Cleric guide

Though weak when soloing, the Cleric is perhaps the most sought after party member; you will be hard-pressed to find a group that would not want the help of at least one healer/buffer.

Never, ever, ever solo when you can group. While there will be some times (wee hours of the morning, holidays, busy days for your hunt party) that you are forced to solo, even a bad group is usually better for a healer then no group. You should always at least try to find a tank to group with you!

When hunting monsters lower then you, unless the monster is an archer/magic user, try rooting it before your tank attacks. If your root works, the monster is now stuck standing still and is busy thinking about hitting you for at least half of the time that your tank whacks away at it. This gives you time to sit down and regenerate as well!

Sleep for crowd control. If you or your tank gets attacked by too many monsters, use a bit of MP to put them to sleep. While they wake up the moment they are hit, as long as they are not bothered they won't move or attack. This is good for crowd control, shortening a train, or just giving you room to run away.

Know your tank! Know if your healing target has a high or low P.Def, M.Def, speed and so forth. This can save you a lot of grief, as you will know to be extra ready if she is taking physical/magic attacks or getting chased.

Preemptive healing — if you know your tank is too weak to stand up to magic, get a heal started as soon as you see something start to cast on him.

Don't heal secondary tanks unless they're in trouble. Their tank time is a time for you to regenerate more MP to heal the primary, and time for your primary to regenerate more HP.

Always buff yourself first. Even if you don't need buffs, as soon as your buffs start to wear out you know your party's buffs are about to wear out.

If you have full MP, don't be afraid to go up to the front lines and start whacking away at the monsters as well. You don't do much damage, but you can do some. Remember, as a healer you have no need for the M.Atk boost of staffs or books, so you ought to be wielding a Fighter weapon of some sort.

Make sure to get heals before you get anything else.

Your main job is to keep people alive, not hit or be hit. Also, make sure to get your individual heals before group heals — you will use them much more.