Good morn,
Sony saw fit to basically water down almost all of its classes when they created the game in my opinion. Virtually any other game with Druids, Paladins, Clerecs, and a few others (including pet classes) would not only out fight a character in EQ... but look good doing it. Now, this also takes into account that these other games are NOT EQ, but, other games at least realize that certain classes do what they are supposed to do... take Diablo or, better yet, Baldur's Gate, for instance. Its characters are not only well rounded, but are kick *** when it comes to abilities.
No, I am not trying to bash EQ... far from it. EQ is one of the best games that I have ever played, and I truly enjoy it, but, the classes need to be uprated to what they *should* be, not the watered down versions of what they are.
Just my opinion.