Lord of the Rings Online

Title says it all.

There isn't one. Soloing in this game mostly means 'fetch and carry' quests or 'kill a bunch of whatever' quests. So much of the game is centered around forced grouping that soloing is not an option, not if you want to experience the game anyway. Major design flaw in my opinion. They did the same thing with DDO, I should have seen it coming. That said, the Champion Class seems to have a high survivability, at least until the mid-twenties.

Hunter is going to level the quickest because he kills so fast. The burg can sneak through and grab objectives no problem and just collects the xp reward.Gaurdian is going take all the damage and come out on top but takes forever. champ is like the gaurdian but has more chance of dying but will kill faster.those are the main solo classes .You can solo with a minstrel or lore master but i have n knowledge with those classes.

I have 5 toons on one server. All played mostly solo or with my husband. So it is doable, but to really experience some of the content and story lines you will need a fellowship at least for a short time.

I have the following toons:

Kirvay - lvl 50 Burg

Sylwin - lvl 46 Hunt

Jazdeia - lvl 30 Hunt

Drakorin - lvl 31 Minst

Lalinreth - lvl 24 Guard

I have a lot of fun with my Burg, but at times prefer playing with either of my hunters. Just my 2 cents, Hunters seem to be best at solo play, but I have not tried all of the classes yet either.

Find the hunter solo ability start to drop around 30;s, in the North Downs you really need to group for a good bit of that zone, I would have to put my money on a Captain , though I have not really given them a go yet, they seem to fair well against my Black Arrow in Monster play 

Lore Masters are a jack all trade class so you can solo whatever you want with them

Burg is best surviver , but he is also slow killer

Champion is the master of damage , but he is quite squishy until higher levels ...

Still , i would recommend Champion for your first class - all thing considered it is the best solo class

I have six char's above level 40.three 49's and two 50's.Minst,Burg..

 The easiest  to solo(for me) I would have to say the minst. The war mode made it solo friendly.

 Hardest..guard, simply because it is really slow.

My minst has never lost a duel.Tied many times. usualy to a Lore master

Originally posted by Jadar

... So much of the game is centered around forced grouping that soloing is not an option, not if you want to experience the game anyway. Major design flaw in my opinion. ...

This is wrong. There is absolutely no problem in LotRO to get into the high levels with only playing solo. Many people did it and many people are doing it. There is no forced grouping whatsoever.

LotRO basically does a good job providing both solo and group content. However, as on every forum, you get some people complaining that they cannot solo the group content ...

Originally posted by Larsa

LotRO basically does a good job providing both solo and group content. However, as on every forum, you get some people complaining that they cannot solo the group content ...

Anyway i have solo'd fine thru with Burglar, albeit it slowly but burglar makes it interesting, and we can do a lot of fellow q's solo due to our sneakyness which makes up for the slow kills...

as for survivability... yeh if we fail something we can usually back out before its too late, therefor we can try anything which i like... Last time i died i stupidly ran of a huge cliff...

Originally posted by Larsa

 

Originally posted by Jadar

... So much of the game is centered around forced grouping that soloing is not an option, not if you want to experience the game anyway. Major design flaw in my opinion. ...

This is wrong. There is absolutely no problem in LotRO to get into the high levels with only playing solo. Many people did it and many people are doing it. There is no forced grouping whatsoever.

 

LotRO basically does a good job providing both solo and group content. However, as on every forum, you get some people complaining that they cannot solo the group content ...