[Riotgirl]

Think about your goals in the game i.e. what interests you in terms of the following. Note: try to think less black vs white and more of along a continuum:
- grouping vs soloing
- role (tank, dps, healing, support, cc)
- playing time / pattern (how regularly do you play / how much time can you put in)
- goals
- challenge

By framing these questions in this way, it will help you think in a coherent manner e.g. if you want to MT Velious content and you play casually, then you need to rethink one or more of the above - especially as Velious raid targets will be locked down tighter than a Japanese schoolgirl's twat.

Also, as others have stated, you haven't played a class long enough to get a feel for how that class really plays. It may be easer thinking along the lines of what classes you really dislike and your reasons. You can then flip these negatives to understand the positives and what attracts you.

My personality type (Princess Leia - even though I'm a guy IRL) leans towards a more social and involved class [bossy]. Bard was too involved to bitch, er, motivate the group. The very idea of other classes - like Cleric and Wizard ** - would lead me to stab myself in the eyeball to keep myself awake. I also prefer utility over focused power, not to mention do not have either the time or appetite to spend my EQ life raiding. Druid and Chanter appealed (Chanter was my main during Live; Druid and Warrior my alts), and I settled on Chanter so that I could do a little of everything.

** I briefly played a DE Wizard to level 4 and deleted due to boredom.

Trade-off? High-octane play and being very squishy (especially at low levels), means a LOT of time spent taking dirt naps until I developed better play and got to grips with the class. This was mid 20s on Live.

As others have stated, it's very easy to become disillusioned and think that the grass is greener (especially as a Chanter and getting your ass handed to you again, and again, and again). Play a class to mid teen levels and forget about equipment at this stage. It's more about whether the class grabs and holds your interest. Once you find a class that interest you, then you can start investing in it.

Cheers!

P.s. Goddamn! I'd pay a Druid almost anything to port me off this goddamn commute home.