Combat advantage for clerics

dfnce

Problem i noticed when solo with my healing spec DC with augment companion - combat advantage (CA) is difficult or non-existing thing. I have been playing regularly most of classes (except SW) and their CA is clearly based on mechanics or abilities of particular classes, nothing hard to attain. But this is not a case for DC.

Proposal is to review circumstances when CA is activated for clerics, while making sure that general CA from cc abilities is more reliable.

1. All snare/root abilities should grant sufficient CA period to get benefit from it.

2. If cleric heals himself from damage of enemy attack, this grants short CA period vs attacking enemies. DC ability to self-heal should count as ability of CW to control.

At this moment DC should run with non-augment to get regular CA bonus in solo. Augment companion while grants great DPS stats (loyal avenger), still worse than CA bonus and other DPS classes can have both. Solution can be normal companion with big enough bonding stones (granting even more stats), but such companion is not always desired approach in dungeons

Lets discuss it. Game designers should accept the fact that 15% CA damage bonus is also required by clerics.

putzboy78

I have pretty much written off CA on my cleric. It's to hard to get unless their is a good tank in party. It just isn't worth it otherwise and I do not like stacking situational stats. Even with a good companion out unless it can hold agro achieving CA is difficult (they don't). I don't know what I did but NWO mobs love me. I party regular with a 3.7 GWF friend of mine (my DC is 3.1) and regularly mobs will walk away from him to pursue me.

dfnce

In case of solo play player don't need additional Combat Advantage bonus to enjoy benefit of CA, because its 15% damage bonus is worthy already. Maintain 6-12 (from NPC POV) o'clock positioning, get said buff, win.

I didn't chase CA with DC till moment i tested Squire companion (Paladin Booster Pack) which does its tanking part quite reasonably. Then question to devs would be - why DC needs specific companion type to get CA when playing solo? No chance to get it with Stone/Cat and very hard with anything else.

DC needs alternative condition to archive CA. DC doesn't have stealth, aggro marks (but certainly aggro xD). SW has feat allowing to get CA shortly with critical hits.