I have decided on Paladin being my main, should I solo or group level?

This is good info. Paladin interests me as much as druid.

Do both – it will keep you from going nuts at times!

Keep in mind that private servers often have a bug where you can sit to proc Reckoning. But in Vanilla crits from sitting didn’t proc talents like Enrage or Reckoning.

I don’t much like exploits–ruins the fun. I am going to play a paladin for the lore and experience. Even if there was an exploit to make things “faster”, I would probably avoid it because it ruined the experience for me.