Light/Arcane Stories - Cleric

the pdef would be nice along with the crit. But if your going as a cata cleric your gonna be mostly healing which the arc/vit build would make you better off. There are other ways to stack the pdef needed as an arc/vit build.

Lunar rings / endgame capes with pdef / garnet sharding
Also using pdef ornaments with a good hat with pdef should get you nearing 30-40% res.

I was LA till 70 then switched over to arc/vit. Seeing as there are other ways to get the pdef was my main concern. I havent done lunar/RBs as an LA cleric yet but couldnt really see much of a problem...

from what ive been told arcane is the way to go at 80+. Unless your going for PVP/pking then demon/LA is better off.

As it happens, I'm Drakva's in-game wife. He forgot to mention that he's a 94 Demon Cleric. Hope this helps some. Aishi.teru, love.

Drakva - Dreamweaver wrote: »

I've read arguments over stat points ad nauseam, but what I haven't been able to find are real experiences from clerics who chose light armor. If you've got a situation you or someone you know has experienced, can you please post it here?

Sorry for not reading these before.
I'm a level 90 demon cleric in Indonesian PW and have similar build to you. Was have LA build at 80+, got better survivability as Cata Healer, but then i reset my stat to AA since getting tired of being cata healer, and tired being 1 shotted by level 100++ wizard each TW.b:laugh

For Warsong and Rebirth-Delta, i have no experience yet using LA build.

Anyway, if you consider to switch to LA, and still want a decent mag attack, refine your weapon to at least +7 b:victory

To me. I would look at the pros and cons of going one or the other although I know more about being hybrid vit/mag AA.

LA pros
slightly higher p def
able to take on more physical mobs at an early lvl
uses less pdef ornaments and shards.
has smaller mana pool which regens to full quicker
it may have lower m attack and heal but makes up in it to cast off twice.

Cons
less mdef
isn't able take on more mag mobs at any lvl
needs mag ornaments and possible shard
has a lower m attack and needs to heal more.

I made up LA cleric on DW it was fun even in the beginning lvls and I did take less damage than say AA would of.When I first made up my cleric as to my avatar I used a combo of aa and la gear.I wore La boots and leggings.I needed to invest points in dex for this.I didn't read any guides at the time as I was just trying the game out so I never bothered with the forums.I didn't know I would be playing this long if it wasn't based in the states.I was sure how you built a cleric but did put points in the appropriate fields as the other rpg I play is more complex.

I just picked up armour droppings and just used them instead of making my own which was a mistake.There were la droppings so I used them.I was mix and match of la/aa as there is lot of la droppings around dreaming stronghold.It wasn't untill after 20 that I started to take the game seriously and I came here and read the guides and asked questions.I guess you can say this is my story although I corrected what was needed and became a vit/mag hybrid AA haven't regretted since even if there are some nice looking LA armours TT80 comes to mind.

I'mma just quote myself from another thread here:

Nowitsawn - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Been LA here from 70-80ish (I level at a snails pace, I leveled to 80 about half a year ago b:chuckle), can't say I didn't like it but it's not anything like a superior build either. My survivability went up a bit, my damage/heals went down a bit (noticeable, but nothing severe).

I've never had any flaming going on about my build, probably because the LA that I used was many times better than most archers had at my level and that I could still heal perfectly fine, aswell as take a few hits.

My experiences as LA weren't that much different from AA (I'm not a pvper at all, so can't say much about that). LA didn't particularly HELP me in any activity, as there was almost always a downside to it (for example: higher def, lower attack). From what I can say: going LA doesn't make you better at most things on overall, it just changes your playstyle.

Ahira - Lost City wrote: »

4.3k unbuffed i'm assuming? Thats decent but I still expect a good LA cleric would have ~ 5-5.5k pdef unbuffed.

As somebody else mentioned- LA is probably better for use in TW because you're mostly targetted by EA and nixes.

I have 80 base vit and am arcane... I have 4.8 phys. defense unbuffed and 10,600 phys. defense fully buffed with sage bell. I have higher magic defense and phys. defense then my husband who is an archer (wears light armor).

And for the record Ron is one of the best clerics in a TW... and I am not bad myself, LA is not the way to go in my opinion.

Mendolin - Sanctuary wrote: »

I have 80 base vit and am arcane... I have 4.8 phys. defense unbuffed and 10,600 phys. defense fully buffed with sage bell. I have higher magic defense and phys. defense then my husband who is an archer (wears light armor).

And for the record Ron is one of the best clerics in a TW... and I am not bad myself, LA is not the way to go in my opinion.

.. and I have 5.2k unbuffed b:lipcurl and no i'm not too bad in TW either! b:mischievous

When did I say LA was the way to go? I just said LA was probably better for use in TW than in general game because there you will predominantly get targetted by EA and nixes.