Tanks are terrible as a newbie because of the gear requirements. It takes forever to get anything reasonable.
As a complete brand-new to the server with no friends etc.., a Druid isn't a terrible choice. They're a little harder to consistently get groups with, but they're not extremely gear dependent and you can also at least solo when you have to. On top of that, later on, you can start making money giving ports and power leveling people. At level 60 they can farm money and misc items solo pretty damn good. The end-game here is that you get your 60 druid rolling and making enough money to twink out your Warrior or Knight if that's what you ultimately want to play.
Theres a million ways to do it I'm sure, but in my opinion, I'd never make a tank as the first character. It's a brutally hard grind and uphill battle from level 1 and unless you're chronically unemployed, you probably won't ever get anywhere.
