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If and coercers or illusionists want to know how to solo heroics or have any other questions I can and will be able to answer them to the best of my ability 600 illus 40 coercer here and have been playing over a year when it first started also palladin and guardian questions can be answered

First off Im going to start by saying that both classes help both casters and melee. the main difference is that the illusionist buffs casters better than the coercer. but the coercer buffs dps better than illusionists. the coercer gets hate gain which makes you valuable in both main tank and off tank groups.
Also the coercer gets charm which makes soling a breeze. if you get good at it you can solo places like mistmoore castle. it can take some time but its definately doable ( I do it often enough with my lvl 70 coercer). at the lower levels both are pretty even. the main difference in one gets haste and the other one gets DPS mods. not much of a difference at level 28. where the main things start to come out is around level 50. so you have a way to go to get your main specialty spells.

Believe it or not, the EQ2 Forums have a board dedicated to each of the classes and they contain some very good information on how the class plays, mostly submitted by those who actually play the class. For the specific board dedicated to Coercers, simply follow this link:

http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/forums/show.m?forum_id=75

There you will find a good description of the class itself, a list of the spells that Coercers get and suggestions as to what AA lines you might wish to pursue. A few words of encouragement, I have managed to level my Coercer to Lvl 27 now. I also took a lot of dirt naps in the early days, but once you get the hang of charming things, it can be quite a fun class to play. My best suggestion would be to look up someone on your server willing to make your spell upgrades at a reasonable price and to harvest or buy the rares needed to get Adept III's for your charm and mez spells at the very least as this will help to minimize the dirt naps that you take.

I hope that this will help to prolong your life a little.