Which melee class solo levels the easiest / fastest?

[Convict]

SK levels the "Easiest"

[Baler]

Bard is technically a Melee Class. Pre-not classic 25 AE limit, Bard would be the fastest.
exp bar go brrrrrrr

[Vanessa]

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

Bard is technically a Melee Class. Pre-not classic 25 AE limit, Bard would be the fastest.
exp bar go brrrrrrr

I know Bards have many different options for leveling. They can Charm, Fear, Swarm, DD Kite etc. I guess the safest / most reliable "melee" play style of Bard would be to Fear + Snare. Is that correct?

If so ... what do you think the killing speed would be on a Bard who hunted that way? Snaring and Fearing the target, then following behind and meleeing and it down?

I'm sure it's not as fast of a kill compared to another melees kill speed. But at the same time, a Bard wouldn't have any downtime between kills, right?

So I wonder how close it would actually be? For example, if a Monk / War can kill something in 2-3 minutes, but then has 4-5 minutes of downtime regening. Would it really be faster over all compared to a Bard fear killing that takes 4-5 minutes to kill something, but has 0 downtime?

Of course these are just made of numbers because I don't know actual times, I'm just talking more about the method of killing, relative to other classes.

I'd love to hear your opinion of that though =).

[Baler]

my opinion is that bards who disrupted zones on p99 blue were some the fastest leveling and powerleveling.
I even recorded some power leveling sessions prior to the 25 cap.

There was a forum user, who I regret forgetting but they had an exp bar gif of just how much exp they got in 1 pull. it went up almost 2 full levels.

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To more directly answer you, bard melee sucks something awful. But EQ defined them as a melee class.

[Soothsayer]

Troll and iksar warriors with some light twinking can actually solo level decently. The extra HP regen is invaluable for uptime and their damage is really solid with good weapons. The problem is that they don't have any utility, so you have to be careful about where you pull and what your options are if things go south...