I am looking at the classes and attracted by the chanter... but after my zealot in WAR I don't think I can stand another healbot.

Is it feasible to to play a priest as a buffing.controlling combat class with heals, rather than as a healbot class with a little combat thrown in?

Or should I stick to one of the other archetypes?

From what I know, healers can actually put out a pretty decent ammount of damage.

Originally posted by markyturnip

I am looking at the classes and attracted by the chanter... but after my zealot in WAR I don't think I can stand another healbot.

Is it feasible to to play a priest as a buffing.controlling combat class with heals, rather than as a healbot class with a little combat thrown in?

Or should I stick to one of the other archetypes?

They can actually fight and "own".

Just to give you an idea, they wear Chain armor, which only loses to Plate armors used by the Warrior archetypes.

The healers in this game are closer to paladins than squishy kind of cloth-wearing healers, and yeah they can deal some good damage.

Just watch some videos of Cleric's pvping

I think that'll answer your question

Oh yea I've seen them pwn, not to mention what the chanter can do. healer or buffer your safe to dps down your quest mobs or pvp foes.

They actually can fight pretty good. Clercs with staff and mace/shield. Yeah I will admit I got my ass handed to by preists.

The person that frap'ed this video is a Cleric (main healer in the game). It's kinda hard to see what he is doing because he is zoomed way out, but you get the general idea. (6 man group / party)

www.youtube.com/watch

My chanter held pretty damn well in combat in the last beta event. Hell, at around level 11 I was at pretty damn comparable damage compared to what my gladiator at level 11 did.

The nice thing is that with stigmas no doubt you can make it so you're a more healing focused player or more damage/buff focused. It's a fun class. I didn't really get a chance to do much PvP with it though, except for the quest where you have to suicide run across the coliseum floor to talk to the dude (while like 20 people are fighting in there :D)

Don't even think twice. Roll it.
Chanters:
1) Toggle buff (they give you +dmg, + movements, +atk speed and more toggle buffs)
2) Heal
3) Tank (yes, they tank pretty well with chain armour. Better than sins if not equally)
4) Aggro (yeah, they steal aggro at times magic+physical combo)
5) Rare class (you don't see many chanters arround when you party, so they are a blessing to have in parties)

If I have a tank and healer in party, I would pick a chanter over a gladiator/sin/ranger. They are just too damn helpfull in a party lol. Their mere presence (with toggle on) in a party increases the party dmg by at like 20%.

Just roll a chanter. I personally don't enjoy caster type so I opted for a ranger, maybe an alt someday :-)

Im interested in playing a DPS/Healing Hybrid in Aion.

Out of the Cleric and Chanter, which ones does more DPS?

Originally posted by Serulith

Im interested in playing a DPS/Healing Hybrid in Aion.

Out of the Cleric and Chanter, which ones does more DPS?

Probably the Chanter.  The Chanter is more a hybrid melee/healer/buffer class, while the Cleric is more a traditional healing class with a side of ranged dps.

The difference is really whether you want a melee/healer or a ranged/healer.

As of my measley lvl 15 I can assure you my Cleric whoops butt. :D

I definitley enjoyed my chanter in beta and i'm sure they are usefull in end game if not decent at pvp BUT ithe main reason i like it is because of the bad ass looking staff moves. =)

The main issue I see so far with a cleric or chanter is focus fire. The opposing teams clerics / chanters should always, always be your number one target. The team that kills the opposing teams healers first will win.

hehe I want my cleric to be a healbot!

Originally posted by catlana

The main issue I see so far with a cleric or chanter is focus fire. The opposing teams clerics / chanters should always, always be your number one target. The team that kills the opposing teams healers first will win.

In what game has healers not been the number one target? lol

Originally posted by Serulith

Im interested in playing a DPS/Healing Hybrid in Aion.

Out of the Cleric and Chanter, which ones does more DPS?

Chanter is the way to go for healing/DPS I got mine to lvl 20 last beta and can say with the % damage buffs i can hold my ground great and not take for ever to kill the mobs. The combs are great as well. Only thing i didn't like is i didn't get Smite 2 , which is what i use to pull but hey Smite 1 is just fine if i get the weapon skillz and combs to kill mobs super fast.

I have a 20 chanter in "beta" and the dps is ok. The buffs are ok. The healing is poor. So far I have an instant cast hot, and a low hp heal that takes 4sec to cast if I have my first stigma on. The first stigma increases heal cast time by 100% and attack dam by 15% so.....

Can chanters use any two handed weapons like greatswords?

Originally posted by Legato89

Can chanters use any two handed weapons like greatswords?

Staff's only. Well atleast in beta not sure about V 1.5

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Originally posted by vidiotking
I have a 20 chanter in "beta" and the dps is ok. The buffs are ok. The healing is poor. So far I have an instant cast hot, and a low hp heal that takes 4sec to cast if I have my first stigma on. The first stigma increases heal cast time by 100% and attack dam by 15% so.....

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Obviously you aren't going to heal well with a DPS stigma like that on... stupid complaint. Without a stigma the heal is actually really powerful.