Figured I would post my experience in the event it helps someone else make a decision. I’ve gotten so many amazing tips from this community and it’s all a result from players’ willingness to share their knowledge. I don’t know where I would be without watching videos and reading guides on this website.

With that said, I thought of potentially boxing shortly before Classic released. I had a few friends that i was lined up to play with so ultimately I just ended up leveling my priest (main char) to 60. The plan was to do some farming and then make an alt army. After much consideration I ended up with a priest/warrior/mage/mage/lock team. I was tempted to go with all casters but I was worried about the ability to dungeon farm so threw a warrior in the mix. Went with one warlock for the summon ability, which is awesome and well worth it imo.

I made the four Alts and leveled them up to 10 quite quickly in the undead starting zone. At that point I figured I could farm instances and just AE everything down with my priest using holy nova. My plan was basically to AE from 10-43 going from RFC — WC — SFK — RFK — SM.

I must say that it has been a lot slower going than I anticipated (and that I remembered when doing something similar many many years ago). I’m lvl 29 on the alts and I have tried doing some of the questing areas such as Tarren Mill to get 30. 30 is big since I get hellfire on the warlock and SS on the warrior, so I’m thinking that will allow me to do well in SM.

In hindsight, and for those of you in a similar boat, it seems that starting five alts and leveling them together is far superior to what I’ve tried. At this point I’m kind of pot committed, but wanted to share my views in the event someone else is faced with the same decision. I can do some testing and provide exp numbers if anyone is interested in the data when I get home tonight.