Best 4 person all melee/hybrid group

[Troxx]

I dunno. I’ve played all 3 to 60. As much as I love paladins I honestly think it would just slow them down. That … and there are plenty of videos of monks solo challenging some frankly obscene content. 3 monks lined up ready to flop aggro to the next monk to take over camping.

Paladin would absolutely be a viable class though consider.

What the monks lack the bard makes up for in spades: mez, lull, snare, slow, fear, charm, selos, healing, haste …

Whatever group compositions are debated, bard is gonna be the backbone if we limit to melee and hybrids. Bards are the WD40 of EQ.

[bcbrown]

Originally Posted by Troxx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Whatever group compositions are debated, bard is gonna be the backbone if we limit to melee and hybrids. Bards are the WD40 of EQ.

Not just that, they really shine when one or more of the caster roles is otherwise unfilled. They can fill any role 80% as well as a more specialized caster with 200% of the effort. But with a 3-5 song twist, they can't fill all the roles well simultaneously. One argument I'd make for paladin is root - a bard can lock down three adds with mezzes but then it's hard to do anything else. Another source of CC takes at least one responsibility off the bard. Some stuns would also be nice occasionally.

The other argument would be to say that with three monks flopping around plus bard lull you aren't going to have any bad pulls where you need a lot of cc at the same time as other bard songs. Either composition sounds pretty fun.