Trio Suggestions

[bmay1011]

Can anyone offer suggestions on some good 3-man group setups? Something for leveling together but also melding into full groups when they are available? I'm not sure if it would be better to streamline or look for three classes with utility.

[Excision Rottun]

SK
Shaman
Monk or Necro or Enchanter

Would be a nice trio, give you tank, heals, slow, haste, pulling/dps or crowd control

[guineapig]

Enchanter druid combos give you access to every single ability in the game so if you add any sort of tank to that duo you are golden.

heal
slow
haste
nuke
dot
root
snare
ds
charm
mez
regen
mana regen
buff
debuff
stun
invis
invis vs. undead
sow
ports
evac

Am I forgetting anything?

[Ferok]

Originally Posted by guineapig [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Enchanter druid combos give you access to every single ability in the game so if you add any sort of tank to that duo you are golden.

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Am I forgetting anything?

Nope, pretty interesting combo when you put it that way.

Unfortunately, prior to the addition of the %heals (which is PoP era I think) I remember druids just not being a very adequate group healer in Velious/Kunark.

Similarly, I can remember being annoyed when a group had both a druid and a cleric: the druid ended up spending mana nuking since typically a cleric could handle the heals (especially when you count in slows). And unfortunately, druid is a very weak dps class for group purposes.

I guess my point is: it's a nice trio, but at some point you've got something akin to dead weight in a class that isn't very useful in a 6-man group. I guess the utility makes up for it though, if they're very skilled. Since druids solo so often/easily, there's often a lack of "group skills" in many players which may account for part of my sentiment.

[mitic]

with

.) any tank
.) clr (ull need the CH highend and lull)
.) any slow/haste class (shm or ench)

you can farm EVERYTHING except dragons & gods in classic

[Spud]

Originally Posted by guineapig [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Enchanter druid combos give you access to every single ability in the game so if you add any sort of tank to that duo you are golden.

heal
slow
haste
nuke
dot
root
snare
ds
charm
mez
regen
mana regen
buff
debuff
stun
invis
invis vs. undead
sow
ports
evac

Am I forgetting anything?

Very true, the utility is just insane. I would add track to that list as well which is very useful. The only other stuff i can think of that your missing is FD and pets (if you dont count charmed mobs) so i would get an SK tank!

That threesome could do ANYTHING!

[Ferok]

Bard
Shaman
Anything - (tank is obvious here, especially a hybrid. Ranger can even be considered, since the collective debuffs of the above classes render him a viable tank until you can group something else in.)

[Ballerklein]

I like the War (make sure you get something that procs) Cleric Mag groups

[bmay1011]

Originally Posted by Ballerklein [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I like the War (make sure you get something that procs) Cleric Mag groups

It's funny cause this is what we were thinking and have somewhat started. I think we're nervous about the Warrior aggro issues. These are not twinks so getting geared up will not be easy.

Thank you all for the suggestions. We're reading this and getting some very helpful ideas.

[Simon Belmont]

Originally Posted by bmay1011 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's funny cause this is what we were thinking and have somewhat started. I think we're nervous about the Warrior aggro issues. These are not twinks so getting geared up will not be easy.

Thank you all for the suggestions. We're reading this and getting some very helpful ideas.

if you want to go war, send a tell to Belmont in game. I have a bunch of stun whips. I can give you a few.