Dwarven Warrior vs Dwarven Cleric vs Dwarven Paladin

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I got p99 up and running. I actually stopped playing EQ in PoP, but after logging on a little test character it felt so familar and i'm ready to shove off.. except im going to start from scratch, and I really want to be a dwarf, even if its not the min maxing race of choice for.. well anything.

I want to be a Warrior, Cleric, or Paladin. I love to tank in groups, and heal. I was walking in the commonlands with my little test human to see if there was a big population in that old tunnel area, and I was happy to see there was. I chatted with a few people about this question, and wanted to ask it here. If you had the choice of starting fresh on one of those three classes for a dwarf, why or why not might it be a bad idea? From what I gather people told me:

Warrior will be not wanted because its not an ogre, and is only wanted for raids and never groups.

Paladin's are supposedly good in groups but bad in raids, and are not good in velious era, they mostly say.

Most people said be a cleric because you'll be useful everywhere, but don't be a dwarf, be a halfling or don't play cleric and go paladin :P But no, i'm being a dwarf!


What is your take on the decision? I only had played casters a long time ago, and never had a serious priest or melee fighting or tanking class so I wanted to finally relive the game and do it. (Specifically tanking or healing)