New Instance Team how well would this work?

[Meathead]

Hello I have a fair few 80's now I have just come back to playing WoW yet again my first instance team is 4 shamans and a Pally.. I would like to know how would my 2nd team go I am thinking of 1 Shaman 1 Pally 1 Warlock 1 Priest 1 Druid heavy spell casters again but only 1 healer how well does this work? and would it be better to have my priest healing or my druid?

Thanks!

[Owltoid]

My cataclysm team will be druid + 4 priests, which isn't great synergy and worse CC.

With that said, I think you may want to look at adding a mage. Supposedly Cataclysm is going to utilize CC again (finally) and we all know how wonderful sheeps are.

[DrunkMurray]

I'm having good success with a Paladin, Warlock, Shaman, Mage, Priest team right now. I can't imagine dropping anyone at this point except *maybe* the Warlock - Shaman totems and backup heals pretty essential, and the mage puts out a crazy amount of DPS (and is simple to macro). Disc priest is enough to keep my group up with the shaman occasionally backup healing.

A lot of folks have success and love slaving Druids, but they strike me as more of a driving/active character given how versatile they are.

[Meathead]

I was thinking druid because of how fast they can dps also and I like mark of the wild buff how geared is your priest also?

[DrunkMurray]

I was thinking druid because of how fast they can dps also and I like mark of the wild buff how geared is your priest also?

I can't speak to Boomkin DPS mechanics/macros so someone with more experience will have to help out there, but I believe the group damage boosts from druid can be duplicated with the Warlock - so you may only only need one of the two if you were to use them both in purely DPS roles.

As far as my priest gear you can take a look if you like: Tabinotochu

[Kalros]

Supposedly Cataclysm is going to utilize CC again (finally)

Ok, am I the only one who hates Crowd Control? I hated it as a single-boxer and glad I didnt have to utilize it once I started multiboxing.

To answer the original question, I'd say swap the Warlock for a Mage and make the Priest your healer.

[DrunkMurray]

Ok, am I the only one who hates Crowd Control? I hated it as a single-boxer and glad I didnt have to utilize it once I started multiboxing.

To answer the original question, I'd say swap the Warlock for a Mage and make the Priest your healer.

I looooove crowd control, but then again I grew up with EQ1 where CC was essential.

Nothing makes me smile more than a well controlled pull, back in the early days of WoW my friends and I would discuss and plan each new pull, whether it was trash or a boss fight. Sheep to start, tank picks up the rest while the hunter peels his designated target off and pulls it to the side to trap, well out of range of the fight to avoid accidental breaks. Focus fire MA, slow and methodical but under control. Now it's all a massive DPS spamfest. Sure it may be faster than the old days, but there's no discipline!

/uphill both ways in the snow
//get off my lawn

[Owltoid]

Ok, am I the only one who hates Crowd Control? I hated it as a single-boxer and glad I didnt have to utilize it once I started multiboxing.

To answer the original question, I'd say swap the Warlock for a Mage and make the Priest your healer.

I looooove crowd control, but then again I grew up with EQ1 where CC was essential.

Nothing makes me smile more than a well controlled pull, back in the early days of WoW my friends and I would discuss and plan each new pull, whether it was trash or a boss fight. Sheep to start, tank picks up the rest while the hunter peels his designated target off and pulls it to the side to trap, well out of range of the fight to avoid accidental breaks. Focus fire MA, slow and methodical but under control. Now it's all a massive DPS spamfest. Sure it may be faster than the old days, but there's no discipline!

/uphill both ways in the snow
//get off my lawn

+1

I started multiboxing in WotLK because it was too boring to just AoE everything... absolutely no challenge at all. A well executed CC fight is fun and, IMO, required to make every class feel like their class.

[Khatovar]

I watch out for all the buffs and so on..This is my Setup, which i want to start now

pala Tank,Dps: Mage,Warlock,Druid,Heal:Shaman

I like very much the 5% Spell Crit Bonus from the Druid.

I was thinking druid because of how fast they can dps also and I like mark of the wild buff how geared is your priest also?

If you're building a team with the intent of Cata, I'd suggest checking the Cata De/buff thread. Mark of the Wild is going to be exactly the same as Blessing of Kings {both will be +5% stats, + resist}. Boomkin is losing +5% crit, it is becoming 5% Haste. Some of it's subject to change, of course, it's always good to know the direction things are heading.

[ghonosyph]

If I were to mixd team I would go pally druid shaman mage priest, due to the way the new instances are with cc and the buff synergy.