Shapeshifting for non-wild druid

[Nik Gervae]

If you don't take Wild Order as a druid, you still have all the X Shape spells on the primal list to choose from for your spell slots. Even as a Wild Order druid, of course, you can prepare those spells, and since you only have 1 Focus Point unless you went Leaf/Storm first, you might even want to. (I don't know if there are any functional differences between using the focus spell and a prepared spell.)

How often do you take advantage of non-focus shapeshifting, and what are your favorite uses?