The Adventure Begins

[burningforce]

welcome to the forums

I noticed you do not have a healer, I thought healers were needed for instances?

you are not crazy, I am lvling my team without RAF or heirlooms hehe, takes awhile but i am still having fun

[Nighthawk38]

I will be using the druid as my healer until I get the team to Northrend. Everything I've read suggests a dedicated healer isn't necessary until you hit Heroics.

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I will be using the druid as my healer until I get the team to Northrend. Everything I've read suggests a dedicated healer isn't necessary until you hit Heroics.

With a paladin & 4x shaman, this is true. However, 5 different classes will gimp your dps efficiency a little and might be easier to run later non-heroic instances with a dedicated healer, mainly for reduced threat talents. You could make up for the efficiency hit with better gear.. it's up to you when to respec a healer. Don't do it until you feel you need to anyway. I didn't for the longest time, but it turned early runnings of level cap non-heroic instances from slow, careful, and deliberate into a cakewalk with earth shield, riptide, mana tide totem, lowered healing threat, and various healing talent buffs.