Mid-Level QuestionsFollow

Hello,

I've been solo'ing since playing. But now, I'd like to be able to play this char a lot better for later on...or at least get in as much knowledge of the class and how to do it at lvl41, rather than lvl70(or 80 soon).

So, my questions...

1)At this level, what am I looking at for stats? I know it goes stam, str and then AR. Right now, I have 200sta, 170str, 2500HP and 4100AR...should I sac more AR into more sta and push that over 3000HP, taken the AR towards 3k too?

2)For groups during instances, will I still be more in def stance the whole time to start a bigger fight? Or should I be in battle and then shift as more creatures join? (never have done instances as a tank before - and like I said, I want to get good now, even though I keep getting told leveling is more important, but something doesn't sit well with me being level 60-70 learning to play a character that I should've been learning with and not just leveling, ya know?).

3)How do I know when the pulls need to stop coming in( besides death:) )? Mana levels for the healer? Or is this something that is just learned?



Any help, advice, links, etc would be really appreciated.

Thanks