What fantasy MMORPG can do without a priest? The Dark Age was also involved. These guys are always ready to help those in need. Support them with buffs and healing. The well-being of any group rests on their fragile shoulders. And no matter what they say, but the game for the priest is much more difficult than for the same warrior or assassin.
You need to monitor not only your health, but also the health of all your allies in order to save them from death (or shameful retreat) at the right time. So if you decide to play as a priest – be patient and get ready for universal love and respect. Any group will simply idolize a good priest.
So, let’s take a look at the pros and cons of our “Knights of the Syringe and Bandage”
Pros:
- The best healers in the game;
- A bunch of buffs, both for yourself and for your allies;
- Low mana consumption for damaging skills;
- Playing as a priest, it is very easy to find a group / guild / friends;
- Ability to resurrect allies;
Minuses:
- Enemies will hate you (and constantly try to kill);
- The priest is not very strong in 1×1 combat;
- There are almost no attacking skills;
- Health and protection are poor;
The choice of race depends on your playing style. The choice falls on the elf, with his ability to control and steal mana, if you want to be successful in one-on-one battles, and if you like mass PvP – a person, with his excellent survivability will be better.
Lycans are perfect for PvE, with their ability to enhance their own spells. However, all these differences do not mean that the elf-priest is completely unplayable in PvE, and the lycan in PvP. So in the matter of choosing a race, it is better to be guided by your personal preferences.
Having gained access to talents at the twentieth level, you will have to make a choice that will determine the style of your further play. Priest talents can be divided into three branches:
Shine
This thread is for those who have decided to immerse themselves in treatment. Here you will find a bunch of talents for enhancing healing effects and blessings. It will be difficult for a priest in the Light branch to find himself company, be it PvP or PvE. You will be welcome everywhere. Unfortunately, for this you have to sacrifice your own attacking potential. The damage in this branch is the lowest in the game, and there are almost no control abilities.
The priest of light prioritizes the following skills:
- Sacred Shield;
- Heavenly light;
- Light of purification;
Kara
This is a branch for those who love balance in everything. Damage here is based on mastery of light and depends on quick casts on single targets. In this branch, the priest has average indicators of damage, control and healing. Kara is well suited for one-on-one battles. But for PvE it is better to choose something else. In this thread, you should focus on the following skills:
- Breath of life;
- Divine wind;
- Wind help;
- Scorching light;
- Punishment;
- Disorientation;
- Righteous retribution;
- Patronage of light;
- Good luck light;
- Warm wind;
- Magic prism;
- Punishing blow;
- Brand;
- Flicker;
- Heavenly punishment;
- Retribution;
- Justice;
- Righteous retribution;
Cold
If you want to play as a priest, but nevertheless do a lot of damage to everyone at once, then Cold is your choice. In this thread, you will be a welcome guest in massive PvP. In addition to good damage, the cold adept will be able to effectively control his opponents with slows. Alas, for this you have to sacrifice the power of healing spells.
Playing as a priest of cold, you need to learn the following skills:
- Instant freezing;
- Fierce cold;
- Icy pain;
- Glaciation;
- Cold head;
- Cold light;
- Saving light;
- Prayer to the cold;
- The power of cold;
- Cold heart;
- Focus of cold;
The tactics of the battle for the priest, although obvious, are not so easy to execute.
This class should never be in the thick of things. Most of the enemies, barely seeing you, rush to you with a sword at the ready. So do not under any circumstances substitute.
Keep behind the backs of your allies and support them in every way you can.
The success of the priest is built precisely on the success of his brothers in arms, so do not be arrogant and remember that you are primarily a support character needed in order to save lives, and not take them away.
Be useful to your team, and then your team will be useful to you.
Conclusion
In general, the role of a priest in Dark Age is to support his team, so in a single pumping this class does not feel as good as in a company of friends. Also, if you are new to MMORPG, you better master the easier class first. Despite all this, the priest is one of the most important classes in the game. He’s snapped up in both PvP and PvE. And if you master the priest properly, you will get no less, and maybe even more pleasure than from playing for other, more aggressive classes. After all, what could be more pleasant than gratitude to an ally for a saved life?
