Whats up with all those lazy clerics ?

[beyondinfin]

If you suspect your cleric is lazy then boot them. I leveled my 60 cleric, and I can tell you it's not about being lazy it's about having an available mana pool to SAVE THE GROUP. Maybe you've noticed EQ is a cruel mistress, and when things go bad (trains, adds, LDs etc) your cleric better have SOME mana saved up. Im not saying the cleric should never nuke, but you never know what is about to happen. Yes I spent lots of time sitting on my lazy cleric ass, but you better believe when those 3-4 adds come into camp all at once, Im not gonna be LOM if I can help it. Would you rather I sit, med and save mana for that worst case scenario or just nuke, cc and whatever else you expect despite the inevitable hour long, camp losing CR the group will have to do when Im OOM and things go bad? It is very situational how to manage your mana as a cleric, and Id say it is up to you to talk with your groups cleric to find that balance of safety, exp and mana.

Now if your cleric is late, slow, not responding to chat then that is a shitty cleric. A good cleric is engaging, not AFK or unresponsive, and willing to strategize with the puller/chanter/dps to make the group effective regardless of the situation. Good clerics are hard to find like good chanters. MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE GOOD ONES!