For me, the fastest was obviously Bard. Definitely not the most enjoyable for me, but it was my first toon on green after finally switching over from blue in 2023. I hit 60 in under two months of relatively casual play as I still played on blue as well.

Slowest was my Rogue, especially since I leveled him fairly late in blues lifespan and groups were hard to come by anywhere outside of KC. My second Ranger on green will probably pass him in terms of time played though, but he’s not 60 yet though so I didn’t count him. An untwinked Ranger is kindof brutal.

Most boring/least fun was Shaman. God that class is an absolute snooze fest for me and I didn’t enjoy leveling it *at all*

Most enjoyable was Monk. Having 40% haste clicky, 34% worn haste, a T Staff and a fungi, plus the ability to Mend and bandage to 70% made that class an absolute breeze to level and I enjoyed every second of it.

I loved my shaman leveling!

Shaman: Up until epic it's pretty lame I agree but after it's the most fun! levle 49 at the moat in COM is the first god mode EQ that I experienced. My favorite was the Efrereti to go from 59-60. At 60 i went directly to the tranix camp, and downed him and sat on the throne! Total victory EQ!

Enchanter: I love leveling enchanter because you can farm nameds for big gear upgrades at like level 12. I like to try to level exclusively farming red/yellow nameds. level 32 in the bar of sol A was one of the most challenging. 26 at dhamp. Its a fun class to play like you're level 50 with, before you're 20! kerra isle soloing low teens is like a whole new world eq.

Druid: The teens are the worst experience in the history of mankind. The inquisition is more fun than getting a druid through its teens. Then its super fun and chill.

Ranger: Leveling in MM and other outdoor zones is so bad ass! Pulling MM with a ranger is so fun, true vampire hunter vibes.

Easiest to 60:
Necro - knew enough people to be able to group but could also jump on and solo in a bunch of places if nobody was around.

Quickest to 60:
Rogue - Would be harder now but at the time there was a demand for good dps in groups. People talk about a dream group including multiple rogues. Never sat LFG for long at the time.

Most fun to 60:
SK - Love tanking, love pulling, love aggro management. SK's do all these well... plus they're evil :)

Stuff in HS north is 42-47, meaning at 59 half of it is green. You really need to pull in volume with reverse charm or other techniques to make it worth your while or have to be at peace with a slow but easy grind. Same for SolB really.

If you can't do that a zone with higher base mob level like velks/seb/chardok is probably a better bet.

i parked in HS north in the first named room on the left, and got a few adamantite clubs and basgs full of wurm masks and muci girdles to sell. the PH for the named are level 50, so it was actually much better exp to effort than trying to clear the wing.

Yeah I did half of 59 in north and enjoyed it. Wasn't lucky with clubs and I left because I was somewhat sick of HS and I wanted to knock off a couple mobs off the solo artist list. Quickly found out that albeit being slow and boring, HS is safe and easy. Muci girdles sell fast and with gems/spells it is alright money. I would rather have spent that time doing frenzy in velks but it is still quite busy to this day and couldn't get the camp half the time. Velks is slightly better exp but the money is much better and I just like the vibe of that zone.

One thing I will say: Many classes can get to level 51 or 54 or 55 solo. One of the hardest things about playing on these servers if you have real life distractions and don't have the ability to log in for 2 hours+ each session can be grouping. I realized a while back that I haven't done any of the non-solo classes to 60 because of this. So something to think about for future toons.

Easiest: Druid/Wiz. Just chilling and quadding all the way to 60. Druid probably easier because you have options 55+ besides the suit camp and you can also charm which is fun.

Quickest: Nec/Enc. Charm killing with mana regen is just very strong. Slight edge to Enc because of the ability to aoe mez a bunch of mobs together and get your pet's hp down super fast. 55+ Enchanter in HS with gob ring, stack of dots, and knowledge of HS north is like a self-power level. You can churn through 14-20 mobs per respawn cycle and it just becomes a butcher's yard. Also very strong when duoing with...almost any class. Had a really fun grind session with a 58 ranger one time and duoing with a cleric, shaman, nec, or enc is some of the most fun I've had in the game.

Most fun: Monk. I just really enjoyed it. Something about fighting and bandaging and being able to run around sneak selling, FD, splitting, etc. The whole tool kit is super fun. Using 2h rotation for swings and the unique epic were just really cool. Plus they have a ton of skills to level up and that makes the whole 1-50 grind engaging.

Least fun: Shaman. 1-54 is fun. You can melee or root rot or combination. But grinding out 55-60 spamming cannibalize a million times got very old. When you get JBB, fungi staff, fungi tunic, epic, etc. it makes it a pretty painless grind but the non-barb exp penalty and the cannibalize efficiency dance made me start to go a bit mad.

canni dancing is 100% not required to play shaman

just canni down quickly w/ a GCD reset item, and chill

It isn't the dance that killed me it was the sheer number of times you have to hit Canni 3 + GCD to get down there. Canni 4 is such a breath of fresh air.

I liked my shaman but canni as a mechanic fucking sucks and pretty much single handedly made me never want to play a shaman again. It should have been a lich form type thing, just like crafting should have been automated. That shit is just not fun.