Quote Originally Posted by Earshy View Post
That's awesome. Up until Classic launched, I was a professional AoE powerleveler in Everquest. I am not as familiar with the mechanics of WoW by a long shot, so I didn't even consider doing an AoE group. I'm impressed with what you're able to do. How's your XP / Hour if you're keeping track? If I keep my head down I can get 20k an hour.
One beauty of the 3mage or 2mage+warlock setups is that you can choose between single target focus fire DPS or AoEing.

When you are new to a dungeon and unfamiliar with the layout and mechanics & the mobs are closer to your level you can limit AoE to your Tank and focus DPS on single mobs while the Tank locks down aggro on that mob via Threat.

You can be much more aggressive when an instance is barely green (almost grey) to you and go pretty crazy with AoE.

While melee-cleave groups are getting a lot of focus right now it is hard to argue with the beauty & flexibility of a ranged group.