You don't wear dedicated +CHA gear all the time, you wear it to break camps or when otherwise casting a Lull where a crit fail will probably get you killed. Those are very limited scenarios in terms of overall playtime for most Clerics.
And it's really not that easy to hit 200 WIS in Classic and Kunark gear (obviously with Velious raid gear it doesn't matter anymore). You're basically forced to prioritize +WIS in every slot to do it, so you miss out on a lot of good +Mana and +HP items to do so (i.e. you probably can't afford to use a Sarnak Battle Shield and HP jewelry, which boost your survivability substantially).
Very few groups have wiped in EQ because the Cleric's CHA was too low. On the other hand, it's the most common thing in the world for a group or raid to wipe because Clerics ran out of mana, or because the Cleric pulled agro and died.
Prioritizing CHA over WIS on a Cleric is not wrong for everyone. But it is wrong for the vast majority of players. It's literally the exact same as people who say you should prioritize STA over INT on INT casters. It's technically correct in the very long run perspective, but really only pays dividends once you obtain extremely high-end gear. You'll be gimped 1-60 and until late Velious. This applies doubly on Green where gearing will be much more competitive.
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