Cleric domains

[Koechophe]

Okay, ive been doing research and I love the idea of cleric domains. Unfortunatly, the idea seems to have dropped out of existance on the forums about 2 years ago.

The main reason I would like this idea is simple, in my general belief, there is no real reason to roll a cleric over a fvs. If you JUST wanted to be a heal bot, a fvs could do it just as well with their high amounts of sp. In addition, fvs have better offense (free reductions to saves, free damage on BB and cometfall, nice little archon thingy) for spell casting and can do pretty much just as well for melee. It seems rather lame, because clerics and fvs are supposed to have the same comparison as sorcs and wizards. However, clerics have less utility than fvs over all because fvs can generally build to do more things in a character than a cleric can. In addition, wizards are supposed to be better at CC and insta-kill spells than sorcs. It is the EXACT OPPOSITE for clerics and fvs.

Mainly though, wizards PRE supports being able to hone in on a specific school and make it better, while sorcs represent pure damage. To flip it, cleric current pre is just for healing while fvs can hone in on whatever they are building their character towards and make it better. It seems a bit backwards to me.

Which is why domains would make a lot of sense for a cleric. It seems like it would help the balance between fvs and cleric. So my main question is, is there any plan to implement this into the game?

[erikbozelie]

Okay, ive been doing research and I love the idea of cleric domains. Unfortunatly, the idea seems to have dropped out of existance on the forums about 2 years ago.

The main reason I would like this idea is simple, in my general belief, there is no real reason to roll a cleric over a fvs. If you JUST wanted to be a heal bot, a fvs could do it just as well with their high amounts of sp. In addition, fvs have better offense (free reductions to saves, free damage on BB and cometfall, nice little archon thingy) for spell casting and can do pretty much just as well for melee. It seems rather lame, because clerics and fvs are supposed to have the same comparison as sorcs and wizards. However, clerics have less utility than fvs over all because fvs can generally build to do more things in a character than a cleric can. In addition, wizards are supposed to be better at CC and insta-kill spells than sorcs. It is the EXACT OPPOSITE for clerics and fvs.

Mainly though, wizards PRE supports being able to hone in on a specific school and make it better, while sorcs represent pure damage. To flip it, cleric current pre is just for healing while fvs can hone in on whatever they are building their character towards and make it better. It seems a bit backwards to me.

Which is why domains would make a lot of sense for a cleric. It seems like it would help the balance between fvs and cleric. So my main question is, is there any plan to implement this into the game?

+1 cleric domains
-1 for the rant, your far off. clerics and fvs are almost the same but have different things.

prefer to have 1 of each in my groups so the party benefits 2 different aura's.

cleric build for sp will have 3k sp, but also 30 bursts on top of it.
a cleric will have the same dc
a cleric will have WAY more ac.
a cleric will outheal a fvs.
a cleric will have more melee dps.

its really where you specialize your cleric for.

[Micki]

Also, clerics have more spellslots :)

[erikbozelie]

i do agree they need domains, i want timestop :D

[Antheal]

Okay, ive been doing research and I love the idea of cleric domains. Unfortunatly, the idea seems to have dropped out of existance on the forums about 2 years ago.

The main reason I would like this idea is simple, in my general belief, there is no real reason to roll a cleric over a fvs.

The main reason *I* would like Cleric Domains is because they're a fundamental part of what a Dungeons & Dragons Cleric is all about.

Until Cleric Domains are implemented, DDO is still in beta.

[whitehawk74]

I want a Dark Priest. Basically a Palemaster Cleric.
Go forth my army of dark minions!

[axel15810]

I'll never roll a FVS because it would give me a headache trying to heal a party without healing aura. FVS are amazing, definitely better offensive casters but I still feel clerics are better healers. Without aura and bursts FVS go through their sp atleast twice as fast so the SP differential really evens out. I think people tend to forget that. Plus clerics have more slots to cure any ailment, can passively heal and melee at the same time and get more free heals with bursts. Overall FVS are better because they are almost as good of healers and better casters but I think they're really close.

I can't really complain though, clerics are still an excellent class. Certainly easier to get through content than any melee class. Melees are the ones who really need some boosts.