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Having been part of an 8man, 30+ team with 4 Khelds including myself recently, I noticed first hand how differently people build and play their Khelds.
There were 2 Shades and 2 Bringers.
The Bringers were varied in playstyle. The one concentrated on his Blaps and general owning (take a bow "Badge" if you read the forums), while the other switched between Nova and Dwarf to assist me in my Dwarf Tanking, when ambushes turned up.
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1) Its true I stay in human form whenever possible, it is my most heavily slotted form, so naturally its the form where I shine the most (in more ways than one)
2) dont even have nova..
3) my dwarf form is a bit underslotted I must admit. When soloing I only go dwarf when confronted with mezzing mobs, like holds and knockbacks. However, since I lack accuracy and damage slotting, these encounters takes a very long time.
In team I go dwarf only if theres no tank at all, or if the tank goes down. Sometimes I also go dwarf to get the aggro off squishes if the main tank fails to get all the aggro.
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Pure human for me on the peacebringer. Taken all the shields, the 3 single target blasts and the 2 melee attacks. So probably not alot different to alot of other Pbs out there.
Light form is great though, albeit it doesn't last long enough and once it drops the turtle does pop it's head a little.
So where i shine...i'm a sub par scrapper, sub par blaster, sub par tank. Not bad in PvP though...especially in Light Form against those all those pesky stalkers.
When It comes down to my shade, i gets all confused [img]/uk/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
Firstly, I'd say im lvl 30 or 31 (top of me head cant remember), and if ur teamed wiv me I'd suggest lowering your sound [img]/uk/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] I tend to switch forms quite a bit.
1)Starts with hasten, tp's into mob hits mire, dwarf, mire... and starts smacking the survivers
OR
2)hasten (again), nova, pops loads reds and go into a blaster frenzy.
The only down side I find is that to be REALLY effective I need to strap a few Kineticists to each leg. [img]/uk/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
My human form is a bit lacking in most areas, doesnt mean to say she cant take care of herself but "Malcolm" (Nova) and "Steve" (Dwarf) are always on hand if she's in trouble.
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As for the Peacy... I'm just not enjoying it as much as the WS, so that ones stuck at 17... and stays mostly Nova, except to essence boost and hasten.
My peacebringer is has no shields or Fitness and has devoted a lot of slots to Nova. I tend to AoE a lot and change between human and Nova, sometimes several times in a fight.
I only really use Dwarf if I get in trouble or there's no tanker on the team. The Dwarf is quite defensively slotted and does very little damage.
Pure tri-form. The Nova AoE are slotted up (including some recharge) and with hasten running I can get an almost continuous attack chain running with just those two attacks. Most of my time will be spent in this form if a tank is about.
Dwarf is fairly well slotted so I can dish out fairly good damage and stay quite safe (especially with hasten and conserve running too). I rarely use dwarf but like to have the option there.
All the standard human attacks are six slotted. No fitness pool, took leaping instead. Rest of the powers are the usual ones you'd expect a PB to have - Seekers, Dawn Strike, LF, QF etc.. Could do with a couple more slots to play with in all three forms but having saved slots that aren't really needed elsewhere (no endmod in forms, Dawn Strike only 3 slotted for damage etc..) I'm pretty much how I want to be.
My bringer has most of his slots concentrated in Nova, some in Dwarf, and hardly any in Human. I've got Nova slotted how I want, I'll concentrate lvls 33 to 36 on dwarf slotting, then the remaining levels on human powers.
My play style is thus: mainly play in nova form, unless the team is tankless. If I get attacked by a mob straggler, I'll switch into dwarf to finish him off if he's a minion or in a group - with harder enemies, I can drop back to human, hit hasten, essence boost, build up and incandescent strike (currently slotted with 1 acc and 1 dmg SO) is usually enough to finish em off.
Later on, I'm planning on developing my human powers - taking shields and a couple of the better attacks, which will change my play style again! That's what I'm loving about being a Kheldian is its versatility. If all the ATs were in a tool box, the Kheldian would definitely be the adjustable spanner.
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I know I havn't unlocked kheldians jsut yet but if I were to play mine I would probably overslot my dwarf as my gameplay on nearly any AT involves charging in.
i've gone with pretty standard builds for both toons. human only PB (tho considering bi-form dwarf/human) only pool i have is fitness. as much as it pains me to say it, without three end reds in each power, you need stamina in an all human build. i have three slotted stamina and one end red in each power and still run out of end in protracted fights.
my WS is your standard tri-form.... tp, eclipse, double mire, blast-the-****-outta-them-in-nova, stygian circle, repeat. but i also have a few of the human powers, especially the auras for PvP. the joy of getting tp'd by the enemy for them to then discover you have a disorient aura...
my ws is a blaster, my PB is a blapper (but more emphasis on the scrapper side) both are designed as primarily damage dealers, and the only pools they have are leaping (for acro), speed (for hasten, and for the invis from SS with shadow cloak), and fitness(for stamina). although, when i can next respec i'm gonna drop somethign on my ws and get aid self, cause the ws heals suck big style (except stygian, but thats useless in PvP)
My shade is a stealth-hunter. SS/Shadow cloak, hasten double-mire goodness (not at eclipse yet.) Dwarf gets called upon for "ohgodohgodI'mgetting squacked." No other power pools, and none others planned.
My bringer is a jack of all trades, blasts mostly, but with tankability and the nifty melee attacks too.
Both are designed to be self-sustaining, between their three forms, and to not require a team.
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
My shade's fairly heavily biased towards nova, though I've slotted dwarf enough to get a decent attack chain when hasten's not running. Human form is barely slotted at all, except Sunless Mire and Extract Essence.
I use human form merely for the odd hold/disorient while self-healing and summoning pets or making corpses explode, then back to nova and blast away.
I have tried to slot all three forms relatively evenly. Nova form has 1 end mod, and 2 acc encs, with the attacks having 3 dmg encs. Dwarf has 4 res and 2 end mods all the attacks being slotted with 2 dmg/1 acc/1 rec. And human form is a mixture of slotting. I have also refused to take any pools with her, she is purely PB powersets.
If I am solo against even level or lower mobs I will tend to switch between human and nova to give the fastest run through the mission. Nova where possible and human for bosses and other nasties.
In a large team I tend to switch between nova and dwarf for max damage when possible and extra tanking when things get sticky.
In medium teams where I don't know the people that well I will start in human form, as that is most versatile, and switch as I learn where my place in the team is.
My WS (Asgard Nova) is only level 16 and I took some powers I really regret (Gravitic Snare and Orbiting Death). I normally go Human, TP in, Mire, throw off my attacks, transform, blast the area, get out of dodge, provide devastating fire with my Nova AOEs and then switch to Human form if I get overwhelming aggro.
I really don't know what I'm going to do with my extra slots. Definitely going with Tri Form.
Will then probably go, Human>TP>Mire>Dwarf>Mire>Nova>AO Es then...
Actually, thinking about it, since my character is all about the DPS, I should probably get powers which boost that...so Hasten would be one.
Any suggestions?
Hasten is indeed a god-send for a Warshade.
Remember that the more form changing you do, the less DPS you'll have so the faster double mire =
Dwarf Form -> Shadow Step (TP) -> Mire -> Human Mire -> Nova.
As changing UP into a form takes about 2 seconds longer than changing down.
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Hasten is indeed a god-send for a Warshade.
Remember that the more form changing you do, the less DPS you'll have so the faster double mire =
Dwarf Form -> Shadow Step (TP) -> Mire -> Human Mire -> Nova.
As changing UP into a form takes about 2 seconds longer than chaging down.
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Good point! 
Hasten and slotting for End Reduction/Recharge on Nova seems to be good for the ol' DPS. Using Mire/Mire will add a significant DMG boost.
Then its Nova Time! (tm) :P
Having been part of an 8man, 30+ team with 4 Khelds including myself recently, I noticed first hand how differently people build and play their Khelds.
There were 2 Shades and 2 Bringers.
The Bringers were varied in playstyle. The one concentrated on his Blaps and general owning (take a bow "Badge" if you read the forums), while the other switched between Nova and Dwarf to assist me in my Dwarf Tanking, when ambushes turned up.
The other Shade and I were very different (mayb i just noticed more because of the friendly comp, and knowing the name of the powers in her info).
She had taken the Medicine and Fitness Pools, whereas Id taken the Stealth, Speed and Stealth Pools.
She was able to go Shadow Recall - Rez (take a bow Shadeeza Hood), while i could keep the team topped up with Grant Invis, and add a lil control to my build. (nothing like popping out of a form into Invoke Panic, looks and sounds great, effective too [img]/uk/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img])
It was a nice combo, and we both had very different playstyles. Id elected to Tank for the team as im quite Dwarf-slotted-heavy. While she stayed in Nova form generally.
So the questions are ;
What Power(s)/slots in your build set you apart from the other Shades or Peacies?
and Are you a jack of all trades, or have a more set role in a team you join?
EDIT : I'll start [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
1) I've taken the Presence Pool, and slotted my forms a lot heavier than my Human powers. Hoping to combine Eclipse, with Orbitting death, Inky Aspect and Presence too become quite an effective aggro-grabber/Tank if we need one (although Mez's would be my bane)
2) At the moment Im playing the more Tank-heavy role, generaly with 2 pets circling me to add pure damage, I've been suprised at being able to Tank a group of 4 +4 PP's at level 33. But all in all im a Jack, i can double mire and Nova with the best of them. [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]