And none of us disagree that we aren't great in groups. At least I haven't read anywhere that we aren't.
I think 99% of us raiding Coercers have a gripe with us being useless in a raid situation. Our power regen is #2 to bards, our dps (with TM Master 2 now being nerfed) is abysmal, and our buffs are pretty useless comparatively. We have one decent buff: the +hate buff line but we're never in the MT group (or at least shouldn't be with all the awesome buffs bards get).
So basically we've become the class that isn't needed for raids. I wonder why I'm the only Coercer left in my guild that hasn't quit the game (yes we were a guild that at one time had 4 coercers). I type in /who coercer all on my server and never have seen more then 9 returns for all levels (and 9 was a one time event). So now my guild has 1 coercer, 1 illusionist and 3 bards. I wonder who will be picked before me if power regen is needed.
I guess the Illusionist and I could battle it out for the last position but at least the Illusionist has a sweet +int, +wis buff so he's actually useful.
Finally, why doesn't our Signet Line stack with Illusionist buffs?