Here is my 8 man build, I want some ideas from you seasoned players. My guild leader isn't that good at orgainizing things, but he does have charisma coming out his ears. So I leave it up to myself to help out.
Here is the party so far
Ele/Mez
W/Mo
W/Ne
N/Wr
Ele/Mo
Mo/Wr
Okay, as you can tell, that's two people short of an 8-man. If you weren't able to tell, I just saved you some counting time
Myself and one other person are curious about what we should play. Our party seems to lack on a LOT because of the HUGE concentration on melee. I don't know if I should focus on that and try to make that advantage huge (sort of like hoping my hammer is big enough to crush everyone's wall) or aid it. Or maybe come up with some ideas to cover weaknesses.
Here are some ideas I had
We spam Order of the Vampire and I roll up a monk. With Two monks and the relience on melee weapons, everyone should stay well healed. The damage won't be half bad either, especially since all the warriors but ONE is using a sword, which are quite fast (OotV spams a lot).
Me and the other guy roll up Mezmers. Our job is enemy caster shut down. I don't know if rangers would be better for this, but I believe my mezmer idea is sound. With Two mezmers using backfire, chaos storm, energy burst, energy tap, power leak, we should be able to make most casters stay quiet until the warriors get into touch range. Once that happens we spam empathy and break the other enchantments we had along with keeping the casters quiet.
Me and the other guy roll up elementists. With 4 ele's and 4 warriors, we just try to blast the enemy apart as quickly as possible. I hate this tactic, because it seems so very simple minded. I am not the Goblin Army, I am the Wood elves! (Sorry, I like Warhammer!)
Me and the Other guy rolls up War/Mo. With their pretty good melee weapon dmg and the healing abilities (at least Rez abilities), we should be able to outlast the initial burst of firepower and then keep on truckin, so to speak. I feel like a dwarven army, but they do work.
Any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions? If you have any questions, please ask as I will give or find any information you require.
I thank all of you who respond for your aid. It means a lot to me, because in all honesty I'm two seconds away from driving to the guildmasters and beating him for being so lax.