Best full group composition

[Swish]

Get 6 people who know what they're doing in their own class and who don't take frequent afk breaks and you're on for a good session whatever they are.

Starts with a good puller ^^

[Bagger]

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

Get 6 people who know what they're doing in their own class and who don't take frequent afk breaks and you're on for a good session whatever they are.

Starts with a good puller ^^

We're all noobs, god help us ^^

[Tecmos Deception]

I couldn't imagine doing 1-60+ with a premade group of 6 without cleric, enchanter, shaman as a base.

I'd do sk, rogue, dru for the other 3. But war, rogue, monk is a close second. Former gives the tank double roles and leaves the group light on DPS probably but means craaazzzyyy utility and safety via heals and CC and a more convenient tank for leveling and grinding. Latter has better tank, better pulls, better DPS but lacks the big utility a druid brings to the group as a wis caster with ports.

[kined]

if you want to be insanely OP do bard ench ench sk cleric. 6th could be anybody, probly a shaman or rogue. i know that you said no duplicates but its so fun, bard + 2 ench is so ridiculously insane its mind blowing, you only need the healer and tank for the toughest of mobs in the late 50's. with just the three of us we were encouraging people to train us because we literally could not pull enough mobs in karnors even though the zone wasnt very active. the bard keeps the ench's safe with speed, regen, and slows/quickCC for when the charms break. its unstoppable.

[Bagger]

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

if you want to be insanely OP do bard ench ench sk cleric. 6th could be anybody, probly a shaman or rogue. i know that you said no duplicates but its so fun, bard + 2 ench is so ridiculously insane its mind blowing, you only need the healer and tank for the toughest of mobs in the late 50's. with just the three of us we were encouraging people to train us because we literally could not pull enough mobs in karnors even though the zone wasnt very active. the bard keeps the ench's safe with speed, regen, and slows/quickCC for when the charms break. its unstoppable.

Gonna try that out someday

[Raev]

In Kunark your answer would be Monk/Cleric/Enchanter (scrubs add 3 more random classes, but a true power group isn't more than 3-4 players).

However, Velious has actually balanced group play pretty well. Druids for example were miserably bad in Kunark, but Velious gives them POTG, group regen clickies, and animals to charm in many Velious zones. So while a Kunark Druid in Sebilis is nearly worthless, a Velious druid is a powerhouse in Plane of Mischief or Kael.

So yeah, Monk/Enchanter/Cleric still works well, but you can do just fine with Paladin/Necro/Druid/Bard or SK/Mage/Shaman/Rogue or really just about anything. Just make sure you have at least one priest class, one melee class, and no Wizards.

[fastboy21]

If your goal is max leveling speed then I'd go with:

War (untwinked at low levels this is hard---might want sk/pally if totally new)
Enchanter
Cleric
Monk
Rogue
Rogue (no repeats? either a pure dps class or a bard.)

If you want a solid utility group that can play anywhere, but not always be the fastest leveling:

War
Cleric
Shaman
Enchanter
Monk
Bard

This group can play pretty much anywhere in the game. It isn't as fast as stacking multiple max DPS classes, but that isn't always what folks want. If I wanted to crawl around Norrath for the first time (you said you never played EQ before) this group is a good one to do it.

[astuce999]

My turn.


Bard - Tank + backup CC + mana + backup pulls + travel
Cleric - Buffs + c-heal + rezz
Enchanter - CC + mana + charm dps + haste
Shaman - stat buffs + slows + backup heal
Rogue - dps + CR + locked doors + backup pulls
Monk - backup tank + pulls + CR + dps

I would consider trading in the Monk for a Necro (backup heal, backup CC, charm dps, backup rezz) mainly so that there's a 2nd rez'er at higher levels.

cheers,

Astuce

[fadetree]

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But seriously, I think it's cool as hell if you really have 6 noobs playing EQ for the first time. My advice would be to go your own route completely; don't ask for buffs or tips or research stuff on the internet, don't farm plat and buy overpowered gear, etc. You have a chance to experience finding it all out as new players. This is something that I personally wish I could do.

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But seriously, I think it's cool as hell if you really have 6 noobs playing EQ for the first time. My advice would be to go your own route completely; don't ask for buffs or tips or research stuff on the internet, don't farm plat and buy overpowered gear, etc. You have a chance to experience finding it all out as new players. This is something that I personally wish I could do.

^^

Well I think the best mmo is yet to come. Played wow for 8 years since 2005, and it took a different direction with the game after Wrath, which is fine, but it's not something for me. I like a good challenge, I've always heard nice things about EQ, and I want to try it out and see how it was at launch. The other guys didn't even know EQ, so this gonna be interesting ^^

Seems like I'm gonna be the group's Monk. If you have any tips, You're welcome to share them in another thread I started in Melee! Wants to be a bit prepared so I know what to aim for ^^