I think you might have been doing something wrong with your ranger and mage if you were sitting around waiting on mana regen very often. I think mages solo are supposed to be leaning entirely on their pets, soloing low blue cons chaining pets and finishing off mobs for full xp with a small nuke. In groups mages contribute a lot through their pet and somewhat through a big nuke here or there at appropriate times. Rangers are basically melee who should be using their cheap spells for support: pulling with harmony, snaring runners, rooting for CC. I guess solo maybe rangers have mana problems trying to contribute a bunch of damage with spells and then needing to heal up afterwards too?
That said, enchanter and necro are very strong doing basically anything, even if they're naked. Warrior and rogue would be especially rough without twinking since they wouldn't be able to solo much/at all, so if you don't have a group you are just sitting around trying to make one or find one. Monk is the melee best able to solo, and is very strong and versatile with partners/groups also.
Would you be interested in a bard? They don't really have mana concerns since only a couple of their spells use mana. They don't get to quad, but they can melee (not too well, but it could fill an itch to beat on stuff maybe), they can do a lot of different things for a group, and they can solo in a variety of ways even with no/poor gear.
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