Thanks for the quick reply. I plan to continue looking into it tonight. But my first attempt at a manual burn only showed 2 AA's being fired (can't recall what they were right now), which I figured was a bit low seeing as auto-grant gets me at least some level in almost all of the activate-able AA's. But like I said, it wasn't the most controlled experiment in the world.
Without being able to look 'under the hood' it's a bit difficult to figure out what order makes the most sense. Good to know about Synergy - I usually just try to blow through to the max level so that it is used, but knowing the behavior at lower levels will avoid some confusion.
to add to what chat said, zerkers while they do give *some* stuff with synergy and whatnot are primarily "takers" - you need to provide them adps from classes like, bst, shm, bard, etc, parking 1 zerker with a 5 wizards isn't going to help you much. They are selfish "takers". I personally usually run 2 zerkers (with forcealliance) and 1 bst (and bard) - with a 110 group (not 115, 110), with a mix of tov t1 and heroic gear I could 1 drop griklor with this group (sk, clr, bard, zerk, zerk, bst) - not max AA for 110, but they had their focus and such, both zerks had 2.0, bard had 2.0 etc
since it sounds like your zerk is relatively new, definitely don't put off getting your 2.0 - you should stop what you're doing and immediately go and do that if you haven't already.
definitely make sure you have axes (tho we have it spam you if you are missing axes)
re: dicho/dissi - don't forget these are progressive abilities as well - not only do you have to double check that you *actually* have dissident, because dbg is incompetent, but increasing your ranks via progression is a large boost to dmg
(in case you don't see it using dissient)
Q. Why does it not use Dissident?
A. EQ Has an issue where it doesn't give you your rank 1, even if you have Dissident Rage - If you have Tier 1 of Dissident ensure you actually have the "Dissident Rage 1" in your spell book - if you do not, go to Virtuous Dusk in Stratos and say "reminder" to "update" your rank 1 ability
the only things i change on my zerkers (i usually run 2 in my main groups) is i use usealliance with forcealliance on, i have my assistat set for 100, and i have switchwithma on - other than that they're out-the-box
Hdex - you see some nice jumps at 1200-1400, then again at like 1900 -don't skimp on type 5s, even getting the 32 hdex type 5s from TBM is a fast/cheap/easy way to get *some* hdex
I also (my new team doesn't have, but definitely on my short list) recommend getting one of the +5 accuracy type 18 augs for either a piece of TBL chase loot, or the ToV earring
Your AAs are an absolute significant amount of damage, because of how zerkers function - the focus tab is also obnoxious because of how dbg did it --- you can actually *LOSE* dps by going from 110 max AA to 115 without keeping your focus AAs in line because you lose your focus on your new skills until you get the correct rank to give your 111-115 skill the focus boost.
everquest is a game of inches, and there are a lot of inches to gain, and they add up pretty substantially over time.