Quote Originally Posted by 'keyclone',index.php?page=Thread&postID=163775#pos t163775
3 can work... be all dps and bring along 2 friends... a healer and a tank
Or variations on that theme. I run a Druid/Lock/Mage team, and I have fun.

Since we know you won't be going 5 (I'm in the same boat, I want 5, my comp can handle it, but my budget can't, right now), here's my 2 cents:

3 is a blast. You're just strong enough to handle just about any group quest while leveling, and with the right setup you'll sail through quests - my guys are 3 shotting everything in Storm Heights right now, and the only things they can't handle are the "boss" quests in Dragonblight. I nuked the Lich in Shalozar Basin, tho, it was laughably easy. You're not going to have the money issues a 5 man team has, and if you do your profs right, you can make a nice profit by doing all gathering profs.

I like my team. I have a tanking pet, free food, portals, heals, buffs, resses, and a fire mage that is doing insane amounts of damage with FrostFire. The Lock is getting weak, as I need to examine my rotations, but overall I'm having fun and don't see any need to replace any of them. Doing collection quests is a lot less painful.

The downside: Instances are a no-go, unless I pug. Since I loathe pugging (I started MBing to get away from pugs), that means I havent done many instances. I can clear mid level BC instances no problem, but Heroic, forget it - at 79 (gear and no tank). I can clear normal Ramparts in about 10 minutes, taking my time, but Heroic I can wipe on the first mob (and have).

Now, if you have the right team, you could probably do a lot better than me. I admit, my group is about the worst you can make for instances, so when these guys get to a certain point (80, specific crafted gear goals), I'm going to level some more characters with them to make more instance ready groups, and try to do better with 3, with an idea of trying Northrend instances with 3, eventually. Since this is tank and heal stuff, I'm looking at my priest, and probably a pally. DKs could be an option, too.

Don't know about PvP, I'm avoiding PvP, as I don't really care for Arena, and BGs right now are clotted with idiotic Death Knights, and the usual AFKers.