that sounds fine, and is totally dependent on your play style and you... err... keyboard dexterity

as for losing your slave after combat, you get pretty use to hitting your /follow macro. jamba can also help by strobing /follow for you.

looting-wise, i normally just swap my main when the current gets full. with quest items, you can click the body, assist so all get the target, and then hit the 'interact w/ target' key (under wow/keybindings)

welcome to the addiction!,

Rob