Where did all of these furies come from?

[Nekomi]

<p>Am I imagining things, or does everyone seem to have a fury these days?  I did a couple of pick up raids this weekend, and there were furies everywhere (over half of the healers that I have bumped into in the 65-70 range over the past few weeks are furies). I listen to the 60-70 channel, I call out "67 Fury LFG" and only get a "70 Fury LFG" echo in response.</p><p>Did everyone hit 70 as something else, decide to make a fury alt and rush back up to 70?</p><p>I took my time soloing this fury over the past two years, stopping to smell the roses, doing lots of quests, tradeskilling, playing some alts, and now that I am nearing the "end game" it feels like furies have become a silver piece a dozen.</p>

[Hammertime]

<p>I know what you mean.</p><p>That is the reason I am tempted to stop my fury.  I like my Fury, but there are so many around that I don't feel "unique".  </p><p>I don't play much though, and it would be too much for me to start over...but the Fury population is too much.</p>

[Tokam]

<p>Hehe - I started my fury right before lu13. But then that crap happened and I had to go back and relearn my necro. Then I kind of forgot to level her out of her 30s, then I made a brigand, then a zerker and then did some tradeskilling.</p><p>Picked her back up a few weeks ago to get to 70, I dont think you need to worry about there being a lot of furies when most of them are as bad as me. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Berri]

I bet i have the longest running Fury lvl to 70 time, about 1100 days. It was my first puppet and the one i play the most and love to play. I guess i am the anti power leveller, lol i was at 50 and had somthing like 15 AA's. i sux i know.

[kcirrot]

I know what you mean.  I started my druid then Fury on launch day.  But when the class is this fun, people play it.  It's the perfect healing class, at least IMO and so many people who would never play a healer otherwise can play a Fury.

[DarrkElf]

There seem to be a lot more Furies around now than there used to be, but on my server the Furies were always the most common healer class anyway.  Probably due to the easier solo ability than the other healer classes.

[Und3rt0w]

Definately one of the most prevalent classes I see around.  Not sure why that it - maybe it's the name?

[SpritRaja]

Furies are just the most fun class of the healers.

[iceriven2]

Furies tend to out number templars now.  For the longest time templars were the most played healer but on most servers using eq2players furies are number 1.

[Ember]

I think after LU13 Fury became a fotm class.   After that it just never lost it's flavor.  I have a Templar and Fury, but to be honest, Fury is just so much more fun for me to play (especially solo).  There is also so much utility, especially after eof and druid ports.  To be honest though, there is just so much more to do even in groups.  Healing can sometimes take work (or skill) when you're solo healing in a group going after something new or really hard, and personally, I like that.  Furies also work really well with Shamans and Priest classes.  If your group has more then one healer in it, then you can still contribute a little bit of dps. As for raids, they really need a little bit of everything.  This means that the classes will eventually even out in the long run, but for all the groups out there looking for healers, they will probably be filling it with a Fury if that's who is lfg.  Groups for the most part don't care.  They will be happy just to get a healer no matter what class.

[Nekomi]

<p>I was in a raid on an epic x2 the other night and we had 3 furies and finally found a mystic.  I'm never going to get a decent drop this way. lol</p><p>It is time to start working on my alts.</p>

[Zergosch]

i started a fury, as i alrady got a chain/plate/cloth ^^ the only reason was, furies are more flexible. last night at varsoon i did 2x healamount then a templar do + a bit extra dmg.

[RanaFatua]

I got my fury to 50 two days after DOF came out and she has been my main ever since. yes every one and there mom has a fury its a extreamly powerful class if played right you can dps and you can heal. to be honest I though furys where the only healers who could do so but lately I have been proven wrong by a mystic, Templar, and a warden. Have been working there way up on the dps ranks. But Furys are still one of the most over played class along with Necros. every buddy has one. ooo yes and illusionist are getting that way as well

[Miele]

I have a fury alt lvl 38, I play her when I group with other guildies alts and we need a healer. It's a fun class and has a good healing output, plus the ability to do some dps, although is very power intensive in that regard, despite adept3s and mastercrafted gear all around. I think that healing classes should all have something good, well most do in fact, so that more players roll one and more groups have a chance to run a dungeon or something. I don't think the fury is the best healing class, but it has decent versatility, which is a quite good thing.

[CodeKill]

My Fury was created Dec 2004 and I've been using him ever since. Only other toon I have close to him is my warlock at 53. Fury is the most adaptable class out there.                                 

[Daine]

    Tell me about it, I understand your pain.  I started EQ2 4.5 months ago, I have 7 characters now, and my main is a 67 fury/64 sage atm.  I chose it at the beginning because in my experience with RPGs from MMOs to D&D druids have always been my type of character: well-rounded and very capable.  I love the flavor involved in that kind of character.  So I jump in, I prove myself a better healer than a templar, a better blasty than most, and what do I get for it?  Disses.  Things like "we were looking for a DPS, fury doesn't count so we'll let you know if nobody else comes," "furies are not healers," "furies suck."  And it feels like I'm not needed for ANYTHING even though I've leveled all the way to 67 so far...I was invited to a Deathtoll raid the other day because it was apparently DESPERATE that they have a fury...I made it all the way to the zone in point, and the raid leader says "hey, my 70 fury friend just logged on, we need you to leave now."  Almost makes me wish we would get nerfed so people would let me play one in peace! <img src="/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />     My guess is most people realizes furies rock, whether they admit it or not.  However, since there are so many of us, and so few of us up to the mental tasks of playing such a diverse class well, those of us that know how to play one and do it for the sake of the flavor get abandoned to the gutter, another level 70 character with no purpose:  everybody already has one, or has experienced a badly-played fury that ruined it for the rest of us.  I for one am not going to be deterred; I have 6 alts, yes, and I could make one my main.  But why do that when I can prove myself as worthwhile in groups, raids, and soloing?  Why do that when it's the class that best fits me, the class I play the best?     No reason.  Let the masses and the naysayers have their day, but Daine Srivalasarrien will continue to be a proud and capable defendant of nature on Everfrost until the day EQ II dies.

[VizP]

This is a bit like the 'shadowknight' effect - kids tended to enjoy playing SKs because they sounded cool but the requirement to hold aggro actually required skillful play. Since most of them had no interest in learning the intricacies of this, SKs and to a less extent paladins which had a similar problem were considered tanks that had aggro issues. Ive realised now after watching some talented crusaders that it was never a class problem but a player problem all along - but years of watching poor tank players getting groups killed had convinced me otherwise. When theyed properly Sks seem impressive. 'When' played properly. Unforuantely the fury problem is far worse - and the majority are there simply to nuke first heal second. When enough people do that, that particular class just becomes blacklisted in ones mind. I always dreaded getting into groups that had SKs tanking until much later in life because I always died. You can't blame groups for not wanting furies after enough fury players result in their deaths for not playing their class properly. Guess there is no real way out of this <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Bulzie]

I also started a Fury at launch.  I can remember when it was rare to group with other furies and fun to be sorta unique.  But that was when our healing abilities were lacking and it was very hard to be a main healer for a group.  After LU13 I think it was, our HOTs got some major improvements and with the other utility spells, we became fotm as others said.  But it does take abit more effort to heal effectively as a Fury/Warden then the other healers just by the nature of the HOT so all Furies are not created equally <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  You usually can spot quickly those that know how to play the HOT healer versus those that do not.

[KBern]

<p>Any class that can solo well, good survivability, has a place in a group, and the convenience of travel is going to be desired.</p><p>Furies are one of the classes that have all of the above.</p>

[Kocia]

Fury is an amazing class that fulfills the healer AND dps role.  DPS of a warlock AND healing?  Where do I sign up?