Serious lack of tanks here

[Lagaidh]

Oh! I see... "hard"

I agree. There isn't much in classic that is hard in the sense of difficulty (just tedium). But if I am doing my job as a paladin in a group that is min-maxxing, then I'm not going to be typing social banter as I'd like =)

Last item: Paladins are viewed as group dependent only if you're thinking in terms of efficiency. I can solo a pally. My wife plays a druid and we have mostly leveled as a duo (haven't played together in forever though.) I truly do love the EQ interpretation of a paladin... so that's what I play. I don't see it in terms of black and white ability/liability.