[Crawdad]

- I have zero patience and won't be taking these to max level so raid/endgame performance does not matter to me.
+Pal/SK

- I'm a huge fan of soloing because I'm not always feeling social.
+SK

- I'm still new to the server, my main is a level 35 barb shammy. I'm too broke to twink at all but I can craft banded armor and maybe afford a 500 plat weapon if I'm really willing to sacrifice and I can make sow/gate/ivu potions.
+Pal/SK

- I like doing big dick DPS but still at least be able to hold enemies to my face, so I need less of a tank-focused class and more of a damage dealer who can also hold aggro.
+War, or -Tanking


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You'd probably be best off with SK, if you do want a tank. Either of the hybrid tanks are easy to pick up and tank fresh. Your healers might have to work a little harder, but they are the less gear dependent options. Gear is cheap for Pal/SK, SK solos better than Pal or War, and SK is AFK friendly thanks to FD. Warrior is the only tanking class that can fill a Dps role, sorta.

You might want to consider monk like bigjeff said, or possibly bard. Both can tank, both can deal damage (though by casting as bard), both have cheap lowbie gear. Or if you're set on a real tank class, try out SK.