B - always mentor down

Why?
- dirge will be greatly OP for the low level stuff - i.e., will have level 73 spells plus a good handful of AAs which are not available at lower levels
- dirge level 73 AC and weapons (even the cr@p) will be fable-like vs low level items
- dirge can do all the quests / disco / names you missed out on the first run through
- you really only want to do the same quest a bare minimum of times - by this I mean, if you choose plan A, you'd do all of kunark quest series with the dirge, then have to go back and PL the healer, then redo all the kunark quest series for the healer - yet, by going B, you could at least try and avoid a stack of kunark quest duplication and do them both at the same time

All this combines into meaning that the PL'd char will fly through the levels whilst at the same time the dirge will keep slowly creeping towards your goal of 80 - which may mean you get 2 x level 80s faster than going the plan A route

Another point - IMHO, I find it very hard to go back and PL a char once I have a shiney new level 80 (i.e., spend time looking for class fables and upgrades, shards, etc) - therefore, I try and delay the final ding and put the effort into mentoring the noobies - it is worth it in the long run

I have to ask though...dirge + temp or inq? /oh, the pain...dabs at his tears with his mouse tail

Do a google on flames re the dirge...maybe other healers (!!!!!DEFILER [wards + dps] or FURY [HoT + dps]!!!!!) may be better suited - but as always, do your own research and pick what you want to play and have the most fun with

Good luck Kebab