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Oathbound Paladin vs. Devoted Cleric

slytaneslytane Member Posts: 9 Arc User
edited March 2015 in The Citadel
Just throwing some thoughts in, do be discussed..

Are we clerics useless when tanking and healing paladins rush into the battlefield?
whats makes us worse in healing, or even better?

where are the DC advantages? where are the paladins advantages?

does anyone have any thoughts or answers?
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  • tyrtallowtyrtallow Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 747 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Oh we're definitely screwed in the tanking department, considering how DCs are ill-equipped to play the defender role.

    From the leader role standpoint though Paladins are shaping up to be more of a skill-based class which lacks the AoE blanket/cast-and-forget heals/buffs available to the DC. In exchange it gets its own share of unique powers (eg. Banishment) and under just the right circumstances I believe it can potentially out-heal or even out-buff the DC. The catch? It can't do both at the same time - all DCs can juggle (de)buffing/healing/mitigation and even attacking/control easily thanks to the new divinity mechanic/powers like Divine Glow/dailies like Hallowed Ground, but a Paladin has to choose his powers very carefully depending on what the party needs more. He will then excel at filling that particular need, but will have to sacrifice something else in return.
    This is because unlike DC powers, many of which simply enhance what a DC does or give him more options, OP powers directly dictate a paladin's (specific) leader role in combat - buffer and debuffer, healer/mitigation, etc. Without proper focus/synergy of powers you'll likely just end up being a subpar equivalent of a support DC.

    Making this class excel at what it does would definitely require a bit more skill/thought.
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  • masterjewstarmasterjewstar Member Posts: 563
    edited March 2015
    also many of the paladins powers and feats and abilities (auras which affect the paladin and all allies in the area) are centered ONLY around the paladin or a single allied target though this may change slightly over time. as soon as an ally moves out of the paladins 30-40' range they lose almost all benefits and many powers/benefits (as of now) are also centered around the enemy target of the paladin. so zerging with a paladin is much less of an option compared to the cleric due to their ranged ability to heal and protect areas of field.

    so long as the party remains near the paladin the benefits of it are great but as soon as a party member gets too far away its nighty night time (a joke).
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