Anyone still get mistaken for a healer?

[ximo]

So you know, way back when I first played, occasionaly you would join a group and would hear a "yay! all set now we have a healer",  I almost felt bad for dissapointing them!!! I always found it kinda funny in the lower levels, and I think people would confuse coercion with inquisiton (fair enough - similar!) However I was a little bit concerned to join two lvl 70 grps in the last 2 weeks where I was mistaken for a more priestly type! Anyone else found this end game?!  Could it be that some people have just never grped with an evil chanter b4.....

[ZUES]

<p>Whatcha mean? Coercers dont heal?</p><p><img src="/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Catsy]

It has been my experience that the vast majority of EQ2 players--and that includes folks at 70--are completely clueless about what a coercer can do. At best they think we're a buffbot utility class like a bard, and really have no idea how we can almost single-handedly carry a bad PUG that would otherwise wipe, or help a good group completely own a hard zone.

[Sydias]

Sotanyavejin@Guk wrote: <blockquote>It has been my experience that the vast majority of EQ2 players--and that includes folks at 70--are completely clueless about what a coercer can do. <b><u>At best they think we're a buffbot utility class like a bard,</u></b> and really have no idea how we can almost single-handedly carry a bad PUG that would otherwise wipe, or help a good group completely own a hard zone. </blockquote> And it frustrates me to no end when people think that my Dirge is nothing more than a buffbot.  I see this on two of my characters.  <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Nuhus]

Hehe, not lately. Thought I have had to make macro's because there are level 70's that haven't grouped with a coercer before. Now in the old days I remember being asked things like 'Can you rez?' etc

[Loadtoads]

I saw someone ask if Coercer's were healers in lvl 60-69 chat a while ago... and the funniest reply follow'd "Coercer's can do, what ever they tell you they can do."

[Obsidiann]

I've been accused of exploiting when using Possession quite a few times... <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[NighthawkX]

<p>I haven't been mistaken for a healer yet but have had a lot of misconceptions about my abilities.  Have been turned down for not being dps.  Guess they haven't ever seen a corpse candle in action with a master 1 domination.</p><p>I do have a defiler as well though and have tried to join groups looking for a healer as there last spot only to reply and get turned down saying they were looking for a healer.  That one always throws me for a loop.  And that has happened several times to me.</p><p>Being level 70 doesn't imply intelligence in fact with as easy as this game is to level and powerleveling etc there are many that do not have a clue.  I always find it funny when someone makes an argument and downplays someone elses knowledge if they don't have a 70 character in it.</p>

[DwarvesR]

We may not heal, but we do prevent a lot of damage with our stuns, stifle, daze, and mezzes.  Unless the mobs are immune to stun and stifle and daze (yes, I'm looking at YOU HoF and Unrest. . . . .)  Just means the healer's gotta be more on his toes when the mob's immune is all.

[Raidi Sovin'faile]

<p>Yeah.. I've never been mistaken for a healer, although I've been asked to replace a secondary healer from a group. Which is a role I definately think we can fill.</p><p>Zones like HoF and Unrest are few.. and we can still stun/stifle 99% of the crap in the zone, it's just the 3 or so named that don't allow it. Charm in those zones makes us DPS choices at that point anyways.</p><p> I've been invited into a group as utility for the most part. People will say "Great! I don't have to use my power regen poisons now!" or "Yay! We can chain pull!" or "Now the tank will hold aggro!". Only very rarely will they call me to replace a second healer, but some of them know...</p><p>Mostly it's those that are raid leaders or have a lot of experience with the class that know enough to consider a Coercer for replacing a 2nd healer. I've even seen some folks I know say "Looking for 2nd Healer or an Enchanter!" in channel.</p><p>And yeah.. Dirges bring respectable DPS and some fairly encompassing Debuffs, as well as rez, evac, etc... so there's a lot more to being just a buffbot. No class is really a buffbot in this game, but people still like to use that term, and sadly, some folks still think it's true.</p>

[Wrapye]

I got the healer question once, somewhere in my late 30's.  Really confused me at the time.  Since then, though, I've learned that many people just have never encountered a coercer and know little about them.  Given the rarity of the class (probably still the least played in the game) I guess it shouldn't be too surprising.

[Rigas]

MY coercer was invited as a healer and then in same group a second later they got a Defiler as DPS.

[Catsy]

Sotanyavejin@Guk wrote: <blockquote>At best they think we're a buffbot utility class like a bard </blockquote>My apologies to any bards offended by this. I wouldn't want to raid without at least one Troub and Dirge, and while it wasn't obvious, that part of the comment was intended to be tongue in cheek--I give bard friends good-natured flak like this, and they give me flak about my fury's willingness to heal.