Warriors

[Dantes]

At level 8 you pretty much suck at everything, including getting and keeping aggro. Once you get past dual wield level and start doing crits, things get better. Once you get high level, not as many mobs are red/yellow anymore so taunt actually works on blues. There's plenty of higher level groups still looking for pure tanks, I get tells asking to come join groups on a regular basis.

Here's the proc weapon list I usually suggest...

Polished Granite Tomahawk (Level 10) - self-healing absorb
Obsidian Shards (Level 16) - 30pt DD and debuff
Kicsh Der Pavz (Level 20) - 300+ DoT
Gnoll Hide Lariats (Level 25) Skip these if you have shards - Stun
Axe of the Slayers (Level 30) - self-healing absorb
Short Short of the Ykesha (level 37) - 75 pt DD/stun

You can sneak around SolB and try not to die to pick up a Painbringer too. Procs at level 1. Sure it's an AE proc but CC sucks at low levels anyway, and the AE is a limited area.