was thinking about how bad this event would be for my xp style/class and then i realized there might be worse
afaik all transforms do not allow you to have a summon active and while i usually don't appreciate killing without my little buddy it might be even worse for "true" summoners
But I digress. See, that's when you have to hope that the Gatekeeper nuker that you become is powerful enough to allow you to solo without a summon. The power on the skills seem high, but you can't use soulshots or spiritshots. Maybe to compensate?
not summons, no. but you should be able to use pets.
And according to the event page all classes should get the same stats when transformed (Although I'm not holding my breath for this one, seems like there has to be something wrong on the event page every time they make an event >_>)
The point of the event is to play in the transformed state for 1h/day to get your vitality back to full. That's all it is about. You do not need to have a pet out for that.
You probably won't be able to go from completely empty to max vit while the event stick lasts, but the way I am planning to do it is to go grind that one hour immediately after logging in, when I am on low vit 2, and after that it's off to normal xp in a clan party or whatever.
A clannie got 2 vit herbs in a row once (i.e. he got the second one pretty much immediately after the first one faded), and he went from zero to quite a bit into vit 2 with it (vit 2 lasted for a few minutes afterwards). So I guess when you start at low vit 2 and grind for one hour (=12 vit herbs, if the transformation works the same way as a vit herb), you most likely will end up at vit 3 or even vit 4.
And, who knows, maybe skill mastery works on the transformation skill :) At least it does on vit herbs :P
everyone has the same stats when you transform, so everyone levels the same transformed
it doesnt matter what your class is
not entirely true. everyone's BASE stats (no gear, no buffs) is the same. as with all transforms if you were say a Healer using Heavy armor and high + bow, youd transform and your stats would reflect your gear equipment (excluding passives).
essentially transformed you'll get cast speed bonuses from DC set. just not from passives or Tattoos.
And this was such an important realization -cough- speculation about an insignificant/arbitrary fact in regard to an event that hasn't even begun yet, that you couldn't post it on the already other 4 existing threads about the event, but had to make yet ANOTHER new thread?
And, who knows, maybe skill mastery works on the transformation skill :) At least it does on vit herbs :P
Skill mastery will not help, since the transformation is dispelled when the event weapon is unequipped. You will still lose the transformation after an hour since the event weapon is a shadow item with an 60 minute timer.