POLL: Best Leveling Contest Class

[Concillian]

My first thought, too, but a fast hunter (and a rogue) needs a good weapon, doesn't he?
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Hunters have everything you want:

Mobility -- Aspect of the cheetah at 20
Gear independence -- Beast Mastery Spec
Low downtime -- Extremely low since pets regen FAST
ability to handle or escape every situation -- disengage, feign, kiting options, traps, some of the best soloing tools around. Death = huge waste of time, and no class has more options for escaping death.
Low $$$ needs -- If you have a bear or a boar, they are a garbage disposal. You can feed them anything. You take little damage, so don't need to waste money on your own bandages / food (or can sell cloth) and repeair bills are minimal.
High DPS -- low geared hunters have the best sustainable DPS around, largely because of their pets.

Some classes have a subset of those things, but no class puts it together like a hunter.

I see the best competition as a feral druid. 20% speed improve at 21 (with talents), and more at 30, a fair amount of time is pre-40 and they get nice mobility before 40. Plus swimming. The major thing they lack is escape mechanisms, and they have lower DPS but they fit most of the other items, though are a little more gear dependent.

A warlock has more mana dependence pre-40, which is a significant amount of time, and also has no speed boost before level 40. Escape option is fear, which is okay, but not as good as the multitude of options that hunters have.