REPORT! ( hows your specs working out? )

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I also run a mixed group.

1 Tank
1 healer
3 Ranged DPS (2 Mage, 1 Bard/Marks/Rng)

Im having issues with DPS time in Rifts on my mages and bard so i have to come up with a new way to set them up with instant casts. I use 3 instant casts on my Healer, and shes usually the top of the chart in the contribution points with my warrior, while the other 3 are a bit lower. I've been able to get several epic shards on my tank and healer, but not my DPS toons, which tells me my DPS toons are spec'd wrong for rifting for sure.

What specs are everyone using for mages and rogues?

Mages are largely underpowered, with a couple of exceptions.


Pyromancer can do significant DPS. Chloromancer is strongest contender for a box setup :



1. They heal the whole party by DPS'ing (similar to Bard, except Chloro is doing double the DPS) this is 80% of any life damage, not just a single spell.

1a. They can apply a buff to one target that multiplies by four the amount that one toon gets of the 'healing dps' (Synthesis).


2. They apply a debuff that makes all players dmg have a 30% chance to heal the player for the same amount.

3. They have rez (in combat and out of combat).

4. They have a number of single target and group heals to help with burst damage (including a 100% heal on 2 min cool down).


Throw in 21 points to necro and the Choromancer also gets feign death ( feign death and rez = instant wipe recovery) and a lvl 50 Rogue pet.


I'd suggest the strongest box group will be :


1. One Warrior - specced Riftblade for trash, Reaver/Paladin/Warlord for multiple target tanking and Paladin/Warlord/Void Knight for single target tanking. I suspect this will be needed for hard dungeons.

2. One Mage (Chloro) for tank healing buff and FD/Rez or alternate DPS build.

3. Three Bards.

(Arguably swap out one Bard for the Chloro).



Might even need to find space for a Cleric (Sentinel prolly) for burst healing in hards.