>> First off, in my twenties I can outdamage my cleric comrade in any melee
>> situation. Dual Wield does increas the amount of damage I can do
>> significantly. Once in their 20s Clerics are weak melee players, I just
>
>That clerics are weak at melee is not the point. The point is
>that all the classes that have weak defensive skills have
>options other than meleeing - root/nuke or pet/nuke. The
>classes that have to melee have strong defensive skills.
>Except us.

or like bard nuking? Doing the DDD/CoD/Warmth/Heal dance does a LOT of
damage in group pulls. I mean criminy I learned about it on this list. My
group loves it as a new addition, I understand that will change later, but
you have said you use it depending on the situation, so it sounds like a
viable option other than melee.

Tszaaz E'Taurguin