Priest Boosting?

[Holmeser]

So i've just started my new RAF and because of the circumstances the only toons i can boost with are :
66 priest
61 pala
75 rogue
60 shammy
60 prot war
60 mage

My question is which shall i use? atm i'm using my priest but im finding even RFC a challenge (with BIG pulls), any help please ?
thanks
-H

[Ualaa]

Personally for lower level stuff I'd go with the Paladin or Mage.

The mage has much better AoE then the priest. You can spec into frost for increased snare time, a chance to freeze each target and add a snare component to Blizzard.

The paladin has plate armor and aside from the rogue probably the most health of your toons. If you spec Protection, retribution aura, consecrate, holy shield and divine plea (plus the talent which refreshes it on your melee hit) and you're set for quite a while. Bringing an extra shield or two is not a bad idea. With Blessing of Sanctuary up (and Divine Plea), mana won't be an issue. I'd use the seal which has a chance to heal you and use Judgement of Light as your primary judgement.

As you approach the higher instances, the rogue might be a better choice for boosting. Switch over to quests instead of instances. Searing Gorge, Un'goro Crater, Western Plaguelands, Eastern Plaguelands, Sithilus etc are all great zones to quest in the 50's. With RAF, you'd likely go 50 to 60 with quests to spare. You could easily move them to Outland at 58th.

[Mooni]

Yeah with a priest you're not gonna be able to pull off significant "AoE boosting". Sure there's always shadowform+Holy Fire, Shadow Word: Pain everything, then butting out for Holy Nova, but it's not the same. It's gonna hurrrrrt.

I've done it with a Shaman, in the old days, but the problem is if you're using Fire Nova totem and Magma totem for AoE
damage you have to make sure to damage each one yourself. Otherwise it's just a pet-kill and no one gets XP or loot. Also since they changed Stoneskin it wouldn't be as useful (it used to make it so scrubs only hit you for 1 damage at a time)

Mage could work - there's thousands of videos out there on it. Fire or frost, either way; fire has that thing that gives you fast feet when you're hit, and frost is of course AoE madness.

And unless your 75 Rogue has Fan of Knives (I forget when that kicks in) I wouldn't bother; it'll take too long and your cool cooldowns won't be good enough to make the time worth it.

So I'm afraid you're stuck with the paladin, friend! But it better be prot spec, so you can make use of your Blessing of Sanctuary. That is your best option.

[heyaz]

Using a 70 priest a long time ago, I think the best I could pull was SM armory and I had to split it into 3 pulls.

[Ualaa]

Fan of Knives is 80.

I helped my roommate boost some toons.
Tried 50-55 via quests, combat rogue at 80th with mostly iLV226 gear could one shot pretty much anything.
The only mob which took longer was the 61 elite dinosaur in Un'goro; the 60 elite guys were a couple hits.

But 55-60 in Ramparts with a pally in iLV200 to iLV226 (Ulduar/Naxx BoE's) no Conquest badge gear yet, leveled them a lot faster.