I think Druid is a perfect first introduction to EQ, for most of the reasons Loramin laid out.
Druids are decent-to-great at all the ways of playing a spellcaster: charming, root rotting, nuking, healing, buffing other players. With Spirit of Wolf and ports it's easy to explore the world.
Melee classes benefit greatly from gear while spellcasters are able to get by in rags if necessary.
But most important I would recommend that you just roll any class and try it out for a while. Play something to level 10 and if you're not feeling it, try something else.
One other piece of advice: starting as a wood elf or a high elf (or dwarf or gnome) means you're near the best newbie dungeon, Crushbone.
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