clearly original devs didn't like warriors

[Jimjam]

Yeah, if you are a struggling warrior, one of the absolute best things you can do is to ask the wizard or ranger in the group if they would be kind enough to root the tanked mob.

Stand on it's toes and it will swing at you regardless of who is on the top of the hate list.

This is a great strategy as whilst the mob is rooted it can be slowed 1) without having the mob move out of place and 2) the warrior has 30 seconds to drop a couple of taunts to try piggyback off that high initial slow aggro.

I've levelled several warriors on p1999, often with 'self found' gear, and even with lacklustre weapons, I've found it trivial to control tanking provided a little effort towards communication and team work was made.

Note, once mobs are in their 50s they will begin summoning. While they will continue to face whoever is the closest player, they will actually swing at the most hated player within melee range.