Since when did this AT become so fun?

I recently got on my Peacebringer again after a 628 day hiatus. Partially intrigued by the updates I had been hearing over the years to Kheldians, and deciding whether or not to delete the character, I hit up a team and was pretty happy with how I was doing. My single target blasts didn't feel so anemic, and my melee attacks felt freakishly deadly. I was only 18, but I could tell this guy had potential.

So I started making a build for it, ultimately decided to just scrap Nova altogether, as I was able to achieve pretty similiar damage without it. Focusing mostly on recharge set bonuses, and taking advantage of Dwarf's naturally high resistances, I pieced together a build I was pretty happy with. All that was left was to play the damn thing.

The human form, as mentioned, is a blast. I only have Incandescent and Radiant Strike, but both make the enemy hurt and both usually knock the enemy on it's back. While I would find this annoying on a scrapper or tanker, I found it offered pretty good mitigation with my PB, especially since I could then just shoot at the enemy until he got up again.

I hit 22 tonight and unlocked Dwarf, and even without any slotting in the thing I already love it. It is very nice to be able to switch into dwarf form if the pressure is a bit much, or I get mezzed. I usually open up the form with that foot stomp clone, and then proceed to beat enemies faces in. Usually on the second footstomp I'll drop back into human form and use my melee attacks to finish whatever I'm fighting off before it can get back up. It's ridiculous fun.

The Voids don't seem like a huge deal to me either. Perhaps it's because I'm used to fighting Malta Sappers (I completed every single mission in Indigo and Crimson's arc because I thought the Malta were a refreshing challenge on my scrapper) or maybe because they do reduced damage than during my initial introduction. I typically find that hovering above them, dropping down, hitting build up, and smashing their faces works pretty good, and is incredibly satisfying. On teams I like to charge at the Voids, splattering them across the wall with my ridiculous amount of KB effects while my team looks at me with what I can only imagine is concern.

I'm also midly roleplaying my Kheldian as a ridiculously naive and polite person, which is fun for me while I'm vaporizing people's faces with solar energy.

I wasn't really expecting to ever like this AT, but I have to say, it's quite fun.

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Welcome to the community. As you've already noticed, Kheldians have changed quite a bit since their inception. It's unlikely that anything short of a boss-class Void will give you much trouble, and those only spawn in 7-8 man teams (keep this in mind when upping your difficulty and realize you'll face them if you set yourself to x7 or x8).

Have you teamed much with your PB yet? Cosmic Balance now works in all the forms, and you may find its contribution quite noticeable on larger teams. IO Set bonuses also carry over to all forms.

Let me just emphasize the amount of pure unadulterated WIN that the change to Cosmic Balance has made for teaming as a peacebringer. The only reason I keep my peacebringer as a Triform is because Nova Form becomes a MONSTER with Cosmic Awareness and the right team that grnts bonuses to damage and resistance.

Also, the Dwarf Form can have as much resistance as a Tanker, etc. The formation of the team really influences which form my PB uses at any given time.

I got most of my levels on a team. I beleive I picked Freedom specifically so that I could team on my peacebringer. Most of my solo stuff has been for the Kheldian Specific Missions with Sunstorm so I could appreciate the story without being rushed. Yes, Cosmic Balance is pretty kick ***. Yesterday I was teamed with about 6 defenders, a blaster and me. When I punched things they died.

It seems like any team make up would be good for my dwarf form. Assuming a lot of blasters or scrappers my resistance goes up, assuming a lot of defenders I'm probably getting buffed anyway, and controllers will be holding things all over the place to mitigate damage further. Seems like a win in my book.

I'll probably make a dual build at some point that focuses mostly on Nova and Dwarf, just so I can fully appreciate Nova. I'm sort of in the transitioning phase of DO's -> SO', so I'm a little too broke to be slotting up another independent build at the moment, but I'm definitely interested in it.

On that note, a mighty thank you for whoever made up dual builds. I think one of my biggest hang-up's with the AT is that I couldn't figure out where to put a focus. Now I don't have too~

I agree. I too have been having fun with my human/dwarf after a long hiatus. Voids seem like wimps now but loving the changes, especially to cosmic balance.

Human-form PB is hilarious when you have 4 Blasters/Scrappers on the team and are nearly invincible. If they'd just axe the KB from Solar Flare I'd have no complaints.

Answer to the title: For some of us, the day we rolled them - I4 for me.

That said, there have been many changes over the years (such as being able to shift to Dwarf while mezzed, and neutering Voids, on top of just plain game changes - especially IOs and their effect on slotting) that have had quite an impact on Khelds.

When you finish the PB, roll a WS. Learn the zomgwow that is double-mire. >.>

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