Calling it analysis is a bit strong, but some observations from the last 2 days of playing my 5 shaman team:

I find myself a bit bummed at the slow xp (I'm currently 32).

So, took a look at a few options and did some xp/h measuring:

1) Questing in the Shimmering Flats - Gathering. (at 31)
The number here is a bit iffy as it was done over 2 sessions, but working as fast as possible just after handing in the last quests I had just below 11k xp/hour.

2) Running SM GY (at 31)
With no rested, just under 18k xp/hour.

3) Doing the animal hunting quests in STV (started at 31, dinged 32 during)
After hading in final Tiger quest, 21k xp/hour.

Now for the questions:

Does this seem to fit your experience? To me, option 1 seemed quite a bit lower than expected.

The 21k xp/h run was lovely - Now, it only lasted about an hour - the quests there are now red and the mobs to kill are 38, which at 32 is quite doable but takes all my mana - So, what do you guys do? Grind out a quest area until no quests are available, or move on when mobs to kill start becoming red? (not saying they are un-killable, just questioning if it's worth the time).