My first instance with my team was Deadmine. And I wiped, wiped and wiped again.

Especially that irritating patrole with two mobs that comes from behind. They always timed it so I was drinking and flattened my group :P

I actually never finished the instance, but reached the final boss and wiped.

Later on I have been in a few instances like SM, Zul Farrack and so on once in a while and I usually wipe a few times, mostly because I don't have alot of expirence with the instance.

You get really good at playing your group when you instance, becasue its much harder than doing quest.

Im doinig quest for gaining levels, as I enjoy this aswell and you feel so overpowered doing the normal quest with a group of 5 toons Also, I feel the time spend on wiping, tweaking my macros etc. to be able to do instances, is a waste of time for me as I don't had RAF from 0-60. But in the end I think its your personal preference which determines the way you want to level.

I also diden't focus on gear at all during my 0-60 - as doing quests dosen't require as good gear as if you do instances. Got the quest gear and the odd random drop of gear from mobs, but other than that I just keept doing quest to gain xp.

Once you hit outland all pre outland gear is totally nerfed.