All of the above is good advice, except chanter race... Gnome!
Srsly though, chanter race is the one that matters the least. As long as you're agnostic, you'll eventually be able to go just about anywhere with no aggro and look like whatever race you want.
All of the druid races are decent, I went with Wood Elf.
In terms of soloability, I'd say enchanter starts out the weakest but becomes the strongest. Necro is pretty strong throughout the levels, and druid starts out easier than enchanter but ends up close to a necro (but is the only one of the three that can quad).
IMO, their rankings by solo technique...
For charming, enchanter > druid > necro
For fear kiting, necro > druid > enchanter
For aggro kiting, druid > necro > enchanter
For root rotting, necro > druid > enchanter
For quadding, druid and only druid
And other rankings...
Ease of getting around, druid (ports & sow) > enchanter (illusions) > necro (hated everywhere but can FD)
Ease of finding a group, enchanter (insta-invites) > druid (usually to heal if no cleric) > necro (dots take too long in groups)
Simplicity of leveling, necro (fear kite is stupid easy) > druid (several options including fear kite) > enchanter (requires paying a lot more attention)
I'm sure some will disagree with me, but these are based on my experiences both on Live and on p99.
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