Personally, I'd love if more quest forms were along the lines of Gargoyle, Bulette and Nightmare.

Ergo, that they give an ability/skillset that just isn't in the existing shifter lexicon. Gargoyle allows shifters to remain "hidden" and undetectable, Bulette is like an armadillo crossed with a shark (on LAND!) and Nightmare allows for a limited form of gate.

I was also a big fan of forms like Griffon (fly + rake) and Giant Clam (I just love teh clam hyuk hyuk).

Finally, why don't you guys throw more third tier forms as rewards for Role Contests (instead of quest forms). IE, if I was an Air/Offense shifter who won the role contest, I'd be given tortoise or sand lizard instead of displacer beast.

I really feel like quest forms should ONLY go to the best of the best, not someone who wrote a decent story and found his wands. Or just to Lightmage (I'd totally be cool with that FWIW).