Everything got nerfed that deals damge, especially Merkabah, so overall Kabbalist lost a lot of damage on Merkabah but gained okish damage on Nahash.
It’s now a 30 seconds CD skill with an increased duration of 10 seconds.
-> implying +100% holy damage solves the high mdef problem
-> implying Chaplain deals more damage than another Class option without the requirement to stick to the enemy 24/7
-> implying I wanted compensation for a nerf although I just pointed out the flaws of the Exorcist-overall theme compared to other Classes in the Cleric tree
Exorcist was never really a braindead Class, a lot of skills require some consideration when used to have their full effect. Players just used to play Rubric-only, because it was strong enough in the majority of situations and easier to use instead of using the other skills instead.
I personally don’t care that much, since I’m planning to go hybrid anyway, which is the only way to cope with that horrible situation a pure build finds itself in when tackling endgame content.
In fact, 2 less seconds on channeling provide me with more time to use other skills, while the pure caster builds are hit more severely, especially if they considered e.g. Chaplain just to boost their holy property damage.