Man you aren't kidding about how borked this setup is without a paladin's aoe threat lol.

Spent the evening getting absolutely destroyed in Strat by the big undead packs with druid tank. BUT! It definitely served as sort of a "proof-of-concept" in that it is quite manageable albeit a little more demanding than the old ways. Adding a pally with strong aoe threat looks as if it could be eminently doable.

As for the MML vs LLM question, your post and my ingame experience has shown me that, while 8 seconds seems like an eternity to mouseover/cast on 3/4 other windows, it's really not--especially when you're trying to gather aggro on 8 mobs with a druid. I definitely now see the ease of use in an MLL or even LLL group. A 15 second hellfire channel leaves a lot of time for other actions. So much so that I'm now strongly considering PaLLLS. Especially early on I as I'm learning the dungeons, I think the extra 3 VW taunts will really make life easy. Having never done the heroics (or even the normals) in TBC, I've never had to kite, but a 10m hellfire (x2-3) and a 10m earthbind (45 sec!!!) seems like it will allow me ample time to use the pally tank to keep everyone safe. After I get my bearings, maybe sub in a mage at some point. If, however, I start to feel comfortable running this setup before TBC opens, I would definitely take your advice of PaLLMS.

That's not even mentioning the wipe prevention of 2-3x Soulstones (as you pointed out) and an ankh, plus all the tools a Pally brings that I've yet to learn.

Once again thanks for such comprehensive discussion. I genuinely hope we can find a way to do what we love doing while staying within the rules. I've never met a multiboxer that wasn't friendly and helpful, so it'd be nice to see the community grow while not constantly looking over our shoulder.