Shaman leveling Woes and Questions

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To give some background, I played an iksar necromancer on live starting right after velious opened up to level 70 and then went on to other things. I have never played a shaman at all. I did sometimes envy the fact that groups forming for higher end exp groups sought after them in /lfg channels while I was on playing.

I decided to start a shaman here, first character with no other higher level character. I decided to start with Ogre, and at level 10 was a bit disenchanted with him and re-rolled a Troll. I loved this until I started fighting mobs that bash and hit....and realized how nice it was to be a ogre even if i did not get that nice regeneration. So I am re-rolling as an ogre. For some reason barbarian does not appeal to me to play.

So the question is, later on can I solo on my shaman fairly close to how easy it is to solo on a necromancer? If so, when does that start to happen? I do like groups and I am not a hermit by nature but my playtime is about 2-3 hrs max a night, usually no change on weekends. Thats why I am wondering about solo ability versus necromancer.

The second question involves leveling questions. I have searched for a guide for shamans but have found none. Having never played one i was wanting to peruse one for ideas at level as both Feerot and Swamp were getting tight for exp at the 10+ range. Does anyone have a guide or just general guidelines?

Thanks in advance for the fabulous answers to come!