Post by Sokanon on Apr 15, 2011 9:25:17 GMT -5
Rift's Cleric
What a Cleric IS:
A cleric wears chainmail, has the ability to heal, melee dps, ranged dps, and even tank. It all depends on the combination of souls you have put together that will determine what role you are to fulfill.
What a Cleric is NOT:
A cleric is NOT a main DPS class. While Trion has offered clerics the viability to DPS, they will, and should NEVER be on par with the souls of a Mage, Rogue, or even Warrior. Clerics have the benefit of pulling good numbers and still maintaining a support role in most cases, whether it be through offheals or battle rezzing.
A cleric is currently not a main tank. Justicar tanking is quite fun, however until the threat issue and damage mitigation is fixed, we are far below par compared to a Warrior or Riftstalker. We Parry cap too early and lack the essential Block and Dodge that are available to the other tank classes. Hopefully in the future Trion will address this issue and allow Clerics a tank role in future raiding.
That being said, Clerics are fully viable to tank T1/T2 dungeons if they are geared correctly and played well.
What a Cleric IS:
A cleric wears chainmail, has the ability to heal, melee dps, ranged dps, and even tank. It all depends on the combination of souls you have put together that will determine what role you are to fulfill.
What a Cleric is NOT:
A cleric is NOT a main DPS class. While Trion has offered clerics the viability to DPS, they will, and should NEVER be on par with the souls of a Mage, Rogue, or even Warrior. Clerics have the benefit of pulling good numbers and still maintaining a support role in most cases, whether it be through offheals or battle rezzing.
A cleric is currently not a main tank. Justicar tanking is quite fun, however until the threat issue and damage mitigation is fixed, we are far below par compared to a Warrior or Riftstalker. We Parry cap too early and lack the essential Block and Dodge that are available to the other tank classes. Hopefully in the future Trion will address this issue and allow Clerics a tank role in future raiding.
That being said, Clerics are fully viable to tank T1/T2 dungeons if they are geared correctly and played well.