Loved the info, thanks

Totally agree! I have been playing for years but never to 120. Certainly 100 level and lower I would agree 100%. TY again.

Feels like you're taking into account the "boxing" situation as "solo"...I confess I skipped the comments until ya got going on the list. So I'll take this list as not really a "solo/molo" list as much as a "Boxing" list. So as a "Boxing" list I'd agree mostly, but from a "solo/molo" list some of the choices are WAY off IMO. Bard especially. I'd also disagree with Ranger as either a Solo/molo list or Boxing list...I camp rares...I grind...and I group with others pretty rarely. I've been playing a Ranger/Shaman Boxing duo and that duo can take down most rares I've come across, as well as absolutely slaughter trash mobs super fast for aa xp grinding. I was doing about 1mil dps without even trying the other day with a friend playing his Monk. Ranger solo/molo, you can forget killing rares in current content in T3 level gear....but give me a good supply of humanoid trash targets playing solo and I'll put on a show that'll make your jaw drop! Humanoid targets are not as hard to come by as Undead and other mob types. (ToV being the latest exception) Solo/molo, I'd also drop warrior and cleric down to the bottom tier, for sure. They are basically "raid only" type classes, but you're 100% right about wizards...I wouldn't even have them on the list at all...they are so broken, don't even consider playing one for any reason. A sad state of things, for sure. Nice different type of video man, rock on.

Thanks, I'm glad my two ALTs are a shadowknight and necromancer (mainly play solo)

Haven't played the game in...... a long time. Dark elf Necro, hundreds of days /played. (I completed the coldain prayer shawl, look it up 😅) When i quit, i think max level was 80? Some of my favorite memories from eq are kiting stuff in PoP that groups were struggling with. PoValor, halls of honor, eventually getting flagged for entrance to PoFire. As a very very undergeared level 65 Necro, i could kite multiple mobs at once in pofire, no issue. I had a few items from vex thal, almost no planes gear.i could kill 2 mobs solo in the time a group could kill 1. Always full mana. Just.... Endless mana. Soloed in plane of fear just to flex at like level 62. I think i had maybe 3000hp? pofear might not mean much these days idk. This was back when death was a bad thing. Your corpse stayed where you died, and would decay if you didn't loot it soon enough. Soooo mobs that could summon you and death touched every 30 seconds could become an issue, especially when there are multiple of them. End game necros back then kept quiet about the things they could solo kill, because they didn't want to get nerfed.

My ranger was fast from PoP to Prohecy... then when I came back about 90 keeping along with headshot was far too easy and stuipd fast. Before the exp nerf in FM I was taking people from 85 to 110 in about 6 to 7 hours while I was pulling about 150aa an hour. I haven't played the current xpack but when your pulling 6 to 9 mil dps stuff melts. Rangers are super safe now with the parry proc buff... I could tank all ToV missions, the next one... CoV I think. I tanked and soloed that 2min mission everyone did but I did tank most of them but the one with the golems. ToL i quit mid way before I got many upgrades but I almost solo the mission with the little aliens that need to get punted, and tanked all the rest. But each xpack had great headshot areas with either too much or just barely enough room to kite. ToV I was kiting frist in rygro mines untill I found out I could keep my tank merc alive myself. a well played ranger can do alot, I was raider so I had gear to go with me and I was top 3 in damage ... if you don't count necro damage. Once you reach headshot rangers cant be beat... you murder everything so far and never take damage. You can swarm pull and burn you mana with the twincast aa buff and tab dot then go back to headshot and drop large groups. Leveling from 75 to 110 super fast.

A note on the Beastlords having no real crowd control/escape. They do, in AAs, get a Feign Death. Since they're part monk. One of their AAs gives them the ability to Feign Death. It's like later. Level 85 or higher(may be lvl 100?).

During your really fun level 100 Wizard video. You said that no class killed faster than a Shaman because they have crazy DOTs. If a Shaman is the fastest killing class and has the ability to slow, root and heal almost as well as a Cleric. What more could you ask for in a solo class? There is also one element in the way that gets overlooked. The Berserker that was tanking in the level 100 video is chain class just like a Shaman. What I am saying is with the proper gear, a focus on stamina and AC your Shaman can take a few licks. Something a Necro can't do. Sure a Necro can FD but the Shaman has the push and root to escape mobs up to 5 ok levels higher. Also has an AE version. If you did kill a Shaman we have the same clickie rez AA as a Cleric. An SK needs a Merc Cleric which isn't really soloing. Give a Shaman a Monk Merc then call it soloing. If you can kill faster, heal yourself and wear chain armor with slow and root as well as malaise you have to be A class. And all without a Merc or even a pet popped.

totally agree with the wizard part, i main one and started to raid with him recently, none of the tov and tol stuff that i ran was solo, even now id say i couldnt take a whole lot of hits, and kiting is not what it used to be. Dps seemed amazing with self buffs but we get absolutely destroyed in dps compared to rogues or rangers, and magicians, necros, and beastlords makes wizards look really bad on the solo content as far as what content can be done, would love to see some sort of pet buff (we get swords as pets but they do little damage and cant tank) or a damage/tankiness increase

Dumb question but have you tried adding cheap Manna Regen augments from the bazaar? My Druid is just for porting, evac and I do a little AA Burning when I'm bored. Which is always on a Druid.

ya would say try the high end ench charming there monsters there also really good pullers splitters lots of utility that isnt only charming or mezing at 120

From strictly a solo aspect, I've played a mage on and off sin e 1999, and a necro for only about 3 yrs, ignoring other classes i enjoy like ranger and shaman. Necro can definitely handle splitting mobs easily while the mage is f#$%÷#, however, a decent geared mage at 120 with most aa's can easily handle 2 mobs and even three if you're careful, but a necro is generally best at one on one. I am impartial to mage but i love playing my necro as well. One advantage of mage is cc. You have several abilities to mitigate aggro during lengthy or multi mob encounters and can even wipe aggro as needed every 5min. I love my mage,but i wish i could split 3 tough mobs when necessary. It does make solo dungeon crawls very frustrating.

I would donate or subscribe to someone who actually dedicated the time to do a 1-120 series on a Ranger, or a Beastlord. Let alone a bard. People like to come out of the woodwork when you mention their class and talk about what they did at 120, or 115. Or what they did at 60 two decades ago. With no regard to how that journey would feel to a fresh player with nothing but a merc. They don't have that experience, they just have good memories of how strong their class was in a snapshot of time.

I like your list a lot. I would personally rank Ranger A tier though. With those bow AA's they can snare kite mobs all day with little trouble. They have fantastic bow dps damage.

If you focused on playing one character to max level/ max(ish) AA, for the sole purpose of using that character to power level your other toons from 95ish to 120, which class would it be, and what strategy would you use to PLevel your alts with it? I wonder what the charm kiting options look like for a bard at 120?

Ack...prolly shouldnt have made a cleric for my first ever character. But i have been looking at SK. This helped 😊❤

I've left this comment several times already but Paladin and Ranger is an amazing combo. The enchanter is a good choice. I find crowd control difficult to manage with the bard. The ranger off tanks very well

Excellent content as usual. looking into boxing but for now it's just me and a merc. maybe an SK + Cleric merc? or Necro and cleric merc?

After a long break from the game, came back and made a ranger. Wish I would have done some more lower level quests, but did a hero 85. It is just a matter of finding mobs that do not summon. Snare, root and shoot. Rinse and Repeat. 113 right now, doing max aa before leveling. Going to level up a box shaman. Some quests take more then one and a good number take a greater dps then I can solo. For the most part say 90% of quests I can solo, and have ran solo from level 85 and maxing out aa at each level.

Mercenary I'm very curious how well a Rogue performs. I've watched them so many times fill the role of tank

Good to see you're still part of the EQ ecosystem

I keep contemplating coming back to EQ, lifelong SK. My jaw dropped when you put SK as S tier, can you tell me what the deal is or what has changed?

Do you have a video about group composition and fitting solo players in it. Im thinking about playing this game after 20 years lol and want to play a character i can solo with when needed but built to be slotted in most groups.

Melee classes are more gear dependent for soloing. A raid-geared character will take hits and do more damage, and be much better at soloing. If they're only in group gear, you might move them down a notch compared to the casters.

Druid dps is costly, I either do dps or everything else normally lol

Can a Bard tank damage while healer merc heal past level 100? I would think they'd get wrecked. Not sure how to solo it unless kitting but it would take 20 mins to kill a mob lol

If its supposed to be a solo/molo list, not considering grouping or raid …. S tier - SK, Nec, BST, Mage …. A tier - PAL, SHM, RNG …. B tier - MNK, DRU, BRD, War (not bad with healer merc)…. the rest of them dont bother trying to solo/molo lol …. The ENC however CAN solo some heavy hitters using charm but its not something you would want to do as an everyday play style for all your time. edit: I would also add the SK is a solo machine but its real power only happens after a significant AA investment into tanking and lifetapping aa's. That's when they turn into the beast. I would rate them equal to Pallies for soloing up to the point AA's come into play

Pretty Spot on altough may offend with this, but I don't think Bard is A maybe B. Once you're a little higher level, same as enchanter getting a pet is very risky. Also, their melee damage ain't very great. They got some burn power but not A. Their buffs are amazing, but to carry solo nah, uh. Bash and stun hurt bards alot.

What are you soloing with a monk?

Perfect group at least for me. Me Warrior, Enchanter, Monk, Cleric, Druid, Wizard. That was a power house group.

Now do this ranking for classic and each expansion :P

I think if you play a Ranger correctly you would move him up to at least A. They have massive utility and with AA it are able to put out dps at a top notch. They do have some healing ability, they can't be a main healer but they can save the tank or healee in a pinch. As far as solo play, if you can't solo on a ranger you just haven't figured it out yet. Rangers are very nuanced as are bards. A poorly played ranger or bard are just crap. But a well played ranger or bard are top tier.

also beastlords can snare pull boss

clerics should be B tier imo. They have good dps with the ward line so just hunt undead mobs. Also they have pacify to split spawns and can root.

My best in slot 75 pally is 40% less dps than my equally geared 75 sk. I could burn mana on the SK to push that gap quite a bit further. Paladin needs some dps love across all eras. SKs are fun, but I can never get into them as it feels like such a basic b**ch class. It's just too easy =)

i can Solo named NP with my beastlord and even if i run a merk i run DPS merk for faster kills

Enchanter is a powerhouse if you know how to play it Mezmar of Xegony is/was a beast he could solo tank and kill reds and yellows as an enchanter using runes and self buffs back when I was guilded with him at 105 - 110 the guy was unstoppable it was amazing to watch I was a good SK and he could do things that I could not dream of doing with ease

solid ranking list , having an alt army of all but a war i would make 2 changes. move chanter up a tier while not as good as a shammy they are better than monk / zerker ... honestly zerker might need to go down a tier even with rogue both are pure melee dps with almost no utility.... second change move Mage up to S tier almost nothing in the game a mage cant solo , mages doing less dps than everyone ?? those mages dont know how to mage then 5 mages in my guild 4 of the are always in the top 5 spot's ...... only Necros when they show up push them out, .............................look on any ( im just going to solo what class should i play ? forum post ) the answers are always SK , necro , Mage ....... and some times Bst

Necros definitely a strong solo class. But its situational. A mage can solo mobs that summon. Not so much on a necro, either kite or root rott. The 3 pet classes are definitely the top solo picks.

Thank you for bringing the Druid deficiency to light. I got so frustrated with the lack of efficient mana regeneration that I gave up last year. The only useful thing they bring to a raid is debuffing. I really believe darkpaw do not care for either Wizards and Druids.

Have to partly disagree with the druid. I have a druid, solo all the time (made it to 47th level so far without grouping once). Yes, it's hard to keep the mana up, and you have to rest often, but with a bit of work you can solo all day long. I even go without a merc, just because it's easier to not manage a merc (In my opinion anyway). Perhaps when I get up to needing to do raids, I might maybe have to group, but so far I am solo all the way.

You underestimate the cleric class. They can solo undead very well do to undead dots and root. They are also hands down the best healer and rezzer. After lvl 39 they are the only healer you should want in a group thanks to complete heal.

Clerics train solo bro. They definitely a b their at l least.

i am on TLP server 95 is max level i solo kite 6 to 9 mobs at a time with my wizard FYI & maxed out all AAs at this point but must have room to kite

Obviously you did not play enchanter, from start to GoD it is the Best dps and the most important buffer with shamans. + abilities to break camps, duo and soloing (it is one of the 5 best solo class).

This isn't really a solo tier list =) You talk about the group game a lot and place classes based on their group performance. I think you should do two more of these videos! One based on group play and one truly based on solo play. There are also two aspects to solo/molo play. 1) soloing for xp per hour and 2) soloing for progression. If you did this based on xp per hour, the list would be way way different.

sk can solo every named in group content with no merc

Ranger with headshot in a place that you can HS is S class..... Wizards if you area effect kite with run speed can grab groups of mobs all you need is space.

Play a cleric man there not what you think even pre don when they get there ward line 71 they get there vow line they one of the best solo guys in the game I swear ! So much fun and dps. Just had to hit ya with that lol.

Rangers fighting non-summoning mobs are easily A-tier. Anything else they drop down to like C lol.

Shamans hit the biggest targets soloing. Necro cant slow but their mana efficiency + dps make them better faster soloers.

Looking to get back into the game after like 15 years of not playing....any recommendations on discord channels or guilds that would he willing to help me get back inyo the loop?? And are there still fresh progression servers starting??

Bard would be S class if they were either a little tankier, or more dps

I think Shaman should be in S class. There is nothing at any level a Necromancer can solo that my Shaman can't solo.. Besides being the most sought after class for buffs and a functional primary healer. Plus my Shaman can take a hit. But ratings are subjective. The two best players I've ever met were a Druid and Paladin and the worst have mostly been Bards. But a good Shaman is like a sports official you only notice them when they make a mistake.

Rogue and Warrior should be down with wizard in the Z tier

I like the list clerics s tier for me and beasts a

Make an outline, you wander ALL over and babble about uh umm uhh.

Imo. Paladin should be A teir. Biggest differences i noticed between sk and pally is sk can single pull and the SK epic. Pally epic is trash unfortunately. I have heard pally DPS is a little short of SK but undead pallies own it. Was nice on aten ha ra group mission my pally was tanking with 2 hander while burning boss. Rooting the adds and splashing. Very fun class.

is this all based on like.. P99 or PoP or something? Seems off...

I don't know if you were considering Mercs or not, but the idea that Pallys solo better than Rogues and Druids is definitely a stretch imo

My wizzy has never had a mage out-damage him, unless they were higher level than him....mage + pet, sometimes. This is supposedly a solo ranking, pets not included. Wizzy should have been higher....mage lower. I've never had trouble soloing with my cleric either. The summoned hammer procs like crazy.....both "B" tier. (Cleric got to 73 before I heroed him to 85 for free. Wizzy 52, neither raid equipped.)

*Laughs in shadowknight*

Hmm rogue cant solo lvl 120 content, since when`?????, Are you sure u get max out of your rogue?

First I need to make the point this is not an attack on you. As I have stated, I wouldn't even be able to play EverQuest at an enjoyable level today without you I do however believe reasonable people can disagree. But I'm not looking to debate, honestly I hope to sway you into putting Shaman in A tier where it belongs. So next is my case for Shaman in A tier.

Rogue is dead last at soloing. I would say even F tier. Played a Rogue in current expansion raid content from Luclin to OoW. It is a fun class for groups even for raids.

"Rogues would be B-tier, too, if it wasn't for the positional aspect of their class". That's a strange comment on a video about solo ranks. Yes, rogues are built to reach their maximum DPS from the back and that's critical for group and raid play, but with autogrant AA's, rogue DPS is perfectly satisfactory for solo play from any angle. The real weakness of a rogue for solo is that they're not great at taking hits.

No class can solo the endgame of EQ1, period. Sure you can solo (with a merc) up to a point, but you will never solo the endgame. This is why most people 2-5 box, which is a royal pain. PS: P99 sucks

Wow Enchanter C tier?

Druids do everything and excel at nothing. D is for Druid.

mages are not A tier?

Yea on wizards just suck you can't even ae kite passed like 60 so single target non summoning mobs unfort

Just put everything in C tier and SK in S. That's what you want to do.

6 boxing solo? Dude that is a full group not solo.

berserkers are one of the squishiest classes and are terrible at soloing. i dont know what kind of information you got here, but i played a zerker (so far) from GoD to currently Rain of Fear at level 100 through all the expansions and each expansion soloing is absolutely terrible. Easily D tier you definitely need to retake a look at wizards. "their damage isnt high"? are you crazy? they are the highest ST damage there is. Outside of the 70 era where everything is insanely magic resistant of course. Wizards can quad kite, root kill, and mass aoe. There are a few expansions where they aren't that great, but all in all wizard is always a solid choice.

rogue is c? no.....next video lol

Rogue and cleric at same tier... This has to be a joke. 😀 Rogue is absolutely D tier, simply the worst class to solo with, for rather obvious reasons. Cleric is arguably B tier, close to A tier against undead. Just felt like voicing my disagreement. 😉 Edit: Druid tier C... for groups sure, but isn't this a solo tier list? I'm confused. Did you mean "single box"? That's very different from "solo", which means "all by yourself".

Oh goodness. You can tell you haven’t played all the classes. For ACTUAL solo activity, the Beastlord is just king. Hands down. No mercs, no boxing, the Beastlord pet can handle 4-6 normal mobs at a time. No mage pet toys. Self buffs. Can handle named mobs solo no merc. No other class can do that. Prove me wrong.

Boxing is not solo.

So some classes you refer to the specific title (shadowknight, paladin, necro, etc) and others you generalize (rogue, mage, warrior, shaman, druid). Awfully confusing. Botched this one bad dude.

You should not rank those class you have not played。