My critera is what class is great at solo, raiding, and grouping. I think it is best to go by era -- because things change with each expansion.
Original EQ: Mage
Mage pets are ridiculously op, and mages can level without gear. Mages basically ruin progression servers.
Kunark: Shaman
Shaman is Solo, Group, and Raid Gods. Hard to compete with a geared out torp shaman in Kunark.
Velious: Monk
Monks were extremely high dps, very tanky, and had great utility in Velious. Basically an OP class when extremely geared. It is debatable whether rogues can even out dps a perfectly geared monk.
Luclin: Ranger
Finally acknowledged as a DPS class, Trueshot allows Rangers to top the charts in raids. It is also possible to tank with a lot of Gear and AAs. On top of all that, Ranger spells provide a lot of utility. It is a very convenient class to solo farm with.
PoP: Druid
It's just too cool to be able to charm, complete heal, nuke as hard as mages, root rot, snare/kite, port and travel really well. This is an era where the hybrids because OP, and Druid has always been my favorite hybrid.
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