Will I be okay as a newb tank?

[Obxolicious]

So with green server being around I've been wanting to come back to P99 for a while and just haven't until today. I had a level 35 pally on blue server a couple years back before I stopped playing.

I'm wanting to roll high elf paladin on green and I did but not even 10 minutes into playing, I saw another level 1 paladin decked out in gear. So my question is will I be okay as a newb tank making my way through the levels? I really wanna experience EQ and earn my gear / levels but I'm aware of the fact I can't compete with twink tanks. Does anyone have any suggestions what I could play? I enjoy healing as well.