OP isn't talking about being a tank, hence the post in the melee section of the forums and all the talk about trying to maximize his DPS. And as far as "5. Get aggro from dps and require heals" ... all anyone can ever talk about on the forums is how mediocre warriors' aggro is until they have epics/VP weps, I don't think a zerking warrior swinging a staff of battle is going to be pulling off a competent knight. Plus, ya know, root.
OP - warriors aren't bad DPS, they get some pretty nice weapons and they can crit/crip and they have top-notch skills. And at high-levels, they actually have great discs for DPS (especially for velious I believe, where they have 3-minute discs and other DPS just have the 12-ish second discs) and get triple attack. But groups expect warriors to be tanks.
Your best bet to play a DPS warrior would probably be to do it in a small group, either duo or trio. Tank stuff while zerking with a sham partner, or zerk while you fear kite with someone, or something along those lines. You can pull it off in groups too, but most of the time people will scoff at you for not wanting to tank unless you know them and they have seen you have success with your method and stuff. I still think you're going to want to gear like a warrior normally would though... hp first (more buffer to sit under 40%), ac second (since you will still get beat on frequently especially if you're not in full groups with a knight tank), and then str/dex after that. And be prepared to be the real tank frequently, even though you don't really want to do it.
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