Mik i agree 100% with you, i was not debateing what you said, i was simply
stateing how i do it. Furthermore, i melee alot but i choose to do it when
i am Oom, i have died on many occations, when i was oom and ordered my group
to flee, as i was full HP i stayed to get the critters of the rest of my
group. IMHO i beleive that any cleric worth their salt will give up their
life to save the group as a whole, LOL don't get me wrong tho, i don't like-
try to die, heh, and i am not saying this is the right way to go for all
clerics, it is just the way i play the role, most often i do not die tho and
lvl right along with the rest of my group. i have been blessed with a great
group when we have more than one on us, and i am being hit, i usually just
have to say "rook on me" and they are by my side, taunting or whatever, and
the only reason i ever lose anyone is if i am being hit and interuppted,
that part od it sucks, but alas we do have another cleric in group who
mainly does melee, so if i fail on a heal she can usually get my back,,,,,
thats all :)
>From: "Mikaela" <mikaela1@...>
>Reply-To: EQ-Clerics@onelist.com
>To: <EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
>Subject: Re: [EQ-Clerics] the road less traveled...
>Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 12:30:34 -0400
>
>From: "Mikaela" <mikaela1@...>
>
>Yes, Anne, I agree that first and foremost we are and should be healers.
>THAT is our primary role in EQ. But as I said in my previous post, there
>are opportunities for you to get to melee even in a group, you just have to
>know when NOT to melee but sit and med. If I"m FM and they just pulled a
>critter, and I know they have to get down to 2 bubbs of health before I
>heal
>with complete healing, I'm not gonna just sit or stand there and watch the
>battle. The key is knowing WHEN you get to and stay at melee, WHEN you use
>your DD spells, and WHEN you sit down and do your heal and med routine.
>Not
>a single one of my group has EVER questioned me when I get to melee or cast
>a dd spell. They trust me and know that I will not let them die because I
>am not watching their hps or don't have mana to heal them or don't know
>WHEN
>to heal them.
>
> I know one cleric whose tank died in the Avatar Room in Cazic because he
>(the cleric) didn't want to "waste" any mana on a complete heal and waited
>til the tank was at 1 bubble before he began to cast, and then his spell
>fizzled. The tank was NOT happy and would not group with him anymore. I
>also "grew up" so to speak with a cleric/wizard wannabe, who didn't want to
>do anything but nuke with his dd spells. In fact, he even specialized in
>Evocation instead of Alteration so he could save mana on his dd spells. I
>got tired of grouping with him because I couldn't depend on him as a
>back-up
>cleric for healing cause he never had any mana cause he was always nuking.
>
>A cleric who doesn't learn these "Whens" early on will not be effective.
>It's called Learning How To Be A Cleric 101, with advanced courses as you
>get older. If a group member dies because you didn't heal him/her on time,
>or didn't have mana to heal cause you were meleeing or throwing
>Retributions
>around like they were a 50 mana cost spell, then shame on ya and you should
>go play another class cause you simply don't understand what clerics are
>all
>about and how to play them.
>
>Mik
>
>
>
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