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New player - questions about healing...
UACorp
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Hello everybody,
I am interested in giving this game a shot and would like to make a Cleric or whatever is considered the very best healer for groups. I do not care about solo viability, I just want to be a very strong asset to groups... of course if for some reason Cleric would be a bad choice even for that, feel free to enlighten me 
. I keep reading on how solo-friendly this game has become with time, but im really into grouping more than anything. My question is; from 1-70 would it be hard to find such groups for instances and whatnot as a Cleric considering all the 70s running around? In World of Warcraft it is pretty much impossible to solely rely on grouping to level nowadays (most rerollers skip instances) in the 1-58 content and im afraid that it would be the same with Everquest 2. I wouldn't plan on buying any of the expansions yet since I do own an original account that I bought at release... would I be missing alot of grouping by not owning those expansions? Im just dying to group as I've been spending way too much time soloing in other so-called MMORPGs.
Thank you
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hmm now I've been playing eq2 for years . And from what I've seen Warden's are the best healers in the game. But that is what I think So what do you think the best healer class is?
Myself, I like Templars/Inquisitors. Pure priest power, if you're going for straight-up healing.
I agree templars are probably best for pure healing but I had so much fun with my Fury in EQ2 it was rediculous.
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Do you know what makes a Cleric different than Templars/Inquisitors? And what about leveling with groups?
There is no such thing as a cleric in EQ2.
Warden, Fury, Mystic, Defiler, Templar and Inquisitor are the healing classes.
Any of them are more than capable of healing in a group setting.
Warden and Fury have heals over time.
Mystic and Defiler have wards.
Templar and Inquisitor have reactives.
All have direct heals and various buffs and/or debuffs.
Since any serious group requires a healer, they generally do not have a hard time finding groups.
Thanks for the clarification, I was indeed confused with the whole Cleric thing.
Like a previous poster, Fury's are very fun. Great at soloing and a pretty good healer.
play an inqi, he heals great , and if u want u can make very good dps
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I'm currently leveling a alt defiler and my main is an inquisitor. I actually prefer the cleric style of healing using reactives and having that pure healing power. I just don't really care for warding all that much. Plus my inquisitor was much better soloing then my defiler. Don't get me wrong a defiler can solo well by taking a massive beating, but it just takes them so freaken long to kill anything.
I'm currently leveling a alt defiler and my main is an inquisitor. I actually prefer the cleric style of healing using reactives and having that pure healing power. I just don't really care for warding all that much. Plus my inquisitor was much better soloing then my defiler. Don't get me wrong a defiler can solo well by taking a massive beating, but it just takes them so freaken long to kill anything.
Actually, the OP is wrong in saying cleric.
The base class system that you refer to no longer exists and hasn't for some time. New characters starting out no longer take the priest > cleric > inquisitor route. Instead they simply start out as an inquisitor.
I'm currently leveling a alt defiler and my main is an inquisitor. I actually prefer the cleric style of healing using reactives and having that pure healing power. I just don't really care for warding all that much. Plus my inquisitor was much better soloing then my defiler. Don't get me wrong a defiler can solo well by taking a massive beating, but it just takes them so freaken long to kill anything.
Actually, the OP is wrong in saying cleric.
The base class system that you refer to no longer exists and hasn't for some time. New characters starting out no longer take the priest > cleric > inquisitor route. Instead they simply start out as an inquisitor.
However, if you look at the class selection list, Inquisitors/Templars still fall under the Cleric subclass. You no longer choose your subclass, that is correct, but they still have the different subclass stuff in the game, just to a much lesser degree.
There are still 3 base classes which determine which healing style you use, additional to these special heals each healer has direct heals too but these are not that efficient than the specialised heals.
Shamans (mystic, defiler) have wards that absorb a fixed amount of damage
Clerics (Templar, Inquisitor) have reactive heals that trigger when the target they cast it on gets hit (with a limited amount of triggers on each of these heals).
Druids (Warden, Fury) have heal over time Spells
Its a bit situtational which healer has more healing powers. Also are the direct heals a bit different between the classes furys as example have the fastest direct heals but also the smallest. Templars are the exact opposite with large but slow direct heals.
Shamans excel with their wards, as long as the wards absorb enough damage and they have not to rely on direct heals they are on top of everything.
Clerics can heal insane amounts in short times with their reactive heals when fighting multiple enemies. (very good at heavy burst healing when there are a lot small hits)
Druids are great if there is continuous damage so that they can use mainly heals over time.
In raids later on only the combination of all 3 healing types + the buffs from all 3 healer classes will help you to succeed so a raid with at least one of each class is much stronger than if one of these is missing.
With the class skills alone fury is probably be best healer for soloing, but with right achievment choices all of the healer types can become good soloers. Clerics probably are the weakest soloers from start with their low dps (they have heavy armor and heals so not much dps). but with achievements you can get around this problems an example inquisitor with battlecleric Achievements + 100% melee crit chance will do some real dps and will be one of the best soloing priests.
And don't worry about the grouping thing. EQ2 is a master of ingame LFG options and windows. There is always someone LFG for an instance or other heroic or epic quest.
I have started to play EQ2 again after a year of playing other MMORPGs that couldn't give me the RPG feeling in any aspect. Especially now that you don't have to do the different quest for class and subclass selection lvling has become very easy and interesting. I could advice you to start an inquisitor or templar and play the pure healer classes as you would like to play. You already said you don't want to do primary DPS so those 2 classes are apropriate to you. Enjoy the EQ2 world it's awsome.
I haven't bought the expansions yet, too and the games still has many many nice quests and rewards to offer before you buy and expansion.
Im a Templar level 54 right now and I can say I always find a group. If you like healing, a Templar / Inquisitor or a Warden or a Shaman is your best choice. They are just diferent ways of doing the same thing. You have it very well explained in some post from above. Just one tip, if you like to be a classic Cleric you should pick up Templar or Inquisitor. If you like to be the classic Druid, then go for shaman or Warden. In fact, in my opinion, the best thing ina group is having a Templar / Inquisitor and a Warden / Shaman. Your group group will go really fine this way.
Thank you everybody for the detailed information, I just started playing around with the trial... I understand Trial of the Isle doesn't give a clear picture of the whole game but im liking what I see so far, it's something new and refreshing for me to play and Templar seems to be fun so far. Im most likely going to subscribe to give the real game a shot, thanks again.