Irresponsible

My argument is only that Peacebringers are somewhat easier to play because we get 3 heals by level 22 while Warshades only get 2 and they require corpses or enemies to work and they can actually miss. Also the Eclipse power isn't available until 38 and presumably most players won't have the IOs to make it perma until some time after that. The numbers you refer to don't seem to take into account that the nature of the mitigation available to Warshades requires a little more work while Peacebringers just have to press buttons. I'm actually trying to give you guys a compliment by saying it requires more skill to do what you have done.

Yes I've played a Warshade but haven't gotten one all the way to 50 yet. One of these days!

Alls I can say is that the only ATs that I've regularly encountered which can outlast a Peacebringer in a firefight are Tanks. Maybe most people with Warshades just never come onto these forums to read the guides or just aren't suited for that kind of edge of your seat style of playing.

Judging from what I've seen on other MMOs the number of paying customers who switch to the free side is gonna be dwarfed by the influx of new players with their micro purchases even if only a small percentage of them become full VIPs. Face it, it's time to bow down to our new F2P masters.

Yeah, that's a fail. States would send that robot thingy to the moon. To the moon, Alice! Do you hear?!

Interesting points but those numbers don't tell the whole story. I've never been on a team with a Warshade when my Peacebringer didn't have greater survivability for instance. Maybe it's becasue they have to take greater risks in order to fully benefit from their powers or whatever but I always outlast them and I'm by no means an uber player.

I would like more damage for my PB to be sure but from my experience Warshades need more help with not dying so much more than they need increased damage. Maybe a crowd control proc would help with that but not sure.

Plasma's guide in the Kheldian Guides sticky is a good place to start. Despite being written for I8 it stands up surprisingly well to give you a basic idea of how to get started. It is pretty much required reading for anyone new to Kheldians. Keep in mind though that Kheldians are way more awesome now than they were back then in many ways and some formerly human powers like Hasten and the inherents now apply to all the forms.

The main difference between Kheldians is that Peacebringers are better at soloing and in groups tend to make up for the weaknesses in a party thanks to the Cosmic Balance inherent while Warshades can do more damage but are slightly more dependant on being in groups for survivability and while in groups they play to the strengths of a party with the Dark Sustenance inherent.

Another way to look at is that PBs play like Off Tanks while Warshades are more like Brutes or Scrappers (pure damage dealers) except that both have ranged attacks of course.

People are still using AE to farm after all the changes the devs made to discourage farming? I've honestly never seen anyone spamming for a farm team in ages. If I saw one I might even report it. Gives MA arcs such a bad name.

If the point of this build is to almost exclusively use Nova and Dwarf then why take and 3 slot the human form shields? They aren't worth much without Light Form anyway. You could at least transfer some slots from them to the other forms to make them even more uber.

Oh didn't you get the memo? Kheldians will soon be discontinued because having two epic ATs might be too confusing to new free players and VIPs. Also body snatching aliens are bad, mkay? From now on you will all get to play prancing fuzzy little bears with rainbow flight and cotton candy fur instead! It's just more friendly this way.

Seriously though, they will probably do something lame like moving Shadowstar to Atlas which just feels wrong.

How about they just call off the whole epically bad idea of destroying this zone completely? No? Didn't think so.

Mostly I will just miss having a choice about which zone to start in. I still remember with great fondness being a newbie and discovering that there were two completely different starting zones to choose from and how neat I thought that was.

Unfortunately the devs seem hell-bent on doing away with anything unique about this game so it can be a clone of Champions or every other MMO out there.

Honestly most of the discussed changes to solely benefit PBs don't interest me all that much, except for the one about making Group Flight actually useful. Nor can I ever remember being on a team with a Warshade and feeling outmatched. I would like for all Kheldians to have the ability to use some human form powers even in dwarf or nova form (possibly including one or two shields) similar to the way blasters can use their basic attacks even when mezzed. It also might be neat to use the first two weakest nova attacks while in dwarf form and vice versa (novas look like they could deliver a nasty tail slap!). That would make Kheldians truly epic imho.