Advice for a new warriorFollow

I am new to this game(taking a break from xbox live) and was searching through the character classes, and found at this point, a warrior most caught my eye. I am one that looks more at the long term, rather than short term, and the Titan's Grip ability really appealed to me.

I was just hoping you could answer me a few questions. I know that warriors can not heal, and unlike other classes, do not have the many tricks to get out of combat. Though, I see that they make the most use from cooking and first aid. In the lower levels, will this be enough to stay alive? Since I am brand new, I do not have colleagues to play with, so I am forced to go much of the early content alone and I was wondering if I will end up dead on more occasions than alive.

My next question is towards professions. I am going to take up mining, because after my research, I found that it makes the most money on the auction house. Keep in mind, I am not solely interested in making money, but just a bit extra would be nice. As for my second, I do wish to take up a crafting profession. Alchemy needs herbalism, and although we lack a healing trait, potions do not interest me that much. So, I am looking at Blacksmithing, or Engineering.

I see that with engineering, you can make guns, and combat pets, as well as mounts, and other quirky things. I was just wondering how useful it is for a warrior. On the other hand, I think I am leaning more towards Blacksmithing. Not only with the money I will save on armor, but for the fact most of the armor looks wonderful. On top of that the weapons and other smithing items, it may be the way to go.

Sorry this post is so long, I am just very inquisitive at the moment. One more thing I wanted to address was spec. I see Titan's Grip is in the middle talent tree, but until I acquire enough points to get it, is there another spec that is good for soloing? I am one who likes a strong defense. In fact at first I was thinking of going Paladin, but I found that I liked the variety of warrior weapons and abilities much more to my liking at this point.

Well, thank you for taking the time to read this. I would appreciate any positive comments and suggestions that you have for me. Please keep in mind I am new at this, but I hope with your help I can at least gain some ground in this massive online world, thank you.

Welcome!

First aid is one of the more important secondary professions you can pick up. I do highly recommend getting that and leveling it up. I can't tell you how many times using it after a fight helps. of course, the obvious, don't go into a fight with a little bit of health. But yes, Food and first aid are essentials, in my opinion.

With being dead more often than alive, that all really depends. Some areas are packed tight with mobs, making it hard to pull one separately and results in pulling all of them, which sometimes can cause you to die. Other times it's the opposite.

As for your professions, mining is a good one to pick up. Although if you're wanting to make money, you may want to start out with two gathering instead of picking up a crafting. This is mainly due to the fact that most of your mining materials will go toward the profession instead of making you money. If you're set on taking up blacksmithing or engineering, I quite enjoy engineering myself. If you ever decide to tank with your warrior, you can make some really nice tanking goggles (along with all the other goodies you mentioned).

Regarding Titan's Grip, I cannot really help you there. I've leveled protection since 10, but either Arms or Fury would be faster to level with. Protection helps more with being able to take a beating, although some fights last a bit longer.

in response to one part of the question. Warriors don't have alot of tools for getting out of combat. They do have a fear that can scare away mobs allowing you time to run. or hamstring (slow them down) and run. Best to not go into a fight low on health. This is where first aid and cooking come in handy as mentioned above.

I recently logged back on after a significant absence and, though the rules have changed considerably, I started back in on my warrior to see how the old guy was doing. I respecced Fury all the way to Titan's Grip and like it (also it looks badass), but it'll take a good while to get there. I generally tanked instances back in the day and have now decided to simply grind/quest through levels and get armor where I might since I'll use him only as an alt now. Fury and TG work well and kill things fairly quickly. After not having played for a while, then starting back as a hunter and switching back to the warrior, healing seems a time sucking chore, and leveling is slower than I seem to care for anymore. I recommend you try out three or so classes up to about 15 or 20 so you get a good feel for the difference, worst case scenario, you wind up with an active alt to fall back on, and a bank. Also, yes on the two gathering profs. The only true warning, is that when you tank you'll get very pissed off quite often, make friends and stick to them for instances, especially healers.