Me and two friends will start playing L2. The three of us will always play together in a party.

My question is what is the best class setup for the three of us for both PvP and PVE?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

hm....maybe....WC,AW and Destro

1st of all, what class are ur 2 friends?

I would say a BD or SE, they're the best in any kind of parties, and in plus, ur party will grow . But it depends, if one of ur friend is BD or SE u can go for a nuker or archer. Like i said, tell us what classes are ur 2 friend and u'll get specific info on what class is indicated or best suited.

@Ravenheart: thanks for the input. I'm sorry if I raise stupid question, so Destro will be the tanker and WC will be the buffer+healer?

@redpill: we are starting from beginning, so none of us have chosen a class.

BD/SE/PR, is a very roxxative party for leveling (on hp*2 or *3 mobs)

oh, there are so many posibilities!!!

Usually go for 2 DD and an assisstant/buffer/healer. This is the most efficient way to party.

here are some good combinations of 3 person parties:

2 nukers(sph/necro + sorc/sps) + Se/Bd
2 archers + bd/se/pp/Wc
gladi + destro/bd(bd is good for dormg dealing, dances, hex and power break) +se/pp/wc/ol
WL + destro/dwarf with pole + se/Wc ( this combo is very good in catas or in places with mobs in groups)

@yasaera and redpill : wow thanks, there's so many combination I don't know where to start.

Ok now lets say in this party of 3 one person wanted to play tanker (PA/DA/?) and one person wanted to play healer (Bishop/Prophet). What class combination would be best?

Fighter or mage party... this is my 1st question.

In my opinion the best pve party with 3 ppl would be BD+SWS+PP/WC...dont know what to say about pvp but I've tested this kind of pve party at 4x mobs and all went super nice.

@ TEUDON: That's an interesting idea , 2 assisstants and a buffer .

Hm, for tanker go for a SK, very nice offencive skills, and for a buffer/healer go for a PP, or even an SE, coz ur SK with vampiric cubic and Vampire Rage will do very nice, plus empower is a very nice skill for SK to, coz of hex, leach.

Paladin + bishop is a RB combo mostly, but it's harder to lvl, it's nice, but for pve even a PP can heal pretty good. Paladin is a very nice class to play, but u need good experince with him, plus lvling one is a bit of a pain. I dont like DA that mutch, and the elven tanker, well, he's not that popular . SK is a very good coz he's a nice debuffer, with hex, p break, phantom (poltergist) cubic (with decrease enemy stats even more). As a party healer i would pick a SE, PP can do good to, and if u got the right set of balls, even WC can be a healer with his pasiv skill, that chant of life.

For the 3rd person in party pick a Dmg dealer with great output: archer, nuker, necro, gladi, destro or a bd, so u can boost ur tank's fighting skills even more. if u pick a SE for a healer u can get the 3rd person to be a nuker.

or, as a fact, go for pala + bish + bd/nuker so u'll have the basic for a good RB party

i wouldnt pick wc for a three man party. first of all his buffs seem weaker then others and secondly he has low healing power ... i would go for PP or SE although it depends on the party because wc can also fight i love orcs

I would choose: ANY summoner (eg: phantom summoner - imo best for pve) + BD and SE
in this formation u will own every cata/necro from the start to the end
Great XP/loads of ancient adena

yeah, or even go for summoner + bd+ wc so the summon (main dmg dealer) gets dances and chants, even more power.

SK,HE(or AW/TH),Necro and a BD is just fine for everything.