Diggaroo

Thanks for the quick replies

AIB, I looked at your PB's build and, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think your's is a lot more offensive based and has more survivability. Which, of course, I'm not saying is a bad thing at all. In fact, it's very good. Your build looks wonderful, the powers meld well together, and the totals look very nice. My build is a tad more defensive, and I also noticed you put a lot more slots into your attacks than I did. Mostly because I sacrificed those slots for more of my situational slots. I gave my glowing touch four slots because I remember in Human form only how I managed to save a wipe when the defender went down, keeping the tank alive by spamming it. Dull? Perhaps. Effective? Beyond that. Not to mention the endurance cost is low and the recharge time very quick. I think your PB is far better at burning down mobs than mine will be

Stone, oh goodness... I remember those days too. PB's are a totally different beast now indeed. And I concur; more than most likely I won't use my forms as often as I would with my Warshade, but that's what makes the PB unique. It'll be nice, though, to say: "Oh crap! My Hp is low. Going dwarf to heal since my human form heals are still recharging... Okay, going back to human form to rebuff. Now I'm going Nova to wipe these mobs out... A couple bosses are still standing, so now I'll hop out of forms and just pummel them like Back Alley Brawler." It's just fun to think of all the different ways to use the forms.

Alright, so I've decided to give my PB, Templar of "Truth" (haha, see what I did there?), a build make-over. He is transitioning from human form only to triform. The way I built this one is a lot similar to how I believe the warshade plays. I based it a lot on the idea that human form provides buffs and support and nukes for nova and dwarf, nova provides a ranged assault, and dwarf protects human and nova. The problem with the AT I found is that the powers do not meld together as fluently as a Warshade's does. I think I managed to get around this though, and I had to delve deep into my understandings of the AT.

The Peacebringer is pretty much the opposite of the Warshade. This is a given. So, I used this to my advantage, thinking exactly opposite to how I would play my Warshade, yet similar (if that makes any sense whatsoever). Basically, the peacebringer works off buffs that are already at full power 24/7 and they do NOT require bodies to be "saturated". While this is so, Light Form, the PB equivalent to Eclipse, has a nasty crash that can be really devastating in an important/intense battle. losing 50% health/endurance at the wrong time could mean certain death. To get around this, I made sure to perma Light Form and then took precautions by buffing all three of my healing skills with 5 slots, using doctored wounds (mostly for the IO set's recharge time bonus) and also did my best to make sure Conserve Energy will be available every time I crash. This way, I can activate a heal and Conserve Energy right after I crash to recover more easily from it. The heals themselves recharge at an astounding rate (around 14 seconds for both my human form self heal and dwarf form self heal, and 90 seconds for my human form maximum health increase heal.) I think this will really help not only my survivability, but also my recovery (NOT rate) after a crash.

The other things I've been thinking a large amount on is the roles of all my forms. Unlike the Warshade, my PB doesn't NEED to switch between forms as often to keep "fueling" (Dechs Kaison) himself and his forms. All he needs is to active Inner Light and Light Form and go at it, switching between forms as needed to heal/recover from crashes. So this got me thinking heavily upon how to play my now Triform PB. These are the strategies I've devised and I think they should work fairly well;

I would start with human form for obvious reasons; I need to activate my buffs. I turn on Light Form first (due to longer duration) and then Inner Light before continuing on in my little list of "to do's" as a peacebringer.

Next, I would decide; do I need/want to use my nukes to take out this mob or should I switch to another form to take them on since my nukes are on cooldown (lolWoWterms)? If my nukes are up, I stay in human form because all my nukes are here to begin with. I start the battle by more than most likely activated Clarion if I'm using it and jump right into the middle of the enemies, using my photon seekers toe-to-toe with my enemies. Once the enemies are all scattered, I will then go on to use my Pulsar to attempt to stun the lower ranked mobs and then switch to either Dwarf or Nova to stomp them out with AoE. Also, I would use my Judgement in Nova Form (for the damage bonus.) So after all this has been done, it's pretty easy to figure out how to dps down a group of mobs; AoE. I use dwarf flare and nova AoE's for this and then once all the mobs are down and the bosses are left standing, I go human form to do a 3 ability attack chain; Radiant strike, Incandescent Strike, and Gleaming Blast. Human Form has the highest damage potential (so I believe) and that is why I'll stay human form to burn down bosses.

While all of this craziness is going on, I'll continue refreshing Light Form/Inner Light and using my very situational skills as needed.

For those of you who have managed to make it through my wall of text, kudos! For those of you who TL;DR, I don't blame you LOL. Please, if you have questions, comments, constructive criticism, don't hold back. I really want to "pimp out" my PB before I make my next video featuring him. Thanks for your time!

Here is my build:


Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.953
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

I am thoroughly enjoying a good handful of these costumes. As for purple and black... It's kinda the Warshade thing. Very hard to break away from it :P

I'll upload a picture of my costume when I get home. My Peacebringer and my Warshade are basically like twins, just one is very shiny and the other one pretty gloomy.

If you want to see my Warshade's costume right nao, just click on "Gaze into the Abyss..." in my signature. (Warning: Purple fuzziness ahead)

Becoming a flying squid or a giant white lobster isn't appealing enough?! *Gasp!*

On a serious note, I think the Peacebringers are pretty well off just the way they are. Sure, they could use less knockback. Sure, their powers don't meld all three forms together as well as a Warshade, but hey, they were a lot better than they were before Freedom.

Besides, if they should add anything to the forms, it should be faster shapeshifting (imo).

Wow, thanks for the compliments! I really enjoyed making the video, so much that I may come up for one for my PB.

And Dechs, this character wouldn't be possible without your guide. No, seriously. I mean that. Thanks

Like many of the other people here in this thread, I'll say the same thing; do what you find most fun.

On a personal level, I see any SHAPESHIFTING Kheldians locked into the "Kheldian Roleplay" style. Otherwise, if the Kheldian has no forms, I don't see any issues with roleplaying that you aren't that AT.

Roleplaying is about being creative while immersing yourself into the universe around you. Simply be creative while still abiding by the lore of the game to a certain extent

<---- This is my Warshade.

This is a video of my Warshade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtFsJ...k&noredirect=1

Enjoy!

Just thought I'd show off just what the warshades are capable of. Enjoy the video of my Templar of Judgement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtFsJ...k&noredirect=1

I'll try to grab Rebirth for destiny. Not much status protection needed for Keyes, if I remember correctly. Besides, EVERY Kheldian has Clarion x)

I can't believe this awesome alien get-together stuff was going on right underneath my nose!

You can bet your butt I want in on this! I'll bring my WS, Templar of Judgement, to the Keyes Island event.

*goes off and day dreams about kheldian armies*

EDIT

My WS is 53.

Here's where this originally started:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=281023

My proposition is this;

Add an option that allows the player to manage the floating texts during combat. I feel that the ability to turn off Grey Numbers (Ally Damage) in order to see your own is a viable one. Some people just don't really want to see or even need to see their ally's damage.

More reasons as to why:

-Your damage is often unprocessed in a league battle due to too many Grey Numbers already taking it's place, therefore not allowing a player to see his/her own damage.

-Players shouldn't be forced to have to refer to their damage channel in the chat box just to see their own damage.

-The numbers can really cover up your view quickly, removing one of the greater elements of this game; its graphics and animations.

No offense to anyone, but I really don't care for your numbers. I want to be able to see what kind of damage I'm dealing, not the thousands of grey AoE numbers covering mine.

Is there any possible way to turn off the Grey Numbers (which would be my allies' damage) so it's not a big grey mess on my screen in trials/teams? All help is extremely appreciated!

Actually, I originally was a triform warshade following Dechs seriously epic guide. I just needed a change. Triform is fun and all, but I like taking the human form challenge.

"They called me crazy, but I'm not crazy! I'll show them!" (My mentality)



All joking aside, thanks a lot for the advice. It's all very much appreciated. Let me know what you think of the new build I linked above, THB. You're input is invaluable, considering the epicosity that is your 'Shade.

Taking some of your advice, here's what I've come up with;

http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...CFFD03C3AEE6FB

I'm trying very hard not to copy your build, but rather learn from it and attempt to build upon it with my low end budget. Thanks again for all your advice.

Also, one last thing. I still have yet to have this properly answered; How exactly do you deal with Mez other than clarion? Can Clarion be perma'd? Or is there another way to escaping mezzers. Again, your help is appreciated

Edit: IGNORE MY STUPIDITY!!! I overlooked where you said Clarion could be perma'd. Hehehe ^_^''

Another form? Some people may call that crazy. I for one think it's brilliant! And neat idea for a form as well. I'd enjoy turning into a cat-like predator like the one you've imagined.

An Epic Kheldian Pool is exactly what this AT needs imo. Although, I'd like to suggest something for the powers of the new form you've suggested;

I think the Moderate damage attack should be a cone swipe. Otherwise the powers may feel too similar to Dwarf which has two melee attacks like the sort. A High Damage single target attack, a Moderate cone attack, and a PBAoE Immobilize (that should deal some damage, even if minor) sounds darn swell.

I'm not too big on the Pulsar. I've never really liked it to begin with anyways. I'd prefer something along the lines of an ally buff. Maybe a roar of some sort that buffs allies near you with damage increase or something along those lines. Either way, Pulsar just seems too non-epic for such an epic idea.

Also, brilliant idea for the story idea as to unlocking this Epic Power Pool. Saving your Kheldian self from the big bad Nictus and achieving harmony with your Kheldian sounds just like something that would happen in a comic book. I love it

All in all, fantastic idea imo. I give it a double thumbs up and hope the devs read this. They could probably learn a thing or two from this post

PS: Please do some sketches of what you had in mind. I can guarantee you that it will probably be my new desktop background if it is as epic as my mind sees it :P

Edit:

I'd also like to suggest another fix to the "Slot Starvation" problem; the form and its powers come with 2 additional slots already. I'm not sure how that'd range on the scale from gimped to OP, but it's just a suggestion that definitely isn't set in stone

I just so happened to stumble upon your guide in the vast and wondrous interwebs, and I'd like to say it is really well written! Informative, helpful, and light-hearted. /em Clap

I'm not a huge fan of Triform Peacebringer simply because I feel Human Form can do everything a Dwarf/Nova (nova is debatable, considering the AoE damage capabilities that Human Form slightly lacks) can. Light Form now provides Mez Protection and, if Perma'd, Dwarf becomes just a cool costume to wear whenever you feel like becoming a glowy lobster.

I feel Warshades fit the Triform aspect far more simply because the synergy between the shapeshifting; everything has a purpose. Human/Dwarf provides fuel, Nova provides massive dps, Human provides utility.

White Dwarf just feels meaningless compared to Black Dwarf. But this is all just my opinion, of course. I've seen very capable Triform Peacebringers that can bring some unique and powerful assets to teams.

Again, great guide! Very well-written. I might have to give Triform another try sometime soon.