Quote Originally Posted by SpookyGhost View Post
Hope you have fun with tanking - it can be a very demanding job, but it can also be very rewarding. Don't feel forced into it, but I'd recommend sticking with it as long as you can muster as it only really gets engaging at later levels.
I love that ez-guide to tanking. As an aside, the Bishop Turret is safe to stand near and mobs should stay in the AoE:



I've seen a few newer tanks try to move away from it thinking it's a mob AoE. xD

@OP - Honestly, Paladin is probably the easiest tank to start with to learn the fundamentals of tanking. I main PLD, but also have DRK at 60 and WAR at 50 and have played all 3 in endgame content (WAR in endgame as of 2.55, not post-HW). The PLD playstyle gives you a lot less to worry about overall so you can concentrate on the basics of positioning, aggro management, and cooldown usage.

I'm a little disappointed (but not really surprised) that people came stomping in here carrying on about the fact that Paladin is the weakest tank in the current endgame. I won't lie to you and say anything different - it truly is the weakest, because the current endgame is heavily focused on DPS and ours is... well, not great. It doesn't really matter in any other content, though. Even if you do go on to tank in endgame, you'll need some Paladin skills to do so, making it a logical place to start.

Don't be afraid of tanking. You have a leg up already - as a healer, you know when tanks take big damage and you know how tanks should be doing their job to make things easier on you. So, just do as you like to see tanks do when you're healing them. :3