07-12-2005, 03:56 PM
I've got a couple of pairs of characters that my girlfriend and I are working on, currently. It's fun to try and figure out ahead of time a good pairing. Generally, we've been shooting for classes that supplement each other well and don't prevent the use of class abilities. Also, we've been trying to make sure that we have a combo that works well for setting up 5-man groups for instances, hence we've been trying to have either a tank or healer (or both) in each pairing.
Here are the groups that we chose and why we picked them:
1. Rogue + Druid
With this combo, we figured that we'd have the great offense of the Rogue and the good defense of a Druid. In addition, both of these classes can stealth (once the Druid gets cat-form) so that we could sneak around together. Finally, the Druid can play main tank or healer in instances and so that should make it pretty easy to find other classes for instances.
The down side of this pair is that they both wear leather. However, this isn't THAT big of a deal since Rogues and Druids tend to wear slightly different types of gear (so we planned on giving the offensive stuff to the Rogue and the healer stuff to the Druid).
So far, this pair has been somewhat fun to play. We're only level 18, so far, so we haven't got cat-form just yet. At times I (playing the Druid) feel pretty bored since my girlfriend's Rogue can dish out more than twice as much damage as I can. I hope it will get better as we progress (GG & Treesh would know how that goes)
2. Priest + Mage
This group was dreamt up to provide countless hours of AoE fun. With a Priest for shielding and a Mage for Blizzard/Flamestrike/Arcane Explosion, we can run up and destroy groups that would be either impossible or very difficult for a Mage to AoE alone. In addition, we plan on having the Priest go shadow so that she'll be able to assume shadowform, eventually, to put her burst damage up on par with that of the Mage while still having shielding available for AoE occasions. Finally, this group has two very important parts of a good instance group (healer and AoE'er/crowd controler) so all we'd have to do is add a tank to the mix and we'd be gold.
Again, the drawback of this pair is that they're both cloth wearers. In addition, there isn't any real separation between most Priest gear and Mage gear so gear acquisition is a bit harder (since we'll need to find twice as much good cloth stuff to fill out the two of them). This drawback is kind of a pain, but since I've got a high level Tailor (Silverflail) with lots of money to burn, I figure I can fill in the gaps with tailored gear.
Thus far, this group has been just about the most fun duo I've seen in WoW. We're only level 19 so we haven't yet obtained Improved Arcane Explosion, Blizzard, or Improved Power Word: Shield. Once we hit level 24 (and have gotten all of those), then I expect that we will be nearly unstoppable for AoE'ing large groups. However, even now we have a lot of fun AoE'ing groups of 5 or more mobs at a time. The battles are always very chaotic and fun for both of us. :) This duo gets a very big thumbs up from me!
Here are the groups that we chose and why we picked them:
1. Rogue + Druid
With this combo, we figured that we'd have the great offense of the Rogue and the good defense of a Druid. In addition, both of these classes can stealth (once the Druid gets cat-form) so that we could sneak around together. Finally, the Druid can play main tank or healer in instances and so that should make it pretty easy to find other classes for instances.
The down side of this pair is that they both wear leather. However, this isn't THAT big of a deal since Rogues and Druids tend to wear slightly different types of gear (so we planned on giving the offensive stuff to the Rogue and the healer stuff to the Druid).
So far, this pair has been somewhat fun to play. We're only level 18, so far, so we haven't got cat-form just yet. At times I (playing the Druid) feel pretty bored since my girlfriend's Rogue can dish out more than twice as much damage as I can. I hope it will get better as we progress (GG & Treesh would know how that goes)
2. Priest + Mage
This group was dreamt up to provide countless hours of AoE fun. With a Priest for shielding and a Mage for Blizzard/Flamestrike/Arcane Explosion, we can run up and destroy groups that would be either impossible or very difficult for a Mage to AoE alone. In addition, we plan on having the Priest go shadow so that she'll be able to assume shadowform, eventually, to put her burst damage up on par with that of the Mage while still having shielding available for AoE occasions. Finally, this group has two very important parts of a good instance group (healer and AoE'er/crowd controler) so all we'd have to do is add a tank to the mix and we'd be gold.
Again, the drawback of this pair is that they're both cloth wearers. In addition, there isn't any real separation between most Priest gear and Mage gear so gear acquisition is a bit harder (since we'll need to find twice as much good cloth stuff to fill out the two of them). This drawback is kind of a pain, but since I've got a high level Tailor (Silverflail) with lots of money to burn, I figure I can fill in the gaps with tailored gear.
Thus far, this group has been just about the most fun duo I've seen in WoW. We're only level 19 so we haven't yet obtained Improved Arcane Explosion, Blizzard, or Improved Power Word: Shield. Once we hit level 24 (and have gotten all of those), then I expect that we will be nearly unstoppable for AoE'ing large groups. However, even now we have a lot of fun AoE'ing groups of 5 or more mobs at a time. The battles are always very chaotic and fun for both of us. :) This duo gets a very big thumbs up from me!
-TheDragoon