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Eriol · 08-20-2008, 02:09 PM

I'm curious as to how group/instance healing will work in Aion. Specifically, will a Chanter be able to keep a typical group healed in a typical instance, or will that be the exclusive realm of Clerics? They're both priests, and the Cleric seems to be designated as the "specialist" when it comes to healing, but just how "capable" will the Chanter be? For some games even the secondary "healing" classes were completely unable to heal groups in instances (Druids and Shamans in EQ1 for a VERY long time didn't have a HOPE of single-healing an instance. You NEEDED a Cleric), whereas in other games there was a "balance" of classes that could, though there was still a primary (WoW to varying degrees, at varying times), and then games where an entire archetype heals relatively equally (in EQ2 any priest is supposed to be roughly as capable as any other at healing, which generally it's pretty close).

So which model is Aion closest to at this time? Is there a concrete "vision" of how this is supposed to work that's been published?

08-20-2008, 02:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Eriol Daeva Join Date: Aug 2008 Class: Spiritmaster Race: Asmodians	Chanter vs Cleric Healing I'm curious as to how group/instance healing will work in Aion. Specifically, will a Chanter be able to keep a typical group healed in a typical instance, or will that be the exclusive realm of Clerics? They're both priests, and the Cleric seems to be designated as the "specialist" when it comes to healing, but just how "capable" will the Chanter be? For some games even the secondary "healing" classes were completely unable to heal groups in instances (Druids and Shamans in EQ1 for a VERY long time didn't have a HOPE of single-healing an instance. You NEEDED a Cleric), whereas in other games there was a "balance" of classes that could, though there was still a primary (WoW to varying degrees, at varying times), and then games where an entire archetype heals relatively equally (in EQ2 any priest is supposed to be roughly as capable as any other at healing, which generally it's pretty close). So which model is Aion closest to at this time? Is there a concrete "vision" of how this is supposed to work that's been published?