Question - Which Toon to put in Raid guild - opinions?

[Darkmax]

I know everyone has an opinion so here's a chance to express yours! Here's the question I can add a toon to a raid guild and slowly equip them. The toon will also have a good opportunity to get the +10% type 3 aug from TBM. I already have a fully equipped tank and not looking to guild another tank. Here are the classes I have to pick from - Mage, Bard, Enchanter, Wizard, Rogue, Shaman, Druid, or Necro. I most commonly play a group made up of tank, cleric, enchanter, mage, wizard, wizard but am seriously considering mixing this up a bit and running tank, shaman, bard, mage, wizard, wizard. So now who would you put in a guild to get equipped and please tell us a bit of why?

Also, I'm not looking for which toon would be more beneficial to the guild as it won't be used for raiding.

Thanks and I'm looking forward to hearing your responses.

 

[Razkle]

I am gonna go out on a limb here and say, bring the wiz? I know it is a new approach from me but try it....

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seriously though, swap mage for beast and be happy! Beast is a wiz's best friend!

 

[damination]

Beasts are very well rounded chars. Dps, heals, buffs, can pet tank all around a nice toon

 

[Darkmax]

Razkle, I know you love your wizards, but I'm curious why out of those classes you would select the wizard to get raid geared and spells? I love the wizards and actually thinking of it for the 10% increase aug alone but not sure if that toon raid geared would be the most beneficial?

Also, in case I wasn't clear in the original post what I want to know is which class would most benefit me to be raid geared and spelled - besides my tanks - who are already. So which if any would provide a benefit to me by the upgrades - Mage, Bard, Enchanter, Wizard, Rogue, Shaman, Druid, or Necro.

 

[Razkle]

actually if you could get your hands on the eok rare pet focus ear the mage in raid would be freakin crazy!

 

[Darkmax]

That's something I hadn't considered but exactly the type of thing I'm looking for! And without many pet classes - won't be long before it rots.

 

[Meistro]

If you are planning on switching out your cleric for a shaman as main healer, you may wish to gear out the shaman... Especially if he will be slowing debugging and healing, may draw a bit of agro and might need to be able to take a few hits.

 

[EQbackagain]

Anything that uses a 2h weapon will quickly get a rot drop IMO.

 

[beastdaddy]

Beast. I consistantly run in the top 5 in DPS in some very big Raid guilds,Triality,Triton, and even in my short stint when I was in RoI. Beasts in raid gear can tank anything in game. They get a huge defensive disc that lasts like 30s maxed every 2 minutes or so. Couple that with the fact a Beast in raid gear(Hell just raid weapons) can burn over 400k (I have done over 600k on a 60s raid burn). This melts namers down most of the time before your defensive runs out. I will tell you that beastlords are OP everywhere except on the DBG forums haha.

 

[Zeeeeeee]

Beast. I consistantly run in the top 5 in DPS in some very big Raid guilds,Triality,Triton, and even in my short stint when I was in RoI. Beasts in raid gear can tank anything in game. They get a huge defensive disc that lasts like 30s maxed every 2 minutes or so. Couple that with the fact a Beast in raid gear(Hell just raid weapons) can burn over 400k (I have done over 600k on a 60s raid burn). This melts namers down most of the time before your defensive runs out. I will tell you that beastlords are OP everywhere except on the DBG forums haha.

also im loving the bst without enc in grp cause he can feed wiz and zerker, he has both mana and end regen!!

i changed shaman for him and im really loving it...back up heal with ranger and bye bye shammy

 

[Myndbender]

beastlord..I dropped my mage for beast, they truly are beastly.. he drops 200k on a named on kiss and I don't know how to really play a beast.. so I can imagine with raid weapons and knowledge of the class.

 

[LamahHerder]

Thinking BST or BRD, but you dont play brd much

 

[Darkmax]

Guess I'll have to look at leveling a beast! Been debating which would be next Beast or Zerk looks like the pressure is on the Beast. Will still be awhile before I would guild one but now mostly debating between mage or shaman!

 

[Myndbender]

if your tank is really beefy I would go with mage, get pet ear and focus, gear pet and plow thru mobs. pet can offtank or main tank if things go bad

 

[Goatse Moneyshot]

zerker ftw

 

[Razkle]

my standard group now has been tank, cler, chant, wiz, wiz, beast and it is awesome!

 

[Darkmax]

I'd like to try a beast once things slow down later in the year - but my normal line up is Tank, Cleric, Chanter, Mage, Wiz, Wiz - but I tend to move around a lot in zone. The Mage is great for quick travel! The Chanter is almost max AA's then I'll be subbing in my bard see which works out better. I also switch in other things - so will see.

Razkle:
I know this is a plot to lure everyone into building 100 toon armies!

 

[Inkie]

Mage / Necro would be my top two choices of those listed and I personally would vote necro.

with (and sometimes without) a merc they are good candidates to sit in old zones and farm pp (tradeskill items, jewels, etc.)

 

[Zeeeeeee]

oh btw if u want a huge dps in ur grp get the zerker, imo its the best dps in game for regular mobs which are 90% of the fights...in droga he can drop a mob to 50% in 1 second with his dicho..who needs an offtank when u have a zerker lol

 

[beastdaddy]

I outparse Zerkers in group on a reg. And if you do a combined of a whole night against a zerker I will out parse it most nights, Beasts have more sustained without having to wait on Dichos to get it. Couple that with when you get the proper gear you can burn/mini burn 100% of the time.

 

[Zeeeeeee]

I outparse Zerkers in group on a reg. And if you do a combined of a whole night against a zerker I will out parse it most nights, Beasts have more sustained without having to wait on Dichos to get it. Couple that with when you get the proper gear you can burn/mini burn 100% of the time.

not saying nobody cant outparse zerkers, what im saying is his burn is insane and if u get in trouble the bot zerker can clear 1 mob really fast

 

[Sum1]

not saying nobody cant outparse zerkers, what im saying is his burn is insane and if u get in trouble the bot zerker can clear 1 mob really fast

Except no one is going to save dicho for the "get in trouble" scenario, so the likelihood of that ability being up to help you is slim. And you're also going all-in on a class that is highly dependent on an ability that DBG has already shown they're willing to nerf (bards). As soon as someone yells loud enough on the vet forums (only a matter of time) there's a chance it gets nerfed and then you're back to square one.

I say this as a guy who's had a max AA zerker for a long time (raided on him in the past) and recently PL'd and started using a max AA beastlord, as well. The beastlord is now a solid member of my six box team. He's as indispensable as the SK, Cleric, and Wiz. I swap the last two spots between bard/enc/mage/ranger/zerker/warrior/another cleric for PL/AA purposes.

Another perk I've seen is when paired with a bard it is literally impossible to run OOM. I've been pulling massive trains for days and none of the toons are ever below 80% (unless they die), thanks to beastlord's paragon/focused paragon and the bard dicho/other abilities.