Best "turn on auto attack and leave" DPS class?Follow

I have access to four accounts. Most of my playing lately has been in this four character group.

I can control two of the chacters (warroir and cleric) with decent efficieny. The third is currently a necro where I hit one key and it sends in the pet and casts one spell. Currently, my last character is a warrior.

So I turn on auto attack with the second warrior and use the first to position the mob so the second can hit it. Obviously, I am losing DPS in this situation.

Which class would you recommend and why?

Yeah. Wizard would probably work fine. And you can use him to port your group around when needed as well...

You're going to have the same positioning issues with any melee class, so that's always going to be a pain, and you will lose dps because of it. Of course, a wizard is not a "click once and forget" style of dps either. However, all you really need to do is periodically hit your macro to /assist and nuke, so it's probably a bit easier to manage then constantly trying to position the mob so your melee dps can hit it.

What you choose will be up to what you personally find easier to manage.

If you're going for a box'd DPS guy that you don't have to do much with and are willing to work him up, then a Ranger.

Get the archery AA's and then it's just a matter of put him in the corner. Pull, hit auto and you're done with still nice damage.

Casters / pet classes, all that, you'll have to continually be casting spells. Yes, this can all be hot key'd, but the ranger is just 1 button push and you're done. Unless if you get bored and want to cast a smaller spell.

Just a question, why not get a group and play the way the game was intended?

I don't remember reading in the manual or the EULA that you had to play in a group.

A Magician. Make a Magician. I duoed a Monk and Shaman for a few years and wanted the same thing. A sit there and do nothing DPS class. Even if you don't cast a nuke or rain spell or two, the pet alone does incredible DPS. Once you hit lv 61 and 67 Air pets. The Magician pet is better than many real players. Oh and I have not spent a copper on some that over priced Focus Effect 5 stuff. Mage can summon it all. Mage can also summon Levitate, Enduring Breath, 100% weight reduction bags, etc.

Edited, Thu Jul 14 23:49:38 2005 by Reyla

I would suggest a shaman or enchanter with the information you have given. Both have slows which will reduce the damge you take. Shammies can dot the mob like necro. Chanter can tash and nuke the mob and provide crown control.

I would lean more towards the shammy as his buffs will increase the warriors dps.

From the way you box it does not sound like the CC that the chanter would bring to the group would be of much use. You will be able to set the shammy up much like the necro to cast slow and send pet in and set up hot keys for casting a dot once in a while.

I 3 box once in a while and find it very easy to box with one melee a healer and a caster. Multiple melee's are more work to keep them in position while keeping the main tank alive I have done this but it is work.

My boxing combo is a Beastlord, Cleric and Enchanter.

I would suggest 4 boxing your warrior cleric necro and shammy/chanter. 3 of them would be just one keystroke away to heal or cast.

For what you are doing you would want a BL or Shaman 1 hotkey will send in a Pet to assist and slow the mob if cast is successful.
With any pet class you have the DPS of the pet and are able to get 2 or 3 spells off with a hotkey macro.

/pause 5,/assist Warrior
/pause 20,/pet attack
/pause 100,/cast Slow
/pause 150,/cast whatever
/sit


Edited, Mon Jul 18 14:24:00 2005 by Krackum

I second the ranger choice. Push Autofire and sit back. Requires less key attention than any other DPS class I can think of.

I havn't played a Ranger so I am guessing here. Higher level Rangers can do some great DPS with a bow an arrow on Autofire. I would say yes the Ranger could outdamage a Mage pet, If it was just the pet, but when you throw in the Mages damage sheild much superior over an equal leveled ranger, 1 or 2 spells the mage can cast the mage and pet will out dps the Ranger. Also one other bennifit of pets when a pet is tanking a Cleric can chain heal without drawing agro as long as he only heals the pet. I have chain healed pets in zones where I have faction and the mobs don't give me a second look and walk away after a wipe.

Edited, Tue Jul 19 17:22:18 2005 by Krackum

I haven't played a ranger, nor a mage, but I do have a hard time believing a Mage pet will out DPS a ranger.

If the Mage would be actually played by someone instead of being botted, well yeah, he could give the ranger a run for his money.

While this might be true to ranger melee combat, mages will always out-DPS a ranger using archery until the ranger gets EQ/AM3, and most likely an elemental bow. I played a ranger into the mid 50's, but even with double shot (at 51 I think), rangers are still a melee class until 59.