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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 5685928" data-attributes="member: 807">i played an elven predator druid, though i started him at higher level to join an existing group so i can't say what would have been most helpful at the early levels.. as i had the benefit of several feat slots and levels to customize/shape him.... but my experiences were this ...1) being elven and a predator, my speed was fast. i'd frequently end up on the opposite side of a battle field before allies even finished coming through the door.2) my initiative kept me at the top of the order. so if the enemies were separated, i'd end up charging the lone straggler.  else, if the enemies were clumped up i actually ended up delaying a lot so that i wouldn't be in the middle of enemies without my allies close by to help take some attention off of me.3) despite being a "controller" with striker secondary, the way i built my predator was out-damaging even the strikers in the party... in fact, any powers that i took for control hardly ever got used as it was mostly my beast form attacks that got used 99.99% of the time.  so don't feel constrained that you -have- to be a controller. as you can build a predator to be striker with some controller effects tossed in.4) this is a matter of personal play style, but i noticed that during combat, i tended to get in to either wildshape or elf form and stay that way for the majority of combat (and typically it would be wildshape).  so the feats related to switching forms didn't really come in handy and i retrained out of them at the first opportunity since i'd most often just be staying in one form or another with little switching back and forth during combat.  but that's a matter of playstyle and maybe i just didn't give myself the type of variety in power choices to make switching forms more necessary.i'll admit that after seeing another player do a swarm druid, i was underwhelmed so i turned away from all the swarm-themed druid powers despite how they might have appealed on paper -- but that's all personal preference on my part -- it's all about taking powers that you think will be interesting for you and work with your party.anyway, it's late and that's all i can think of at the moment.but in general, you're build seems fine.  no need to over think it.  you'll get your best info from that first session and keep an eye out for a power or feat that you just don't see yourself using in practice and note it for retraining when you level up.</blockquote>

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