Klind is my First Character on This server.
He wasn't twinked by any means. Sure I got a couple of hand me downs from members of AV, things like Bonze or a small upgrades for the most part, but I wasn't a twink or twinked out like mad. The gear set up I had while soloing unrest was not "special" to say the least. Anyone can do it in any gear set.
Soloing Outside I was in Mostly Leather I had found on the Ground of Kaladim.
Soling first floor I had changed that up to ringmail (Or is it banded) the ghouls tend to drop.
Soloing Second floor I had gotten myself a Savant helm soloing Magi and started picking up pieces of Bronze.
Around 30 I had also run off and done the Bracers of the Rev quest twice, picked up a cheap pair of Split paw gloves, got a small Wisdom Diety, and somewhere around 35 or so I had finished the Paw of Op quest. I also had a friend of mine kill the knight one day in unrest for me and got a Blood stained tunic a TINY bit earlier then me soloing him.
Nothing I had was insanely Over powered or twinked for my level.
If you got the gear to go toe to toe Meleeing and a nice Proc weap then by all means do that. I've seen a fellow guildie with some nice gear tear things up in Unrest with an Undead DD proc staff as a cleric.
If your not twinked however you'll start to notice real fast around the 20s or so the damage you put out with melee just doesn't feel mana efficient in anyway when you consider the damage you take from melee. Sure you can down mobs meleeing / stunning / nuking. But you take a bunch more damage doing it, have to now heal yourself after the fight, possibly rebuff again, and med up. In the end it's alot more engaging but I always felt it was more mana intensive and added risk that didn't need to be there.
Remember I'm talking about not being twinked here. With the drop of Kunark you could find some decent items that could change this... But even with the ability to always be able to heal yourself without a twink setup I've always found Root nuking, or stun nuking when dealing with casters, to be much much more efficient and alot safer.
Downtime always sucks but your a cleric, it always will :P.
If your asking me what gear you should be trying to get your hands on for soloing I'm big on Root nuking personally. So aim for wisdom and mana gear but never let your AC and HP suffer too much for the sole increase of mana. You need to be able to take a couple of hits while trying to root, Eating a nuke to your face, praying you get that gate off while your being beat on by 3 mobs at 5% health. This will help in groups as well when your tank goes full retard on you and you have 3 mobs beating on ya.
I had a 60 cleric on Live so this is my second go around on this.. I soloed alot more this time around but I knew how to solo alot better just because of going through it once.
If you are TRUELY just after fast experience do yourself a favor though. Find a friend. Solo exp doesn't compare to how much experience you can get with a good partner. Alot of soloing classes will welcome you into a duo because it gives them a safety as well as increases the rate at which they can kill things.
Anyways I've wall of texted you enough :P Sorry i Get all chatty before I finish my coffee /14yearoldgirl off.
Let me know if you have any other questions
~Klind~
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