Okay, my friend and I are planning to play EQ2 pretty soon.
I want to be a tank, and he wants to be a priest. I had a pretty good idea of what was going on with the classes are like (I am looking into it more than he is) ... and then they went and revamped the combat system. So now I am a bit unsure.
I am thinking Berserker or Guardian. We don't have plans to get really-involved at high levels with guilds or anything... and since we plan to be mostly duoing, I imagine that a Berserker would be the better choice, as we could use the extra DPS.
He wants to become either a Druid or a Shaman... he is leaning shaman. However, we have no idea between Defiler and Mystic, as to which would be better in this sort of duo combination.
My friend and I are both very familiar with EQ1. My friend wants a class that can heal well. He is worried that Shamans (or Druids) in EQ2 may be like they were in the first... not nearly as effective as a cleric (at raw healing). (BTW i'm not trying to start an argument by saying that). Anyway, my friend is looking for a class that is good at healing and has decent buffs, too. As I understand it, shamans can heal well and have slows/hastes as well as combat-oriented buffs.
Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated!
---btw, OldBlue, I know you like to lean towards healers being druids... but I really think my friend would rather be a shaman-type, so don't go trying to unnecessarily extol the virtues of the druid class!