best solo class
 

with my play time being limited. what is the best class to jump on kill some stuff and get off when need be?

I'd say Nec , Enc and Sham are the 3 top solo class.

Imho

necro or bard are widely considered the best. I personally prefer druids for soloing.. they get everything.

Buffs, Damage Shields, Heals, levitates, Sow, nukes, dots, snares roots, (animal) fear, plus starting around the 20s youll start getting your own self ports which will save a ton of time as far as traelling and finding a port goes.

This is a hard question to answer. If I understand you right and you just want to use soloing as an effective means to level, then I would say necro(1-60) or enchanter (20-60) are the best. Shaman is a very poor class from 1-24... then a semi-poor class until 34 when things pick up a bit, but it is a class to consider for the end-game benefits. In fact, I think Shaman has the easiest road from 45-60 solo, if and only if you can afford JBB and can get epic around lvl 54-56.

If you are talking about being an effective soloer at 60, then either Shaman or Enchanter. Shaman probably edges out enchanter @ 60 considering velious is impending.

I would say necro. Most uncomplicated steady insane xp flow, and you don't need any special gear or anything really.

can a cleric solo well at all if you go to undead areas?

Bards xp solo the fastest if that's what your concerned with.

What you're looking for is most certainly a druid.

Necro works too, but druids get ports which makes things a lot easier if you're only looking to play for short periods of time here and there.

Mage and enchanter are also very good solo classes if you know what you're doing. Mages ability to solo effectively tapers off around like 50-53 where enchanters seem to be completely overpowered from lvl 12-60, lol.

I've solo'd a warrior up to 40 by "jumping on, killing some stuff, and getting off when need be."

Just saying.

But that seems to be the practical limit, unless you're majorly twinked.

Ya know, Ive always said that chanters are weak 1-20 too, and that they still don't really feel strong until the 30s... but I actually felt strong from 1 playing untwinked on red with a chanter. Animations are nice, but not so nice they KS you every kill; the low-level chanter dots are awesome; charm was GREAT right at 12 for me with only base+25 high elf charisma. And it just gets better and better from there.

Maybe it was my experience posting a chanter once already that made it seem nice this time around though I guess?