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Honestly Warriors are gimp when it comes to tanking. I say this having one myself, as well as playing the class that pushes tanks aggro's to the limit and then some. I've grouped with warriors with yaks, with obsidian daggers, with minimal weapons and honestly there isn't a lot of difference they still have a hard time holding aggro. They mitigate very well but that's about it. So while warriors are "gear dependent" they really struggle to hold aggro twinked or not compared to a paladin or sk.

I'm not saying Warriors are bad tanks, they are the ones that are chosen mostly to raid tank, but that's when they have other clickies, and aggro enhancing things to burn to hold aggro on a dragon or something like that. They are THE tanks for the most part, they are just a struggle holding aggro no matter what you twink them with.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is if you want a Warrior in the end you might as well roll one now. You will still get groups, tanks are hard to find. And this way you will have the character you want faster rather than relying on the power level of a character that takes a fair amount of time to level themselves.

I would suggest starting in Gfay area, sell crushbone belts, don't turn them in, use them for currency. You can easily get 20-30 belts in CB in a couple hours, that's enough plat for almost an entire set of banded or bronze gear which can set you up mitigation wise until close to 50. Then from there get you a couple of decent weapons on the cheap and you're a solid tank. Aggro will still be a problem but it's always a problem with warriors. Taunt isn't reliable and when it does work you have nothing to separate you from anyone generating aggro so you just lose it again.

More often than not warriors are used as a dps class, keeping their health in the berserk mode for dps. I've spent more time being a DPSer on my warrior than tanking. It's rough for the first 20 levels but you start getting groups in places that drop more cash and you get items to sell it becomes a little easier to gear yourself. By the time youre 35 you have a decent set of gear because you don't have spells to buy