Comments on: EverQuest 2 Week Part 3

By: Ferrel

Ferrel — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:48:38 +0000

That is some solid data there! I had largely suspected our strength was in buffing which was suggested to me by Karen.

I was also super thrilled with Repent. I hope it becomes a line but suspect it won’t.

Will do sir! Glad to hear from you.

By: Kendricke

Kendricke — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:45:03 +0000

Templars are still very powerful healers. Hands down, we’re the best buff class bar none. With the Templar mythical epic, our Aegolism buff gains some minor tank buffs and becomes groupwide. On top of having more health and mitigation buffs than any other priest, a Templar using their shield ally and stoneskin abilities are able to passively prevent 20% or more of all incoming damage to a tank before a single spell is cast (and when the tank IS hit, they have more mitigation and health from the templar to prevent the damage in the first place).

With Rise of Kunark, we picked up one of the most powerful healing spells in the game with Repent – a reactive ward. Basically, the spell blocks X damage as a ward and then heals that same amount of X damage like a reactive all at the same time.

We did lose a powerful tool in Sacrifice (which was nerfed fairly hard), but we still maintain both Sanctuary (blocks all control effects for a group for up to 40 seconds) and Divine Arbitration (equalizes all health points within a group).

Drop a note sometime, Ferrel to guk.kendricke. I’d love to go over old times with you, sir.

By: Ferrel

Ferrel — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:14:35 +0000

This is pretty interesting to me as I’ve not heard that about templars. Could you elaborate a little bit? I’ve just recently returned to the game so any nudge in the right direction would be wonderful.

By: Gary Morris

Gary Morris — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:41:14 +0000

As far as I’m aware Templars are pretty much the best healers in EQ2, the only problem is when you have a Monk/Bruiser tank as the reactives wont proc because the brawlers are doing there Neo bullet dodge thing lol.You’ll struggle to find a recent post on the sony forums about Templars being underpowered I’ll bet.
It’s full of druids crying into thier cornflakes though for one reason or another.