I don't think I have ever been asked what gear I have to be invited into a group.
All Hybreed's have a 40% or more penality. If you don't like to pull a Monk is a bad choise. If you can't walk and chew gum at the same time forget about a Bard. Twisting is NOT easy, while running and fighting. Mage kind of sucks now because of pet class penality. You have to do 51% or more damge now on pet classes to get full XP solo. Not a problem in groups though.
It still comes down to what you like to play. Every class has good and bad things. Even a Ranger is not that bad solo. Just don't try to get a group with one lol. Some people make the worse classes just for the challenge to level them.
Just have fun and enjoy it. That is why there is 8 Charactor slots. I can tell you a Necro, if you like to play them, is a very good first choise to help farm gear for other toons you want to start. They pretty much have every trick in the book on here. Pretty killer solo.
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