I'm back to playing on here, but it looks like my guild fizzled out in my absence. If anyone would like to play with me, say hi. Especially if you're doing the newer content.
Fantastic and greatly needed/appreciated quest. The idea is good. The reward is good. The difficulty is okay, since it's basically the next step after ROA/UC.
But yeah - time involved is insane. Even under highly unrealistic conditions (like a 3-hour run -- nobody is going to throw millions at instance portals) the time involved is incredible.
This is the land of boxing. Minimal effort for maximum effect will be what is used. I don't see cleric healing, no matter how buffed, becoming relevant enough to warrant the shift from paladins in the absence of;
(a) a decrease in paladin potency or (b) encounters which don't promote melee range healing