Quote Originally Posted by 'Momo',index.php?page=Thread&postID=213426#post213 426
In my honest opinion.

Questing wins.

For two reasons.

Reason one is that you can get kick arse xp if you hit it hard over a few sessions. look up your quests on say wowhead, or use addons such as questhelper so you dont waste time. Big chains are big...and juicy xp runs that are usually easy as all hell.

Reason two is that you will make an absolute crapload of cash without even trying. It adds up crazy fast. If you are dirt poor and need to gear your crew in crafted items as soon as you hit 80 then this is the way.

Of course, @ 80 you can run through the same zones if you dont clear them. And make a crazy amount. If questing is your thing.

I found instancing somewhat slower, and became very repetitive quite quickly.

I quested my shaman from 72-80 without touching an instance. Very, very quickly.
My lock crew are almost at 80 and ran from 75-78 in about two evenings of effort. Plus each made 1k gold in that time just off quest rewards. And that was just doing the 100 or so quests in Dragonblight.
I agree. Also, you get more reputations, advance the areas (phasing), get a better feel for the world, and earn more gold and items. You definitely get richer from doing quests, even as a boxer. In an instance you need 5 drops to equal one quest reward, and you split the gold. Quests can give 50G-150G per turn in when you add it up times five. Just avoid some of the collection quests, or check the followups online to see if it's worth it. Even if you do a collection, though, you still get 5x the reward from it. Do instances to break up the monotony of quests, and quests to break up the monotony of instances.