Play what you want
Monks are better soloists
Warriors are highly demanded at end game
If you're worried about the path of a warrior, here is my advice:
Suck dick until you find a rich friend who will help you out with a little gear. Warrior is ultra gear dependent. Once you get to your 30s there are a few cashcamps you can handle that will allow you to farm plat. Once you do this, you can equip yourself with the best cultural and good weapons (Lammy quality).
You're gonna suck at holding aggro. Why? Cause most people levelling are twinks. They have sweet weapons, they have haste items. They will pull aggro. Monks won't flop, rogues won't evade. Your best bet is to find a friend who can cast root and the prox tank.
Get some obsidian shards during your 20s. They have a proc that generates good hate. Or a polished granite tomahawk. Forget the fantasy of dealing good damage for now. You'd need about 20k for a haste item and good weapons to do that. Just try to learn how to manage your aggro. Make a bow and arrows so that you can pop the incoming mob and get a little boost on its hate list. Time your kick/bash until after you taunt so you can establish a little more dominant aggro.
Most of all, contain within yourself the dream that at level 50+ you'll be good. it's true. Shit gets sweet. Eventually you'll find yourself tanking dragons and raids. It's a good feel.
As for races, ogre is "best." Ogre is also ugly and boring. I get my rocks off by constantly RPing in my head and in game. But I love halflings. My warrior has an alcohol tolerance of 250 and only eats the flesh of dark elves. He is short, he is a racist, and he loves Jumjum. He spends thousands of platinum to buy the choicest cuts of blackened Tier'Dal from his dealer near the Shady Swashbuckler. He gets shit on by his friends and guildies for being so short that they can't see him tanking in raids.
Choose a class/race combo that humors you, that makes you wetter than a frog in Niagara Falls. Go out there and insult everyone that your character would hate. Be a man!
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