Necromancer
Druid
Magician
Shaman
Enchanter
Cleric

In loose order of easiest to pickup/solo with. Also kinda sorted in reverse order of likelihood to get groups (so necro least likely with Cleric most likely. Though Shaman/Enchanter are pretty much tied).

If you absolutely have to be a melee then:
Monk

Followed by:
Shadow Knight
Paladin

Not highly recommended as starters:
Rogue
Warrior
Ranger (this will change after Velious, when the xp penalty is gone and they can fear animals so they can solo effectively when they need to).

Honorable mention: Wizard can solo level just fine as long as you have access to movement speed increases but they'll be very rarely invited to groups and significantly slower at solo leveling.

Left out of the list: Bard - No reason other then I hate 90% of solo bards.

What are you? Are you a spaz? Are you patient? Do you savor a challenge? Do you hate doing math? Do you love min maxing? Need more details :)

Like others have said, having more info about you (whether you want to group or solo, how often and how long you can play, whether you plan to reach level 50+ or not) would help inform the decision.

In the absence of that, I think the class which is friendliest to new players in general is Druid.

They can heal, solo, group, and are powerful at low levels. They fall off in power at higher levels (though they remain excellent soloers, and porting is always useful)

Very first ever character, Wood Elf Druid. You will love it. They can solo and teleport all over the place and make money doing it. They also have good utility in groups with damage shielding, healing, direct damage spells, and some crowd control with roots 'n snares. I don't think there is a better "first" class in the game.

If you are able to spend long stretches of time online, go with a class that needs to group - tanks, rogues, wizzes. If not roll a class that can solo - shammy, chanter, necro, druid... although I think the first two would be better choices to level to 60. Barb shaman is a great choice since it's easy to run around and explore and chances are you won't get ganked by a guard because you're an evil race!

Have fun!

Regards,
Mg

If your going to make a shaman make it an iksar shaman or troll for the regen

Just play on red and go with whatever class sounds like the most fun to you.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Main_Page

Take a look at the guides section and read up on all classes that are spiking your interest. I played EQ from 00'-04' had a 55 warrior, 39 cleric, and 32 paladin and I still spend at least 30 minutes to an hour a day just reading guides and such. There is a plethora of information in the wiki that can help out a ton.

I always recommend druid for starter class