| I have a feeling that there are going to be a huge percentage of Priests of Mitra when AoC goes live (AKA, Beta Stage 3). This class is just too darn good. It's like a WoW Holy Priest that can actually kill shit. The main thing that worries me is that they are 100% guaranteed to get nerfed shortly after "live" (or "adjusted" in beta). In the later half of levels, the HoTs start healing so damn good, it's more HPS than most melee can put out in DPS while wailing on the Priest (the Closed Beta forums are full of much whining to this effect).
I got my PoM to 25 before "ClosedBeta1" server started lagging bad a couple of nights ago and will almost certainly play this class at release. Since then, I've tried quite a few other classes on "ClosedBeta3" (which has a nice sub-100ms ping), but I think the PoM will still be great fun in PvE and PvP even after they get the nerf they need.
Just as an aside, for those of you still curious about the game in general, no it's not anywhere even in the same league as WoW, for example, as regards content, depth, quests, class design, class balance, world size, etc. But for many of us who have been playing WoW nearly every day for four years, it's a great change of pace. And yes, it's *FUN*! | 