Wildshape Weak?

[Sai]

Title says it all, but I was curious what other people thought.
It has massive utility, but in combat its felt UTTERLY useless. Druid spells & even my weapons are far superior.
The "extra health bar" also feels pointless, why would I need it if I could just blast enemies to death alongside my party, instead of just being a spongy wall? The damage feels extremely poor, I feel like scaling is off, am I using wildshape wrong in combat perhaps? Am I suppose to be happy being a tank, and only a tank? Is that its intent? I assume so due to some of the shapes having a "taunt", namely the bear.

What are your guys'/girls' opinions? I personally don't know how to feel, I'm committed to the druid simply because wildshape is at least fun out of combat, but trying to make use of it in combat, feels like i'm holding myself back MASSIVELY.

[Jack]

Sorry avoided druid due to the npc bugs caused by shapeshifting and "scary" summons, but from the little I tried Halsin seems pretty strong at later levels.

[***]

I'm going the spore druid version so no need to shape shifting just melee and magic

[Sai]

Halsin's wildshape is exclusive to him I believe, I read somewhere that he gets multi attack, but custom druids don't get that, I don't know if its correct though, ever since I got Owlbear, I stopped using it in combat as the damage and utility of has disappointed me a lot lol

[potate]

what level are you?

[Sai]

Originally posted by ***:

I'm going the spore druid version so no need to shape shifting just melee and magic

This is likely the route I'm going to swap to, shapeshifting hasn't been all that useful to me, barring out of combat situations like the Raven for flying.

[Lamp]

I feel the same but I've only used the high lvl wild forms a little bit. By that point it's just more economic to not shapeshift and rain down ice instead.

The lower level wild forms, yeah they're kinda balls. Did a thing where I respec'd the whole party to druids and we ran around as spiders, wouldn't recommend it- they can't hit a damn thing.

[Replicant Six]

Wildshape is powerful because of its flexibility and utility. Sure you won't do the most damage out of your entire team, but you'll have a swiss army knife at your belt to help handle any situation you might need.

Cat form has tons of utility from slipping into small holes or even jumping through metal cell doors. Bear form for tanking, Rothe with area control. Panther and Tiger can do a lot of damage.

You don't have to only be a tank as a druid, but it's definitely really useful to taunt enemies as one and soak damage for your party. If you're looking to carry in terms of damage swap to a melee combatant build like paladin and fighter.

[Sai]

Originally posted by potate:

what level are you?

I just hit level 7 on my main Druid playthrough. I'm holding out hope, because I hear there is one more shape at level 8, so I pray its good lol

[Malaficus Shaikan]

Druid of the moon isnt weak but druids bloom early.
As a general rule:
Clerics: Gods among mere mortals.
Druids: Rult level 2 to 4 then just become minnor gods.
Wizard: Starts as a weak nerd who dies the moment you caugh in his general direction.
Kills gods for ♥♥♥♥♥ and giggles after level 15.

A druid is very constant in its power but not very flashy.
Think of it like nature.
Floods are powerful but not supernatural.
It have the same feel as angels comming from the sky or turning flesh into stone.
But only fools underestimate nature.

If your not playing druid of the moon then your correct.
Wild shape is useless.

[Lamp]

Originally posted by Sai:

Originally posted by potate:

what level are you?

I just hit level 7 on my main Druid playthrough. I'm holding out hope, because I hear there is one more shape at level 8, so I pray its good lol

Last one is at 10 for circle of the land druid I think. Then don't the shapeshifty druids get an elemental form?

[Wiegs]

It's simple.
Circle of the moon druid = Shapeshift strong.
Anything else = Shapeshift weak, or very situational.

[Sai]

Originally posted by Lamp:

Originally posted by Sai:

I just hit level 7 on my main Druid playthrough. I'm holding out hope, because I hear there is one more shape at level 8, so I pray its good lol

Last one is at 10 for circle of the land druid I think. Then don't the shapeshifty druids get an elemental form?

I read they get something called "Water Mrymidon" or something like that (I probably spelled it wrong) and I also don't know if its correct lol. I've been LOVING the game regardless of my gripes with wildshape, so I've been taking in everything in game rather than look stuff up.

[HeribertFugs]

My party and I (Druid, Warlock & Rogue) are currently lvl 6 and playing without 4th companion.

Since we just picked whatever we wanted without putting too much thought in party sinergy, our moon druid is forced to tank most of the time. He does this sufficiently most of the time, and his owlbear form does put up good damage numbers.

[Sai]

Originally posted by Wiegs:

It's simple.
Circle of the moon druid = Shapeshift strong.
Anything else = Shapeshift weak, or very situational.

That's exactly my issue, I AM a Moon Druid, and wildshape feels abysmal in combat lol.
Its amazing for absolutely everything else for sure, but I wish I could go into combat as a Wolf or something, and just absolutely tear things apart. But at all times, I feel like I'm back fighting goblins, missing constantly, doing little damage lol

[JJDrakken]

There is a video out there of a Owlbear form for Druid that then is ENLARGED. That then just dive bombs off roofs and other heights into groups of mobs and becomes a tactical nuke.

Said Owlbear Nuke, lives and maybe goes prone.