How to gear up

[Snorlax]

I'm a warrior who's been on the server playing maybe once every quarter for about three years. I just reached level 53 and i'm still in some of my level 1 gear. I don't want to beg anyone for gear, but it's getting to the point that I can't tank in groups because I don't have the HP/AC and my weapons don't really generate threat, and I don't have any haste items.

How can I without begging begin to gear up my warrior?

What do other warriors do? I was thinking about getting a clicky invis item, because i'm usually stuck where ever I am bound. I can't move around without dying and when I do get somewhere I'm stuck till someone ports me. Am I just being a big baby? Do other warriors just throw themselves out there or are there some major items i'm not using?

If it helps, p99 was my first exposure to classic EQ and this is the highest level character I have.