This was one of the first things I noticed on P99. I made a Cleric just because Gnome Clerics are cool. I didn't plan on playing to high level, but accidentally did. I felt virtually unkillable because even in the most dangerous dungeons anytime I got aggro I could easily root the mob and step away.
I didn't have that experience at all when I tried to level a cleric back in 1999. I got one good nuke in as my pull / opener, and after that I was basically reduced to melee because of interrupts.
I also don't think root is classic. Does no one else remember how common it was to see Druids running around kiting with snare and stinging swarm? My next door neighbor was one of those Druids. I remember when I was in his room I asked him why he doesn't just root the mob, and he showed me why. Root broke every 2 seconds. It was easier to just snare, run way ahead, sit and med etc.
In both of those instances I think TLPs are a little more accurate. Root is borderline useless on TLP for any serious CC, and you get interrupted way more when mobs are whooping yall ass. I did some hardcore serious solo'ing as a Cleric on Pre-Kunark TLP for fun. I learned really quick that it was way harder to get casts off, and that root was not a legitimate reliable form of CC, but was more like a short duration defensive cool down at best.
I still had an easier time solo'ing as a Cleric on TLPs because of the Bane line, and the fact that they buffed the hell out of the anti-undead line of spells to the point where a Cleric in Lower Guk can out DPS a lot of DPS classes, lol.
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