pyre

So, ive been reading everything I can but am unable to decide between coercer and inquisitor.

I read alot about coercer soloing and how good they are, but on the other hand I hear people saying they suck at lower levels untill they get a bunch of AA's and expect to die alot.

From reading about the Inquisitor it seems they are a slower soloer then coercer and probably cant solo the same content at 80.

Im more concerned about 1-80 game at the moment. How good are both of these classes at getting to 80?

From vague bits and pieces I get the feeling soloing from 1-80 with a coercer doesnt involve too much charming, and its more just root and nuke, is this assumtion correct? If so, when people say "coercers rule at soloing" are they really talking about high end content?

Inquisitor interests me because they sound like the best soloer from 1-80 of the healer classes (besides the druids) and they are actually wanted at 80. Also at 80 I would then have the option to betray to templar which sounds like a wanted class in groups.

How slow exactly are Inquisitors at leveling from 1-80? Is it a good pace?

Is anyone able to clarify some of the above for me and help me make an informed decision on what I should choose?

Cheers.

SacDaddy

I've taken both classes from 1 to 80.

Coercer was more fun.

Both coercer and inq are wanted in groups at 80 so I dont think you can make a wrong decision between the two.

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Sadari

SacDaddy gets it right.

If you plan to stick to solo content, the advantages/disadvantages of each class are minimized. The 'coercer dies more often' occurs when the coercer is mucking with heroic content or pushing the boundaries.

I'd boil the differences down to the following:
- inquisitor feels slower since the pace of combat is slower. A good inqui uses a high-delay 2h weapon, and the 4-8s swing time feels slower than the ~1s casting time for 'chanter spells
- the 'chanter has more options when things go wrong: charm, mez, invis, etc. Of course, the 'chanter is also more vulnerable when things go wrong.
- the inqui bypasses content using soothe+invis totems; the chanter uses invis/charm/mez. About equal.
- inquis will spend more for equipment


Sadari
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