Take a few minutes and read through this...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=266652
I believe that it will prove beneficial.
AIB
I actually read through this thread a few minutes ago while i was skimming the Forums for other people with Tri-Forms or MFing WS's. I like the feedback it offers and you are correct about the beneficial. But since im on a MAC and cant open up the builds, i cant really tell what is being talked about a lot of the time since i cant see the numbers/slotting. Thank you for the suggestion though, ill try to take a look at it when i can switch PC's
Tri-form is the way to go. Once properly slotted, double-miring and then swapping to Nova for extermination is incredibly fun. Not to mention floating around with your small army of fluffies, and the Eclipse-Mire combo.
I always bind Nova to 1 and Dwarf to 2 (I don't use numbers for powers like some people do) allowing for fast transformation. You get used to it quite quick.
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Well thats exactly why i wanna give it a chance. I havent heard any negative comments about Tri-Forms, other than the long animation time to switch forms but thats really not a big concern. Which is why i chose to just keep my human form build, and then use the 2nd build slot to play a Tri-Form. Everyone or mostly everyone has given me pretty much the same ideas as far as tactics go with this build. Human>Dwarf>Nova. Thanks for the feedback, lets see how it goes
The form shift times are a huge inconvenience, but it's not the only downfall of playing Tri Form. While it is fun and very effective, Tri Form play requires sacrificing control and survivability (and often times ST damage) for more AOE. A Human Form Warshade is able to run Inky Aspect all the time, and when combined with Emanation and Unchain Essence it yields more constant control than a Tri Form can put out. Human Form is also more survivable than a Black Dwarf since it can achieve very high levels of defense, and the best single target attack chains are in human form. Human Form provides more consistent AOE with a well slotted and t4 reactive'd Orbiting Death, but Tri Form will do more burst AOE because of the double mire'd Nova form. I'm not saying Tri Form is bad, because that's far from the case, but Human Form play yields more consistency with a bigger box of tools and more durability.
I noticed while watching Digs video of his Tri-Form that Dwarf Mire would recharge A LOT faster than sunless mire for us human shades. I think thats one of the main things that caught my eye
I have read the guide like 10 times(literally) and i finally decided to use one of my extra build slots in game, to make a build. Ill be spending some time on mids toying with the different forms and how to slot them. I would greatly appreciate some feedback from people who play a MFing WS, or a Tri-Form period. Im not asking for example builds or anything of the sort, i just want suggestions so i can learn. Ill be posting up builds i end up with every now and then for critique. Thanks in advance