Question.. I'm new to wow but not boxing ...

[Trushot]

4x shaman. Arguably the most information available, macros, and success stories. Plus keeping the group to 1 class removes all of the extra complexities of dealing with multipal rotations etc. They stack well.

that leaves cloth armor drops to waste .. i was hoping to get all three armor types covered while maintain as much simplicity as possible in order to use all three armor types ...

i assume while leveling from 1-85 there would be a ton of drops i would be wasting if i didnt have one of each armor type in my group ...

it worked well for me on other mmos ive played ... that way i dont feel like im wasting drops so much or trying to get 4 of same class geared up

would this work

1 prot pally
3 x shamans
and 1 of some cloth class ?

or would the extra cloth class not be worth the trouble

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Getting the rotations down for multiclass teams isn't as much of a bear as some people make it out to be. There are certain specs that rely far more heavily on proc-based abilities which makes them harder to work into a team -- we have covered those in other threads about cataclysm.

In WoW, you have 4 armor types: plate, chain, leather, cloth. I understand your rationale wanting to cover all the drops but there is another twist: for each armor type, there are at least two "stat groupings." Example: For plate, you have one that is caster-based (int/spi/stam/etc.), one that is tank-based (stam/dodge/parry/block/str) and one that is DPS-based (stam/str/hit/crit). This makes the odds of you getting the wrong spec about as likely as you getting the wrong type of armor. And once you get into the higher instances, you're going to gear up faster buying crafted/BoE gear and then Justice point gear than you will just through drops, IMO.

Short answer: play what sounds interesting, as the drops don't matter as much.

[TeamGrizzly]

You can auction stuff you do not need, or make one of your toons an enchanter and disenchant them.