What makes the BEST warrior?

[Oncedark]

Warriors need to be better than hybrid tanks.

Better:
1) Research everything. Know your class.
2) Pay attention to everything around
3) Be first to incoming mobs.
4) Communicate to your group
5) Best aggro weapons possible
6) Work a lot harder than hybrids.

Warrior last night. Telling him to get a procing weapon. SSOY for example. Warrior in mid 40s.

SSOWhat? asks the warrior who isn't tanking a thing because his weapons are very poor choices.

[Kassel]

The one who pays attention

[Taminy]

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

The best warrior is a warrior in Full Cobalt And/or Indicolite, with a Cloak of Flames - that uses twin SSOY/Ykeshian Clubs/Sarnak hammer, presses taunt often, stands face to face with the mob when its rooted, uses assist macros when attacking mob with other mobs hugging it, uses mob pulling macros, and uses disciplines wisely (my favorite is Evasive)

Thats about it really.

SSOY and its close variants (other than RoMY) are junk in Kunark - if you have enough of a guild to get you a CoF you should have better weapons.

Some other choices (unfortunately the best 4 don't drop any more):

Blade of the Black Dragon Eye
Ringed Mace of the Ykesha
Warding Star
Rod of Mourning
Sarnak Warhammer
Silken Whip of Ensnaring (only offhand it).
Bloodfire (offhand it - proc only generates about half the aggro of other weapons).
Blade of the Green Dragon Eye
Sebilite Croaking Dirk
Jade Mace
Lamentation

Yeah the last 5 weapons I listed don't have procs (or only a minor aggro proc) - but people underestimate warrior dps and speed of attack as contributing aggro factors too. Yeah if you're using an SSOY and you proc 4 times you'll hold aggro - but next fight you get no procs and your aggro is garbage. Yeah a jade mace isn't going to be high aggro but it will be at least manageable and fairly predictable. I also had to list weapons more attainable for people without a CoF [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I mainhand bobde and offhand bloodfire for what it's worth. Once bloodfire procs I switch to snare whip.

[Dantes]

Pay attention.
Be at the keyboard.
Pick targets quick.
Have awesome proc weapons.
Have fucktons of DEX.

The "worst" warriors, or the ones people complain about most tend to be those who frequently AFK, don't pay attention, tab to other windows, etc. You can't really do that and be the tank. Just like being a chain puller, you pretty much have to give 100% of your attention span to your group. It's not like you can sit on your ass and med through a fight while you are downstairs looking for the cheesy poofs.

[Taminy]

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

It's not like you can sit on your ass and med through a fight while you are downstairs looking for the cheesy poofs.

If I get enough procs I can! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Dantes]

Also be resourceful. Have invis potions or a Larrikan's mask. Have IVU potions. Have SOW potions or jboots. Know your way to camps. Have an OT gate hammer. You are a burden to your group if they have to fight out to get you or fight out to let you leave. There's a lot of utility we can gain from having the right items in inventory.

Have some decent magic resist. When you are considering Cobalt vs Indicolite, look at the pieces that have DEX and Magic Resist - consider how useful that is. AC only helps us with melee hits. Have MR gear in a bag, swap out when/if you are fighting in a camp with lots of casters and your group isn't stunning everything efficiently. You are not helpful to a group if every nuke, root, poison or slow is sticking to you.

[Slave]

Some of the best warriors will go berserk and stay there because they have the best clerics healing them. Preferably under 20% life so mobs frenzy on them and never leave from the first hit. Then use Mighty Strike. Watch everyone poop.

[Delik]

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

The best warrior is a warrior in Full Cobalt And/or Indicolite, with a Cloak of Flames - that uses twin SSOY/Ykeshian Clubs/Sarnak hammer, presses taunt often, stands face to face with the mob when its rooted, uses assist macros when attacking mob with other mobs hugging it, uses mob pulling macros, and uses disciplines wisely (my favorite is Evasive)

Thats about it really.

Press taunt often? Warrior should only be pressing taunt when agro is not on him, as it boosts him to the top of the agro chart +1. If he/she is pushing the button often it will not always be available when its needed and is therefore ineffective. You dont want to mash buttons as a warrior.

[YendorLootmonkey]

Hell, hit Disarm and Beg and sit a few times, too.

[Ihealyou]

I make the best warrior.

For people not as awesome as me, there's some good tips in here.