[Ethelinde]

STR clerics can clank equally well with decent equipments, STR isn't an important factor in clanking when healing is the main factor contributing to the aggro during aoe, the soloing part varies by the level of the mob/players you take on, much like bashing a level 1 player vs bashing a 79 tank. The more defense associated the the opponent the more noticeable the difference is between the two builds. Also @ 67 I believe you've gotten about 82 pts in END which is about 410 extra hp with 41 defense, it really doesn't play a big part in contributing to your clanking abilities. As for the STR/END gear, I have no disputes with the END, but whether STR or DEX should be next choice in line is fully up to the cleric choosing the gears, with DEX you land every hit, with STR from gears you hit slightly higher. A 68 cleric with +9 hammer hit only 140~ on a 70 mage, a full STR hit over 200. Vs full STR fighters at higher levels an END cleric hit as low as 10s and 20s, but with STR build the difference is far greater.

For example when my sister's 70 mage took on the 68 cleric as mentioned earlier they are trading damage in this format:

Cleric: 110-140
Mage: 700-1200, adding in aoe roughly 1300-2100 dmg

The cleric also have to heal nonstop, as for my sis, she stops attacking to let the cleric heal fully and use mushroom to recover (far more hp recovery compared to cleric damage)

I'm not calling my sis godly or anything, just citing an example. As one can easily see a match up like this is way too slanted in the mage's favor, an STR cleric can at least force the mage to spam a few stones at times.