New to EQ and P99! Few noob questions.

[A Knight]

With that said I am unsure how well untwinked melee and tanks really pan out. I'd love for a pro to step in so maybe I can learn a lesson or two. I saw a non-twinked, I think it was gnome warrior, soloing at low levels. I felt bad and said, "Hey man do you want to group?" just to help him out. And he said, "No I got this watch" and then proceeded to solo quite well.

I've only ever leveled a caster untwinked. Like not even cloth because I didn't think I needed it lol. Bad idea in hindsight.