Since this has popped up again, here's a few other points:
Clerics: It's never been an issue whether or not clerics COULD melee, it's just an issue of how efficient it is. If you're a cleric you are a healer. Sitting on your posterior medding is just more efficient than jumping into battle. You're contributing more to the group dynamic. The same arguement has been made by druids who seem to believe they're hybrids instead of casters. If you're a caster, regardless of which type, the melee characters depend on your spells. They also depend on you not drawing extra agro by trying to be some sort of hybrid.
Roleplaying: This should be left to individuals and special servers. Justifying imbalance by calling it roleplaying just makes the gameplay worse.
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