Ignore ktasida.

There are valid reasons to kill lumberjacks, and not just for rp reasons. For some they are an optimal ranking choice. But he wouldn't realise that because his game knowledge is limited to specific things that appeal to him. For example, as a druid you will get most mileage from telluric surge fighting in the weald

Firstly, don't get hung up on an expert penalty. Honestly, the penalty always seems worse than it is. The will be times that exp just pours in and that penalty will take less than 30 mins to overcome. Maybe even less than 10. Plus your skills will be better for the delay.

Basically an expert own is not a big thing.

Having 3 necros in range is not a big thing because is are some will rank fast and some will choose to sit at different levels. So you are unlikely to share a range with them all for long.