I continue to believe that Monk is hugely overrated on this server. Monks are fantastic **if** you get a Vulak/Tunare fist, primal, and enough Dozekar loots to hit 5000 HP/1500 AC or so at which point you start to become a true pull/dps/tank triple threat. A 'normal' epic/scepter/white lotus monk is way behind comparably geared rogues in damage and knights in tanking ability (you aren't even in the same conversation with warriors). And even the uber geared monks spend most of their raiding cycles as weak rogues, not pulling (because everyone and their brother has a monk) or tanking (because everyone and their brother has a warrior). Monks certainly aren't weak, of course, but they aren't as good as the fungi/cof/tstaff twinks make them look either.
Enchanter, on the other hand, is hugely underrated here as 'that class that casts VoG on my monk'. Once we get the next patch (eta 2020) and TOV hatchlings are charmable, Enchanters will be able to charm in basically every zone that matters except Veeshan's Peak. Assuming you never need bathroom breaks, you can already own Kael, ST, Sky, Hate, and Fear, let alone the leveling zones. Cleric is boring in full groups but pretty fun when grouped with an Enchanter as you have to watch out for charm breaks. Enchanter/Cleric is also a bit more extensible in my opinion, while Monk/Shaman tends to become unbalanced.
Probably the absolute fastest leveling combination is Enchanter/Druid (HT: Crede). You don't have waste time running around and can focus on areas where both classes can charm, like Chardok. But at 60 it's clearly weaker.
P.S. great Red-bashing signature
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