Who say's clerics have to be pure healers?

Gelairex - Lost City
Gelairex - Lost City Posts: 2 Arc User
edited October 2008 in Cleric
The forum implies that clerics are pure healers for other group members. I personally think that is bull ****. Yes occasionally we can heal or resurrect others but we can fight just as well if not better. I am the kind of person that loves to fight beside my guild members. I am, myself the leader of my guild. I do not often go in for the charge and tank up front in large battles but i do stand right behind or beside the tanker and help them kick ****. My magic skills like thunderball and plume shot are my power sources. I love to get in the action and kill, heal myself, heal my guild members, and resurrect who ever needs it. I love to do it all. Clerics are the bomb! strong and powerful fighters, quick and able healers, and amazing partners. If you are wondering what class of PWI characters to pick, and you like what you're hearing choose a Cleric. They will prove worthy. b:victory
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  • markillian
    markillian Posts: 293 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    clerics are the only class who can heal other players. If every cleric wanted to "occasionally" heal or res other ppl, they would be doing alot more ressing than healing.
  • lirdor
    lirdor Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Agreed, clerics don't have to be pure healers, and rarely are. But fact is for an FB run, unless you are more then 20 levels over the FB, you need one person to be focused 90% on healing. Now if you have 2 clerics in the party, 1 can be 90% healing 10% damage, and the other 90% damage 10% healing. Myself I enjoy healing and often make that offer to the 2nd cleric in my team... when I have one. However, higher level you get, rarer clerics get in this game, and fact is you won't always have a 2nd cleric, and if you don't heal, who is going to?
  • golden0galaxy
    golden0galaxy Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Gelairex - Lost City wrote: »
    The forum implies that clerics are pure healers for other group members. I personally think that is bull ****. Yes occasionally we can heal or resurrect others but we can fight just as well if not better b:victory

    i agree. i had a cleric (EP) on PW-MY and i mostly soloed everything (except bosses lol)

    clerics are good fighters, and their spells are just as good as a lot of the wizard spells. not only that, but it is, of course, their buffing, healing and ressurrecting skills that make them invaluable. thats why everyone acts like they are comfined to party play (but they arent). they are like a wizard with less offensive spells (but the ones they have are good), who can support themselves and others in battle.
  • Deadbone - Lost City
    Deadbone - Lost City Posts: 149 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    the fact that u use Thunderball makes u look dumb
    sure u do damage, every frickin healer in every game can do damage but when u are in a dungeon u might want to heal or your party will die

    different story in PvP
  • Avernus - Lost City
    Avernus - Lost City Posts: 92 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Deadbone - Lost City wrote: »
    the fact that u use Thunderball makes u look dumb

    Nothing wrong with Thunderball if you're a soloing EP. Can't argue with 'curse' damage stacking on Plume Shot damage.
  • Feraldreamzz - Sanctuary
    Feraldreamzz - Sanctuary Posts: 374 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    I think every class has a role in a FB. If you can deal out the damage, while keeping your squad/tank alive, then go for it! Others can deal out the damage, but nobody else can heal that tank, and that's where the priority should be for a cleric.
  • erethizon1
    erethizon1 Posts: 554 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Thunderball has a great use. Whenever my opponent only has a sliver of health left and I have 3 seconds before they get close enough to hit me it lets me kill them for only 57.6 mana (since I never upgraded it). b:laugh

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