group set up help please

[mupp]

Hello, have been playing here for a few weeks and really enjoying myself, its such a great remembrance of first time playing the game but without all the hassle.

I am playing my own group of characters and they are at the moment all about lvl 57

I have based them on my old eq characters and a couple of friends I played a lot with; I have a

Pally as mt,
Rogue,
bard,
mage and
chanter..
cleric bot

. I don't really like to play healers and with the pally I had hoped to have most of the healing covered.

I have found two things

1/ healing on nasty fights can be tough.. the bot is of course not as good as doing it yourself

2/ the bard and the enchanter overlap too much

QUESTION...

is it worth me swopping out the chanter for another class? I do like the bard and played one for ages in eq and eq2. I think I have three options

1/ learn how to play the chanter better
2/ swop the chanter for a healing class .. druid/shammy..which?
3/ keep the team as is but add a player played cleric

any other options?

its a great server having a lot of fun

[Nexor]

If your intention is just to get to lvl 70 and farm xp by yourself than yes you will be fine in this setup, however if your plan is more than that i highly suggest to switch the cler bot out for a real healer/find a guild or find someone else to group with.

[Mojak]

I have 13 toons, I usually only use 6 at a time with a shaman in the forest for buffs when I switch through. The only time I ever log them all in and join them to a raid is when I am doing VP/Fear or any Tier 7 stuff

What I normally run is:

Warrior
Cleric
Necro
Mage
Rogue
Bard



Depending on the fight though I might bring 3 pet classes, drop the rogue. Or Bring the Shaman and drop the rogue. (My poor rogue is usually the one that gets dropped)

As far as I'm concerned, if you need a healer... the Cleric is the best. With single Hots, Direct Heals and Group heals I have yet to run into anything I couldnt stay ahead of... Except nexona the first time I went

at any rate. Almost everything in the game is doable with 6 (up to Tier 7.. I dont have much experience in t7 and beyond.)


So my advice. Level up a few extra toons.. bring them to various things.. Log them in for loot when something drops that your main 6 dont need. I've found that variety adds more fun to this game.

With my current setup, I usually can run 1 or 2 groups, and if I'm playing my SK I have his entourage follow him around.

One of these days I'm going to drop the pet classes and go back and do all the content again.