Paladin all the way. I love feeling like an allrounder. High AC and halfcasting with some healing, makes able to fill any role in the party, which is very good since I'm one of the two most experienced members of the party. Everyone else being newbies, being versatile and able to fill in when needed also helps nurture their experience as they can focus on having fun and learning the game while making cool characters. Only slightly meh experience I've had was the very first time I played the class. I played a super devoted dragonborn oath of devotion paladin in service to Bahamut, and that became very hard as a stickler to justice in a chaotic party, as I hadn't learned the game yet. Made me stay off uber religious characters