Druids could heal just fine in xp/farm groups. The thing is that you had to prove that you could do it and build a reputation for it. I MH'd Lguk in classic and Sebilis groups all the time on my druid in live. You had to use your regen spells to keep everyone's hp ticking and then main heal the tank only. It was stressful, but it was fun.

I did switch over to cleric in late Kunark/early Velious because it was bonanza fun to Complete Heal and wear plate though.

You know this server isn't going past velious, right?

Well now thats just sad. :( Since luclin was one of the best expac's IMO and my personal fav. Is there a timeline posted of what they are going to be doing with this server and how long its going to be up? Thanks in advance.

Only the devs have the official timeline, but it's not a secret. Basically through Velious, but stopping there. No Luclin.


I certainly hope they eventually decide to add it - maybe with some modifications, since I never got to experience Luclin - but no biggie if not.

that is beside the point of what i was saying. I was replying to the notion that "druid NEVER was a good healer even in PoP+ era", which isn't true

Bah to healing. The root and dot stack ability is just sick. This is the class that you can pretty much run around naked in, and still drop giants left and right staying at full mana. Best duo is 2 drui's imo. Full groups you wan to keep an evaq ready. Back up the cleric, but do damage, or have 2 drui's which works really well. Keep everyone buffed including sow. If you are just starting out and have no access to real gear, this is a plus-plus.

Cleric, you are a heal bot, that's about it. You can solo, but mainly undead which is pretty fun at that while grinding. Gear up or die - get enough groups killed here and probably get a bad rep real quick with the low population. Some people really cant do cleric even with the best gear.

Have played both classes extensively on live and peq for years, including multi-boxing various combos. Don't bother comparing them and knocking one or the other over a single ability, only shows ones noobness to eq. Either is a good pick, but cleric if you want to be a heal bot or drui if you want to do everything else pretty well.

Chantel got to 50 before kunark.

Xosire is still getting groups on his cleric.


Just saying.

Your job as a druid in a group is really to figure out your job.

No mage in group? You're on thorns duty, keep it up on the tank at all times, it's your most efficient damage spell by far.

If you're in a dungeon you're on snare duty to keep mobs from running to get reinforcements (unless a ranger, sk, or necro is in the group that wants to do it).

If those are covered then you're backup healer, always keep some extra mana to spot heal the cleric or enchanter or whatever if they start getting pounded on, they'll appreciate it.

If you're outdoors keep SoW on everyone. Put STR buff on melee if it isn't covered. And so on.

If you have absolutely nothing else to do with your mana, then start nuking away on mobs. You're not DPS though, and your DPS will always be weak on this server. You're utility and the key to being a good druid groupmate is covering whatever roles may be missing.

I think part of that is people just not visiting the forums frequently enough to know the chatter about some of the worst players on the server...