thinking about rolling a warrior
 

So every rpg I have ever played, I have always played a warrior type class. I rolled a necro on here a couple weeks ago, and I love it. But I am getting the same yearning that I always do; to make a big a$$ smasher and go smash shit.

I am thinking ogre(duh!), but I'm not sure where to spend my starting points. Back on live, I dumped it all into str/stam. I know it wont be easy to cap stam still, especially starting from the position I am in. But I am leaning towards dex/agi this time since those will be even harder to raise later on, and ogres already have high str/stam.

My other question is; will it be pretty much impossible to find groups as a warrior? Is there a lack or need for warriors on here?

Dex is important since lots of your aggro will come from weapon procs. I've heard that over 100 dex is what you want to shoot for to get a decent number of procs. The effect agi has on your ac is pretty small, so it might be better to put those points into sta or something else. As far as groups go, my warrior never had much trouble finding one, but I haven't played him in a while so your mileage may vary.

Most people are going to say to max sta. That's probably the best long-term choice, provided you're at 75 agi.

But honestly, it's not going to make a huge diff.

As a tank u dont find groups, you form them.

Personally I would dump it all into dex as a ogre. Your aggro is totally based on weapon procs and if you dump your points elsewhere your just gonna have to swap out nice sta/str gear for your shitty dex gear set so you can hold aggro.

I've always been a stamina/hps/ac hound once the 75 agil is achieved.

Not a big believer in dex over those. If you follow that logic why would people pick an Ogre over a Halfling?

Because Ogre's get more starting sta than a halfing can achieve dumping all of his points into it. Oh and the whole non frontal stun issue too.

The amount of damage you gain from increasing STR is not insignificant, but in terms of aggro generation its very small. STR is good to have, but not all that important.

STA, HP, and AC are of course necessary... but your job is to take hits and if you cant hold aggro it doesnt matter how tough you are. DEX is still a priority stat any time you can pair it with decent AC.

Ogre frontal stun immunity isn't as big for warriors as it is for SKs and shamans, but it's still the best race stat-wise. If you don't want to deal with the faction or size issues go Dwarf, the STR/STA drop isn't enough to make or break the class. But the penalties for going Ogre are more than made up for by the benefits. If you can get a Cobalt Bracer you ameliorate the biggest downside of being a fatass.

Edit: oh and Slam is huge. Huge. So huge.

Very good points even tho it was mostly rhetorical.

I am surprised so many EQ "vets" are hung up on starting stats and race. Play what you like. Play what looks good. Front stun immune and slam do not make or break the class. Slam and bash cycle so slowly it is trivial to swap a shield in your offhand, just keep it on your cursor. Stun immune means very little to a non caster. Dump all your starting stats in charisma. It won't matter at 60 when you are raid buffed.

If anything the "best" warrior would be a halfling since you will level a lot faster than any ogre or troll.