Pretty sure I solo'd paladin:
20-30s (high): Unrest
30s-45: OT (easy access to ports/buffs)
45-50s (low): DL
50s: KC
From OT onward I chose to solo in places that were outdoor and reasonably high probability of finding a duo partner. With self heals and twink gear solo was always pretty easy but finding a partner druid/sham/cleric/necro was always faster. I preferred to solo places I KNEW I could solo but where you could always expect finding a partner to duo with if time permitted.
My best paladin xp was always duo with a complementary class. The xp/kill lost on hunting open zones was always offset over time by the duo prospects that could be expected.
For that reason, on characters that didn't solo ideally in their own right, I always favored OT/DL/KC.
Once you can click deepwater helmet, solo is easy/peasy. It's slow at times with our low dmg output, but oddly I always found my best functional xp over time was either soloing (slowly) or duo/trio with a support class that could help with healing and add damage throughput.
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