purpose of warrior

[Raev]

With good weapons Warrior threat is actually quite solid on average; the problem is there are no good mid-level weapons in Kunark. An untwinked 45 warrior is probably using dual 9/25 yak clubs or at best a 9/20 sarnak warhammer; it gets much better with VP weapons (for example the 11/19 Howling Cutlass) but those aren't on the menu for non-twinks. Velious will help a lot here with Wavecrasher and Frostbringer.

But even with good weapons Warrior threat is quite inconsistent, and this effect is magnified by the short duration of fights at L45. As you get into the 50s, fights get longer and the warriors have more time to generate threat, whether its taunt, procs, or just swinging. It's still not perfect, of course: at 60 a geared warrior with a good group might be tanking 80-90% of the time, which compares favorably to the L45 warrior who struggles to tank even 50% of an encounter, but is still quite a bit less than the basically 100% of a hybrid.

So Jimjam has the right idea; if the robes pull aggro, just root. Rangers are actually quite versatile!