Hi board- I have 2 RL buds that I have been partying with, usually one good session/week (we are VERY part-time). 2 of us just transferred to Destro and Bish, the 3rd is a Human Wiz that doesn't want to go Warlock. With this small party, does he go Sorc or Necro? He doesn't care which- whatever best suits this party. Probably will be playing underground most of the time, pulling AOE. Please suggest. And please don't flame on whether we chose classes for a party poorly- there's no going back now, and it's not constructive. Thanks.
If you are going to stick with that party of 3 for most of your time, then I would suggest Necro because they can recover their mana much more effectively than a Sorc, who will likely be sitting out from time to time. However if you are doing aoe, a Sorc could be useful because they get 2 aoe skills and Blazing Skin (how effective the aoe skills are, I don't know... I just know they get them...)
Necro is usually the more popular class, anchor/silence is very useful and they can manage their own MP/HP fairly well, as well as having powerful summons.
i pick sorc. use blazing skin on your buddies and do aoe groups with your destroyer in a polearm and blazing circle by your sorc. eventually youll also get self recharge on your bishop, frenzy on your destroyer (and zealot), and Rain of Fire on your sorceror.
Not that hard to say, go for necro with no doubt, sorcerer is a dead class these days (i don't like to say it but it's the truth). But anyways neither of those will be really good to your party. Both are really good on solo or at max duo with a se.
Technically the bishop CAN recharge you due to B2M, and given that necros technically have the best AOE in the game if they can find a corpse (lets face it, necros make corpses quick)
Sorceror is a dead class... there is not one single thing the sorceror does better than the necro in the long run because the necro will have mana long after the sorceror is reduced to a weak melee.