Interesting. I'd originally planned on taking 5x Shaman to 30 because of level disparity with the various totem quests. You think that it would still be faster to go with 1xP 4xS, keeping in mind that the pally has to do extra work to keep up? (Gifting the extra levels prior to 30 is no bueno, since I'll need those levels to grant from 30-60).

Edit: Hahah nevermind, I see the error of my ways. Of course it'd be faster for the Pally to make up a level or two between 1 and 30 than it would be to go from 1 to 30, even with RAF-ing. Sorry about the confusion