Kaeja

Okay so little history first... my guild is doing alot of progression in TSO right now so we have pretty full nights on raid nights and of course I want to be as effective and part of the team as I can... so I am looking for tips and tricks that some of you may have for increasing my DPS output..

Here is my usual gear setup EverQuest II Players - Profile for Kaeja
and here is my current AA setup ( yes i know I have a couple of unspent points)
EverQuest II Players - Achievements for Kaeja

Anyways 9 times out of 10 I am a solo healer in a group full of some of the top DPS in my guild...and of course they all love to choke themselves to death... now I pride myself of course on being super fast at the cures and wanting to keep them alive... which I do wonderfully at now.. but my dps suffers big time as I usually roll in heal stance and don't have a whole lot of DPS gear equipped...

Do you folks mostly sit back and debuff heal and cure during named fights in TSO raids or are you in there jousting with the scouts?

I have a whole bag filled with different dps gear to switch in and out but again I don't want my healing and speed to suffer.

Any tips tricks... respecs... casting orders.. gear changes....comments... anything is appreciated....

What do you folks do to pump out some #'s so you feel you aren't slacking... what are casting orders of debuffs and attacks that you do that may help me?

Thanks my brothers and sisters in the inquisition before hand for your help!

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~ Baroness Kaeja Blackheart ~

Parr

I'm having the same issues.

One thing I've done is set up a macro to equip all my heal gear and all my dps gear to make it easier to switch out in between fights. Same macro helps switch heal/dps stance as well.

On fights like Anashti...well, If you can pump out 5-8k parses and solo heal/cure your group you have a combination of more skill and better gear than I have.

valnas

Well, i'm new to the inquis thing but, i joust in and out on mynzak to proc FD much as i can. DPS still kinda sucks on the fights but there isn't much to heal between ae's.

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Tantras

For the 9 times out of 10 you're solo-healing your DPS group, you shouldn't bother using the Heal stance. All the fights you can solo-heal don't require you using a stance which disables litany of combat and decreases your dps output.

Since you don't have the star of malice, from what I see in your profile, you could potentially switch out some gear (preferably the loop of voidless being/band of swirling portals/bracelet of undeath) with some heal-proccing gear. Ang get the star of malice, there's no need for a DPS group cleric to wear a shield.

In fights where you just have to throw the occasional group cure and group heal, you can still do around 4k like that, without switching out your main heal gear.

In fights that require serious healing, you won't have time to joust in and out, so you'd potentially be better with casting the spell versions of your attacks. I see you're down INT, so you'll still be able to pull a few k of damage from range.

Take that with a pinch of salt, since I haven't been in the DPS group since october.

Nafawo

On jousting named I usually just sit back and heal/spam cures when I don't have a tank. Between the illu, the conj, the bard, and to some extent the sorc's there is always one of those dps debuffs to cure, usually two or three at a time, so I don't really have time to joust and dps too.

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Ryuujin

Your mileage may vary depending on your group setup. I usually get something like Brig, Assassin, Dirge, Illy, (Troub/Ranger/Bruiser), and can usually get away with going to town with the Dogwood Staff on trash with my only heal being a macro that says "/gsay Proc Lifespike more, bitches!"

A mage group full of chokers is bound to be more of a challenge, and the Star of Malice is very highly recommended. Inquisition helps too if the mages aren't pansy cowards standing at max range, and are in meleeing like they should be (encounter dependent, of course.) Aside from that, casting your group heal every now and then should suffice.

As far as debuffs go, for trash mobs and easy named I'll cast Condemned on pull and leave it at that.

There's 3 ways I see to alter the balance between DPS and heals - Weapon/Secondary, Armor/Jewelry, and Stance. All 3 should vary depending on the difficulty and requirements of an encounter.

There's 3 obvious setups weapon-wise. 2H for max DPS (Bonecrusher, Dogwood Staff, Thex Mallet, etc.), Mythical + Star of Malice for fights that need more healing where you can melee, and Mythical + Shield for max healing at range.

I have 3 different gear macros - Max Heal, Max DPS, and a combo of the two. With all of the crit, DA, DPS, and Haste bonuses we get, I focus on getting STR, procs, Base damage, and a modest amount of +CA damage on my DPS gear. As you're using the INT line, instead of AGI, you probably have room to get a little more DA. Some recommended items include Circle of Necrosis, Signet of Betrayal, Melodic Stone, Dreamer's Scale, Soulshattering Band, Soul Lancer T2 Shard Armor (Shoulders + 3 set bonus), Void Soaked Peacock Feathers, Dangling Skull Bone Chip.

Switching stances from offensive to healing is the last thing I do to increase my healing power, because it just kills your damage output. Not only do you lose the bonuses from the offensive stance, you also lose the bonuses from Litany of Combat when in healing stance.

On joust fights, if you know the encounter well and can get away with jousting without it being detrimental to your group, then by all means joust away. Of course, if you're in heal stance, using the Mythical, and are healing a high DPS output group, the death of one of your groupmates will likely cost the raid more DPS than jousting in gains you, so proceed with caution.

So to summarize, O stance, more STR, gear macros, 2H if you can, SoM in offhand otherwise.

I'm sure others can give better advice, as I've only been raiding on my Inquisitor for less than 3 months (though I can tell you how to play a Conjuror like a pro!)

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Ryuujin

Forgot two things. First is to learn to time your CA's and spells around your autoattacks if/when you can. You can use either the ACT Double Attack detection plugin (audio) or the Profit Reborn UI auto-attack bar (visual) for this.

Second, and most important. Have an offensive mindset. Do your job of keeping your group alive, of course, but try to bash in the mob's skull at every opportunity, and maximize your ability to do so. If, as an Inquisitor, all you do is heal then you're nothing more than a Templar-lite, or worse, a buff bot.

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TheOtherDude

Yeah, if there's one of those damage shields like Kultak (among several others) has that makes spells and CAs hit for like 1 point of damage or whatever, I usually figure the raid is better off with me playing whack-a-mole, as boring as that is.

Of course, be aware of what the damage shield actually does. For instance, the arcane throw-back DS on Abstalius and the Mynzak-area trash doesn't debuff DPS, so you're pretty much wasting your time if you're whack-a-mole'ing it. Sometimes I do that outta habit and have to catch myself, heh.

Nafawo

Yeah, those I don't care about. But the ones that decrease your crit chance by 200% and shit, those I cure. Until they bitch that cures aren't coming fast enough, then I tell them fuck you, use pots.

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