What is the best class?

[JurisDictum]

My critera is what class is great at solo, raiding, and grouping. I think it is best to go by era -- because things change with each expansion.

Original EQ: Mage

Mage pets are ridiculously op, and mages can level without gear. Mages basically ruin progression servers.

Kunark: Shaman

Shaman is Solo, Group, and Raid Gods. Hard to compete with a geared out torp shaman in Kunark.

Velious: Monk

Monks were extremely high dps, very tanky, and had great utility in Velious. Basically an OP class when extremely geared. It is debatable whether rogues can even out dps a perfectly geared monk.

Luclin: Ranger

Finally acknowledged as a DPS class, Trueshot allows Rangers to top the charts in raids. It is also possible to tank with a lot of Gear and AAs. On top of all that, Ranger spells provide a lot of utility. It is a very convenient class to solo farm with.

PoP: Druid

It's just too cool to be able to charm, complete heal, nuke as hard as mages, root rot, snare/kite, port and travel really well. This is an era where the hybrids because OP, and Druid has always been my favorite hybrid.

[Evia]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My critera is what class is great at solo, raiding, and grouping. I think it is best to go by era -- because things change with each expansion.

Original EQ: Mage

Mage pets are ridiculously op, and mages can level without gear. Mages basically ruin progression servers.

Kunark: Shaman

Shaman is Solo, Group, and Raid Gods. Hard to compete with a geared out torp shaman in Kunark.

Velious: Monk

Monks were extremely high dps, very tanky, and had great utility in Velious. Basically an OP class when extremely geared. It is debatable whether rogues can even out dps a perfectly geared monk.

Luclin: Ranger

Finally acknowledged as a DPS class, Trueshot allows Rangers to top the charts in raids. It is also possible to tank with a lot of Gear and AAs. On top of all that, Ranger spells provide a lot of utility. It is a very convenient class to solo farm with.

PoP: Druid

It's just too cool to be able to charm, complete heal, nuke as hard as mages, root rot, snare/kite, port and travel really well. This is an era where the hybrids because OP, and Druid has always been my favorite hybrid.

Don't forget AM3/EQ in luclin for rangers. trueshot they get in velious. Also I never considered Druid as hybrid class. I thought they fell under the priest category (clr/dru/shm)