yeah. for that reason, my comparison of "what if the might phys wasn't combined..." was a poor one, since the resistance mechanic is different than the armor for phys.
anyway, i definitely agree that it'd be nice to see at least 1 more "damage nuke" for clerics. having the might fire combine would be at best a tiny / hardly relevant "boost" (and that's even if after resist it actually would have net gain--I think it could but not sure) in some perspective, or even irrelevant maybe depending how one looks at it. Altho tbh, at the same time, in the grand scheme of DPS/DPH it could be important on the contrary (if it worked to provide net gain). With (compared to some other systems--imo it's a great and nice change) lowish-number weapons damages in this game, it'd be interesting to see realistic difference and record math for numbers of +4 dmg weapon vs +6 in actual play--my feeling is that for example with +2 base fire weap, and +4 from might, let's say resist soaks 1 pt from the base and maybe 2 from the might, with +6 prolly still 2-3 would be resisted, so actual difference even if "combined" would probably be ~1pt of damage (or zero tbh
), hardly worth making a fuss about. BUT on the other hand, again numbers in the first place tend to be very low in general (relative to some other game systems), and as players we obsess over even a couple points of damage, so even a difference of 1 pt per hit could be worth considering as "relevant", after all DPS is the thing everyone is concerned with and every last little point adds up.
sorry for length
but yeah, in the end it's not worth a lot of effort, and i'd like to see some other things for cleric, but i figured if re-doing the way the damage works is overly complicated, maybe simply changing it would be less of a hassle. my main concern in the first place was more about the fire type itself, not nagging over 0-1 pt of damage. i just would like to see a cleric special attack that doesn't deal fire, cuz atm both do. but maybe there's a new cleric skill(s) in this new update