Your Group Setup and why

[victor]

my team has not been around long (only been 6 boxing about 6-7 weeks).

1. guardian
2. troubadour
3. coercer
4. defiler
5. necromancer
6. inquisitor

all but the necromancer are around lvl 65. the necromancer is lvl 80. So far i have run every regular heroic instance no problem and mobs die pretty fast and the necro works well but i am wondering if thats because he has been mentoring. might be a different story after lvl 75. necro has 145aa's and the rest all have around 75aa's. hopefully i won't have to replace him as he was my original character. if i do then it will be for a warlock i am thinking.

i am surprised to hear from above posts about the difficulties with shard instance. i am disappointed to hear this as i was hoping to do these instances myself although from my reading of those zones some boss mobs seem impossible for one person to handle (such as the book burning one listed above). at least i'd like to be able to do half of them with my team and do an instance a night.

what do more experienced boxers think of my line up? if it sucks just say so as i'm asking for experienced advice.

[Noxxy]

...necro works well but i am wondering if thats because he has been mentoring

- good chance
- anything mentored is basically going 'god-mode'

...hopefully i won't have to replace him as he was my original character

- no harm in having a necro if that's what you enjoy
- stick with it and see for yourself as it probably won't be your only group of 6 you create so you can swap n change at a later date for comparision

...i am surprised to hear from above posts about the difficulties with shard instance...

- once your team is equipped, TOS isn't hard

Think of it this way, all TSO instances are naturally graded. You would be in for a hard time if you think you can waltz into Guk with quested RoK gear. Walking around the higher end obviously takes some tasty items gathered after months of camping and running lower level dungeons.

..i was hoping to do these instances myself...

- no worries - just start with the 'easy' ones and work your way up the list

...some boss mobs seem impossible for one person to handle (such as the book burning one listed above)...

- yes, scipted encounters are always a pain
- you will find that some scripts you can do - others just aren't posible unless your an octopus
- BUT - I have found that you can knock off most scripted events IF you drop one of your toons and replace with a good friend who does the running around

...i'd like to be able to do half of them with my team...

- give it a few months to gather gear
- being able to do half easily will require T2 and class fables with the odd bit of tasty jewelry

...and do an instance a night...

- easy peasy once your geared
- good chance you'll be doing more

[asgradth]

i am surprised to hear from above posts about the difficulties with shard instance. i am disappointed to hear this as i was hoping to do these instances myself although from my reading of those zones some boss mobs seem impossible for one person to handle.

Do NOT be discouraged. Do NOT give up... Oh yes, it is hard. It is sometimes insane. You will Wipe. You will wipe in ways that would disband a normal PUG, but do NOT Give up. And don't do the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Try different things. Experiment. That's the glory of running your own 6-box, you can do whatever you want.

After 14 tries, I finally got the book burning end-mob in Crucible to 20% last night (i want that fabled shield!). I keep wiping cause he fires off an AOE that moves my toons, and i can't move'm back too the books fast enough. Each time I got closer, but ... after 3 aoes, my toons are just too scattered for me to handle it. I've got some more ideas to try and if i figure it out, i'll post it here.

For some fights, you'll even need to make a special macro key or two, to do the stuff you gotta do. Most things can be fixed with /follow, /stopfollow, and /autoattack 0. The rest, good luck!

But, there will be certain encounters you will not be able to box, especially in VP and any T4+ Raid stuff. But don't worry, if you ever get that powerfull, just run 1 toon at a time. Look at it this way, at least that's the only time you have to run 1 toon. Everyone else is stuck with 1 forever .

I cleared the first two Befallen dungeons wednesday night, then got the the electricity trap w/ boss in the 3rd dungeon and ... went out for a cigarette and a beer after that FAIL. That fight is Insane, but I think i know how to beat it. Time will tell.

And, to enforce what Noxxy said, don't walk into a TSO 'easy' dungeon decked out in Kunark Gear and expect to win it non-mentored. They're just too hard. Once you get into T1 w/ Epics, the easy ones will be managable. Once you get into T2 Armor, all bets are off.

[victor]

those are some very comprehensive details Noxxy and Asgradth. - thank you!

sounds encouraging and i'm looking forward to taking on those zones. I've been busy this last week at work and haven't had time for much else but recently i beat Cazel the Mad and the Ancient Cyclops in the early 60's levels. doesn't sound that great compared to what you guys are doing but to me it was a vendetta victory as those were two mobs i had major troubles with back in the day trying to solo on my necro. Ancient cyclops was easy with stuns and Cazel was still a bitch and i wiped once but i figured out the send in pets first to get the ae knockback stun and then i stunned him and took agro with my guardian. haha i'm loving the 6 boxing. so much more content to go too and an expansion coming out in february. should be another year or so of fun.

[victor]

and yeah i figure i'll leave the necro in the setup until there comes a time when/if he becomes a burden. the real test will come when they are all at 80.