should take Dwarf form," or "lrn2play" (everyone's personal fav).

Agreed. But, one problem I have with what you're saying is that you are comparing HEATs with VEATs.

That's a no-no. VEATs, by design, are pretty much near-perfect. They have their own mez protection. They have control. They have "auto" team buffs. They have built-in stealth. They can deal "critical" hits, like scrappers.

So, why compare? All you'll do, if you compare the two, is get miserable. I've got both, and I love them both for different reasons.

Here, I have to interject that you're speaking from a low-level Kheld's perspective. They really do (both PB and WS) get MUCH more surviveable (and powerful on the WS end) in the upper-tier level of the game.

For anyone who's got a Kheld, I always say "hang in there, it'll get better."

It WILL get better. Post lvl 38, you'll suddenly feel like you hit "god mode" with Light Form for Peacebringers, and Eclipse for Warshades.

Exemped down, yeah... I can see how they would feel like a very, very weak blaster--especially when you factor in the "special" enemies you have in missions.

Upper levels, though... It's amazing what Khelds can do.

This is something I mentioned a while back in a discussion about having several different builds for a Kheldian. I, of course, got slammed for that as well, but in the end, I can honestly say that Kheldians (in my humble opinion) are MEANT from the begiinning to be flexible.

Meaning, if you want to avoid the forms, you can STILL make a good, viable human-form build, and it be good enough to where you know what you're missing out on (by not taking the forms), but you can live with it, because you're still "good enough."

Understandable. Some people like them, some people don't. It's the way the world works. Should the Devs completely change them around and revamp them, because you or I don't like the "clunkiness?"

No. They've allowed human-form play to be good enough to where if people don't want the forms, they don't *HAVE* to take them. It's a choice. Choose what you want.

You're getting very close to the "awesome" level. Stick it out, and keep researching these forums for a good build that might match up with the playstyle you want.

If you you don't like using a hundred and one different binds for your Kheldian (I'm the same way), what I do to target a corpse is click my "Dark Extraction" power, which auto-targets the nearest corpse. Presto! You have a corpse targeted without having to click a bind, find a bind, enter a bind, or find a specific button on your keyboard. It's done. If you double-click the power, you'll automatically use that corpse to get an essence, but if you single-clicked it, you'll just target it, and you can then use that corpse for any other power that uses corpses to work, such as Unchain Essence. It's what I do, and it works very well, without the need for a single bind.

Now, there is ONE bind that I use, and that is the teleportation bind, because it makes traveling with a Warshade a HECK of a lot easier.

Try entering:

/bind tab "powexec_name Shadow Step"

into your chatbar, and every time you tap your "tab" key, your targeting reticle will appear, signalling you to click with your mouse anywhere you want to teleport. Tab, click. Tab, click. Once you get used to it, it's actually pretty easy.

I've often wondered this myself. Both types of Khelds actually have the ability to fly and teleport, so why lock those particular pools away? Seems weird.

Hey, if you're on Freedom, send me a message @AlienOne any day, and I'll get together with you and team. I'll be happy to tell you everything I know about Kheldians or offer build advice. I also have a Ventrilo server, so if that'd make it easier for you to talk live, that's cool too. Just let me know.

I think you'll find that, even though the Kheldian community may have quite a few disagreements and viewpoints on how a Kheld should be played, we're also a pretty helpful part of the CoH community as well, and are more than willing to help you through the difficult mess that is learning Kheldian gameplay.

"Alien"

Me either... Just being able to choose a primary/secondary color for a form would be enough for me (as well as choosing a primary/secondary for the human form), and having those colors apply to the powers that are in the forms would be fine, if that would make it easier for the devs to pull off...

"Alien"

The way it's worded (don't you hate your words getting all analyzed and junk, BaBs?), it looks as if there's "hope" that it *may* be on the table in the future... But, that has yet to be seen... Right now, it seems pretty low on the priority list.

"Alien"

Excellent suggestion. I think this topic has shown that procs are indeed valuable, but not necessary, and therefore putting it in the intro section would make the most sense.

I'd also like to include several more builds in there than what I already have (which include procs), as well as detailed explanations as to what that build would be good at, or what it's shortcomings would be in certain situations.

On top of that, it occurred to me just recently that I haven't included a section on "monitoring combat attributes" which has proved to be invaluable to my Kheldian gameplay (that focuses on a "perma-capped-resist-timer"). Although monitoring your combat attributes isn't *absolutely necessary*, having exactly what your current resists are in every category on screen can be a huge help in knowing what decision to make/power to hit mid-battle.

"Alien"

Well, when referring to recommending a build to someone, I always like to know what they're building for. Are they building for resistance? For DPS? For the least amount of form-changing possible (staying in one form most of the time)? Do they like to attack from range? Melee? Are they hard-core "I'm going to spend what I got to purple this thing out" guys? A casual player?

All of these different playstyles (obviously) require different builds with different power setups and set IOs. Whether you like to admit to it or not, a guide that's trying to include a "global" audience would be rather "gimped" if it wasn't completely well-rounded.

Thus, these issues arise... We've established that a proc is beneficial (when slotted correctly), but is it beneficial for everyone? No matter the build? No matter the amount of time played?

This is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. While this would be a fantastic suggestion for any tri-former, it's not really for a human-former. My build has no less than 8 toggles running at any given time while I'm fighting. Although I've built for high endurance recovery because of this, powers like Gravity Well (especially considering how fast it recharges) still takes a pretty large chunk of endurance to use (about 18.5 per use).

When you're running 8 toggles, you'll visibly see that chunk disappear from your endurance bar while you're fighting a horde of enemies. This chunk would naturally be larger if I didn't have the end/dam IO in there to bring it down 4.1 endurance points per use. Over time, that can add up to a "shield dropper" in a full attack chain if I didn't have that IO, which should also be factored into "performance" (and usually isn't).

"Alien"

Because I've been out of work for almost 8 months now, I probably spend more time playing this game in a week than the majority of "average" players play in a month, so I definitely don't fall in that category.

However, as I stated before, I've "never been the gambling type," so because of the fact that I *usually* never put trust in "chance," I never gave it much thought. I went with the "sure thing," as it were.

It wasn't a by-product of "playing less frequently" or for "short periods of time." In fact, the thing I like to do most in the game (I may have stated this before--not sure) is Task Forces. With one or two exceptions, a Task Force isn't a "short period of time" experience.

That said:

That's exactly what I've been wondering, specifically for guide-writing reasons. When writing a guide, one has to be cognizant of every personality-type, every playstyle, and every possible like/dislike people may have. So, although I'm writing a guide to "build the best human-former possible," this very subject is of particular importance to me, because it determines whether or not I should make a recommendation to "go proc" in a build, if the person using the guide happens to be a "casual player."

"Alien"