Personally, I've given up on the SRO group play. Unless I'm with RL friends, I cannot trust people in game to DO THEIR JOB.
For me, I usually try to pick the most important jobs to ensure they are done correctly. In FFXI, I played as the tank (warrior and paladin). In SRO, I picked cleric/bard...
I've still got that character, but I've also developed a rogue for solo play.
Our 4 man party (war, wiz, cleric, bard) does pretty well, although I'm anticipating things will be much better when the cleric picks up a few warlock skills.
