Another tread on team selection + profession question

[Seldum]

Tsunami@

Another valid point. As im new to the MB scene I would like to streamline my first team, and I have been thinking about going all shammy.... even though me luv me mage

Im also considering a pvp server - Ravenclaw as some of my mates are playing there. But my other mains is currently at Silvermoon and Arathor both PVE servers.

So ravenclaw would be a "whole new start" both in boxing and in playing on a pvp server. Also having to gather gold in the beginning to be able to buy bags etc. sucks....

Thanks for all the input. Does anyone here have expirence with playing with druids? 3,4,5?

[Tsunami]

just remember if you start your 5box team using RAF you will get 4 free mounts and level 3x faster than when you solo'd, so that will save a lot. plus you will not be alone, you have 4 toons backing you up. so you don't need the best gear. not like when you are solo. 5 lightning bolts + 5 earth shocks will kill most mobs 3-4 levels higher than you. also you will be collecting the reward from 5 quest turn ins. so pull your gold and one of your toons should have enough cash to be able to afford some big bags.

if you have some friends on playing on the same server than get them to lend you some gold. you should be able to level quickly.

[Solon]

My thoughts on professions: All of my boxing toons are enchanters. I get so many unusable BoP from quests and instance runs that make for d/e into mats to level enchanting. I don't make any gold off it till I level enchanting out of a particular mat, but once you get high enough it is easy to go after certain mats to AH.

[Seldum]

Again, very nice and very constructive comments. Thanks.

If I choose to start at ravenclaw I might be able to get a few 16 slots bags from my friends, but I think thats it. I could also consider moving my main from silvermoon and brig the gold, that would help a bit even though im alliance on silvermoon, and I would create horde as my friends are all horde on Ravenclaw.

I think I will need to think a bit about the pros and cons with this decission.

No matter which profession I choose one will atleast be a profession so im capable of generating some items for my team.

Thanks for all the positive and constructive posts!

[heyaz]

I'm currently running paladin + 4x elemental shaman and I love it. Just blast through everything and the pally holds aggro like a champ.

My other team is a heavy dps team, 2x shadow priests 2x warlocks. It's fun in pvp, but other than that it's kind of a gimmick, I can't do any serious pve especially without a tank, and there's no arena viability at all.
I think other teams run into similar problems, like the all mage teams. However, it's all about what you want to accomplish.

I went with shaman because I can blast through the instances with elemental, have viability in pvp, and with the paladin be able to do any 5 mans I want.

[Souca]

One thing to keep in mind is even if you play 5 of the same class, you are playing three different roles. You will always have to cover tanking, dps and healing. Single class groups do add some simplicity, but not as much as you think when you eventually have to start handling the three roles. One of the nicest things about boxing is the flexibility it offers. While this may be the first group you get to 70, it doesn't have to be the only one you ever play. Once the first group makes it to 70 or 80, it becomes even easier to get other characters up there, insanely so with RAF. As you get new characters into the fold you can try a new combination or even create a new team. You are gonna have so much fun it should be illegal

- Souca -

[Souca]

As you mentioned starting over on a new server, and a pvp at that one, three comments:

1- Some pvp servers you will apparently be ganked a ton specifically for being a multiboxer. Know this going in, both for frustration and to have a kill on sight addon installed so you can find them once you hit 70.

2- With RAF you will level very quickly, which means you will be constantly struggling to have the gold to train your skills if you're a complete re-roll on a new server. You will be forced to pick and choose which skills to train unless you have a source of gold. Coming back from a 90 min quest session and having 35 skills available to train is not uncommon.

3- Casters are less gear dependent than melee. You'll find many stories on this site of people getting their warlock or priest or whoever team to 60 while wearing gear that averages some ridiculous level like L23, because when you run 3,4,5 synched casters, most mobs get at most one swing. My shammies wear a lot of cloth for the caster stats right now at 53 and only wear quest prizes.

This is some really good info right here. Jheusse, you hit the nail on the head. I wish I had kept a log, but I'm pretty sure I spent close to 1500g on my 5 team by the time they were 60 in training costs alone. Once you get to Outlands money gets easier. Until then, don't expect to finish most quest chains as you will out level them before you to the final reward. Add in the fact that you generally kill 1/5th the mobs and each character gets on 1/5th of the gold and things get expensive fast.

- Souca -

[algol]

3- Casters are less gear dependent than melee. You'll find many stories on this site of people getting their warlock or priest or whoever team to 60 while wearing gear that averages some ridiculous level like L23, because when you run 3,4,5 synched casters, most mobs get at most one swing. My shammies wear a lot of cloth for the caster stats right now at 53 and only wear quest prizes.

Hell, I do this for single-play casters. A few things from quests don't hurt, but the main thing it governs on lowbie gear is how big your mana pool is, and how many hits it takes to kill you. And it doesn't do much for those. On a shammy, when you can get meaningful armor, maybe a bit more than usual...but grey drops will cover a lot of that and quests the rest. Level then gear up, unless you're some poor melee sap who hits like a girl if they don't get a new pointy stick every few levels.

[Jheusse]

As you mentioned starting over on a new server, and a pvp at that one, three comments:

1- Some pvp servers you will apparently be ganked a ton specifically for being a multiboxer. Know this going in, both for frustration and to have a kill on sight addon installed so you can find them once you hit 70.

2- With RAF you will level very quickly, which means you will be constantly struggling to have the gold to train your skills if you're a complete re-roll on a new server. You will be forced to pick and choose which skills to train unless you have a source of gold. Coming back from a 90 min quest session and having 35 skills available to train is not uncommon.

3- Casters are less gear dependent than melee. You'll find many stories on this site of people getting their warlock or priest or whoever team to 60 while wearing gear that averages some ridiculous level like L23, because when you run 3,4,5 synched casters, most mobs get at most one swing. My shammies wear a lot of cloth for the caster stats right now at 53 and only wear quest prizes.

[Seldum]

@souca

When I was thinking the 5 druid setup I was concluding the excact same thing. No matter how I twist and turn it, I will have to do the tank, healer, dps thing. And If I choose to run the same race I will miss the importent aspect of the different buffs the different toons provide..... what to do, what to do.

Anyway, I looked into the RAF thing yesterday and guess what! Im not in one of the countries enabled for RAF! bummer. Guess I have to do it the old fashion way then hehe.