First time playing shadow knight (from scratch)

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Hello Norrathians!

So recently I made a human shadow knight on the green server because I thought they sounded like a lot of fun! I already played paladin before (have one on blue server) and I played a warrior but found them a little boring. So I decided to play a shadow knight which also my first time playing an "evil character".

So I have a few questions:
1. Would I have a problem getting gear from scratch?
2. How do shadow knights solo?
3. What are some gear recommendations?

I read up on the wiki and scrolled through forums to see information but I wanted to know what you guys think. I also watched a lot of level1undercon's videos to see shadow knight gameplay which was really cool!
Thanks =)