Riiya, I'm dual boxing right now, so here's some tips. I'm in the same boat, I have a level 70 rogue, who's actually pretty lethal, but no AOE, as you've encountered. She can blow through everything up to Scholo with hardly any effort, so i have my lowbies tag along, and it's more work to keep the lowbie far away enough to not aggro than it is killing. Higher than Scholo is a lot touchier as far as aggro and being super careful about pulls.
I've found that it's a LOT faster to just level two toons, questing, than having a 70 stomp all of your exp. The Dreanii and Blood Elf newbie zones are so well made, it's a pretty efficient grind to 20, then when they head off to the higher zones it's pretty quick as well - I used to loath Stranglethorn Vale, now, it's a snap to get through.
I'd say, use your rogue to level the characters through instances when they are level appropriate, for the gear, and quest for the rest. Keep your quest log full at all times, and do every quest you can find - get a leveling guide mod for the most efficient routes. My mage got fully equipped through several Shadowfang Keep and Scarlet Monestary runs, I just did'nt worry about exp, and went for the gear - which made leveling even easier when she went back to running with a lower level character. I run all of the characters through all of the instances the second they can get in, for gear - I have a priest who has a pretty pimpin' set of gear from Gnomer waiting for her, that she can't wear yet. They also get loaded up with cloth and enchanting mats and leather and whatever along the way,and easy quest exp when they can get the quests in the instances.
Or, level up a lock or hunter, and run like this: you don't form a group, you let the lowbie tag, and then the lock's pet or the hunter's makes the kill. The lowbie HAS to tag the mob, or you don't get credit. You also have the hunter or lock's higher skills to deal with bad pulls and pats.
The best use I've found for my rogue, though, is making bank doing dailies, which bankrolls all of my characters (I'm up to 9 now, and will be 3 boxing or more after August).
Also, make a vanity guild, get 20 gold and pay 2g for guild charter sigs, it should'nt take you longer than a day or two hanging out in a major city, especially if you advertise they don't have to stay. Then run your rogue through dailies to buy bank slots - trust me, with dual boxing, your bags and bank slots will fill up FAST - and it makes transferring items from character to character a lot easier, no more mail delay from different accounts, and paying for repairs through guild funds is just too cool to not have, or having to log on and off different toons looking for cloth or items.
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