Kheldians need some love and not reliant on Changeling to be competitive

[Greycat]

On 10/7/2025 at 3:01 PM, MsSmart said:

, but as it said, jack of all trades and master of none.

 

 

... is often better than a master of one. Funny how folks forget the rest of that phrase and how it rather changes the meaning. 

On 10/7/2025 at 11:18 AM, UltraAlt said:

 would also tend to say that Warshades were the first toe-in-the-pond of exploring villainy (Issue 3 release whereas COV was Issue 6). Sure Warshades are "recovering" Nictus which would make them more "rogue" than "villain", but they are obviously leaning more toward the darkside than Peacebringers (by the name alone).

That implies to me that Warshades are really more VEAT than they are HEAT which, again, makes me believe that the Khelidans are more EATs, in general, than HEATs.

 

The villain EAT was initially going to be the Nictus. Which, as I recall, due to player "villains get hero castoffs/second best/no real dev attention" complaint meant they went through and created the (still rather rushed feeling, to me, especially with the arc) Soldiers/Widows. 

 

As far as the rest... 

 

No, I don't use, or like, "changeling" binds. No, I don't feel "not competitive." I'm not here to compete. The only people who should worry about "compatitive" are the... what, 10 people? who PVP. Frankly, I tend to see "this AT isn't competitive!" arguments as ridiculous. (Same with "the team has to carry" nonsense.) Any "competition" is solely in your head. Meanwhile, I can create the characters who match the concepts I have for them and finish missions. (As far as the other post about "ebs/avs in Kheld arcs," the only NPC that ever causes an issue is Nosferatu. That's one, in a series of arcs going from 1-50. No, "solo an AV" is not where we want to balance the game. It's already stupidly easy to get ridiculously overpowered as it is.) 

 

Could they use tweaks? Sure. Newer content's being made with the idea people are IO'ing up and such, which is an issue as far as I'm concerned. What I'd most want to see for both epic sets we have (HEAT and VEAT) would be other-side arcs... though given what I've seen in some recent releases touching on Kheld lore, I'm less enthusiastic about that and would probably just AE something up. 

 

[macskull]

46 minutes ago, Greycat said:

... is often better than a master of one. Funny how folks forget the rest of that phrase and how it rather changes the meaning. 

Often. Not always. And this isn't one of those times.