User:Zatias/Warrior

Overview
Under Construction I first started this game as a Warrior, and my first 75 was Warrior. A master of weapons and powerful abilities made this job a good choice to take it to the level cap, but I struggled to get it that high. Today my WAR is decently geared and looks like any other average Warrior, but I snicker and know that I will never be the 'average'. I have not heard of anyone else taking Warrior all the way to 75 the way I took it there. My playstyle was completely outrageous to some, while others admired me. I would have never made it to 75 without Vivos.

A Fallen Warrior: How I play the job
First off, Warrior's great choice of weaponry is its greatest strength. Warriors can use Axe, Great Axe, Sword, Great Sword, Dagger, Polearm, Archery, Marksmanship, and many more, but nowadays you mostly see them wielding Axes. On occasion they will use Great Axe. I am proud to say I did not pick up either of those weapons until 75. My boyfriend first handed me a Great Sword when my Warrior was 13, and I did not touch another weapon after that. It was not because of ignorance that I did this, it was because I chose to be different. At 30, I adopted the Thief subjob and played much like a Dark Knight, without the magic. Berserk and Aggressor mean consistent hits with high damage, and add Warcry + Sneak Attack to a weaponskill and you will do some decent damage. However, many decided that just because I used a Great Sword that I wasn't worth their time and was useless in a party. I've gotten my boyfriend and myself booted from several parties, while other angry members force-DCed themselves. Well they can kiss my 1.5k Ground Strikes now. Besides dealing damage, Warrior acts as a tank or support tank when others are in trouble. Provoke is obviously used for this, and Warcry can also pull hate in an emergency. If that's not enough, your damage can pull hate. You can then defend yourself with defender and retaliation, which adds to your damage and gives extra TP. Once you have hate like this, you can hold it even better with the gained TP by weaponskilling. Again, like its diverse choice of weapons, Warrior is overlooked as a tank.