Mischief 3rd box with SK/Shaman on Mischief

[Scuffman]

So I am boxing SK/Shaman and I am unsure what I want to use as a third for longterm. I want to be able to kill mobs efficiently but also be able to do all group content. I would like to do either a mage, monk or berserker but I feel like without a bard the mage might be the better play even though it isn't as strong until TSS and beyond. I have never played between omens and house of thule but I have played after house of thule up until TBL. I don't think I want to run a bard with my setup since it is 3 box and I want a dedicated damage dealer/burner. If I did 4 box I would definitely include the bard. Thoughts? Thank you in advance.

 

[Shadow]

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the question is currently for truebox (eventually relaxed truebox) which will change things quite a bit, plus not allow for f2p toons

 

[Scuffman]

the question is currently for truebox (eventually relaxed truebox) which will change things quite a bit, plus not allow for f2p toons

Exactly thank you. Not sure if he just read half the sentence and posted a link but I was curious as to what will fit better into my comp. Not get a cookie cutter holy trinity. I stated I didn't want a bard and I only wanted to 3 box. Lol. Not sure which of the melee toons I listed is less dependent on a bard for dps and if both are equally as dependent should I just run mage?

 

[Shadow]

Yea, I thought because it was going to relaxed truebox, it would apply since he mentioned longterm. As you get further in, CC will be more important, but if you want a safer route of DPS, I would go Monk. You can split pull, good DPS in that era.

 

[Scuffman]

Yea, I thought because it was going to relaxed truebox, it would apply since he mentioned longterm. As you get further in, CC will be more important, but if you want a safer route of DPS, I would go Monk. You can split pull, good DPS in that era.

I was leaning toward monk as well. I know eventually Zerkers overtake them for raid dps but as far as group game goes monks still do similar sustain in later expansions right?

 

[Shadow]

I was leaning toward monk as well. I know eventually Zerkers overtake them for raid dps but as far as group game goes monks still do similar sustain in later expansions right?

Well, at 115 my monk was just above berserker overall with same gear, but my monk and beastlord are on same acct, so... I do know my monk is better dps than my bst, but bst brings more to the table for adps. In your era, Monk will be solid dps, plus he can pull anything to keep your 3box safe.

 

[WiseTrapper]

Magician would be my choice, but I have strong affinity for the class. The pet gives you options when it comes to tanking/dps choices and the swarm pets are pretty good CC in a pinch. Mage summoned gear adds to both SK and Shaman pet effectiveness, making their pets a great deal more useful. Magician solid dps. Magician has COH.

A trick I used to use was to kill the mage and flop/drag corpse with the SK then COH rest of party.

 

[Fueil]

Mage would definitely be the way to go. Easy to macro and less to worry about. The benefits mentioned above are some of the main reasons I'd add a mage. The biggest thing will be downtime, without regen you'll be sitting a lot. You could add a monk, which of course will be great dps. Downside is, if you cannot use mq, it will be a lot of auto attack. I'd still roll the mage.

My curiosity is peaked, will Misschief eventually become a server that allows full mq? As it's a "relaxed box now."

 

[Coldfire634]

Mage would definitely be the way to go. Easy to macro and less to worry about. The benefits mentioned above are some of the main reasons I'd add a mage. The biggest thing will be downtime, without regen you'll be sitting a lot. You could add a monk, which of course will be great dps. Downside is, if you cannot use mq, it will be a lot of auto attack. I'd still roll the mage.

My curiosity is peaked, will Misschief eventually become a server that allows full mq? As it's a "relaxed box now."

As far as I have seen they haven’t said anything about this. I doubt they would remove this prior to a Thornblade merger, so another year at least, if at all. Mischief is still very active

 

[Diamondmine]

I would go bard. You have access to mez and mana regen this way.

 

[Gekko]

So I am boxing SK/Shaman and I am unsure what I want to use as a third for longterm. I want to be able to kill mobs efficiently but also be able to do all group content. I would like to do either a mage, monk or berserker but I feel like without a bard the mage might be the better play even though it isn't as strong until TSS and beyond. I have never played between omens and house of thule but I have played after house of thule up until TBL. I don't think I want to run a bard with my setup since it is 3 box and I want a dedicated damage dealer/burner. If I did 4 box I would definitely include the bard. Thoughts? Thank you in advance.

I would say fill out the third slot with the member of the Holy Trinity you are missing - CC.

Enchanter would not be bad seeing as the SHM is a caster and the SK is hybrid. The other choice like Diamond mentioned above is Bard.

Be well. Happy boxing.

 

[Scuffman]

Thank you all for the recommendations...I ultimately ended up buying another laptop and now I am 4 boxing because poor life decisions! Now I don't have to choose! LOL I am doing sk/bard/shaman/zerker and might switch out the zerker for mage once TSS hits. Only time will tell.

 

[Diamondmine]

Thank you all for the recommendations...I ultimately ended up buying another laptop and now I am 4 boxing because poor life decisions! Now I don't have to choose! LOL I am doing sk/bard/shaman/zerker and might switch out the zerker for mage once TSS hits. Only time will tell.

I wouldn’t switch out at TSS. I don’t think mages get good until SoF. My wizard is doing more dmg than mage in TSS but the zerker is doing between 2-5k dps + providing my monk and rogue other aura. Zerker is an ADPS animal for the raid. With MGB and Circles it’s a complete animal.

The DPS on the zerker fluctuates so much because of Recursion. You always get 1 30s buff but I have seen it fire 10x.

 

[One Cool Trick]

I vote #1 choice: bard (track, aura, songs, double invis/selo's simultaneously and instantly, lockpick, melee dps, etc...) OR 2: mage (COTH to go with a ghetto double invis/selo's from shaman/sk shaman/mage and EM pet and great dps all by the mage's self )...