What does Warden mean Today?

[Skivley101]

I just want to know cuz alot of us old school wardens have a warped veiw of what soe has decided the warden shall translate too ,,, So ..... help us out   ...   plz    <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/ed515dbff23a0ee3241dcc0a601c9ed6.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Klon]

<p>HPS, HPS and even more HPS .... </p><p>if you really need that is a completely different question <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Oakum]

<p>Its hard to tell. Used to be after lu 13 and the big class rebalance we were a druid (healer/dps hybrid) which was slightly more defensive and slightly less offensive the the other druid. </p><p>Now we are about equal in the defensive department with the other druid way outdoing us in the offensive side. </p><p>Maybe the term "unloved" is what we are. lol. I dont know. We are the only healing class that can't do much more then heal as well as the other  healers. Probably why we are more power efficient too. We are not debuffing the mob or putting temp buffs on group member or using speed cures a lot. lol. Thats fine for solo, group, learning or gearing up raid style play but when it comes to very  hardcore/geared up raids, it might be better to put the other druid in the MT group for the occasional quick big spot heal (no regen portion like wardens DH's)and the dps they can contribute when not healing would make the zones go a little quicker. </p>

[iceriven2]

for the last two years we been the healer class that heals well.  Good enough to where we can live without decent buffs or debuffs.   We a good soloers and great in grps.T6 i heard rumors our single target dps was real nice, could even compete with furies, but i personally didnt see it, got to 60 3 weeks before kos.  B/C of that i and a few others, for there own reason were under the assumption that druids were the dps healers.  we heal and our secondary role is dps.  BUT for wardens its the most untrue.  Think we sit as one of the 2 lowest dpser in game with defilers, yup clerics can do more dps then us.So today we sit as healers that heal.  Thats it.  Only useful secondary role  a warden can achieve is minor dps with the melee AA build.  Otherwize our main concern is heal and cure.