After spending 2 days lvling in Avalon with both my lvl 48 ice wiz and lvl 40 Mercenary i found a surprising fact:
Most clerics really are absolutely clueless about buffing, which is still a vital part for exping with succes.
What i tend to get on my Mercenary today is base con and base shield, which tbh dont really matter much in PvE. Today the groups i had only had 1 cleric and no friar, so the cleric had to buff the whole group. Ive seen clerics with acuity buffs to "enhance" their conc pool for instance. What i also see often is a cleric buffing himself to the max, or 1 tank gets everything and the others nothing.
Now what are the vitals buffs for a typical group in AC (or any xp group lvling 1-50 really)?
lets take a group i had today: merc, 2 pallys, cleric, necro, minstrel, ice wiz, armsman
vital buffs for these classes are:
all tanks: spec con/dex and base dex (armsman and merc base str instead off base dex when they are slash)
cleric: base and spec dex
necro: acuity
ice wiz: base and spec dex and acuity
minstrel: nothing
you now might have 2 buffs left, which should go to the pallies (spec shield)
Voila, you have a well buffed group
(tomorrow ill post some more info as i have to work nightshift now)
Most clerics really are absolutely clueless about buffing, which is still a vital part for exping with succes.
What i tend to get on my Mercenary today is base con and base shield, which tbh dont really matter much in PvE. Today the groups i had only had 1 cleric and no friar, so the cleric had to buff the whole group. Ive seen clerics with acuity buffs to "enhance" their conc pool for instance. What i also see often is a cleric buffing himself to the max, or 1 tank gets everything and the others nothing.
Now what are the vitals buffs for a typical group in AC (or any xp group lvling 1-50 really)?
lets take a group i had today: merc, 2 pallys, cleric, necro, minstrel, ice wiz, armsman
vital buffs for these classes are:
all tanks: spec con/dex and base dex (armsman and merc base str instead off base dex when they are slash)
cleric: base and spec dex
necro: acuity
ice wiz: base and spec dex and acuity
minstrel: nothing
you now might have 2 buffs left, which should go to the pallies (spec shield)
Voila, you have a well buffed group
(tomorrow ill post some more info as i have to work nightshift now)