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Not really worked up, I guess it's a pet peeve when people join and then immediately start recommending things change to benefit the class they want to obviously be. From the skills that I know they have, they are mainly a buffer class with a few damage dealing abilities (all classes have a few of those, even cleric) I don't think that they should do nothing but buff so don't get me wrong. It all depends on your party, if you're going against mobs that have AOE then you'd be an MP sponge to be up and close whacking at it since there's no way a cleric should do near the damage of an up-front class like Gladiator.
I've seen it too many times in my experience that somebody wants to do something the job simply is not catered to doing, and they end up bringing their whole party down. I know chanter is getting a boost with CBT3 and I hope it allows them to be more desired and versatile as well as being able to solo better (problem i've heard of with those two classes especially). It's the fact that he said 80% of healing ability and 80% of dps which is just downright silly. His words had implications that implied that he thought they should be altered and the post was filled primarily with complaints about the direction of the job. It's pretty simple, if you don't want like the direction of the class/job pick another.
Party dynamics are usually pretty static depending on what game/area you play but they typically look like this: Tank, Healer, Buffer, 3 Damage Dealer. Sometimes another buffer if it's worthwhile or a job that can debuff the mob it all depends on what you're after but the basic formula allots for a buffer in 90% of the cases, so unless the buff job is horrible, or unless the party is not aware a buff will benefit them more there will almost always be a spot for a buffer, horrible or not people seem to love buffers in their parties.
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