Quote Originally Posted by Brightamethyst View Post
It's interesting seeing people say Cleric Stance. Do people actually miss it, or is that just cool to say?

Back in ARR/HW I liked Cleric Stance. It was an interesting skill check and I was proud of my stance dancing powers. Then SE said it was going away in SB. "What?!", cried the healer community. "Won't healing be super boring without it?" Well, no, as it turns out. Healing is just fine without CS and 3 years on now I honestly don't miss the stance dance at all (see also, tank stances.) I didn't mind CS's existence but I'm also not sad that it's gone now.
It was a risk x reward thing, and those things always feels good when you master them. A similar thing with tank stances, though you could still tank without them, having Sword Oath/Deliverance on meant not having such an easy time on fresh enemies and of course, having to remember to swap back before you ate a tank buster. Both accomplished the same thing: rewarding fight knowledge with better performance.