Knights: Decent or Garbage?

[Lune]

So I'm considering gearing out either my 54 ranger or my 20 iksar shadowknight to play this summer and to main in Velious. I love the playstyle of both classes. I find monks, rogues, and warriors to be boring, even though monks are just the all around best melee.

I was about 12 years old in 2000, and played a bit of Kunark and Luclin/PoP but somehow I missed Velious, so I don't remember much about the state of things in that expansion.

How are knights in Velious? Right now they kinda seem like crap thb. There isn't much reason to have a knight tank for you over a warrior, monk, or ranger. Sure, knights can manage agro, but they do barely any dps and mitigate only marginally better than a properly geared monk. The agro management of the other classes is more than sufficient given the dps they do, which is a tremendous asset both grouped and solo. They aren't great raid classes. Sk's have a few pulling tricks. What would be their role as trash tanks in raids is largely usurped by the widespread abuse of clicky mallets by soulless non-classic raiders.

Do you feel like knights are good tanks for a group (or will be in Velious), or would you prefer a monk or warrior? Are you enlightened enough to prefer a ranger? Can shadow knights solo anything that monks can't, using fear? Can SKs solo any cool mobs in Velious? What should I play? Which class is cuter?