Redemptions Guild - Cleric Gameplay
11Remember, this is Pre-Alpha Prototype builds. We're looking at level 0 characters with basic auto attacks.
To risk stating the obvious... The Cleric is the groups healer. You'll be the one to heal/rez your team when they do something stupid. Or in our case, when FullSalvo triggers a trap and kills our main tank... (Never forget!)
In the current prototype the Cleric has one ability on the hotbar but it's actually two abilities.
1. Direct heal. You point your staff at an ally and click the button. Voila! instant heals.... Oh wait, you hit a dobbie gobbie. You just let your tank die and you're next. You can hit enemies with your heal. It doesn't heal them but it does waste your heal which is on an 8 second cool down. Aim and skill is important.
2. You don't see it in this video but if you check out the Elementalist video you'll get to see it from above which looks really cool. If you hold your staff above your head and cast the spell, instead of worthlessly shooting it off into the sky, it actually converts your single target projectile heal to an AOE heal with a respectable range. (again that's as of me writing this.) While I was unable to make it work in this video, I am currently a master of the AoE heal. The trigger area has been expanded since only one of the current testers could reliably cast the AoE. With that new change, casting the AoE is very reliable and there was much less death on my watch.
I'd love to see the Cleric get the rest of the abilities we saw in one of the official Unlit Games videos. In addition to those I'd love to see the cleric get some Holy offensive magic to pop off every once in a while on a long cool down. More of an "oh shit' panic button than sustained DPS. A 10-15 minute cool down but a burst of damage worth using. Maybe some Turn Undead clericy type of abilities you don't see much of. Something besides just the auto attack. It should definitely be focused on heals but I'd like to see variety.
What are your thoughts on the Cleric? Drop them in the comments below or head on over to www.unlitgames.com and hit up the forums.