Zin, your mages are 60. Did you run strat/scholo/DM? How'd that go?
I ran all of them. Once I got the strat down I ran through them quite well. Gear helped of course.

Leveling up though I usually waited until I was 2 - 3 levels higher than the average mob. Made running through much quicker with less deaths. AoE leveling walks a realllllllll fine line. One or two extra mobs = wipe. You have more leeway with lower level mobs.

Less exp per mob though too.