Wow, thanks to you all for taking the time to review everything I said and giving me the benefits of your experience! I'm gonna go digest everything I read just now and play around with the teams in nexus/uk to see which is the easiest for me to run with. (btw, ty for the heads up about the buff stacking aradar! I did not know that they didnt stack)

and actually I think I will have just 2 teams or so for variety that I will actively work on, and with all my leftover toons, I will play maybe one or two of them solo and gear/talent/setup specifically for solo play. (multiboxing is fun, but being so independent with your own team makes it harder to get to know the other players since I dont have to interact with them at all if I dont want to. maybe playing soloing will hopefully allow me to meet more nice people to group with in the future)

last clarification, the 10% to crit for fire/frost mages that everyone is talking about, you are all referring to winter's chill stacked 5x right? and the fire equivalent? that's the only thing that I can think of, if I'm missing something please let me know. thanks in advance!