The cost of the Warrior path

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Hi guys,

I don't post much, but I do play quite a bit. Have been burning through alts for about 4 months (Nec, Mage, Ench) and now Warrior. Just hit level 29 and I'm not in completely terrible gear, but obviously at 29 I'm not littered with in end-game no-drops.

My question is about the cost of being a warrior. It is a really fun class for me, and yes that's all the game is about: fun. But it becomes less fun when I see that tanking anything outside of the old world seemingly requires level 50+ gear.

Is that part of the design of the game? Is it generally accepted that you must first level a character to 60 so that you can afford to tank?

Rough gear summary: HP+AC jewelry, Cobalt boots, Crafted most everywhere else, SCHW, Venomous Axe + Random offhand.

I have been farming clickies as they are level-appropriate (Rolfron Zek stun idols etc). The main problem I'm having is that, for example, single pull blue-con Tizmaks in GD crunch me down pretty quickly, and my duo partners always have to blow 50% of their mana pool to keep me alive. I can't imagine this gets better in roughly the same gear at level 40+.

"Just get your Thurg armor MQ'd" is one response I've gotten from Warriors but, again, is that the intent of the game? To be twinked or not tank at all?

Thanks for any input