You really should play the class you want to play. Everyone is giving you some good minmax options but at the end of the day if you are going to spend tons of hours on a character it should be one you enjoy playing.
Also everyone likes to poo poo wizards for standard groups but a well played wizard adds a lot of utility. Plus having an enchanter always around makes a wizard more potent. In the same vein of you playing whatever you enjoy so should your friend. I'm guessing you guys aren't all about tearing through the game to 60 anyway. I'm also kind of doubtful that with real life constraints you will all actually level the whole way at the same pace or that some people won't possibly quit at some point. So it's probably best that you don't get invested in the idea of a perfectly balanced group (It's already changed in the last two days!).
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60 Wixxor - Atmas
60 Paladin - Opmeter
54 Rogue - Ories
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