[Striiker]

For the times that I was soloing, I used my animation up to 30ish in SolA exclusively. I only charm when I have a valid exit close by. I found a great spot in The Mines of Nurga which I used to solo now and then through my 30's via Charm. This place is caster heavy and I pretty much always had caster vs caster.. Made life.. interesting. Loot sucked there but XP was great.

I do urge you to group as much as possible as that is where the fun is. I would solo when I only had about an hour available or when I anticipated having to go AFK suddenly (like my daughter waking up). I've found that getting an enchanter in a group to be a challenge at times (when playing my SK). I therefore had great success starting new groups with my enchanter as the challenging role was already filled by me (Crowd Control). Getting a healer was often fairly easy. Getting a tank can be a challenge. Filling out the rest with DPS / backup heals etc. was a snap. The point here being that you should take it upon yourself to form the group instead of waiting for someone to notice you.