2) I don't know what people are thinking but block is +%10 more than evasion
this has been debated for years. unrelated to cleric... block do provide more but some damage still passing through while with evasion you can evade an entire damage skill but has a bit of a lesser chance to evade. i don't think one is better than the other... it depends on class and how each class make use of the stats through their skills.
with cleric there wasn't this debate in the past because the shield alone provided block and you could make the most of it and there wasn't much for evasion or mr. now you have a stigma to make some use of it but in this new aion you have access to gear stats rolling besides manastones... meaning others options can be a viable alternative. you said it yourself... interrupting a chain can be a big deal and in this new aion a lot of skill have been bundled into chains. today a lot more classes have the option to slot accuracy stigmas or roll their gear that way but they probably need a second set. the problem with block cleric in the past was that it was susceptible to every debuff... from physical classes as well... and mostly godstones para or silence. so a lot of clerics went mr because phys classes had a lot more reliance on these debuffs and damage wasn't that big in the past and you could heal through it. the problem with mr today... you get demolished by phys classes because the damage and burst is much higher and they don't need to rely on debuffs as much... phys melee classes got more range skills and teleports than in the past as well and some things has been moved to phys and not mag.
Yes I also told that , I didn't tell one is better than another .. But relying to evasion in group pvp , is kinda not good I think , I mean assassins, ranger or glad's are the most painful ones in group pvp from physical classes , you can root and continue to kite but 2-3 extra accuracy part assassin will definitely reach enough accuracy cap and hit lots of skills ( I don't know much sin but slayer + first attack is probably the most hurtful one ? ) I block a bit from assassin's so , evasion would be even more harder i think ..
But If you try to a bit rely on block , since it has higher rate ( yes it does not dodge all damage but , even 1 block opens you an saving grace that means extra 1000 physical + magical defence ) So it will be like you have block and also 1000 physical defence at same time and you will get less dps ... (For limited time :p ) But relying to 1200 physical defence I think is way to go these days as I also told ... However, I don't tell anything is good from other , but evasion is kinda scary for me ... Too much RNG ![]()
But anyone can do anything definitely ..
**Also Evasion cap requires Evasive Grendal ... Meanwhile Block or Physical def doesnt require any minion ...