Coming back after 6 months off... help!!

[Leza]

Hey everyone!!I was wondering if anyone can give me any pointers on anything thats changed with the class or current best AA setup tables, etc.  I'm coming back after 6 months and I've already spent about 2 hours reading the last 6 or so Game Updates (last one I was around for was the Christmas update.)  I see a lot of changes to a lot of classes, but not much in the line of defilers.  However... I know a lot of things that get changed with defilers get snuck in, and end up being in little updates, not in huge game updates.   I'll be raiding on a consistent basis (MT/OT group) once I get back up to speed, so I'm trying to do that as fast as possible.  I've been reading through the forums. for about the last 2 hours and  I know that M2 choice for raiders seems to be <span class="postbody">enormity, however I don't really see much as far as current recommended AA setup (but then again, I've only been reading for about 2 hours and most of that time was spent reading major game updates).   Can anyone give me any pointers and/or suggestions that might help me get back up to speed asap?  Any/all help is greatly appreciated!!</span>

[Spiv]

<p>What exactly is the type of info you are looking for?  Defilers are still the best MT healer for raids with Soulward and Canni.  It irritates me to no end that other classes are getting wards now, but thats the way it is.</p><p>-Denna</p>

[Sokolov]

Other classes get Wards?  Well, from what I remember, Paladins and Druids always had Wards, though they were minor.  Are there more wards now?Anyway, so I quit not long after Echoes came out, and I presume a lot has changed since... Anyone feel like filling me in?Nothing specific... just stuff a main healer should know - for example, if a major spell works differently now... if our INT line isn't gimped still?

[Kari]

The biggest change that I know of is to the raid aa spec. The STR line loses its usefulness in raids once you leave T2. Dogdog doesn't get the hits on the orange mobs that he needs for the procs. Most raid specs appear to have substituted agi, but there should be some more detailed threads on it here and in flames.

[Arielle Nightshade]

<cite>Sokolov wrote:</cite><blockquote>Other classes get Wards?  Well, from what I remember, Paladins and Druids always had Wards, though they were minor.  Are there more wards now?Anyway, so I quit not long after Echoes came out, and I presume a lot has changed since...Anyone feel like filling me in?Nothing specific... just stuff a main healer should know - for example, if a major spell works differently now... if our INT line isn't gimped still?</blockquote><p>Druids never had wards and don't have them now - unless you count the fairly weak short term elemental buff that Wardens have (not sure about furies).   The spell description says "wards allies against <howevermany> points of elemental", but it's not a ward, it's a buff.  The one Denna is most likely referring to:  Templars have an AA ward that really is obnoxious (from a Defiler standpoint).  So they cast a ward THEN cast a reactive too.  Like..w.t.h.</p><p>As far as the INT line..I'm leveling a PvE Defiler kind of slowly and soloing a lot.  INT is pretty danged helpful to be able to have some decent dps that makes soloing not so painful.  </p>

[Oakleafe]

<cite>Sokolov wrote:</cite><blockquote>Other classes get Wards?  Well, from what I remember, Paladins and Druids always had Wards, though they were minor.  Are there more wards now?Anyway, so I quit not long after Echoes came out, and I presume a lot has changed since... Anyone feel like filling me in?Nothing specific... just stuff a main healer should know - for example, if a major spell works differently now... if our INT line isn't gimped still?</blockquote>Is this what you were thinking of for the Fury ward?<a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Urchin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Urchin</a>Not actually called a ward, instead it increases mitigation.  It stifles the Fury so, for me at least, it doesn't get used except in emergency situations.

[Greggthegrmreapr]

I was refering mainly to Repent and Manaward.