Direct comparison, Cleric vs FvS - Give the Clerics love?

[tgu]

Warning: This is not a post to take a dump on cleric. This is NOT to say clerics can't be fun, or that clerics are semi-close to FvS or as viable in terms of healing. This is a post to show that FvS are *currently* stronger, and why. This could be used as a reference point for someone wanting to know the difference between the two, and *MAYBE* get clerics some love.

*I know* there has been a number of previous post like this, but as I look at both classes things stand out. The biggest one I noticed is that FvS matches or slight oust Cleric in a lot of ways. Here is the tail of the tape:

So, I wanted to do a mini-showdown/conclusions:

Raw Healing
Cleric (RS - <passive + active> + Emp. Healing enh)
vs
FvS(More SP) - Sov. Host gets free heal every 6 sec
Cleric wins -

Melee
Cleric - 18/2 Half-Orc Cleric - Half-orc has more damage (slightly), more options
vs
WF FVS - More survival, no multi-class, more SP, better raid healer, stronger BB's
FvS wins - barely for *melee only*, but WF can raid healwithout sacrifice

Caster -
Cleric - 20 Evoker Drow or Human (1 more point of wisdom, PrE only affects undead)
vs
FvS - 20 Evoker Drow or Human (much better caster PrE in every way, better empower) - Update 9 ftw?
FvS easily wins

Perks/Added benefits
Cleric - Divine Might, Heavy armor, Spell swapping, Easier to multi-class, more spell slots (6v4), death capstone
vs
FvS - +bonus to wpn type/faith line, WINGS, DR10 (12/15) - Better all-around capstone, more SP
FvS wins - Wings + a better capstone, while Clerics DM isn't strong enough (short time)...yet


Conclusion - WF FvS can oust it's melee opposite in Cleric, just like Evoker FvS will be a stronger caster. The ONLY difference that Clerics make up is slightly stronger healing - and most people have said (read through any healer post) that they don't prefer being a HEALBOT. So, with this said...it would be nice to see clerics get more slightly better PrE's, and a bit more caster love.

Above all - play what you enjoy most. Just know that Clerics could use a little love right now.

Anything else I've missed/comments, do tell!