I'm a Paladin...Now what?

[JeniLinsky]

What makes you think Paladins aren't awesome knights who fight for justice and to protect others?

All Dark Knight has is "Ooooh! Spoooooooky!" Paladins have Justice and the Might of Rightousness! We keep our oaths, and stand between the darkness and the smallfolk. The light of holiness burns our enemies, and we become invulnerable to damage at will (subject to cooldown). The heaviest armor, the stoutest shields, the mightiest blades are ours. If you want to practice might for right be a Paladin!

(All that said, tanking takes a particular mindset. You have to not mind that you take a boatload of damage, and dish out very little. As a Paladin, you're not there to rack up the big numbers on DPS; you're there to soak damage, and keep the mobs from hitting the li'l squishies running around the dungeon in their underwear. If you can't take pride in taking the most damage, and keeping the damage off the squishies, yeah; it might be time to go be a squishie. As for which tank to be... personal choice. I love Paladin, and will play it until they take the servers down).