Warrior aggro

[ivcho]

I recently hit level 18 and have a few twink items, most notably a Lamentation. Other stuff is mostly crafted with a few cobalt and standard affordable hp gear. In terms of survavibility I do well, but having trouble understanding how aggro and taunt work.

Is the taunt command simply not powerful enough at this level to actually work or am I doing something wrong? A lot of times the mob just simply ignore is. Is that normal?

Aside from that, is aggro simply based on how much damage I do or do the tank classes have some sort of threat multiplier, and if so, is it the same across the board?

Thanks for your help!