When the party cleric is also the tank

Literally 3e/3.5e cleric; can wear any heavy armor, can use all shields except for the tower shield, and divine spells have NO spell failure chance

I remember my party + DM were shocked when my cleric charged to the front of the line during combat because they were used to 4e clerics and traditional cloth wearing WoW priests; I was rocking the highest AC in the party