Warrior, worth it?

[Vicious]

Hey all, the thing i was wondering is if warrior is worth playing. I have played Priest to around 40ish and i enjoyed it (went shadow), seldom lost a 1on1 or 2on2 with my friend. Even if i got jumped in strangleholm by a rogue.

Retail is closing up here in Europe, and i am thinking of playing rogue or warrior, i love the way warrior looks and the skills (played one to lvl 20), but i am worried that i will get ganked everywhere if im alone. I have a guild but it consists of really good irl friends, and we are not that serious with the teamwork yet, so i play alot of time solo. So basiclly im wondering if warrior is fun to play solo when youre not a tank.

Thanks for reading , Greetings from Sweden.
- Great site guys, really helpfull. Keep it up!

Regards / Petri

[Anonymous]

I love my warrior. I'll admit at the lower levels I didn't enjoy it as much, but I just kept pushing until I got MS and intercept. Once I got those two abilities, wow did it change everything. I'd definitely say warriors are at a disadvantage at the lower levels, but later on we can either get unlucky and miss/get parried alot or get lucky and get a sick string of crits that makes our enemy wonder wtf just happened. It's the only class I really have a fun time with, the others are just too boring for me.

[Anonymous]

If you really have to ask other people if a warrior is worth it, do not play one.

No seriously if you like to be the one that gets his head smashed in warrior is a lotta fun.

Or maybe thats just me...

[Lodekim]

I really think having the "Hulk Mad, Hulk Smash" mentality helps play a warrior. Was talking to my friends during the Superbowl and mentioned how when I played football at home I'd just put my head down and charge through everything, they replied "You're meant to be a tauren warrior dude"

but you do have to realize they take a lot more strategy than you'd think when you read the description of the class.

We're not as strong in pvp as I'd hoped, but we still have a presence and are indispensable in pve

[Vicious]

Thanks for the replies guys. My guild has now joined with another one so now when we are more serious i will roll a warrior in retail and just keep pushing untill MS like you said. Anyhow, if i dont like it, its not that hard to reroll a rogue ;)

Thanks.

/ Petri

[Traumatize]

I really think having the "Hulk Mad, Hulk Smash" mentality helps play a warrior.

More like "Hulk MAD! Hulk smash! Hulk does not have enough rage...:(" :P

To the OP:
Playing a Warrior can be harsh from time to time.
Don't expect to play some kind of Conan dude, or a Rogue in platemail, cause you won't.
You will not exterminate entire camps of enemies while on a murderous(sp?) rampage.
You will be one of the grunts holding your group together. Sure, Rogue and Mage dps is pretty and all, but when it comes down to it, every group needs a sturdy grunt that can stand his ground when shit starts hitting the fan.

About ganking:
Yes, you will have a problem with this.
Almost every other class has some ability they can use to get away from teh evil gankers. Warriors do not.
Plus, most gankers will see you as an easy pick.

imo, warrior as a class start to shine in the endgame, when the sick armor and weapons start to drop.
I mean, some warriors can get som extreme AC when glad in their high-end gear.
And, since there aren't too many Warriors around, you will get alot of drops. And every group, especially in the late game, LOVES a good warrior.

[Vicious]

hey Traumatize. yeah, ivé now gotten a friend on my floor ( live in studenthouse) to play Priest, so we will be grouping alot . And yes in most instances i´ve played we have lacked a warrior so we have to bring in a druid / rogue to do the tanking, and alot of mail / plate drops also.

thanks for the reply

/ Petri

[Doodle]

on the alliance side, its a pain seeing the paladins tanking for you :(

[Traumatize]

on the alliance side, its a pain seeing the paladins tanking for you :(

I seriously doubt a paladin can replace a warrior as a tank.

Allthough Im a Horde player, I really can't see that happening.
From what I hear the priests are a tad more worried, due to that paladin "no mana loss healthing" which I cant really remember:P

Anyways, if I was an Alliance groupleader, I would rather have a healer clad in plate, than a maintank without any real "tankingabilities"...
But sure, against some bosses a Paladin might be a better choice.

[RubiksCube]

I think Paladins can replace Warriors for tanking if its single Targets.

I don't believe they can hold aggro on multiple targets as good though.

[Matkun]

on the alliance side, its a pain seeing the paladins tanking for you :(

I seriously doubt a paladin can replace a warrior as a tank.

Allthough Im a Horde player, I really can't see that happening.
From what I hear the priests are a tad more worried, due to that paladin "no mana loss healthing" which I cant really remember:P

Anyways, if I was an Alliance groupleader, I would rather have a healer clad in plate, than a maintank without any real "tankingabilities"...
But sure, against some bosses a Paladin might be a better choice.

My main instance group is actually Paladin, Warrior (me), Mage, Rogue and Priest. We rip through stuff just due to sheer DPS output, and mostly on normal mobs in instances it's the Paladin tanking. Bosses I end up tanking mostly just due to my damage output, and due to using my half hour on them. Works surprisingly well, since we have practically 3 meat shields (the rogue takes damage almost as well as I and the Paladin do), and much more AOE DPS then the average group.

In the rare case that things go to the shitter and everyone starts dying, the Paladin uses Divine Intervention on the priest and we recover much quicker then having to run to the instance and through it again.

[Traumatize]

We rip through stuff just due to sheer DPS output, and mostly on normal mobs in instances it's the Paladin tanking.

After reading this sentence I take it you're not talking about the endgame instances.

Another thing, why th heck is the paladin tanking on normal(elite) mobs?
I can agree with RubiksCube, a paladin could be a viable choice for single target tanking, but against multiple mobs?

As a Warrior you've got all the toys to keep multiple mobs under control :?
What does a Pally have? Consecration? Standing around healing himself?

Im not talking crap about what a Paladin can add to an instance group, 'cause I know they are extremely useful.
As a secondary tank/healer I bet he can do wonders.
But as a maintank? Nah.

[Firecrak]

Except Divine Protection is only paladin only, self cast only. Dude get a clue!

[Matkun]

Except Divine Protection is only paladin only, self cast only. Dude get a clue!

Read it. I said Divinie Intervention, not divine protection. Dude, get a clue!

Link to clue -> http://www.thottbot.com/?k=901


After reading this sentence I take it you're not talking about the endgame instances.

Another thing, why th heck is the paladin tanking on normal(elite) mobs?
I can agree with RubiksCube, a paladin could be a viable choice for single target tanking, but against multiple mobs?

As a Warrior you've got all the toys to keep multiple mobs under control
What does a Pally have? Consecration? Standing around healing himself?

Im not talking crap about what a Paladin can add to an instance group, 'cause I know they are extremely useful.
As a secondary tank/healer I bet he can do wonders.
But as a maintank? Nah.

Yes, I am talking about endgame instances. BRD, Scholo, etc. We 5 manned Scholomance (though rogue was replaced with another prot-specced warrior) without wiping. We can get from entrance of BRD to emperor, and have him dead in 40 minutes.

Pally uses Consecration and a combination of other abilities. The simple reason he tanks is because he soaks damage better, and I do damage better. If a mob gets loose, I easily taunt or mocking blow and keep it under control.

You could almost say we've got two main tanks, except I'm DPSing as well. And like I say, it works extremely well, In game, not on paper, not theorycraft, in the actual game and high-end instance.

Main reason it works though is because we're all good players, and have tons of DPS output to make things dead before they cause significant damage. Thus me as a secondary tank and DPS primary helps the group more then it would if I was main tank.

We don't have too much aggro issues also due to being on voice comm all the time. Focus fire on mobs, they die fast, and don't do damage to the soft party members.

[Vicious]

Well, about 1,5 weeks of Retail has passed, and my warrior is soon 40, and i must say im gladly surprised about the warrior. Im having a blast playing it. Sure i get jumped sometimes and loose, but sometimes i win, depends on the jumpers skill =) , but overall, very fun class to play, and i get many pm´s / day from ppl that want me in SM etc. (Hardly any warriors on my server).

:lol:

[Sintor]

So much fun at 60 you'll end up right back here asking what Hunter spec to go.

Whoops. ;)

[Ylathir]

Errr, please tell me you are kidding Sintor. The reason I dropped my rogue is BECAUSE I felt useless in high end instances. :-(

-Ylathir

[Vicious]

long time has gone since i started this thread and i have now been playing a while at lvl 60 and i must say i still looove the warrior =) As noktyn(?) or whoever said when i first asked about if warrior is worth it, is that sometimes u loose duel but sometimes u get in those insane crits and they get amazed =) yesterday i critted a shammy to death in 3 swings , that has never happened before though, just luck =) well to sum it up, thanks for making me go warr =)