New Player (ish) wanting to Tank (question)

[coloradoderek]

I tried to find this question as I'm sure its been asked but I couldn't find a direct answer so I'll ask.

I want to play a paladin, however, I also want to tank for raids and such.

From what I can read, paladins can do good in dungeon groups or other 6 man situations, but for raids or "hard" bosses, they aren't very good. Now, I also read that Velious has kinda made it so Paladins can OFF tank but do they have a chance at main tanking yet?

If not, that means warrior is the only option for me, but then that brings up the question about soloing or leveling in general. Can warriors solo decently without sitting down and resting for 80% of my game time? Or, is it easy enough to find groups still while leveling up?

I've only really played EQ back when it was new and then I was a magician or other casters.

I've played a paladin recently but it was on the new servers and not in the old 1999 version of the game.

So I'm a newbie for sure, but just in tanking in 1999 era [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks for any help.
Very sorry if this question is getting old.

Derek