The hybrid tanks are fine if you intend to cap out at the lower-to-mid tier.  The high-end culture on P99 regards hybrids as nigh-worthless and has for quite many years.  Guilds won't necessarily turn hybrids down (see above comments about P99's guilds not generally being exclusive) but they'll be the first ones asked to play some other character if the raid composition isn't ideal.  I have a Shadow Knight as my one and only max-level character, but I've no interest in high-end raiding.  For what I do (lower-end content and non-raid stuff) it serves with full satisfaction. 
 
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