There's only 4 classes that are fun in this era.

[sammoHung]

Monk - Far and above the most fun melee to play. Only melee that can effectively solo by face-tanking. Mend is OP. Sneak means you can sell to vendors you don't have faction with. Can do similar damage to rogues. Can tank almost as good as the "tank" classes. This means you can solo mobs that only the other 3 classes on this list have a shot at soloing. Epic is very easy to complete - and it's only epic that isn't a weapon. Feign death trick works wonders for getting around. (I can get down to Poop Mtn in Seb faster than rogues). Can either do a low-budget twink with SCHW and Peacebringer, or go all out with Fungi, CoF, Priceless Weps, etc. Either route puts you far out in front of other melees. And don't get me started on Holgresh Elder Beads and their effectiveness as a monk...

Necromancer - My personal choice for favorite caster, slightly edging out Enchanter. While levelling: Necro has a bunch of different ways to go about EXPing. Necro can fear kite, charm, or root rot - all very effectively. If you want to group, Necro is amazing in group with Root, Mez/stun, Twitches and HoT. All while having a pet to send in for extra melee damage. Necro rules places like Kaesora, City of Mist, Howling Stones and Chardok. But the real fun comes when you get all the clickies. Circlet of Shadow for instant invis, VP Staff for mana-free life leech, VP robe for Mana-free Dead Man Floating - but my personal favorite: the necro Epic for a mana-free Snare (and DoT). Back when I played more (and still as a favor to friends) I powerlevel almost exclusively with Necro. Either by letting them AFK while I clear the entirety of Upper and Lower frenzy in Velks using mana-free DoTs.. or actively by FDing at mob low HP (after using mana-free DoTs) and letting them finish off the mob. Plus, like a monk, Necro has a lot of cool utilities on raids.

Shaman - A class so nice, I levelled one twice. With high AC / HP and Mana, Shaman is a beast. From the get go, Drowsy is 20-25% slow for only 20 mana. Combine that with cannibalize and Bind Wound and shaman have infinite HP and Mana. Slowest to kill mobs of the classes on this list - but edges Monk out in being the most survivable. And then of course the power scaling starts, along with the other casters on this class, around level 34-39. Turgur's is crazy good. Torpor is crazy good. I have soloed Vilefang, Ayilish, Hierophant Grekal and others - without even needing to try that hard. Shaman is by far the best duo partner for any damage dealing class. Shaman pairs so excellently with any class (minus priests). The only thing that is less-than-stellar about Shaman is when in a full group, or on a raid during buff sessions. I parsed my actions on a Shaman in a full 6-person group and 75% of the actions were either casting Cannibalize or GCD. But saving the raid by slowing the dragon still feels good.

Enchanter[B] - Almost didn't make it on my list, but let's face it - Charm breaks this class. Having Pacify + Mez + Slow + Charm is a game changer for any type of dungeon crawl. Clarity is great. Enchanter sucks on raids, though. Constantly fielding buff requests, or being a sieve bot are your two options. But in solo play, enchanter is in my personal top 4 - and I'm sure is many people's top class.

[B]Honorable Mentions - Great Fun, but not as powerful
Rogue - I have 3 epic rogues on Green. I mained rogue back in the day, and I just love the class. Easiest epic by far. Hide/Sneak is great, and this is a great class for a lazy raider.
Ranger - Has all the tools. Track is fantastic fun, especially while levelling in outdoor zones. Bows are cool. Sucks that they can't tank for shit. The epic is also great on a ranger. Top tier pullers for exp groups as well, especially in places like Karnor's Castle.
Druid - The fastest toon I've ever levelled, but that was with Manastone, Fungi, Fungi Tunic and Elder Spiritist Greaves. Maybe has the best clickies of any class with Tanglewood Shield, Thorns Gloves, ES Boots and Helm, etc. Costly to make that build, though.

What are your thoughts on classes in Velious era? What's your favorite to play? The holy Quadrumvarite (Monk, Enc, Nec, Shm) is hard to beat, because I believe them all to be objectively leagues above every other class for group / exp / small op dungeon crawls. I know people love Bard - it's just not for me. I hate getting interrupted (see Channelling bug fix forum post for more of me whining about Channelling) and Bards have it bad, having to recast spells every 18s.

[sammoHung]

Enchanter[B]\

Fuck, lol.

[OriginalContentGuy]

Classic

[Rygar]

If I ever come back to play on P99, I would want to do a Shadowknight. I think they have a lot of fun utility, and I always dreamed of a solo break-in to Plane of Fear, finding a quiet area, and trying to kill a mob.

The most dope epic as well.

Raiding sucks, so I don't give a shit about that.

[kjs86z2]

you didnt mention bard

not exactly the best high end solo leveler, but 1-60 is insanely fun and they are raid gods

1/10 thank you try again

[kjs86z2]

you didnt mention bard

not exactly the best high end solo leveler, but 1-60 is insanely fun and they are raid gods

1/10 thank you try again

fuck me, meant to say high end solo farmer not levler

[sammoHung]

you didnt mention bard

not exactly the best high end solo leveler, but 1-60 is insanely fun and they are raid gods

1/10 thank you try again

i did, its not for me. getting spells interrupted is bad enough, but getting songs interrupted is a different level

[BradZax]

Ragner is fun if you consider going around just doing stuff fun and killing lower level creatures and roleplaying.

That was fun for me for a long time but Ive had enough hooded black cloaks to last a lifetime.

But god damn it was fun slaying in MM with a level 50 ranger pre kunark.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

What about just taking the lvl 1-10 mini-game?

If you focus on that part of the game, this is a very complicated question that will involve tons of variables related to what kind of afternoon do you want to have?

[CrazyPro]

Only melee that can effectively solo by face-tanking. Mend is OP.

This guy forgot that SKs exist.

[Smoofers]

Bard is S tier but only if you're not a complete shitter with zero hand dexterity (read: fat)

[Vear99]

The holy Quadrumvarite (Monk, Enc, Nec, Shm) is hard to beat, because I believe them all to be objectively leagues above every other class for group / exp / small op dungeon crawls.

I don't think Warriors are S tier, but they are actually surprisingly good.

Discs + high HP/AC make them great for easy raid/epic targets, e.g. I used to farm Demon Fangs with Liia by simply fighting Xenevorash straight up WAR/CLR using damage shield potions and well timed complete heals, and there was definitely quite a bit of excitement watching the HP bar go up and down.

For the same reason, you can just ignore slow, even in fairly high-level areas, which really helps avoid warrior threat problems. Even Sakuragi could handle the myconid shroom camp with a single cleric without slow; if I had 255 STA and a dain hammer and more hp rather than AC gear (which doesn't really help versus XP mobs) it would have been significantly better.

Warriors with a Palladius/Gaudralek/Rocksmasher weapon should be only a little behind Monks for damage. Of course they don't get FD, which removes all of the artistry, but there is a surprising amount of moving around, taunting, positioning, and weapon swapping to do. Plus, warrior pulling is just more fun for the group than hanging around waiting while the monk tries to get singles.

[Goregasmic]

This guy forgot that SKs exist.

Most melees with a fungi/seahorse belt/decent weap can do 1-50 facetank without breaking much of a sweat.

[magnetaress]

Necromancer is the only class worth playing if apathetic about all except fast advancement towards peak efficiency.

[Belambic]

Every class has it's points, whether someone finds fun or not is based on their opinions only. Just because someone else isn't having "fun" playing that class, or can't play that class well, isn't a criteria as to whether that class can be considered fun to play. I played a Ranger in OG EverQuest, I would group up regularly with any other class and could make a go of it. I was in many end game raids, and contributed to the success of those raids.
If you can't find a class fun, it's an indictment of your expectations and playstyle, not the class.