I got into a conversation on the DDO forums and someone pointed out that if you wanted to make DDO a better game then roll up a healer - no one does anymore.

So here I am...I do want to make DDO better. My kid loves it when I hjeal him. And I have my latest project into epic levels so I've got no one playing heroics at the moment.

Here's my goals for the toon:
1) I want something fun from 1 to 20 and beyond. I know there are some great 'late bloomer' builds. I don't want to play one of those for this life. I want to enjoy the journey - not just the destination.
2) I do want to be able to carry a group in heroic elites from 1-20. That shouldn't be a problem on a toon that can self heal but I definitely want to have some valid option(s) for making things dead quickly.
3) I'd like a build that could continue performing well in EE's. I don't need to be able to solo them - just survive in them and heal well. My main goal here is to combat the 'why doesn't everyone just byoh' thing. To that end I'd also be interested in adding utility to groups - either with stunning things, tripping them, cc, whatever...just adding more to a group on all difficulties and all levels than just killing/healing.

I'd like to do this as a TR for a few reasons...gear, slowing my leveling down to give me more time at all levels, progressing some characters, etc. Here's my resources as far as toons go:
1) 3 PL Wizard, 1 PL Sorc. +4 to all tomes. Lots of toys (GS caster kamas for int and cha, lots of cannith stuff, Torc, gs con-opp hp and gs sp wrist item, etc). He's got a blue docent and most of his good armor pieces are docents. This was intended to go triple sorc PL, then triple FvS, then arti final life for maxed out evo DC's on a casting arti before they gutted DC casting.
2) 1 PL Arti, 1 PL FvS, 1 PL Paladin. +3's and +2's in tomes (half and half) Again, lots of toys including GS litII longsword, GS healing amp x 3 longsword, could finish a T2 GS litII longbow. Have a smoke hp cloak (cleansed) and con-opp sp goggles. Have gauntlets of eternity I could upgrade. Have up to level 20 wraps and cloak from Mabar. Have ToD radiant servant set if it matters and could slot something in the ring if it's worth using. This is my crafter and is on the arti life so I've been loathe to TR him and lose the 10 points of crafting but I think I'm past the point it matters now.
3) 1 PL Bard. Tons of docents, ravager ring slotted +2 str, bard ring slotted 20% healing amp, epic bladesmark docent. No con-opp or Torc but does have hp and sp greensteel. Does have a nice collection of Greatswords as well as a Min2 Axe and could unlock a Cloudburst or Gauntlets of Eternity.

That's about it. Just trying to find a fun way to add some healing into the PuG scene on Sarlona, have some fun with my kid, and possibly end up with an EE character that actually heals people in their group. I'm open to any class too - not just clr/fvs - so if someone feels that they have a good EE-capable bard or druid build for healing I'm interested in those as well.

Luxgolg wrote on Sep 30^th, 2013 at 4:26pm:


I took a very short look at the cleric trees when the enh pass first hit as I've got a 16 cleric that was stoned there from 8 with the old 1 per account stones. I figured 'why not' and took a human cleric from 8 to 16. She's complete rubbish, or at least she was before the enh pass, but she's there as well. When I looked at respec'ing her I spent a couple minutes reading and thinking and then just moved on to the next toon. Definitely was underwhelmed with the cleric trees.

In addition, I'd rather level up a healer from 1 with some decent gear already in place though rather than jump on to a first-life toon that will struggle a bit. I want to both heal, let other people take the spotlight, but be able to take over when things get ugly. I've considered ranging but especially on Sarlona everyone is doing it and several are doing it poorly. I don't feel like being another FvS AA that doesn't heal anyone other than himself and brags about how high his saves are.

spathic wrote on Sep 30^th, 2013 at 4:42pm:


That would work well in U20 and I've considered holding off for iconic TR'ing. I really like PDK's that are charisma-based but at the same time I'd like to TR into it. I might give that one a roll though just to see how it plays.

17 cleric 2 monk 1 fighter human choose the long sword god.

Whirling steel strike, so you are centred with longswords.

Get master of forms for earth stance tier 3

still get mass heal, heal, bursts, aura, and all the goodies from the warpriest tree.

Darkrok wrote on Sep 30^th, 2013 at 6:45pm:


and remember you can get the longswords from the PDK vendor which are super yummy :3

It'll be a project no question. Finally found a build I liked...18fvs/2mnk can fit in ocrit line, twf line, quicken, icrit: pierce, and master of forms by level 24. Go monk at 2 and 3 both to get evasion early and to make the feats work out with quicken at 1, twf/pa on the monk levels at 2 and 3 and cleave also at 3, then taking the forms and twf feats as soon as they're available. Improved crit: piercing or great cleave at 18, the other at 21, and ocrit at 24. It'll have quite a lot of PRR between warpriest, shintao + master earth stance, and gear, will be able to blur/haste, just a fun toon. Should be able to heal solidly once it gets past the first few levels when wands and scrolls can carry you just fine. Depending on the enhancement layout the damage could be acceptable as well...quite a lot of room for short sword enhancements between drow and warpriest trees.

Sindarin wrote on Oct 1^st, 2013 at 8:39am:


The ones for rapier/ss's don't work? I thought it was just the poison. And as for the spell resist...I guess it's nice while leveling but it's more than iffy in value in even EH's. About the only way I can avoid getting danced on my drow rogue is to put on a jeweled cloak.

I'd say they're different. Monk's tighter on feats if you decide to focus on the melee portion. Paladin can go THF and just go ocrit line, ignoring THF line and not picking up the advanced monk stances which gives more room for meta's.

I tested the drow weapon enhancements and at least for the starter shortsword it seemed to work fine. It added to the bonus on the inventory screen at the very least.

Interestingly enough my drow rogue is bugged in a different way. I have only core abilities...tier 1, 2, and 4. Somehow the game bugged out and I don't have tier 3's SR, only tier 1 and then tier 2 & 4's +1 int each. I'm loving it as I'm really tight on AP and I'm getting +2 int for a total of 5ap in the drow tree. I never had any problems getting the damage to work though...I just can't afford it at level 20+.

cdr wrote on Oct 1^st, 2013 at 2:48pm:



Wrong. This is a new Drow racial feature. You get FREE ENH reset in your racial tree INSTEAD of having to spend plat to make changes.

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