SK is the easiest to make effective untwinked.
Warrior is the most difficult, it's a bear to hold agro against all the twinked melees when all you've got is that shitty Taunt hotkey.
Paladin is the most frustrating (this server is chock full of players who have not seen a classic era Paladin played well and not only assume it's a weak class but also give bad advice as to how you should play, thus helping to sustain their ignorance and ensure that their poor opinion of the class remains unchallenged.)
1. The most important thing is how well you make friends. Seriously. Tanks need groups the way green plants need sunlight. You don't have to be everybody's best pal, but you do need to develop a healthy supply of people who have grouped with you successfully and want to do so again.
2. Next most important is how well you play your character. But, this is learnable as you play, and if people like having you around (see #1) you'll have plenty of opportunity to learn.
3. Finally, tanks are more gear-dependent than all of the other classes. So as you level up you need to learn what gear is effective and affordable (a decent weapon, good armor, useful jewelry, eventually a haste item) and obtain it. Especially as an untwinked tank this will be a continual process across the life of your character. Without a Sugar Daddy to set you up you're going to have to pay attention to prices and availability of tradeable gear, so that you know what will help you and you know a good deal when you see one. An untwinked tank that "hates" EC (the popular trade zone) is a reroll waiting to happen.
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