Quote Originally Posted by Bevo View Post
Hey guys... back to EQ2 after like 4 years. I don't really know how good each Merc is and stuff like that.

So I will be using ISBoxer, 3 accounts. I am considering SK, Warlock and Necro that I will be controlling and then have a Warden, Templar and Troub as the Mercs.

Again, haven't played in years and I am sure I am not taking a lot of things into account to be able to be self sufficient and see as much content as possible.

Can anyone recommend a better setup?

Thanks in advance.
Hello Bevo,

I like you’re thinking on your Party Makeup.

My friend was going to go the same route but I convinced them to play all 6, it is after all free to play.

I run a full group, so I cannot communicate exactly if the mercs get some of the class specific nice abilities one expects.

SK is my favorite so you have my full support there!

Because you’ve been gone a while. You need to know the roll of Warlock has changed. Consider the rolls of Wizard and Warlock reversed. End Game Wizard is the AOE master, also reaches stacks faster and can parse pretty nicely.

Necro is really strong right now, very powerful, played right it’s one of the top parsing. Plus if you wipe the Necro can rez itself, then the rest of your group!

Mercs:

Warden solid choice

Templar – Reactive heals used to be good, this expansion not so much. Because a lot of your group is wearing epic toilet paper (cloth) for armor. I would recommend a Defiler. When the wards wear off and take damage the warden will fill them back up. Keeping the group very stable and on top of everything. Perfect healer combo for this group.

Troub: Pretty awesome to have. However you may need to switch this out for a sourcer merc once in a while for some fights as there are power drains.

Here is my 6 man group layout.

SK : Because it’s sexy
Necro: Top parsing machine, easy to play.
Defiler: Wards are nice. Easy to play
Wizard: AOE king at the moment
Troub: So many benefits
Illy : Time warp and power feed. Required end game for some fights.
I dinged 82 last night for the full group. Going pretty strong.

Note: I intend to take the Wizard out and replace it with a Warden on a lot of content (my GF plays the warden). Having two healers makes life easier, that’s for sure. Just trying to catch up to her in levels at this point shes a leveling machine.

Good luck! I'm having a blast. Came back and the PVP server is dead so playing PVE anything for the first time since, like 2004 lol.