Tanks
  • TSO can be very brutal with a lot of things going on at the same time (scripts and such). Therefore, the more a class can 'stand on its own' the better


Healers
  • whilst a mystic + templar provide some major healing, it has also been suggested on flames that this combination provides minor dps
  • from my own experience using this combination, I can confirm that DPS is lowish (of course it depends on how I kit them out too, i.e., dps vs healing)
  • by giving up a druid, you are giving up portals and in a game this 'huge' you're in for a lot of running


EQ2 doesn't have a '5 second rule' - mana regens during combat, hence why you have an illi (check out the illis spells on the eq2 wikia). You will also find either bard has an in-combat mana regen spell as well.

Way back at release - yes, interrupts of the HO wheel was an annoying factor - all changed now