Go shadow form. And I have a 60 paladin, play him some, to do scholomance, stratholme, lbrs/ubrs, mc, but otherwise I am playing my rogue alt. Jesus, I didn't realize how much paladins suck tell I started this rogue, it's sad really.

A shadow priest is so easy to level solo

Yeah im not burned out anymore.

I'm just finishing up my hunter epic quest. It's fun to quest for something useful again.

Levelling my 41 Priest earlier was annoying.

It's going to get a LOT worse come 50, too. I'll need to find me a levelling buddy.

Hit 51. Did AV. Time to 56: 2-3 days. Then 10 man instances with guild. Then 60. 8 hours and we won. I was healing a group of 40 players =x all other priests were in shadow form.

And as for going shadow form for soloing. thats one thing you DONT want to do.
Best soloing strat: Smite, Smite, Dot, Dot(if cooled down), mindblast, finish with wand.

If you go shadow form you cant use smite with has an awesome mana : damage ratio. And you can get 2 off before the mob gets to you.
And the reason priests suck at soloing. Is because mana goes down the shit hole (ESPECIALLY in shadow form) So the key is mana management. And shadow form doesn't cut it. Then you sit and drink. Horrible soloers. GG HTS.


EDIT: mana:damage to mana : damage

EDIT EDIT: Badboy. Pallies are good if the player is. The player is more important than the class. The thing is. Pallies are support classes. They can cure about anything, take aggro, tank, heal, and even shield an ally. They are a total support class. Not ment for dps though some go that route and get wtfpwnt by me :)
There was something else I was going to say but I dont remember... (Unless you want me to link onyxia owning me again.

I didn't say use shadow form, just shadow spec. Shadows priests are good for soloing. I've got one myself.

Edit:

well I had one, I got banned.

I was explaining why they werent good for soloing in shadow form. Now even out of shadow form, they are one of the worst soloers. They do awesome damage if you enjoy burning your mana like hell. But, that then takes time to drink up. So your xp/hr goes down. Name a class that is worse at killing effectively and fast.

EDIT: Also KA, what level was your priest?

I had him into the high 30s or so. I could grind without having to drink at all.

Obviously you know because you've played a paladin to 60?

Bot till 60 because everyone knows the game is 0% fun unless you are uber level 60 pwning them noobers.

Levelling is fun.....but only the first time around. After that it just gets boring and repetitious.

So you are telling me that they do not fill their intended purpose by blizzard as a support class? And instead try to get high dps for wtfpwnage? I have seen those pallies... And guess what. I have torn them to shreds. I have played a pally up to 40-ish.

YAHHOOOO!!! Epic quest done a while ago and the bow is great :)

Wow! Up to 40ish! Too bad 40-60 nothing changes.

Wait... What?

Not much character gameplay change after lvl 40 I'm assuming?