Trio trouble in RotF

[keth]

warlord + pally is very tough -- but it takes a lot of focus to play
reaver + pally is probably the next best, but since the nerf to reaver, I'm not sure

Really? Maybe I'm just leaving things out but I have one macro plus 1 finisher I use on a one-key 4 button rotation in ISBoxer for single target, then the exact same thing for ae on another hotbar. I have the same hotkey swap all toons hotbars to ae/single and basically have one-button spam for 95% of things, then a few hotkeys I hit for emergencies, pre-pull etc. Works for me so far through anything that doesn't have some extra move-or-die gimmicks and haven't had any trouble yet with tank keeping agro.

I run almost full pally now. I maxed out pally and put the rest in warlord leveling and it went fine. Will fine tune it at 50 or if I ever hit trouble but so far working great (lvl 43 now).

Used to run almost full reaver and that worked great as well but actually took more hotkeys in the rotation to not double cast dots etc.

Pally seems easier and more durable overall than the reaver. Reaver might do more damage but not like it was before the nerf. May be easier to keep ae agro with reaver in comparison.

If you want a tank that is truly one-button simple may want to look into justicar, but they don't have all the extra buffs, debuffs, fight management buttons warriors get.

Oh well, I kind of like my team so will stick with them.
I expect Trion will flesh out the Rift world like other MMOS in time and we'll get scaled or small group dungeons.

I have had a look through the Warrior classes and none stand out as tankier than the others really. Any suggestions for a warrior that can take a lot of damage?

What about equipment, should I be crafting up the latest and greatest gear or is the quest reward stuff ok?

Quest gear usually keeps you set up fine for the level. Staying on top of crafting didn't seem worth it to me, unless you know some crafters who will hook you up. Leveling crafting is also a money drain for the most part. Unless you just enjoy doing it I'd just do harvesting, vendor everything, and level.