Bard is a great class to explore with, imo.
You can outrun anything in the game outdoors. This is especially nice now that mobs forget about you if you run far enough away from them.
Indoor/outdoor you can mez huge packs of mobs all at once if they are level 25 or below. You can lull mobs to pass by them without getting attacked. You get invis that is the most reliable invis in the game for a non-rogue, it will never drop in a bad spot unless you stop the song. You get sneak which helps get around and allows you to sell to any vendor. You get faction song which can be extremely overpowered, for example if you don't kill any Goblins in Sol A you can make all the goblins like you so you can explore without getting attacked. You can heal yourself while running. Eventually you can turn into a Dark Elf allowing you to venture into evil cities.
Wizard sounds like a good choice for exploring, but outside of porting from point A to point B they don't have many options for when they actually get attacked and without SOW it will be slow going to get from the wizard port in to whatever zone you want to see. Outside of a rogue, which moves slow as shit while exploring, and a monk that feign deaths its way around, bard is one of the best options.
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