To play a warrior, or not to play a warrior

[Daldaen]

1. HP/AC gear is very nice but you can do fine with Bronze armor through your 40s. The main issue warriors have throughout the game is holding aggro. Mostly this is done through weapon procs. The problem with that is until level 37-40 (ykesha), you don't have any really good weapons to hold aggro with. And once you get those weapons you will look at your DEX and see it isn't even close to max so they don't proc all that much.

One thing that will increase your aggro is a Haste item. If you can afford it grab one, if not save up while you're leveling to purchase one. Beyond some basic and cheap HP/AC gear, Haste should be your primary focus. Most aggro weapons at the low end like Ykeshas are very cheap also.

Most warriors end up just using a 2hb weapon and smashing taunt hoping it pulls aggro.

2. Buy two 5AC/55HP Rings for your warrior. They're very worth the investment. Beyond that just grab some cheap HP/AC items. You really don't need much if you're grouping.

3. Nah warrior race is rather irrelevant. Iksar/Troll Regen is nice if you solo. Ogres have great starter stats. Half-Elf have the best charisma (DI nomnom)

4. Three things. Firstly, understand how Taunt works. Taunt will put you at the top of the hate list on the mob when successful. It only works on mobs lower level than you. What this means is a Yellow/Red con mob you won't be able to Taunt AND if you are already tanking the mob, hitting taunt is a WASTE. Do NOT spam click taunt while you already have aggro, this leads to situations where you have taunt refreshing while its beating on a cleric.

Secondly, rooted mobs ignore all hatelists. As long as a mob remains rooted they will attack the PC closest in proximity to it. If you're in a group where mobs are being rooted you want to be right underneath the mobs feet so you guarantee you're getting attacked. This is also a way to bypass the low level issue of having no good means of aggro if you group with casters who can root mobs for you.

Thirdly, hate/aggro is all front loaded. By this I mean the amount of hate you gain by attacking a mob is a flat value dependent on the weapon your using and it is added before any dice roll determining your hit is done. So a MISS generates an equal amount of hate as a MAX hit. Due to this, hitting for more and hitting more often (STR/ATK), though they help kill a mob faster, it does nothing to increase the likelihood the mob fights you (allowing you to tank). Due to this, Haste is extremely important on a warrior. More swings = More Aggro.

5. Sakuragi has one on the wiki? Google Sakuragi / P99 Wiki I think? Or someone will link it for me.