Suggestions on good classes for a group of 2Follow

You'll probably want either a healer and a killer, which makes that setup look fine.

Although, since theres a only a group of two, you may want two straight up killers, subbing maybe WHM or RDM on the other. I don't know, but ganging up on easy/decent challenges would probably be easier with two melees.

Taking ADV jobs into account i would def. recommend a PLD/WAR and BLM/WHM, both can heal and the BLM can do big damage while the PLD tanks.

That's a very compatable pairing, you have Extra HP for the warrior, And with your RDM you get some healing and some extra treasures as your theif. Stick with it for as long as you can!

As far as ADV jobs go.. I really really super mega ultra suggest a PLD/WAR and DRK/RDM pair. It kinda switches the roles as you'd be the DRK and focusingon more damage, while the PLD keeps the enemies attention. I play a DRK and it's very fun having a PLD partner to travel with.

to me, this looks like the best combo for duoing really.. WAR/MNK is a pretty versatile tank but you might wanna rethink MNK sub once you get higher (to opt for more "useful" abilities)

for 30+ WAR/THF and RDM/BLM could be viable (could use sneak attack after a nuke), but BLM/RDM may be even better, tho you'll be missing a lot of healing power..

pfft just both go bst/whm, then not only can you duo together easily, you can solo!! In your PT you can each pull and solo a mob lol.

But seriously, if you want a duo class now that will still be viable down the road, Pld/War is alright, as would be Nin/War. Depending on how high you intend to duo, Nin/War requires less healing (provided you have utsusemi and the cash to use frequently) and thus would be more easily supported by a single healer, such as a rdm/xxx. A nice complement to this would be a Blm/Whm (especially when whm sub hits 11 for cure2) which can heal and nuke, making up for the lack of melee dmg. I think Nin/War and Blm/Whm is about as well rounded as you could get in a 2 person party.

im surprized no one has mentioned pld and drk yet. i think pld and drk can easily be a good 2-man team. pld/war could hold the agro with healing, voking, and some slight dmg, while drks could debuff, and slice away. I am also aware that the pld's healing might be just enough to keep only himself alive, but thats wut drain is for. if necessary, the drk could aspir and drain to keep him alive. But in order for the black magic to be efficient, the drk might have to sub a rdm or blm, for the lack of int and mp due to being an elvaan.

for mages, i think a blm/rdm and a whm/blm could be good. u could bind and nuke away. if the mob gets unbind, most likely itll go after the blm first, so the rdm adds a lil more durability. while the blm nukes, the whm/blm can also add some light dmg, enough to hurt the mob, but not enough to gather more hate than the blm, which would be good since u'd only have to heal the blm. but since ur both elvaans, most likely ud have low mp and int, but ull be more durable.

im sure theres other duo teams out there, but those are only the good ones off the top of my head. sorry for long post, but i hope that helps

I am acctually suprised that this question hasn't come up more, to tell you the truth. Being able to play with Gamepads makes this game way easier to 2 box. For those that don't know 2-boxing is when 1 person controls 2 characters at the same time. as a Redmage, when I was near 20 I used to 2box my girlfriends almost 20 Blackmage with suprising success. The trick is macro's. I would main play the red and pull in the Peninsula near the Mhura zone. The black would sit and med while i went and pulled a dhamel, and as i came back into range i would hit 1 key that would make the blackmage stand, assist, and nuke the hell out of the dhamel, all the while I would tank and use cure2 as a Psudo-taunt. It's all about the hate managment. The AI reacts the same way every time and I could pretty much time it out to take Toughs and get 120-140exp apiece. while enthundered I was doing pretty good damage, but the Black was the killer. If the ***** hit the fan, I would hit the autofollow macro and zone into Mhura. In later levels my Red cannot do as much melee damage but with the right mob I am sure it would work, or I could switch to a palidin post 30. I considered, and still do, paying the extra buck to have my own character on her acct...lol In Everquest, I had 2 accts and 2boxed a Shaman, and a Necro with the necro's pet tanking. Wow what a combo... the necro is a nuker and the Shaman a buffer/healer. Makes me wonder if a Beastmaster and a Blk/Wht would be a great duo because the Bst can solo well into the later levels I am told and the Black/White has an amazing MP pool and cure 2 as well... Hmmmm ok all you beastmasters, team up with a Blk/Wht and tell us how the Duo is, ok?? and not just from a 2-boxers prospective...

I hate to be the one who actually knows what they're talking about and ruin this little utopia...

However, anything smaller than 6 people with a full time white-mage and red-mage will become absolutely futile over level 35.

You'll spend an hour or two finding 4 people to fill out your party, and even then you probably wont be able to.

I have a similar setup like this right now with 3 other friends and we can spend 2 hours or more setting up a party to go hunt with, and we're a sam/war, pld/war, drk/thf, whm/blm... we can't do anything without two people to round it out with dispel and magic bursts.

This game REALLY REALLY was not designed with soloers or even small groups in mind. The higher you get, the longer it takes for groups to form.

Sorry, it sucks but what can you do?

/invite

I'm lvl 40 now and...
umm..no, been in plenty of groups over 35 with no whm or no rdm and we did fine, Chained lizards and crawlers in nest, chained bats and bettles in the Citadel. hell i was in a group 2 days ago with me(tank), A DK, 3 blms, and a ranger. Some of the battles were close but we still all gained a lvl and a half and had a blast doing it.

Sure a full time whm is ideal, but it is not required and not always available. Sometimes you have to make do with what you have.