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Originally Posted by Rio
I think you may be thinking aura's and buffs are the same thing, auras only cost mp for the initial cast, which has a very very low mp cost. Buffs can be directed to any single ally. Also, Chanters have plenty of mp refresh skills (Restoration of the Mind, Aura of Wisdom, Recharge) compared to the Cleric only having one mp refresh skill (Restoration of the Mind).
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Where did you get that? If I remember well Mantras ("Auras") are toggles. And that's why they have so many MP recovery skills (one of them an Aura, lol). In fact, the CBT3 patch note says
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Only two mantras can be maintained at a time
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, and by maintained it means "toggle on". The other buffs are single target and they last 25 minutes since CBT3 (the "Blessings").
And maybe recharge can't be cast on oneself (as L2 recharge).
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Originally Posted by Hexxeity
That cannot possibly be true. Otherwise either 1) Some classes aren't good at anything, or 2) Every party will have to have 8 members, one of each class.
Then again, I feel you've oversimplified. Healing is not the thing that's needed -- it's damage mitigation, which can be accomplished by either healing OR by preventing the damage in the first place. Likewise, "nuking" isn't what a party needs; it's damage per second, which can be accomplish by magic, ranged physical attacks (bows), or high-DPS melee.
It's a matter of working with what you've got, not deciding what you HAVE to have ahead of time. People who are adventuring will always earn more XP than people who sit around waiting for the perfect party to materialize.
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I never said you MUST have one in every party, I said, if you need a tank, you MUST invite a Templar, if you don't need it that much, a Gladiator can off-tank. So, if you NEED heals, you MUST invite a Cleric, if heals aren't needed that much, you can relax and let the Chanter heal you or expect buffs to protect you.
So, you have to know where to level according to the people you have in the party, if you don't have Cleric, don't expect the Chanter or 2 to fulfill the same role, cause most probably they'll fail, so, if you have 2 chanters and no Cleric, go to level in a place where you don't get much damage, or if you have a tank, you can go to place a little more difficult. But don't expect 2 Chanters to do the same as 1 Cleric, it all depends on the context, so, if you plan to go to the Abyss, a raid or pvp, don't expect to survive if only 2 chanters are healing, you NEED a Cleric.
For instance, I never ever needed a Healer in a party to level in L2, Vampiric Rage (a buff that returned HP on each hit) did all the job. But if an enemy party suddenly attack, and they had a Bishop and you only a Prophet, you're dead in a second.