The cost of the Warrior path

[Jimjam]

My warrior on red soloed to 40 in rawhide armour. No joke.

Sure a 'decent' duo (not tank and spank, but pet based) could churn through whites and yellows. That is not the strategy for a warrior.

You find the highest level mobs that your armour lets you mitigate decently against and you kill them. This means you want a substantial level difference between you and what you are fighting. Although the XP/kill will be much lower, the mobs will have less hp so you can kill more of them. Compounded by your out levelled attack skills you land more hits and hit for greater damage, further speeding your kills.

I suggest staying away from kunark and celious mobs. They tend to have more hp than their old world counterparts.

At 29 you may be able to solo ogre guards or skeletons in Najena or group up to do SolA. There is also a fire scale croc in lava storm you might be able to get XP off.

You sound like you have done a lot of research; have you worked out how to bandage without interrupting your melee attacks yet?