I realize we have no druids atm but it was mentioned a while ago that druids should be better and since we'd need the hak/2da change to give them the forms of shifters I was thinking of an alternative.
WoW has a nice variety of forms which help druids to be 'solo' characters as well as giving them the ability to span a wide variety of areas without the needs other classes do. Definition of a druid imho. The forms in WoW are Tank, Melee, Ranged, Heal, Travel, Flight, Epic Flight and Swim. We could narrow it down to Melee, Tank, Heal, Travel and Swim, perhaps. I've made a system before which functions as thus:
Player picks a form with widget+conversation
Player chooses to enter Tank(bear), DPS(Cat), Travel (Badger), form.
Script reads from widget for variable and changes form.
Abilities based on level are applied to druid's hide or person (temp HP to person, temp AB and damage to person).
It worked very well in the other server, the only issue is balance. I thougth i'd post it here to see what people thought and work on it in my time off from work. (Will need something to do, tbh)
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