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<blockquote data-quote="Soopervilin" data-source="post: 4727406" data-attributes="member: 82651">I thought about a &quot;Ranged Training&quot; feat as well, but that doesn't really address the issue.&nbsp; Right now, Healing Strike and Strengthen the Faithful are the big examples, and as written they're both melee weapon powers.&nbsp; That means if you want to be a dedicated healer cleric, then you must be melee, which puts you on the front line to get the most out of healing powers, essentially saying &quot;You must expose yourself to danger to be a better healer/leader&quot; and that makes no sense to me.&nbsp; If you look at the cleric class, there are very few encounter and daily powers with Weapon and Healing keywords, but all of them are strength based and melee or close burst/blast attack.From the warlord's perspective, sure you could easily function very well as a melee combatant, but on the other hand, you could also function as a general (and generals typically don't place themselves on the front line).&nbsp; It's not too farfetched to imagine a military leader of sorts standing behind his troops, inspiring them to keep fighting and throwing javelins/hammers/etc to assist their attacks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Soopervilin, post: 4727406, member: 82651"] I thought about a "Ranged Training" feat as well, but that doesn't really address the issue. Right now, Healing Strike and Strengthen the Faithful are the big examples, and as written they're both melee weapon powers. That means if you want to be a dedicated healer cleric, then you must be melee, which puts you on the front line to get the most out of healing powers, essentially saying "You must expose yourself to danger to be a better healer/leader" and that makes no sense to me. If you look at the cleric class, there are very few encounter and daily powers with Weapon and Healing keywords, but all of them are strength based and melee or close burst/blast attack. From the warlord's perspective, sure you could easily function very well as a melee combatant, but on the other hand, you could also function as a general (and generals typically don't place themselves on the front line). It's not too farfetched to imagine a military leader of sorts standing behind his troops, inspiring them to keep fighting and throwing javelins/hammers/etc to assist their attacks. [/QUOTE]

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