I took my team of 6 lvl 85 characters to (the Dream) and my first encounter was with a blue (lower lvl) wisp. The entire team wiped trying to kill one little wisp. I was angry at EQ for making it so difficult.
I took my team to several other lower level places and finally learned how to situate my team before engaging the enemy. I came back to Ferrott with confidence, but I got ambushed by two blue Lizardman Patrollers. The entire team died. More time was spent rezzing than fighting. Most of my team eventually lost a lvl before I finally finished the mercenary quest.
I knew something was wrong, but I was too ashamed to admit that I was doing so poorly.
I did notice that my SK did better while he was FD than when he was trying to fight. His pet could last longer than he did. I took that as a clue that my armor was not up to par. I went to the Bazaar and bought new armor. Yay! I could finally survive an attack of 3 mobs, but he would still FD from time to time. I found that annoying.
Today, I switched out my SK for a Warrior and my DRU healer for a cleric. We just went into a camp of nine Lizardmen and left with no team deaths and a reasonable amount of mana if we had more to fight. I feel like I am finally figuring out what type of team I personally need to play the game the way I like to play. :-)
I took my team to several other lower level places and finally learned how to situate my team before engaging the enemy. I came back to Ferrott with confidence, but I got ambushed by two blue Lizardman Patrollers. The entire team died. More time was spent rezzing than fighting. Most of my team eventually lost a lvl before I finally finished the mercenary quest.
I knew something was wrong, but I was too ashamed to admit that I was doing so poorly.
I did notice that my SK did better while he was FD than when he was trying to fight. His pet could last longer than he did. I took that as a clue that my armor was not up to par. I went to the Bazaar and bought new armor. Yay! I could finally survive an attack of 3 mobs, but he would still FD from time to time. I found that annoying.
Today, I switched out my SK for a Warrior and my DRU healer for a cleric. We just went into a camp of nine Lizardmen and left with no team deaths and a reasonable amount of mana if we had more to fight. I feel like I am finally figuring out what type of team I personally need to play the game the way I like to play. :-)