Mayong duo

[willain]

I'm thinking of boxing a pair on the new 51/50 server... mainly as a lazy man's way to see Vox & Naggy (though I imagine they'll be camped for a while...), and generally to try out a new duo without the hassle of gearing and powerleveling. I'm pretty sure one will be a mage - seems like they'll shine at this point, and won't really require any effort to find additional gear.

For the 2nd, though, I figure another DPS would make the most sense. I've generally found that for low-AA and poorly geared characters, casters hold up better than melee. Is 50 AA and full defiant enough to balance this out? In other words, how might you rank the classes in DPS, at the starting conditions of lvl 51 and 50 AA?

Lastly, if I'm mostly cruising through obsolete content with a couple 51s (+mercs), what do folks think about the need for utility in a group? Will modern gear + 50 AAs be enough to overpower mobs, so that lack of snare, CC, or ports might be key? (I suppose if there isn't a character limit, I can just add a druid or wizard to each account, and alternately logon to TL/SOE my primary duo). A bard would cover a lot of bases, but be pretty weak DPS.

[Ughbash]

I would consider a Beastlord/Mage or a Mage/Wizard either way I would consider a Mage for your tank. Wizard gives yoru more dps, Beastlord gives you slow.

[Huurgh]

The problem is, at lvl 51 you can buy 2 usefull AA in my eyes. RS 3 and Metabolism 3, all the rest is 55+. Fortunatly you can atleast camp with 30+ AA without loosing them.