I22 and No Kheldians: Too Worn to Care


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Originally Posted by Demetrios Vasilikos View Post
Nova: Sure early on it can be pretty useful, those 4 blasts are decent, and being a fast flyer popping away can let you street sweep like a top gun fighter ace. But by around lvl 20 or so compared to even a half decent aoe build in any other AT, Nova loses its oomph, and is so far below the mark that we call squishy as to make them laughable.

It ofcourse compounds when you encounter Q bosses who tend to send less experianced khelds in Nova fleeing in pants wetting terror.

When you compare a nova at 20+ to any halfway competent blaster, let alone a master blaster, then Nova goes from pointless to actually being a liability on the team not worth the space they take up.

Then there is Dwarf. Dwarf is in fact even more laughable then Nova, because there is no real level range where it has ANY use. A well put together human form PB or WS is going to outsurvive a dwarf always. The DMG output from a dwarf is non existant. In an age where well made tanks can do significant damage the dwarf is just another waste of a spot.
Except that your theory rests on the assumption that the player doesn't know how to play a tri-former...which may be why you don't like them. Kheldian's aren't quite so binary as the scenario you describe. A good kheldian tri-former is all forms at all times, not just Nova or Dwarf.

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I find a WS on my team going nova or dwarf they are kicked and ignored simply because they are a threat to the very existance of my sanity. its like WHYYYYY!!!!!!


 

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A step that could go a long ways to fixing khelds would be letting toggles in forms and luminous aura abilities be usable in forms. Dwarf with capped S/L and 85% res to all would be very nice and make it viable with how little damage it outputs. Still wont have the E/N cap that tankers do, but it wouldn't make it a waste.


 

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WOW, there is a lot of misinformation and flat out buggery going on in this thread. Glad the devs are just ignoring most the drivel. Pfft...


The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.

 

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WOW, there is a lot of misinformation and flat out buggery going on in this thread. Glad the devs are just ignoring most the drivel. Pfft...
Tell us what you really think, D_K.

On topic, I ran through some missions with my 20something PB the other night and found that I enjoyed playing her.

This is something that never occurred when I was running Celmor to 50 when Khels were first introduced.

I look forward to getting her to perma-lightform and immortality. Which sucks in a way because I was really enjoying my new WS as well but I'm not as excited about getting him to 50 as I was before learning about the PB changes.

Edit: Hopefully the WS's greater damage output will keep me going on him.


Be well, people of CoH.

 

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Tell us what you really think, D_K.

On topic, I ran through some missions with my 20something PB the other night and found that I enjoyed playing her.

This is something that never occurred when I was running Celmor to 50 when Khels were first introduced.

I look forward to getting her to perma-lightform and immortality. Which sucks in a way because I was really enjoying my new WS as well but I'm not as excited about getting him to 50 as I was before learning about the PB changes.

Edit: Hopefully the WS's greater damage output will keep me going on him.
Out of curiosity, what level in the 20's, and what level is your warshade?


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Out of curiosity, what level in the 20's, and what level is your warshade?
Had to get home and verify:
PB: 25 Forgot I took dwarf for several levels and then accidentally toggled it on with an old keybind. Have used it as a break free but will respec out soon.
WS: 36 With the +recharge secondary mutation, I can have 3 fluffies out.

History: My original khels were Celmor and Melcor. Both hit 50 years ago with Celmor being one of the first khels to 50 on Pinnacle. (The non-powerleveled khels to 50 at least.) That really was a hellish nightmare back then. For me, the fact that toggles only suppress these days has made a huge difference in my enjoyment of several characters, khels being the most affected for me.

It's a different ride. I would have just revamped my existing lvl 50 warshade (the peacebringer was deleted in disgust a while back,) but my new one is my chaos mage and my in game avatar. (Meaning he looks like me and our names are similar.) I'd like to see where he goes.


Be well, people of CoH.

 

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If they wanna help fix PB DPS issues, all they could do is add -200% regen to Photon Seekers. 3 seekers hit an AV, thats -600% regen. Brings PBs DPS up dramatically while not really doing much at all.