What if "Kheldian" was just the AT and 2 primary and 2 secondaries?

EDIT: Looking back on it, my subject line doesn't really make any sense... Not exactly sure what I was thinking, if anything at all.

What I mean to ask is what if there weren't two different Kheldian ATs? Imagine if the AT was Kheldian, and then you picked Luminous Blast or Umbral Blast and paired it with either Luminous Aura or Umbral Aura. We already have ice/fire blasters and mind control/thermal controllers, and people have justified how those powers became entwined. Why would it be so hard to conceptualize a blended kheldian?

For argument's sake, let's say that the inherents depend on which secondary you pick. e.g. If you pick Luminous Aura, you'll fly and have Cosmic Balance.

Assuming it were possible, would you make a Peaceshade? Or a Warbringer?

Personally, I think Luminous Blast packs a little more punch and can do better burst damage than Umbral Blast. In a high recharge build Umbral Aura can eclipse anything (pardon the pun) that Luminous Aura has to offer. I guess I'd be a Peaceshade, but warbringer has a better ring to it...

Fluff-wise it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have them be half-and-half though. The variation theoretically comes from the fact that Khelds have more power selections than any one character could possibly take.

I'd much rather see them get the power customization working so we can have Kheldians whose appearances run the whole spectrum.

Going beyond that, I'd rather see them add new powers to each of the Kheld sets than allow them to be mixed and matched. Perhaps some additional melee attacks for a full melee attack chain for PB's, more controller-y powers for WS's, and maybe some alternate forms based on the other AT's. Nova is pocket-blaster, dwarf is pocket-tank, so maybe a pocket-scrapper (lower resist/mez than dwarf, but with a better melee attack chain), pocket-controller (like nova, but single target mezs like a low-level controller), or a pocket-defender (able to provide their allies with buffing and healing).

Obviously, given the slot requirements no single Kheld would be able to take more than two (maybe three if they minimally slotted one of them) of those forms, but it would create a LOT more variety among the existing AT's.

Nope, still would make a warshade. Umbral blast is better because of sunless mire and the pets. Umbral aura is better because of eclipse. The option of fly instead of tp would be nice, but I don't mind the tp; I would also like to take the pb's inherent, but not enough to take luminous aura. Would also prefer the -def debuff instead of the slow, but none of this would make up for losing eclipse, sunless mire, or dark extraction.

I think the warshade still wins on both its powersets, you can keep peaceshades and warbringers. mires, fluffy pets, eclipse, stygian circle all > peacebringer stuff.

Wouldn't mind replacing taking Stygian (Elysian?) Circle in place of Group Energy Flight, but otherwise I'd probably keep my PBs and WSs the same.

I would still play a full Warshade too, not many of the PB powers would get in my build, even if I could mix and match individual powers.

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I have been slow to weigh in on this subject because I know what will happen but...

I don't believe a large overhaul (or even a small one) is the answer.

Let me remind you what happened on the last large overhaul to something a small percentage of the population enjoyed in an attempt to draw in the larger percentage of the population who didn't like it to begin with.

It not only didn't draw in that larger percentage of the population but it also made the smaller percentage so unhappy with the results they lost them as well.

Just pointing this out as the reason I dislike changes of this nature.

It's dangerous and i'll always take the devil I already know.