Hi all, I'm pretty new to wow and have boxed several MMOs before. I'm looking to for advice before I get rolling.

I have a crew of RL friends playing and we'll likely do 5-man content together leveling and farming gear.

Other people have the following: priest, warlock, & maybe a dps druid. I shouldn't count on the druid but they may play sometime.

I'd like to be able to progress when they aren't online but also support filing a group when they are online.

Currently I have a Hunter around lv 17 so not super attached to him but he's been fun.

When they are on I'm thinking maybe doing: warrior, hunter, 0-1 mages to fill party.

When they aren't online I figured I should have either a priest or paladin to heal. Then likely extra mages I guess?

Alternatively I could forget about the Hunter and just do war + healer + mages then drop my healer & some mages when they are online.

Anyone have any better ideas or recommendations about what would be best?

Thanks!