Opinions appreciated, thanks for reading!

[Rattlehead]

<p>I'm pretty new to EQ2, since my highest so far is in the mid 20s.</p><p>I was thinking about what class I would like to eventually raid with. I ran down the list and came up with what I thought would result in an enjoyable endgame experience.</p><p>Paladin, Warlock, Inquisitor</p><p>Each are on a different end of the spectrum when it comes to the playstyle. Most of which I've performed in various MMOs. Although, EQ2 has proven itself to be one of the more intense experiences as far as tackling questing and leveling.</p><p>I'm stuck on a decision. I play with some friends I've known for awhile, on Nagafen which is a PvP server. I have to consider which would be more difficult based off of the PvP that occurs while leveling.</p><p>My question is: Which of these would be an overall enjoyable class throughout, so that I may reach the endgame (possibly solo through a good portion). As well as, maintain a decent position in a raiding guild, by not having an exceptional mass of players to compete with.</p><p>I appreciate any feedback and the time it took to read the post. Thanks for reading.</p><p>P.S. - If I'm pretty serious about raiding, should I reconsider moving to a normal server?</p>

[Rahatmattata]

<p>Inquisitor is one of the least played classes and you shouldn't have a problem getting a raid spot in some sort of raiding guild. But, there is nothing as fun and challenging as tanking (especially off-tanking), so I'd roll a paladin. They aren't highly populated. For PvP, warlock is pretty fun though if you're in a group.</p><p>I think there are plenty of guilds that raid on Nagafen.</p>

[Seidhkona]

<p>I have all three of these classes in PVE on Lucan D'Lere, and I played 30 levels of PVP at one time.</p><p>None of these three classes is going to be a great PVP soloer.</p><p>The solo paladin won't have nearly the damage of a scout, and you will run out of power trying to self-heal (paladin heals are INCREDIBLE power hogs). If you will be grouping in PVP, then the paladin is a good choice as a tank. With good gear and plenty of AA, you will be tough and able to take hits.</p><p>The warlock as a soloer requires that you have a great sense of humor about dying (actually, this is true for all casters and pretty much all PVPers). Because you are very lightly armored, it's hard to take a hit. Warlocks tend to cast kind of slow, and your bread-and-butter is a group of green con mobs that you can kill with the warlocks clouds of poisonous death. </p><p>For solo PVP, I imagine most warlocks would be ... dead. On this one, you'd want to check in the PVP forum and see what folks there say about PVP casters. You may be able to PVP by really beefing up your root spell to master and trying to nail an attacker's feet to the floor, then nuking, rooting, nuking.  If you are grouping in a situation where a tank or scout acting as tank is in the group, a warlock can do very nice damage.</p><p>Inquisitors are clerics, which means you get plate armor (good for taking a hit) and you will have reactive heals. This type of heal is cast on a target (yourself or your tank or your group) and then when the target is hit, the heal starts working in reaction to the hit. Inquisitors are battle priests, which means that as you get AA, you can spec so that your strike spells have counterpart combat arts which fire much more quickly. However, healers, even battle priests, are not a DPS class, and solo you will have a hard time in PVP vs. a scout. Because you can self-heal, and do some damage, you may be able to make this work ... so long as you have power with which to cast your heals. In any group a healer is going to be a great asset.</p><p>Okay, now let's turn to the question of "eventually raid with".</p><p>Any raid needs one main tank, and usually an off tank. There are a couple of fights (the Sisters in SOH, some in TSO) that require three or four tanks in the raid, but these are not the normal raid fight. That means that if your paladin is going to be raiding, you will have to be good enough as a tank to take one of those two prized tank slots, and possible vs. heavy competition. Keep this in mind, since to be a raiding tank you have to have "mad skillz" and you want to read and research your class and practice, practice, practice. You're in the Rocky Balboa underdog situation here.</p><p>Warlocks provide massive AOE DPS, and shouldn't have too difficult a time finding a raid. You will get your best damage vs. multiple targets until you get <a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Death%27s_Grip_%28Mythical%29" target="_blank">your mythical weapon</a>, which you can activate to change your AOE spells to single-target.</p><p>All healers are needed for raids, and having <a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Penitent%27s_Absolution_%28Mythical%29" target="_blank">a mythical-weapon-equipped</a> Inquisitor with Verdict is very nice.</p>

[Yimway]

<p>I recomend Inq, as its the strongest soloer, and a darn decent pvp character.  Beyond that in a raid setting its the most desired priest for raiding.  Not only is it desired the most, but the other 2 classes put forward have HEAVY gear checks involved to get to be cosididered 'proficient' at the class.</p>

[Rattlehead]

<p>I've decided to play a Warlock to get in some early / mid-level PvP with my friends. I'll probably play an Inquisitor for endgame raiding and the Paladin will probably happen sometime down the road.</p><p>Goodluck to all, again, thanks to those who left a response. The experienced opinions helped me make my final decisions. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p>

[stgninja]

<p>I've got a T8 warlock and I solo pvp . . since I play at odd hours its my only choice.  Anyway if you take the STA line and get manashield along with magi shielding in the EoF tree you'll be able to take a beating and dish it out too.  The AGI line will help a lot with your casting times along with the EoF hastings endline ability focused casting.  Later on at level 55 you'll get a nice spell called null caress which is pretty much a "get away from me" spell, works wonders when facing melee. </p><p>With that said the warlock is IMO a fun class for solo and group pvp.  I remember back in the day people would say if you have a warlock in your group you've got half the battle won. </p><p>Enjoy your warlock!</p>

[Rorasis]

<p>I'd advise against healing.  Healing in EQ2 is terribly dull, IMO.</p>

[Seidhkona]

<p><cite>Rebaleo@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'd advise against healing.  Healing in EQ2 is terribly dull, IMO.</p></blockquote><p>/laughs -- I have three or four healers now and I love them all.  That's one great thing about EQ2, there's something there for everyone pretty much.</p>

[Rattlehead]

<p><cite>Sigrdrifa@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rebaleo@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'd advise against healing.  Healing in EQ2 is terribly dull, IMO.</p></blockquote><p>/laughs -- I have three or four healers now and I love them all.  That's one great thing about EQ2, there's something there for everyone pretty much.</p></blockquote><p>Haha, in most games I enjoy healing as well. I figured the Inquisitor will be fun, when I get around to him.</p>

[Edith]

<p><cite>Rebaleo@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'd advise against healing.  Healing in EQ2 is terribly dull, IMO.</p></blockquote><p>Hmmm....Today I healed a Guk, PoF, and SoH (first three nameds with 4 players plus two boxed toons), it was in no way dull.  To be sure, DF with a group of raid geared players can be a yawn fest, but if you pick a challenge appropriate to the group, healing can be very exciting. </p>

[Yimway]

<p><cite>Rattlehead wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Haha, in most games I enjoy healing as well. I figured the Inquisitor will be fun, when I get around to him.</p></blockquote><p>It is fun, in heroic content my inq will parse 4-5k ZW depending on group make-up while keeping the group alive.  No other healer feels remotely as dynamic to me as that class.</p><p>Add on in raid content their myth has an /easybutton on it for TSO raiding, its a fun class to play, but grossly overpowered classes are always 'fun'.</p>