Most solid duo for Kunark and Velious

[Skope]

Originally Posted by darkblade717 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Shaman/Necro or Shaman/Magician. With buffs the Necro pet will last long enough and has WAY more utility than the Magician. The only thing the Magician has over the Necro is a little more DPS and a little beefier of a pet, which doesn't matter if you have a good Shaman.

Necros top DPS charts when allowed to DoT and if the mob has enough health whereas magician takes a bit of a downturn in kunark. Also have to consider that necro DoTs will cause less aggro (depending on the dots, but think fire/splurt line). Though magician earth pet + plane's focus item is awesome and makes an incredible tank.

[Weekapaug]

I want to thank everyone for their responses. The conversation was most helpful and I really appreciate the meaningful debate.

Personally, as per my own experiences and what so many posted to confirm them, I really wanted to go with the Shaman/Monk duo. Plus I've been dying to play a monk since returning to EQ here.

But we decided to go with a Shaman/Necro duo for this project, at least for now. The GF is very into playing casters and doesn't have a full grasp on what the shaman does exactly, so I will be playing the shaman with her necro, which I will have a blast with too. A necro is a great class for her, I think, because it will afford her an opportunity to solo as well and to do it with a class that requires a bit of nuance since it's not as simple and direct as, say, a mage. She is still learning how everything works here so I think she will benefit most from this and we will still make for a potent duo. My only concern is being able to split camps and get single pulls because I've never really done all that with a necro myself, but we shall see, I guess.

I'm hoping that, since she will be sitting next to me as we play, I can get her up to speed on the ins and outs of the shaman and she will want to eventually play one with my monk. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thank you again everyone. We both sincerely appreciate all of the responses and discussion about this.

[BuzWeaver]

Week, I'm glad the information was helpful. Ultimately its going to come down to what's fun for you or for you and your girlfriend. As I mentioned my favorite is the Shaman/Monk combo, best of luck to you with your choice.

[Overcast]

Rezzing this thread, because it's got some win in it - lots of good opinions and such.
Just looking for comments on what would duo well with a Bard...

Just looking for opinions and why.

Wife and I have been having a heck of a time coming up with a combo. Of course, she's not 100% set on which class she wants to play, I've been leaning heavily towards the SK, with Ranger as a potential second.

I've already played Wiz, Necro, Pally, Warrior, Cleric - as much as I care to [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Swishahouse]

Any of you classes wanna duo just pick up a shaman and put yourself in EZ mode....If you can somehow break us from soloing the same mobs QQ

[Cogwell]

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

Wife and I have been having a heck of a time coming up with a combo. Of course, she's not 100% set on which class she wants to play, I've been leaning heavily towards the SK, with Ranger as a potential second.

Ranger + Shaman or Cleric is decent. Ranger+Cleric is quite good after the ranger gets his epics and can slow.

SK + CLR/SHM/DRU is also fine. I've played a SK/ENC combo (obviously meant more for grouping with others) and it was quite fun.

SK+RNG would only really work fear kiting, which is pretty limiting in classic but opens up more in kunark.

[azeth]

Dru/Nec

Monk/Sham

Mage/Enc

Nec/Nec

Sham/Mage

Sham/Nec

Sk/Sham <-- favorite only because on Rodcet Nife we had a pretty famous duo making the mix seem unbeatable. They were very geared however.

[Overcast]

Was mostly looking for a good duo with a Bard - I think the wife's pretty settled on one

[Chicka]

Shaman and monk are a great duo, two classes that can solo, but compliment each other well in a duo. JBB for shaman, T-Staff for monk = epic. And fun.

In a mage/monk duo - well, even if the mage enjoyed it, I don't think I would want to be the monk.

[Nightblade]

I'm actually a little surprised people didn't mention more about bards. The duo I'm currently slotted up with is a druid/bard, and the only real limiting factor is that if we're indoors, it switches from kiting several mobs at once to simply root rotting with me standing nearby blasting the eardrums out of it.

Slow, better-than-SoW, healing (both over time, and instant), mana regen, resists for those pesky casters, stuns or mez for interrupting casting, pulling ability...

While they may not be the 'best' at any one thing, they do everything pretty damned well. Following around a druid whose quad-kiting to chant them to death? Can't get much more interesting or fun than that.

While many of you have brought up many good points about the mage, they lack in one thing : the oh-shit button. Yes, mages chaining their pets can do beastly dps, and can solo or duo a great many things, but when put on scale with a competent shaman all by his lonesome, he has far more survivability, utility, flexibility, and 'padding' for when things go south due to an add, poor timing, lag, or whathaveyou. Put a shaman with something like an SK, a monk, or the like, and you're talking about someone who literally has zero downtime, and thus, will far outclass a mage who is limited by his manabar, and whether or not he has clarity, or decides to chip away his own padding by mod-rodding.

As both bard and rogue, I've duo'd with a shaman for many years, with one of the best, knowledgeable ones on my server, and he could do shit that mages could never come close to.