Interesting topic, I can understand your pain. I love to play my Necro but I tend to use my warrior or guardian for dungeons/fractals. This since I have the feeling that I add more to the group when doing so. Not that I do not properly perform on my Necro but by warrior has banners/might stacking and my guardian has some nice utilities as well. This is something which I miss on my Necro. The new changes are positive, but for my feeling the Necro still lacks a bit. When joining groups I don’t really mind which classes other people are playing. This game is all about having fun so you should be free to use the class which you enjoy most. I am fine with this as long as they know their class and the mechanics of the dungeon/fractal. Doing so usually ends up in a smooth run. Sometimes you do have people who don’t know their class so well, or are new to the dungeon/fractal. This is all fine by me, as long as they are willing to listen to advice and don’t make the same mistake over and over again.
I haven’t spent a lot of time on fractals in the past and am currently working up the levels, I’m at 34 this moment (mostly pug’s). I know the mechanics but have no experience with lvl 40+. So far I had a lot of fun and received my first ascended armor chest and fractal weapon skin this weekend. Wohoo! It is fun to see how easy a lvl 20 run feels once you did a couple of lvl 30+ runs. I am looking forward to lvl 40+. But to get back on the subject I however did notice that it sometimes is very nice to have a specific group setup. This can make the run much easier. A small example, one run we had a lot of difficulties with the Grawl Shaman. We kept getting wiped when the grubs spawned and really could use a Guardian. After a couple of wipes I decided to switch from my Warrior to my Guardian. With wall of reflection and Shield of the Avenger up we managed to down the boss the first try. I don’t say that we couldn’t have do this without a Guardian, but in some cases it can make the difference. I therefor can understand why people prefer to have a specific group setup. Personally I don’t really feel comfortable when you join a group en the first thing you see in chat is, ping you gear. This kind of breaks the mood.
