I did a pretty thorough analysis of the cleric class at the beginning of SoL. Long story short, you need to be content with basically casting nothing but CH the majority of your playtime, because everything else becomes useless at raid level. Yes there are circumstances in which another spell might come in useful but they are very rare.
I had quit at that point because it was not fun to be in a position where you were vital to anything interesting happening for anyone else, yet the gameplay itself was completely uninteresting for you.
The real secret to clericing is that it's an express route to high end raiding, since you have to be absolutely awful not to be desired pretty much everywhere - whereas with pretty much any other class you need to compete a lot harder for raid spots. So if you don't have raiding experience but want it, and are willing to put up with a lot of tedium in order to gain that experience, a cleric is a good choice - and this frees up the experienced players to play all those melees and shamans.
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