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darkdemas
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This is for the non-DC's characters out their b/c I and others feel like people's expectations are far too high. Like when doing dungeons or pvps people seem to have unrealistic high expectations when working with a DC at a dungeon or pvp. Sadly to say, I don't know any happy DC's. And people who are willing to do DC, seem to only willing to do DC with me b/c I treat them with respect. I have different characters and one of them is a DC. And it's amazing how little non-DC's know about the character.
1. You are Not immortal just because a DC is on your team.
2. DC's can't fight monsters and heal you at the same time.
3. It's hard to heal people who keep running around.
These are reasons why people who have DC characters refuse to play them. People seem to think that DC's are an immortality insurance. People who have clearly Never played as DC before. Right click button, Astral Seals. It means that when I right click on an enemy target and a non-DC attacks it. It means that your HP will go up. Left click, there are options where we could burn enemies alive. As far as our healing people abilities. So far, all of my healing abilites have recharage time. That's because they're all orange. I have a TR character, too. I could get a big knife and cut people, but that has a 10 sec recharage time. There is also a Deft Strike or whatever where you could get behind an enemy and strike them, that has a 20 second recharage time. Well, as a cleric, so far from what I've seen. All of my healing abilities have a recharge time.
It's amazing how people say, "She doesn't heal. Like at all." There are 5 people running around in circles. and these people complaining are Not keeping adds off me. So, how am I supposed to heal you if I'm the first person to die? Obviously, the monsters attacking me or going to be my number one priority, not healing people. If you want healing people to be my priority, you could start by keeping the monsters off me. And there's 5 people and recharge time. As a TR, could you do the Deft Strike EVERY SECOND? I have recharage time, I can't heal people every second. And healing you is not my priority if you can't keep the adds off me. Obviously, my number one priority is going to be to attack the add that keeps cutting me. This isn't only my opinion, I've befriended many DC's. DC's who've deleted their characters or would only be DC with me b/c they're tired of people's unrealistically high expectations. That if you really honestly believe that keeping people healed, who don't protect you from adds, every second on the second. Then you should REALLY create a DC character and see if you could live up to the expectations placed on others and see if you could heal people every second on the second as 5 adds are attacking you.
Because I started doing Neverwinter with a friend who decided to be a Cleric, he told me how it works, so my expectations were realistic, so people who normally use CW or GWF have no problem playing DC with me because they know that they're going to be treated with kindness.
And again, looking up and down my powers, there is no placing healings on the left click or right click. Not that I would for people who don't even bother to protect me from adds, anyway. Ofc, protecting myself is going to be my number one priority. That's why when I switch to my other characters and I'm doing dungeons with my Dc friends. I say, "TR or GWF on boss. CW on adds. DC heal only the people on boss. GF keep or GWF keep DC protected from adds at all times."
Because the recharge is healing is a while and because it's nearly impossible to constantly keep 5 people heal. The people on the boss require priority healing b/c when you kill the boss that adds would stop regenerating. Kill the boss, no more adds. Or for example, as a CW, you have the ability to make ice shoot from the group, right? That is number 1 or 2. Could you make that happen every second on the second? I can't keep 5 people running around healed every second on the second. Not only is their recharge time, but there are monsters attacking me, or when there's a monster in front of you, my pointer turns red. It's like all of you want me to run around and keep you healed. If you require for somebody to run around and keep you healed all the time, that's what the companions are for. I am NOT your companion, I cannot and will not chase behind 5 people going separate directions and keeping them healed all the time Never mind that it takes awhile for it to recharge. I mean, if I could make ANYBODY immortal, I would start with myself first.
Before you complain about DC's, create a DC character and try to heal people every second on the second, while 5 adds are attacking you. That's why even before I created a DC character. When doing dungeons with DCs, I look at what's available because we need people on the boss as well. But I need somebody preferrable a GF to keep the adds off the DC so that the cleric CAN focus on healing. Clerics, heal the people ON the boss because the boss takes away a LOT of HP points. If you focus on the adds, then the game is Never going to end. DC or no DC, you need to bring healing potions with you. I'm a DC, I'm not immoral. I die in boss fights, too. When I get ready to fight a boss, I need to bring healing potions with me.
Being a cleric is challegning. But before you complain, see if you could do a better job. Only people who could do a better job have the right to complain. Meaning if you never done a cleric before, you have no right to complain unless the cleric really is doing nothing. But it's unfair to expect the cleric to do more than you do. To fight the adds off him/her, and heal 5 people who are all running around in separate directions with monsters in front of them, every second on the second. I'm going to focus on the monsters attacking me, first. If you want me to focus on healing, then get the monsters off me and I will. And if you are cutting a monster and your HP is going up, then that is a DC behind it.
If you want to be healed VERY BADLY, then either A.) Bring a lot of healing potions with you. B.) Stand in front of me. But because of recharge time, if 5 people are standing in front of me. It's going to take a while. It's unfortunate that the people who are the most friendly to people with a DC character are people who know how it works. And the people who complain the most, are the people who have never created a DC character before. Even the people who tell me that I am doing an EXCELLENT job are people who've gotten all the way up to their 40s and 60s as DC and actually KNOW how difficult it is. If there are 5 monsters on top of me or even one VERY strong one, then fighting him is my number one priority, not healing you. I can't fight and heal you at the same time.
If healing you is supposed me to my number one priority, then keeping adds off me should be your number one priorty. Which has always been my startegy MONTHS before I ever took the time to create a DC character. And it's a stategy that WORKS.
TR on boss, somebody protect DC from all incoming adds, DC focuses in on healing people attacking the boss. Kill boss, game ends faster. Focus on adds, game takes forever. If you could, stay near the cleric at all times. Also, notice when the ground is glowing and your HP is going up??? Be grateful to your DCs for that. What makes being a DC hard is when players want to complain at you all the time. Before you complain, please create a DC character and actually understand how are powers work. I can't transform players into gods. Our healing requires time to recharge. Just like you guys have powers that need to be recharged. We clerics have powers that need to be recharged.
1. You are Not immortal just because a DC is on your team.
2. DC's can't fight monsters and heal you at the same time.
3. It's hard to heal people who keep running around.
These are reasons why people who have DC characters refuse to play them. People seem to think that DC's are an immortality insurance. People who have clearly Never played as DC before. Right click button, Astral Seals. It means that when I right click on an enemy target and a non-DC attacks it. It means that your HP will go up. Left click, there are options where we could burn enemies alive. As far as our healing people abilities. So far, all of my healing abilites have recharage time. That's because they're all orange. I have a TR character, too. I could get a big knife and cut people, but that has a 10 sec recharage time. There is also a Deft Strike or whatever where you could get behind an enemy and strike them, that has a 20 second recharage time. Well, as a cleric, so far from what I've seen. All of my healing abilities have a recharge time.
It's amazing how people say, "She doesn't heal. Like at all." There are 5 people running around in circles. and these people complaining are Not keeping adds off me. So, how am I supposed to heal you if I'm the first person to die? Obviously, the monsters attacking me or going to be my number one priority, not healing people. If you want healing people to be my priority, you could start by keeping the monsters off me. And there's 5 people and recharge time. As a TR, could you do the Deft Strike EVERY SECOND? I have recharage time, I can't heal people every second. And healing you is not my priority if you can't keep the adds off me. Obviously, my number one priority is going to be to attack the add that keeps cutting me. This isn't only my opinion, I've befriended many DC's. DC's who've deleted their characters or would only be DC with me b/c they're tired of people's unrealistically high expectations. That if you really honestly believe that keeping people healed, who don't protect you from adds, every second on the second. Then you should REALLY create a DC character and see if you could live up to the expectations placed on others and see if you could heal people every second on the second as 5 adds are attacking you.
Because I started doing Neverwinter with a friend who decided to be a Cleric, he told me how it works, so my expectations were realistic, so people who normally use CW or GWF have no problem playing DC with me because they know that they're going to be treated with kindness.
And again, looking up and down my powers, there is no placing healings on the left click or right click. Not that I would for people who don't even bother to protect me from adds, anyway. Ofc, protecting myself is going to be my number one priority. That's why when I switch to my other characters and I'm doing dungeons with my Dc friends. I say, "TR or GWF on boss. CW on adds. DC heal only the people on boss. GF keep or GWF keep DC protected from adds at all times."
Because the recharge is healing is a while and because it's nearly impossible to constantly keep 5 people heal. The people on the boss require priority healing b/c when you kill the boss that adds would stop regenerating. Kill the boss, no more adds. Or for example, as a CW, you have the ability to make ice shoot from the group, right? That is number 1 or 2. Could you make that happen every second on the second? I can't keep 5 people running around healed every second on the second. Not only is their recharge time, but there are monsters attacking me, or when there's a monster in front of you, my pointer turns red. It's like all of you want me to run around and keep you healed. If you require for somebody to run around and keep you healed all the time, that's what the companions are for. I am NOT your companion, I cannot and will not chase behind 5 people going separate directions and keeping them healed all the time Never mind that it takes awhile for it to recharge. I mean, if I could make ANYBODY immortal, I would start with myself first.
Before you complain about DC's, create a DC character and try to heal people every second on the second, while 5 adds are attacking you. That's why even before I created a DC character. When doing dungeons with DCs, I look at what's available because we need people on the boss as well. But I need somebody preferrable a GF to keep the adds off the DC so that the cleric CAN focus on healing. Clerics, heal the people ON the boss because the boss takes away a LOT of HP points. If you focus on the adds, then the game is Never going to end. DC or no DC, you need to bring healing potions with you. I'm a DC, I'm not immoral. I die in boss fights, too. When I get ready to fight a boss, I need to bring healing potions with me.
Being a cleric is challegning. But before you complain, see if you could do a better job. Only people who could do a better job have the right to complain. Meaning if you never done a cleric before, you have no right to complain unless the cleric really is doing nothing. But it's unfair to expect the cleric to do more than you do. To fight the adds off him/her, and heal 5 people who are all running around in separate directions with monsters in front of them, every second on the second. I'm going to focus on the monsters attacking me, first. If you want me to focus on healing, then get the monsters off me and I will. And if you are cutting a monster and your HP is going up, then that is a DC behind it.
If you want to be healed VERY BADLY, then either A.) Bring a lot of healing potions with you. B.) Stand in front of me. But because of recharge time, if 5 people are standing in front of me. It's going to take a while. It's unfortunate that the people who are the most friendly to people with a DC character are people who know how it works. And the people who complain the most, are the people who have never created a DC character before. Even the people who tell me that I am doing an EXCELLENT job are people who've gotten all the way up to their 40s and 60s as DC and actually KNOW how difficult it is. If there are 5 monsters on top of me or even one VERY strong one, then fighting him is my number one priority, not healing you. I can't fight and heal you at the same time.
If healing you is supposed me to my number one priority, then keeping adds off me should be your number one priorty. Which has always been my startegy MONTHS before I ever took the time to create a DC character. And it's a stategy that WORKS.
TR on boss, somebody protect DC from all incoming adds, DC focuses in on healing people attacking the boss. Kill boss, game ends faster. Focus on adds, game takes forever. If you could, stay near the cleric at all times. Also, notice when the ground is glowing and your HP is going up??? Be grateful to your DCs for that. What makes being a DC hard is when players want to complain at you all the time. Before you complain, please create a DC character and actually understand how are powers work. I can't transform players into gods. Our healing requires time to recharge. Just like you guys have powers that need to be recharged. We clerics have powers that need to be recharged.
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You might of saved yourself a bit of typing if you simply said. "Lessons for grouping with Clerics: Dont be stupid"
Or you could of offered them the enlightened wisdom of the DB himself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apro94getuc#t=26
Anyhow, I play a Cleric and really enjoy it. Its far more active and entertaining then just being a wandering heal bot. Ive even been spending most of this recent CTA skirmish playing one. Its been a hoot, considering most groups seem lucky to get any kind of healer at all. Its fair to say any group is just happy to see one, super heals or not. Ive yet to hear any complaints from anyone during this event.
So it might be a little unfair to imply that the general community has no clue how Clerics work here.
Its pretty easy to tell the normal players in a group from the Leeroy Jenkins/lone warrior types. I can care less about rants and dirt naps from players who can care less about team work. For the rest, I just do my best. If ive done that, then all the rage and ignorance in the world isnt going to change anything. And can safely be ignored.
Lol. I see groups die(not me) with and without a DC. So DC aren't useful there. But the papermade builds user don't check that DC can't heal 1M HP every second on all teammates.