Quote Originally Posted by Oldin
I am just starting up and thinking of going with the following setup for my group. I guess it will not be the easiest set up but I can see it working pretty well.
Prot Pala
Resto Druid
Ele Shammy
Fire Mage
Destruction Warlock

The Elemental Shaman could probably be another mage and it would work slightly better/easier with only needing to summon half the water per mage. However, this way I will have 5 different classes to own with and a pretty balanced group in my opinion.
When I first started I viewed 5 diff classes as the holy grail but I chickened out. I also like your setup alot in terms of loot coverage. You only have 2 clothies, and you will put both leather and mail drops to use.

But yes, it's gonna be a headache getting macros with good overlap, but not impossible.

If you can survive the -slow- early going where you have to learn alot about macros and add-ons, I don't think you'll have any problems.