Hello again my friends!
I am hoping to get some insight from those near to end-game. I have my 6 man crew levelled up to 115, my SK is my only Gold member as well as with the LS expansion. Coming back to EQ after such a long break I chose my comp without advice and did not know that RG existed. I ran with a SK, CLR, SHM, ENC, WIZ, NEC. I don't have a benchmark with other groups to compare to. It takes me roughly 35 seconds to kill a lvl 115 Great Divide Mob. I've been able to farm 3/4 ToV missions daily, (having problems controlling DPS on AoW with Wiz and Nec as my main dmg). Ultimately it feels very safe and has been very fun. That being said, my vision of the game moving forward is not to have more than a few subs. I would prefer to see where I get using the occasional monthly subs or kronos to max out AAs but which would pigeon hole me into using non-prestige gear/augs.
I have an alt group in the 90s that includes 3 mages, a beastlord, a druid and a bard. A guildmate told me that Mages perform exceptionally well as F2P granted that they have most of their AA's through sub/krono. The comp that came to my mind was to swap over to using my SK/SHM/BRD/MAG/MAG/MAG. I was warned by a different guildmate that a 3 mage group would be more on the radar for GM's and reports. I haven't seen any posts like that on the forums here so I guess I want to know if that's valid at all from your guys' experience.
TLR
Should I stick with my slower but solid comp to 125 or does it look like my alt group would be a better sub in to move up with, knowing that I would prefer not to have a Gold membership on every account.
PS I already have the CWTN/Sic plugins for each of the classes listed above (and what a joy they are)
I am hoping to get some insight from those near to end-game. I have my 6 man crew levelled up to 115, my SK is my only Gold member as well as with the LS expansion. Coming back to EQ after such a long break I chose my comp without advice and did not know that RG existed. I ran with a SK, CLR, SHM, ENC, WIZ, NEC. I don't have a benchmark with other groups to compare to. It takes me roughly 35 seconds to kill a lvl 115 Great Divide Mob. I've been able to farm 3/4 ToV missions daily, (having problems controlling DPS on AoW with Wiz and Nec as my main dmg). Ultimately it feels very safe and has been very fun. That being said, my vision of the game moving forward is not to have more than a few subs. I would prefer to see where I get using the occasional monthly subs or kronos to max out AAs but which would pigeon hole me into using non-prestige gear/augs.
I have an alt group in the 90s that includes 3 mages, a beastlord, a druid and a bard. A guildmate told me that Mages perform exceptionally well as F2P granted that they have most of their AA's through sub/krono. The comp that came to my mind was to swap over to using my SK/SHM/BRD/MAG/MAG/MAG. I was warned by a different guildmate that a 3 mage group would be more on the radar for GM's and reports. I haven't seen any posts like that on the forums here so I guess I want to know if that's valid at all from your guys' experience.
TLR
Should I stick with my slower but solid comp to 125 or does it look like my alt group would be a better sub in to move up with, knowing that I would prefer not to have a Gold membership on every account.
PS I already have the CWTN/Sic plugins for each of the classes listed above (and what a joy they are)