Playing Styles

Magicgabe - Lost City

So far, from what I've seen and observed, there are different playing styles to clerics. This different styles are not better from one another but are simply different.

For me:

(lvl 1-50)
Higher attack and the use of the kill-before-it-hits strategy. This worked well in PvE. Mana consumption was more efficient and grinding was easier. However, in PvP, I became a 1 shot for basically everything. Also, dungeon stuff became increasingly impossible since I had little vitality and due to inexperience I would agroo stuff while healing.

(50-69)
Due to the end of the Jone's Blessing. I developed the strategy of hit-and-be-hit. In this instance, I would use my Ironheart to upkeep HP while I dished weaker damage. Much of my PvE involved this and all of my PvP used the strategy(I used plumeshell and heiros against archers and high lvl BMs). Using this strategy I have done stuff like solo HH runs and kill higher lvls. Due to my past FAC type build, I was able to deal decent damage. However, mana usage has been horrendous. Also, in PvP this type playing style needed heiros(well almost every PvP should wear a heiro) in order to survive stuns and other stuff.

(70+)
I'm not quite sure what to do. I can either keep my build or go for a partial Light Armor(dark pants of Hades+armor of grieving sorrow+sea captains sleeves+cape tauren chieftan+HH70Light shoes+ phy ornaments). Having fought LA, I realize that the mag def is decent and the phy deff is nice to have. This type of build would hopefully allow me to survive suprise attacks and double attacks from mages and archers. Also, a raised crit rate would be nice. However, unless i spend a lot of money I would have less HP. Against phy classes LA + plumeshell = a decent defense and therfore HP would not be as important. Against mages, the lack of HP would be a problem.

So how do you play?

Mikel_oru - Sanctuary

Dunno about high lvls but up till now I've enjoyed Light Armor build, i get hit often but it never is a problem (both physical and magical), LA offers decent mag def and very usefull phy def. My only problem is always my low hp so every time I'm about to change set of equipment I get items that give hp among other bonuses. I use hp cap, Light wrisguards, armor, leggings and footing and my other items are for magical defence (belt and necklace), that way I keep an excelent so far balance between magic and physical defence and been doing smoothly so far both PvE and PvP (proudly lost only a couple of times so far by same or a couple of lvls highter than me).

So far