This forum is boring as crap.

[Seiryu]

You should all be more opinionated and angry at each other. That is all.

[Qayr]

I’ll bite... since I’m a noob this might be a little entertaining for ya Seiryu.

Is healing at the end game level as boring as it seems? My warden is only in her 50’s so I’m hoping I’m wrong. However, from chatting with people and reading these boards it seems like healing is not nearly as exciting as it was in EQ1. I don’t really care for any of the extra things that we need to do during groups/raids, what I’m looking for is a truly challenging healing experience where you don’t have time for anything else but keeping your group alive.

In EQ1, a normal exp group could be very challenging and fun for a healer if you were pushing the group for faster pulls or more difficult mobs. You had to know the mobs and your group members abilities well in order to keep everyone alive. If you ever dps’d you weren’t pulling fast enough or the mobs were too easy for your group.

So… am I wrong? Does healing get challenging in end game (raids and single groups)? Or will I continue to be disappointed in EQ2’s healing classes?

[GinFan]

Originally Posted by Qayr

...will I continue to be disappointed in EQ2’s healing classes?

EQ2 mirrors life, and like life, it is by definition disappointing. It is either boring or stressful. Those peak experiences that are perfectly tailored to your abilities to the point of being exhilerating are rare. And when they happen, describing them to others is futile because communication is absurdly useless.

Do not play a Warden if you are seeking self-actualization.

Enough angst for you Seiryu?

[Un35c4p4b13]

Originally Posted by GinFan

It is either boring or stressful.

Gotta agree with this one.. I've found myself doing PU's lately to livin things up but god damn.. I've never been so stressed out and pissed off at stupidity before.. Yeah it's fun and interesting trying to save your group from who knows how many adds.. But then as you lay there on the ground with repair bills you start to wonder

"Why the fuck did we have adds in the first place?"

It shouldn't be too boring as you should always be trying to balance your healing methods with something else.. And if it is too boring, ask your tank to pull more than they are currently pulling to see what your limits are. It's always best to test yourself and get better, because trust me.. when you've been in Unrest for 6+ hours and have had to repair more than twice because you were almost broken, you really start to wonder wtf is going on.

[GinFan]

Actually I enjoy the class quite a bit, and always have. Frogloks are by nature manic depressive... Yippeee! I'm on top of the world!!!

[Qayr]

Originally Posted by GinFan

Actually I enjoy the class quite a bit, and always have.

I just wanted to clarify that it's not the Warden class that I'm disappointed in, it's the healers overall. I picked the warden over the others because it seemed to be the class that would have the more fun job of healing the whole raid rather then just the MA. Not sure if that's true, someone said that on these boards though...

Mr Unescapable, I haven't done any pugs. Maybe I'll try that, although I don't really expect to have a need to pug very often. I usually 2-box with another 2-boxing friend and a third friend that doesn't 2-box (the slacker!). The few times I tried to get into pugs they denied me when I asked how to get somewhere. New to the game = Idiot apparantly

[Hatcher]

I find being the only healer on hard group content to be the most exciting for my Warden. Raiding is fun but you have other healers to pick up the slack.

I went into that new lvl 70 zone the other night for the first time.. SoF or something. Solo healing a zone like that with lots of adds and hard hitting mobs is what is fun to me.

just my two cents...

[GinFan]

I guess I need to agree with Hatcher. I enjoy solo healing top content a lot. If a pug doesn't want a warden, they either want to do easy content or roll with 2 healers (before anyone cries foul, that's a gross overgeneralization and I know it).

[Jallarial]

Ya know Seiryu, think this kinda sums up the warden class in raids really - crap. such a good word :o

[Seiryu]

Originally Posted by Jallarial

Ya know Seiryu, think this kinda sums up the warden class in raids really - crap. such a good word :o

this guy is my new friend