I really like to solo. I am a L42 SMN and have only grouped when the game forced me to, ie: the first 7 or so dungeons. All the rest has been solo questing.

I really liked (notice past tense) the SMN class with a tanking pet which could tank 3-4 adds np with me keeping SUSTAIN up, spending my time keeping DOTs up on all mobs, and only throwing the occasional PHYSICK when absolutely necessary.

Now after the nerfs my role seems to be "pet healer" if we end up with 3-4 mobs, and once I am spamming PHYSICK (a pathetically small heal on a 3.1K HP pet) to keep pet alive, no one is killing the mobs that are busy killing my pet.

So, it seems to be that SE has decided to force players to group. I am not sure soloing is still viable.

Are there other soloers out there who are having success with their classes, or even some SMNers?

I have not ordered the next expansion yet, and probably won't unless soloing becomes fun again.