A tale begins...one AOE mage and...?

[mjdoom]

We've been kicking around an idea for fun:  Make a party of all cloth wearers:

Mage
Mage
Warlock
Priest
Priest
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I've run with similar types of groups before and this can work quite well. The biggest issue you run into I think is those hard hitting bosses that you don't have a true tank for. Other than that the aoe power of two mages and a warlock can take out elite packs. Smart use of PW:S and healing will allow one priest to keep two mages and a 'lock alive long enough to take out most everything that doesn't hit particularly hard. Because only one squishy will have aggro at a time (most of the time) this is actually easier to do than you might think. Generally letting the mage open to grab initial aggro before the warlock opens (due to the fact that the warlock is taking damage just by aoeing) might be preferrable. Your aoeers will also probably want to load up on stamina to make it easier for them to live long enough for a second shield in the heat of battle. (int/stam for mages stam/stam/int for 'locks :))

Some places with hard hitting mobs, especially instance bosses and the like, will be extremely difficult if not impossible. Keeping a cloth wearer alive in those situations is hard and if you are nuking all out a VW is not going to be able to hold any aggro. In those cases you probably won't be able to take out the mob before it takes you out.

Just my 2 cents.

- mjdoom

Edit: Added stamina comment.