Playing Warrior without sugardaddy

[purpherb]

So I am playing a warrior as my first character on this server. A lot of what I have read is that warriors are the most gear dependent in the game and require items that are priced above what a new toon can usually purchase. Would it be foolish for me to play a warrior without a higher level character to farm plat for him?

I also have interest in raiding eventually. Would a barbarian warrior be able to be a top notch main tank assuming I get the correct gear eventually? I know Ogre is the 'best' warrior race but I also read that the stat cap can be reached with items anyway.

Really excited to get back into this game! I am hoping to explore some of the zones that are usually empty and most people do not see, so if anyone else is interested in doing some dungeon raiding and questing just for the sake of exploration and discovery let me know! Awesome job devs this server is a great thing.