1) banded. Then it can be turned into Trooper Scale armor.
2) no. I'm fairly comparable to an indicolite warrior but I wear max ac items. They could easily beat us.
3) untwinked.. Hmm. I solo'd an iksar warrior on live from 1-46. Untwinked. It will be slow but it's doable.
4) consider sk? Xp penalty but you won't lose aggro. IMO better 'group' tanks. Warrior is cooler, tho.
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5) save every bone chip you come across. This will get you your first few weapons.
Bladed thulian claws, jarsath trident, kunzar ku'juch, etc..