Rolling Bard or Necro

[Pyrion]

The necro population thins out at higher levels, prolly due to not being searched for a group. The same, strangely, applies to bards. Not many high level bards on. The most played class is druid, although at higher levels they get a bit less and shamans take over.

As a chanter i love a bard in my group. They have hybrid xp penalty and while some people really hate every hybrid in their group because of it, i don't care. A bard can surely pull its weight if played well. You can be healer, puller, mana battery, CC... basically fill the gap that needs filling.

A necro's damage relies heavily on DoTs. In a group mobs die too fast for DoTs to be efficient. The nuking potential of a necro is very limited. A good group necro will heal/CC and even pull if needed and at the same time deliver some damage via pet and mediochre nukes. So a good necro can be nice for a group. Unfortunately most necros are used to soloing and tend to use the same tactics they successfully solo with in a group, where those tactics are inefficient. That's why necros are not so welcome in groups. People rather take a mage for more consistent damage (although soloning with a necro is easier and safer than with a mage).

So if you want to group here is the holy trinity: Cleric, chanter, warrior. Those classes usually have it easy to find a group. Shaman is usually very welcome too and some people prefer hybrid tanks over a warrior cause of easier aggro generation. Rogues and monks are kings of damage, so they are usually welcome as well (though to get a spot with a rogue the group should have a tank or at least monk first). If you look at the high level population you will find these classes much more than in the low levels.