In my opinion, all Midgard classes are fun and fairly easy to solo with. It's mainly the players' preferance. I myself like pure tanks, casters, and sometimes hybrids. I don't really enjoy pet classes, but pet classes are some of the best classes. I'll give you some info about the classes and what they can do.
Berserker: I have recently made a berserker (dwarf, lvl 9) and i have found that berserkers make fine soloers. They can deal massive damage in a short period of time due to their dual wielding abilities and the ability to turn to their vendo (beaver-man) form, virturally doubling their damage output through critical hits. The only down-side to being a berserker is you have few hit points ans are limited to wearing studded armor.
Warrior: Warriors can wear chain armor, and wield almost any of the weapons Midgard has to offer. They have and extremely high amount of hit points, and are always welcome in groups. When a group can't be found, higher level Warriors can solo oj with little resistance, and reds with a little trouble. As a matter of fact, my friends warrior (lvl 20, troll) was grouped with a healer, shadowblade, and a hunter. They were in Vendo caverns and got jumped by 3 oj, 4 yellow, and the albino cave bear. They dropped all of the bears with little resistance, and the healer only had to heal the hunter and shadowblade, even though most of the aggro was on the 20 warrior. In a nut shell, if you want fun group play, warrior's great. If you want to solo, warrior's also great.
Shaman: Great for soloing. Thanks to their diverse buffs and poisons, the shaman is a great addition to any group. They can poison, kite, bolt, disease, heal, rez, dd, and almost every other spell u can think of. They are masters of kiting, but i'd only recommend a shaman to an advanced player, they get a little complicating.
Spiritmaster: These guys are great soloers. Due to their strong pet, mez, and pbaoe, they are great for any group. Outside of groups, they are very adept soloers.
Runemaster: Masters of damage output, thanks to bolts, DD, and very outstanding AoE spells. Runemasters are Midgards leading spell caster in terms of getting the job done quick and in a hurry. With the 6 sec PBT, against 2 handed tanks chances are you won't get touched.
Bonedancer: A very complicated class to play. The commander can control 3 healers, archers, tanks, or a buffer, making the bonedancer virturally invincible. You can even mix and match different pets, like 2 healers, 1 buffer ect. With instant lifetaps, bolts, dd, and DoT, these guys are a force to be reckoned with.
Hunter: Great soloers. When speced pure stealth and bow, with extra points in beastcraft, these guys are great for dealing massive damage. Hunters are almost always welcome in a group, and in RvR they really shine in keep defense and taking.
Shadowblade: These guys are known for the infamous 1 hit kill. The most common shadowblade is a "jack of all trades merchant of death". With poisons, massive crit strikes and left axe styles, these guys really live up to their well deserved reputation.
Thane: Great solo class. With self buffs, Instant DD and AoE, DD and the "pounding hammer" AoE, you will surely have no problems soloing with them. Either if u go in shield and (weapon of choice), or just (weapon of choice) and SC, you really get the job done.
Skald: I wouldn't reccomend them for solo. Theyre nice support classes, but don't hold up too well in solo situations. Sure you can kill yellows, but when yellows add you're better off clocking on that speed chant and hoping to find a guard.
Healer: Not a solo class. Better suited for group, with heals, buffs, and mezzes/stuns. They're definatly fun if you can find a group though.
Savage: They're good support tanks, with great damage dealing styles, and the self buffs. But i wouldn't reccomend these for solo either. They die fairly easy and don't get much in the way of hit points.
Let me know if this helps at all.
Edited, Fri Oct 15 19:35:29 2004 by Zenricad