Tips for a new Warrior

[Samoht]

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

Warriors hold aggro through dps

Lol. No.

DPS classes like Rogues, Monks, Wizards, and Rangers will outdamage you and eventually pull aggro if you're simply relying on damage to hold aggro. Warriors use procs and clicks to gain and hold aggro, particularly procs with stuns (like ykesha or sarnak war hammer), slows (truncheon of doom or willsapper), snares (silken whip of ensnaring), poisons (trochlic's skeen or botbde or skorpikus claw impaler), and AC debuffs (wavecrasher) or clicks with slows, roots (wooly spider silk nets), or charms (puppet strings).

[Rararboker]

Everyone missed a huge point here. Buy crusty armor. Avoid the few pieces with huge dex reductions. It is dirt cheap, the lost dex can be made up with a few solid +dex items, and it has good stamina bonuses.

[serjordanmormont]

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

only play a warrior if you intend to raid

or if you want to rp a warrior

Oh really? I mostly want to group with people. I have no idea if I want to raid. Am I better off going paladin in that case?

[khanable]

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

Oh really? I mostly want to group with people. I have no idea if I want to raid. Am I better off going paladin in that case?

yes

[serjordanmormont]

Thanks for all the help. I really appreciate the answers. I've got a lot to think about.

[Arclyte]

If you want to tank outside of raids, go SK/paladin

Monks are also almost as durable as warriors, have a bunch of tricks, and deal more damage

[Xaanka]

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

Hello all,

I've decided I want to try my hand at a warrior and am looking for guidance on a few things.

1. Race: Really only looking at Dwarf, Barbarian, and Iksar. Any issues with these races or is one a significantly better warrior than the others?

2. Taunt: I've heard that holding aggro is tough for warriors until later. Is there anything I can do about that? If I plan to tank am I better off with a paladin or SK?

3. Tank or damage: Am I limited to tanking or can warriors do decent damage?

4. Gear: Any tips on a good place to gear up? I'm told that warriors are very gear dependant so I'd like to tackle this early if possible.

Any help is much appreciated. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

1. race doesn't matter, pick what you think looks coolest. Iksar is the best end game but you don't get to use kunark/classic plate (relevant while leveling, meaningless when 60)
2. get some proccing weapons and as much DEX as you can. warrior aggro generation and tanking always sucks for 6 man group content. warriors are raid tanks, paladins and SK's excel at group content.
3. wars can do good DPS
4. just get banded armor, hp/ac rings, and some cheap proc weapons. don't worry about gear until 60 just level.

[Daywolf]

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

Gnome!!!! Then you get access to super amazing clockwork armor!!

30 dex and str buff?

40% haste buff?

Invisibility?

Sow?

Yea gnome!!!!

On top of all that, you get to be super cute. And not need shrink. And also you are a gnome.

The armor looks like a pain to make and maintain. Not too bad to make compared to other crafted/quested armor, but it's 10 charge using a battery charge. I was chasing the wiki dragon around trying to assess the time/cost req to make a class 5 battery, what do they sell for like ~100pp ea off the PoS vendor? I assume making them is not so easy.

[Ivory]

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

what do they sell for like ~100pp ea off the PoS vendor?

Ya [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] But the str and dex buffs last for over an hour at level 21! Not shabby!!

Gnomes forever!!!

[thufir]

Yes, if you are going to be grouping with people as opposed to raiding, go sk/pal. Warriors only really pay off if you are planning on tanking end game content.

Of the two knights, shadowknight is more solo friendly. If you are going to group all the time, paladin is just fine.