Cleric Stance - Penalty

[Nektulos-Tuor]

I have wondered for awhile. If you can just turn it off and turn it on for no cost or GCD why is there even a penalty attached to it? Most of the time when I heal and want to use it I turn it on and use it, but some times I click it off and it lags and doesn't switch off. Why is there an on and off mechanic when there is no penalty to it whatsoever?

Cleric Stance
Grants 95% INT from MND attribute ratings, while increasing potency of attack magic by 10% whilst granting 50% Accuracy. Effect ends upon reuse. Cannot be used in PvP areas.

This means it would just be a passive buff. You would not need worry about lag affecting you.

[Kersam]

When you turn it on, there is a cooldown before you can turn it off again. So you are stuck in cleric stance for 5 seconds.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

When you turn it on, there is a cooldown before you can turn it off again. So you are stuck in cleric stance for 5 seconds.

Yeah, but its not really an issue. You turn it on when you need it, turn it off when you don't. Its more of you some times trip on yourself and mess up. Everyones done it.

[Adrasteia]

Yeah, but its not really an issue.

It actually is a pretty big issue, because turning it on at the wrong time can kill your tank quite handily. It's supposed to add an element of skill to DPSing by requiring you to think ahead as to whether your party will be safe for 8 seconds.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

It actually is a pretty big issue, because turning it on at the wrong time can kill your tank quite handily. It's supposed to add an element of skill to DPSing by requiring you to think ahead as to whether your party will be safe for 8 seconds.

Yeah, but some times you do click it to turn it off and it doesn't click.

[Spoekes]

Yeah, but some times you do click it to turn it off and it doesn't click.

Thats most likely because you are trying to queue more than one ogcd skill.

To clarify, you can press CS while a heal is casting. CS is then queued and activated the moment the cast goes off.
The same goes for Aetherflow for example.

What you cannot do is queue Aetherflow and queue CS at the same time, you must press CS after Aetherflow has been used.

There is not ever a moment when CS does not work if you handle it correctly.

[Risvertasashi]

They could also just make healers' offensive spells scale off MND. Only potential issue would be Assize...

[Omnia]

They could also just make healers' offensive spells scale off MND. Only potential issue would be Assize...

I agree Risvertasashi. Cleric Stance should be tweeked as a 'passive trait' making all healer offensive spells, scale off of MND. Now the Assize thing, is a whole other animal, lol

[Cynfael]

I agree Risvertasashi. Cleric Stance should be tweeked as a 'passive trait' making all healer offensive spells, scale off of MND. Now the Assize thing, is a whole other animal, lol

I'd rather keep CS tbh. Not only does it maintain an element of skill, it provides a 10% boost to attack magic on top of the stat swap.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

I'd rather keep CS tbh. Not only does it maintain an element of skill, it provides a 10% boost to attack magic on top of the stat swap.

That isn't really skill. Just much paying attention. It also sucks when I skillfully know I clicked it off, and it stays on.