On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Elijah Meeker wrote:

>
> >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.

You are using it to avoid attacking via melee. You are not
avoiding being attacked via melee. That's the distinction I'm
trying to make, and why I think it's really stupid that our
defensive equipment and skills cap at just slightly higher
than a cleric's.

--
John H. Kim
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