3 Manning Heroics, what can be done?

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If you absolutely can't get 5 accts up try making some friends to do the heroics with you or join a guild. Once you know the instances and people realize you make it easy they will start asking to go with you. No one likes risking the random pugs where you never know how many wipes you will get.

I'm sure getting 5 accounts up wouldn't be a problem. I'm still just not sure if I want to start out with 5, or work my way up to them. I also don't know how well my computer would be able to handle 5 accounts. I'm sure it would be fine but I may have to add more RAM to get decent performance. I still have about 6 months before I can actually start so I have plenty of time to think it over.

I don't doubt every single heroic can be 3 boxed if you overgear it. The hardest one would probably be occulus because of the last boss. My guess on the easiest would be Utgarde Keep. Nothing in there is very anti-low dps. You can take your time and as long as you don't run out of mana you should be fine.

So you think all heroics are potentially 3 boxable? I had thought the same thing but because of my lack of experience I wasn't positive. Its nice to know that you think they are all potentially doable with only 3, even if it means you have to over gear them just to be able to do them.

I would definately use a shaman healer. I think your main problem will be maintaining mana to get through a whole boss fight. Using earth shield and riptide you will have alot of time in the 5 sec rule meaning you will regen your mana. Hots from a tree druid need to be kept rolling and with the different times they last you' be casting often to keep them up. Also you would be wasting the effectiveness of wild growth when you only have 3. Chain heal would be more efficient.

Ya the main problem would be the healers mana. Thinking about it, a shaman healer would make more sens. Its abilities would be better utilized and mana shield would allow for much better mana regen then a tree.

I would use a moonkin for the dps. Gives you an innervate and since you will only have 1 or 2 dps the eclipse procs would be easy to manage. With a sham+druid you can always switch the healing/dps/tank roles around and find out which you like better too. A hunter won't ever be able to switch to heals or tanking. Also a pally/sham/druid use 3 of the 4 armor classes so it will be easier and more fun to gear them.

I like the idea of using a moonkin as a dps instead. Like you said I could also switch them all around and see what I like best. I also like that they each use different kinds of gear so gearing them wouldn't be as much of a pain.

I played around with the 3 trial accounts a little more yesterday and think I may try and see what its like with 5 later today or tomorrow.

While I'm talking about 5 accounts I might as well ask if you guys think my system could handle them. Here are my computers specs:
Intel i7 920 cpu still clocked at 2.66ghz
Asus p6t motherboard
6gb of ram
2 x 500gb hard drives in Raid1
and a gtx 275 1792mb graphics card
I assume it could handle 5 but what would be the performance expected? Main would have all graphics set to high except shadows and slaves would be at minimal settings. From what I have gathered they would play fine, until I hit northrend. Then the performance might drop dramatically. Oh and if its any consolation the slaves would be split on a 26" monitor and the main would be separate on a 17".

The more I think about it the more I start to think I should just go with 5 right from the start, and avoid any hassle down the road. I would like to be completely independent of others, and with only 3 that might not be the case. Though I'm still not sure if I want to jump right in with 5. At least I have plenty of time to decide what I want to do. lol

Thanks in advance for all your help everybody! ^_^