Realistically, will warriors be able to hold aggro at all?

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Originally Posted by eunomios [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

2. Warriors will be competing with other melees in non-twink ERA gear (warrior should win with higher STR, ATK, and possibly Pull aggro).

STR, and ATK have absolutely no effect on aggro generation. It's all about your weapons +dual wield + double attack + haste. That's it for warriors. Even though they will be competing against other melee in classic era gear they still don't have the offensive skill caps that monks and rogues do, not to mention backstab and the specials of monks which will build more aggro than a kick or slam.

So now at this point you're relying on either weapon procs, or your group dropping aggro (which not every class can do).

Aggro weapons like obsidian shard or gnoll hide lariat have shit ratios. SSOY is pretty good for classic but thats at the end of the era. You gotta go 1-40s with shit weapons hoping and praying for good procs and your group to know what they're doing, or going with no procs and hoping your group knows what they're doing. So it's certainly not impossible to have warrior tanks leveling through classic, but its a lot easier with a knight. At 50 with SSOYs and a haste item you can go to town.