bards rock. enjoy what it has to offer your group down the road. zerker and monk have good auras for different purposes down the road. Cleric is a very strong healer especially in group content. druid has crossover ability plus evacs if its hitting the fan. Pallie will be some fun for you in the last few expacs, all the undead /kiss.
Lv 50 is about where u kinda remember how to play your toons or you start really refining what you have been learning. lv 60 will be a better judge of that. The newer lines of aas and abilities dont really kick in until 85? ish (i could be wrong).
I would say baseline your toons at lv 60ish before you really decide what to go with down the road for harder content. Honestly, with what RG has to offer, You will be able to enjoy levelling up much easier with more control than ever. It wont be the hated grind it used to be. Your crew sounds fun and it is definitely viable for future content. I would honestly say take some time, level up a few other classes, see how they work with the classes you enjoy playing in that format and go from there. (it will sound daunting to lv up 2 or 3 more toons to the same lv but it will actually be crazy fast compared to what you are used to by now. )
As always, its Tank priority, heal next, cc/slow etc next. dps last. Find your most fun tank, if its p[allie, u r alrdy 1/3 there. Healer. Cleric is way op as a group heal, especially down the road with the aas. If you enjoy cleric. presto. done another 1/3, If not, maybe take a peek at a shaman for a bit, great buffs, added debuffs, slows... and it can easily heal group content, especially with the plug ins and the Ini Files here, There are some crazy good one's. Can never go wrong with a cleric though. they are stupid strong. cc/bufffs... You have a bard... Bards are spectacular on their worst days. so much utility, so much to add to a group of any format. they just keep gettign better and better the higher lv they go. Most unbderappreciated class in eq imo. I mean, on those days when you are feeling particularly skibbly.. u pull, u cc, u buffagrouptothemax with attack stuff and spell stuff and even give healers instant cast heals if u wanna go that route. fun fun...
Dps.. mix and match honestly. find your mojo here and enjoy it. Anything can work so don't feel like you have limited viable options for synergy/viability. One of the very best things about the game is there is no cookie cutter group. there is just fun group a/b/c/d etc. look up the synergy effects in each classes ( special ) aa set, the ones they give others in the groups effects for. Find ones you think might really make your play style fun and doable. toss them into your group and try them out. Worst that happens is you have another class to work on down the road if it didn't enjoy it. some classes to look at for dps... melee rogues r scary, beast's are fun and have some nice utility and buffs you already have monk and zerker to give a look at. Ranged --- all kinds of fun here. dont forget about rangers,. everyone can enjoy a nice splatter on the ground from time to time and they do have some really,really nice buffs for doing names. Wizzie is interesting. mage is as well and has more than just dps to offer. necro... um. im a lover of the necro but you gotta be real special to pump out dps on a necro when mobs die in 20-30 seconds.
Anyway, just got home from work so I am probably needing some me time lol. and took it out on you in this post.
3 steps... everything else is just gravy on the roast beef, and mashed potatoes, maybe some mushrooms/onions... ya I'm hungry now.. thx... lol
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