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Okies...wish I woulda seen this a bit earlier.
My 2 cents being a Warrior.
ALL of the posts above are correct. The Warriors job in a group is NOT to dish out damage, but to take it and keep the agro. The rest of the group is there to do the damage. The following is MY breakdown:
Warriors - Keep the monsters attention, period. At my level and even lower, this can be greatly accomplished by Taunt, the Taunt line of disc's that warriors get, weapon procs (high dex makes em proc more) and last but not least...be the CLOSEST to the mob. I was stealling agro from a better equipped/higher level warrior on a group in PoD because I was the closest to the mob. (she even sent me a tell stating she was jealous of the way I was keeping agro) If pallies, sk's. rogues, monks and Rangers (that are meleeing and not using their bow) are stealing agro from a Warrior and the cleric is cursing all of the meleer's about their mana, then just ask the other melee DPS to fight the mobs at the edge of their melee range. Most will do this if asked. That way, your cleric/healer has an easier time of healing, cause now all the healer needs to worry about is you.
Mages, Wizzies, Necros - in my opinion, these are the guys and gals that should be out-damaging anyone in the group. They are your MAIN damage dealers. Because between their nukes and pets, there is NO way a warrior will be able to out damage them (unless they don't know how to play their toons)
Clerics, Druids, Shammies - in my opinion, these classes are your support team. Not only are they their for heals and buffs, but with shammy and druid DoTs (which most are NON-agro if done right) those mobs are going down fast. And a Cleric with a dex buff and a good weapon with a proc...WOW...I have seen Vasilia put out some great damage.
The Rest of the Melee Classes - these are your back up tanks and additional DPS. None less important than the others.
Drexx, the best advice I can give is to NOT worry so much about DPS, but concentrate more on holding that agro. If you have a high dex, a decent haste item (would look for something at least 30% or better) and a couple decent weapons with some good procs, the only other thing you can do is to just plain ole practice. I also used to carry around a variety of weapons with different procs just to see how those procs and my taunts/discs held the agro. You just have to find the right thing for your warrior. If you take a look around Norrath, you don't see too many Warriors that have the same weapons equipped.
On another note too, as a Warrior, part of our job is to take damage. The higher your HP and AC is, the less your Healer needs to heal. A high Agility also helps to mitigate the damage you take and there are also some VERY good AA abilities that can help with this.
Hope this helped and that I did not ramble too much off subject.
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Vaeuryte Moonchaser
70 Overlord
"SUCCESS isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire"
-Arnold Glasgow
'What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"
-Dr Robert Schuller
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that would be some agro 
