when i LV my DPS I only use dungeon drops(within reason, if my stuff is getting too out of date, I'll buy new stuff on the boards). I solo chase fates for 40 minutes, my que pops and I pray that the RNG gods are smiling upon me(odly, they only do this when I get a "hell run"(Healer thinks they're DPS, tank is, I don't think they're thinking... like at all. usually it's me and hte other DPS performing to optimum and then dealing with fallout because the tank doesn't know what flash/overpower is, or they're running DPS/mage gear and getting instanommed by the bossed.))

through doing this, I have learned how to play all the classes fairly well(learned about throttling THM DPS for one. man, that stuff is just scary, and the mobs seem to really not like it when you light them on fire.) I really think everyone should have to play at least one dungeon with each class, or maybe even just a kind of instance that will teach people the ins and outs of a group with NPC group mates(teach DPS to throttle and focus, Healers to wait for the AoE threat, and tanks how to... well, tank. I have seen some astoundingly terrible tanks in DF. WARs with scale that's 10 levels out of date, and NQ to boot, GLD in a robe.)