Quote Originally Posted by 'Stealthy',index.php?page=Thread&postID=203627#pos t203627
Bottom line - without rested exp, you need to burn through mobs very quickly to make grinding a better option than questing.
This has been my experience.

Put a different way, let me just say this about collection quests versus grinding in terms of monotony: you're grinding either way. Both are toward a specific goal but one will get you bonus loot and XP at the end. Certain grinds are occasionally worth it (like grinding materials for a crafting profession) but for leveling, I've tried both and aside from having a 70/80 AOE the crap out of TONS of mobs in seconds, grinding just isn't worth the pain or money loss, IMO.

[edit] To give you a frame of reference, my druids were at 60 after RAF leveling with 2.6 days /played. When they hit 80 last week, I was a bit over 9 days played, including me screwing around going AFK in Dalaran while helping my mother get started multiboxing her two hunters, and helping two friends in my guild do elite quests and instance runs. I think, for a fairly casual player, that's a respectable time to 80. I also had 5x epic flight form about 1/3 of the way through the Icecrown quests. Questing adds up faster than you think.