On to the next Age

Just finished my first play through of Origins/Awakening + All DLC's. I am very impressed and enthralled of how journey kept me up late at night towards the morning demanding more. Only disappointment I've had was playing AW/BM/SH mage. Maybe if I was BM/K/SH mage an just cast spells I could of done better. Now I'm going to start from scratch on hard mode as a Warrior-Beserker/Reaver/and probably champion or Templar. The people on youtube make everything look easy on nightmare. Just wanted to see how anyone else felt about the game and if they have any tips or recommendations about being a warrior I'd really appreciate it.