New to Server - War, SK or Pal

[Krah]

Greetings,

Just joined P99 and after trying a couple ranged classes for something new, realized I much prefer plate dps/tanking (played a war main on tunare and SK on prexus from 99-03). Guess old habits die hard....

Been creeping the forums this morning digging up info on all 3 tank classes and am struggling to decide. Trying to avoid an alt, and just want to focus on one.

Already I'm leaning towards war as I actually like being gear dependent and group dependent.....but I do play nights and might only have an hour or 2 sometimes to play, so soloing would be nice.

Any thoughts on server needs?

What are gear prices like? Easy for a war to stay somewhat current, or at least decent enough to get by?

Is paladin dps as bad as I'm reading?

I've never gotten a class to 60 on live, may main made it to 57 (war) and alt sk hit 52 (Troll)....so the XP penalty may be a factor.

I would like to complete my epic (goal of mine) and realize the paladin of the 3 is easiest. How tough, or bottlenecked is war/SK?

Any help is appreciated folks, thanks!