Thunder-Puncher wrote:

I would've liked PB's more...,
- ...if they had some sort of status resist and damage buff to range attacks in human-form other than grouping...solo PB human-forms were a pain until all their melee attacks were acquired - their blasts were equivalent to playing a neutered Defender, and while I know nova-form focused on ranged damage...it would've been nice to have the choice of appearance other than going 'squidy' (...or go 'lobster' for status resist...). Maybe I was asking too much, they had to imply a restriction somehow...different 'forms' were a nice way of establishing this limitation so as to not allow a singular AT that could literally 'do it all at once', but did it have to be a squid and a lobster? :/

For what it's worth single-form human PBs were fairly effective if you played them 100% like melee-oriented Blasters and basically forgot they had any blasts as best you could. This was especially true after the latest changes to Light Form made it a power you could effectively keep perma'd without penalty and leave your human form intact. Obviously you needed to play them in big teams for the Cosmic Balance bonuses. Sure they were challenging before they were fully slotted, but you could probably say that about half the powersets in the game. They became exponentially more fun to play once they were fully slotted out.

I wouldn't mind playing some kind of "jack of all trades" type characters again in CoT like the Khelds but I could wait until after launch if necessary.

Gauntlet wrote:

If we're talking peacebriger-ish. please bring back the MFing Warshade.
I read that guide when I first started playing a warshade and began living by the mantra "must find more bodies".
I fell in love with porting in the middle of a group, firing off drain-buildup, then laying waste to all, only to drain away the last of their energy to turn on the next group of their friends.
Vampirism FTW!

It might amuse you to know that I actually got to play a Dr. Quaterfield TF with none other than Dechs Kaison (he was playing his Bots Mastermind) while I was on my Warshade ... Ms. Terry. At the time, I'd just completed a respec and didn't even have all of my powers fully slotted out, so I wasn't even running at 100% during that TF since I needed more resources to complete my build.

So we start the Longest TF In The Game and are running around knocking over Rularuu in the first Bastion there in Firebase Zulu and I do my signature blast-swoop-shift-SMASH!!-drain routine while kicking off my battle cry (that I'd had for months by then) in team chat:

"Your soul is my chew toy!"

Next thing that pops up in team chat is Dechs Kaison muttering:

"MFing Warshade indeed..."

By the end of the 4 hour long TF run, even though I wasn't running my powers at full strength yet and was missing some important set bonuses for my build, Dechs Kaison was impressed enough to declare my build to absolutely be a "MFing Warshade" and that he wanted to know what my build strategy was (since even incomplete it had been pretty darn effective against the Rularuu).

And yes, the first time I used Stygian Circle on a defeated Foe, I realized that I was now playing a NECROMANCER who devoured the life energies of the enemies I defeated. It was a very heady feeling, as I recall. ^_~

I prefer being self-contained and self-sufficient.

Be Well!
Fireheart

In CoH, Amerikatt used the non-morphed Peacebringer archetype, and it was really great for me playing a Jill-Of-All-Trades character, particularly when guildies gave me pieces of the "Numina's Convalescence" set to bolster my healing specialization.

To really play Amerikatt the way she should be played, I would appreciate a Peacebringer-type utility character so that I can have the latitude necessary to be something of a combat medic -- able to contribute to the team as both damage-resistant scrappy fighter and secondary (sometimes primary) healer.

Lothic wrote:

I wouldn't mind playing some kind of "jack of all trades" type characters again in CoT like the Khelds but I could wait until after launch if necessary.

I concur wholeheartedly. I can play Amerikatt's sidekick until a full-range utility character type is introduced into City of Tabbies (CoT). With luck, it'll be introduced about the time as the fully-articulated, customizable, and costumeable feline model.

Redlynne wrote:

"Your soul is my chew toy!"

*trills at this mental image!*

Yep, Keldaines were a fun concept, but too specific I think for a new archetype. I think the Gunner Archetype may bring something similar with Range/Defense.

I loved my all- human, all the time PB, Capt. Supernova. He was my "space guy" character. His alter ego/real name was Chuck Rogers. He had costume homages to Captain Marvel, Adam Strange, Captain Comet, Nova, and my personal fave, Rom: Spaceknight. I got him the Rocketman badge by waking up early and getting to Warburg when there were no predatory PVPers to kill me repeatedly. I was always an avid "teamer upper" and as such I loved me some Cosmic Balance. Great toon, great sets, challenging to play, rewarding to optimize. Definitely not overpowered, probably underpowered, but still awesome.

Just to clarify, do you mean not having to sacrifice a power selection from your main set if you choose not to transform? Cuz I knew a bunch of folks who would play Khelds in human-only form, allowing them to better Enhance the human-form powers.

islandtrevor72 wrote:

... (looking at you poo monster from stone armor)

But thats the price you had to pay for being the Awesome Indestructible tank. You loose a part of your true self, and others dont see the real you anymore. :(
We need to try and create a balance, if you want others to be more attached to their characters.

I could have gotten into the Khelds except the oh so ugly space alien as the only morphs. I tried human only but my ENG/ENG Blapper was far superior in all aspects. If we could truly have some control over what we shape shifted into and more power modifications though I would have really liked them I think.