Death to the Bishops

While all RPGs are different, there are definitely plenty that can acheive a balance between attacking and supporting. I won't go into it, but the first example that comes to my mind is Fire Emblem, specifically Sacred Stones for GBA. All I'll say is Bishops in that game do 2x damage on undead with Holy, and can wield staves (aka they can heal and do other cool magic trix). Needless to say, I adore Bishops on my squad, especially when at undead maps. Big damij, both close and long-ranged, plus helping others = hella sweet. But in Fire Emblem they're not bandwagoned. I'd much rather take a variety of different classes along than all Bishops.

Damn....in retrospect FE does have a really good balance system...too bad MS will never be turn-based lulz.

Hahaha! Nexon (esp America) doesn't have a tenth of the brains of the creators of Fire Emblem.

Anyways on the note of FE, Bishops may be extremely strong against undead, but they're balanced because they have have lower speed caps than other classes, heavy weapons, which also hinders their attack speed, as well as low hp/def.

As for getting crappy exp while partying, I dont see why Nexon can't just make a skill that gives cleric class x% more exp while partying with other classes. This wouldn't affect exp for other classes, but I think itd make partying more viable for clerics/priests/bishops.