Need some help and advice

[Micki]

And most importantly, remember, you ARE NOT a healer......you are a CLERIC. There is so much more you can do that sit there and play heal bot. It is such a fun class to play when you're not being a healbot. You can heal, you can do CC and damage spells, you can even cast divine power and go jump in the mix with the melees with a paralyzer in hand letting your aura heal them........very versatile.

I am playing a cleric (and will soon be recreating her since my starting build sucks), but I wish other players would remember this as well.

[SirValentine]

then it's the big call. spell pen, highten or SF evoke?

If it was only between those 3, for me it would be a no-brainer: Heighten. It does lots more, for lots more spells, in lots more situations.

My feat list would be pretty similar to yours, except with Heighten in "must-have" list, and Shield Mastery in the "maybe" list. I generally have enough protection when I'm shield-turtling without Shield Mastery, and most of the time, I'm not carrying a shield at all, because there are so many useful caster-oriented weapons to be carrying instead.

[trog_star]

My feat list would be pretty similar to yours, except with Heighten in "must-have" list, and Shield Mastery in the "maybe" list.

woops.
i intended for shield mastery to be a flavor choice. not a must have.

so i suppose were agreed there to