Quote Originally Posted by methodical13 View Post
I'm currently trying out a bunch of group configs for instancing and finding myself getting frustrated with mages. I tried a reaver/pal/war, 2x cloro, mm/bard/ranger and sentinel group at 19-20 in IT and could not bring down the 3 kings (cleric) because of lack of dps and eventually lack of mana.

I then rollout my old 5x bard team at 17 and rampage through IT without any issues.

Am I doing something wrong or are mages and general gimped right now? Even questing I'm having issues with mana where there constantly running out and slowing me down.

I was thinking of dropping mages completely for now and go war, cleric, 3x bard for instancing.

Good idea or suck it up with the mages?
If your cleric is a healer, your rogs should be mostly MM with 8 in bard for cadence. If healing is not an issue then the MMs can do tons of dps. Also after mid 30s, I think Ranger specs offer a little more then MM. DPS is great, not as good as MM but the upgraded pets can be used for CC/OTing and you can still go 8 points in bard for cadence for when the extra healing is needed. Also Ranger AE is awesome, the best of the rog ranged speced, and there is a ton of AE needed in instances. ( MM fan of knives is easy and good, but less dps then rain of arrows from ranger )