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**Blaaaaaaaah** · 10-04-2008, 01:03 AM

@wompastompa: Please do not double/triple post, use the edit button. Also, be respectful. Calling someone a 5th grader is considered an insult and will result in a warning/infraction. I understood taylor's post pretty well myself.

@Evarista's post: Yeah. Just to clear up some confusion though (I think), I'm just ranting about clerics who don't heal when they can, because I do think clerics can tank - when needed, i.e. there's no other efficient tanker that can survive the jump. I've tanked MD several times before as a cleric because we didn't have a tanker. But yeah, I'd heal my party mates any time while I'm tanking MD if they're close enough. Can't really walk around with MD on my back since it'd jump and kill everyone.

I guess to me, tanking isn't all about damage. It's about holding aggro and surviving the hits. I don't use my damage to hold aggro, I use my heals. Sometimes it will take a while for me to keep aggro (MD probably runs to the squishies once or twice), but when I do, even a fighter can't kick it off me.

But I realise that many clerics try to tank by using their damage. I'm not full STR so I don't know how strong clerics can be being full STR, but I don't know if it's strong enough compared to damages done by other classes. Of course, it is possible to hold aggro with your damage as a cleric, just that I think spam heal/rejuv is more efficient. But I'm not a damage build so I do jack on MD.

10-04-2008, 01:03 AM	#20
Blaaaaaaaah WONDERCLERIC Tournaments Won: 15 In-Game Name: Bla~ahs Current Level: 7x Server: Teva Posts: 10,495	@wompastompa: Please do not double/triple post, use the edit button. Also, be respectful. Calling someone a 5th grader is considered an insult and will result in a warning/infraction. I understood taylor's post pretty well myself. @Evarista's post: Yeah. Just to clear up some confusion though (I think), I'm just ranting about clerics who don't heal when they can, because I do think clerics can tank - when needed, i.e. there's no other efficient tanker that can survive the jump. I've tanked MD several times before as a cleric because we didn't have a tanker. But yeah, I'd heal my party mates any time while I'm tanking MD if they're close enough. Can't really walk around with MD on my back since it'd jump and kill everyone. I guess to me, tanking isn't all about damage. It's about holding aggro and surviving the hits. I don't use my damage to hold aggro, I use my heals. Sometimes it will take a while for me to keep aggro (MD probably runs to the squishies once or twice), but when I do, even a fighter can't kick it off me. But I realise that many clerics try to tank by using their damage. I'm not full STR so I don't know how strong clerics can be being full STR, but I don't know if it's strong enough compared to damages done by other classes. Of course, it is possible to hold aggro with your damage as a cleric, just that I think spam heal/rejuv is more efficient. But I'm not a damage build so I do jack on MD. __________________ =)