IMHO, you should've put your pts into wisdom and if you were going to put
some into another stat, agility. Normal plate is too heavy, and has no
wisdom enhancements, only AC. You want items that give you wisdom. And at
high levels, you shouldh't be getting hit much, if at all, if your tanks are
doing their jobs. I have sacrificed AC for wisdom, and have no regrets.
Agility will keep you from getting hit as often, also. Understand now,
this is at HIGH levels. Which is what your goal should ultimately be.
Mik
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Trant <telikas@...>
To: <EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 11:12 AM
Subject: [EQ-Clerics] RE: mana
> From: Patrick Trant <telikas@...>
>
> 170 wisdom?!?! Ack...that has to be a joke for me.
> With my base wisdom of 103 and me being fairly new,
> the only way I will be able to get wisdom items is
> from killing the mobs myself (which means I will have
> to be fairly high to even get any good items)...Being
> new I can't afford them items as of now; plus I hear
> we clerics are very poor for a LONG while cause we
> have to buy armor and spells...which so far seems to
> be true. In all honestly did I do the right thing by
> putting my strength up to 100 (I read a guide that
> said I should so I could wear full plate) or should I
> have just pilled all my points in wisdom?
>
> Niomar, Dwarven Cleric of the 10th Training. Xegony.
> Telikas, Dark Elven mage of the 14th Training.
> Xegony.
>
> P.S. Am writting from work so have a different email
> address...
>
> --- Mikaela <mikaela@...> wrote:
> > From: "Mikaela" <mikaela@...>
> >
> > Hate to discourage you, but at higher levels, you
> > will melee VERY little.
> > Your value is healing and buffing. And the damage
> > you will be able to do
> > against high level mobs is very minimal. You will
> > be fighting mobs with
> > 1000s of hps at high levels, and a lot of them have
> > very high magic
> > resistance, so your spells are useless cause they
> > are resisted most always.
> > And these mobs hit HARD...some for over 100 hps
> > damage a pop. You can't
> > survive at melee with these mobs, only the big tanks
> > can. You serve one
> > purpose mainly, and that is healing to keep everyone
> > alive. Regarding
> > undead, clerics used to be able to solo specs quite
> > easily with undead
> > spells, but they changed the pathing of them at the
> > spec cave in Feerott and
> > now it's dangerous cause you can't really pull them
> > solo anymore. You pull
> > one and two or three come, and that's BAD news.
> >
> > Regarding the mana issue....you will need to get
> > your hands on as many
> > wisdom enhancing items as you can, because you will
> > need all the mana you
> > can get to increase the effectiveness and efficiency
> > of your healing powers.
> > The more mana you have the longer you can keep your
> > group alive and the less
> > med time you have. So start amassing those wisdom
> > items and try to get your
> > wisdom at least up into the 170s minimum.
> >
> > Sorry to disillusion you, but high levels clerics
> > are relegated mostly to
> > healing and buffing and medding. That's what your
> > specialty is and at those
> > levels, the other healing classes can't come close
> > to our healing powers
> > with our superior and complete heal. The good news
> > is that no high level
> > group ventures anywhere without at least one good
> > cleric. YOu are a MUST
> > have.
> >
> > Mike
>
>
> =====
> If at first you don't suceed, destroy all evidence that you had tried.
>