Group 1, all 80s, all rats:
Pally, Mystic, Fury (retiring for an inquis), Swash, Troub, Wiz (retiring for an illi)
- reason: very nice AOE & DPS
- once the inquis and illi are up to speed - this will be the 'perfect' pally/heroic group

Will be retiring both the fury and the wiz of group 1 and replacing with an Inquis and an illi which I am currently leveling (half way) as the fury and the wizard are not good fits for a pally lead, whereas the inquis and illi are 'perfect'

Extremely disappointed with the wiz DPS, fury just doesn't do it for me

Most of these guys are just under the 200aa cap, fury and wiz are 170+


Group 2, all 80s, all rats:
Guard, Defile, Temp, Brig, Dirge, Coer
- reason: will not die, go anywhere
- the 'perfect' raid group

Mostly 160aa+, few higher


Spares, all 80s, all rats:
'nother pally which I will convert to an SK 'someday' + the fury and wiz in a few more weeks

Spare pally has 140+ aa


Why rats? Played rats since release, I like them, they make me laugh - are they the 'best' at any type of class? Hell no!


Had to have a laugh yesterday, saw a post on SOE re the 'most desired'classes - the 2 groups I field (with the inc replacements) are basically the cream of both the raid and pug groups. As a result, I can successfully do a lot of things myself OR get a pug easy OR maybe get into a raiding guild via playing the utility classes (not like I want to do that again anytime soon!)