Fighters are what are often referred to as the front line. Whether you play your character like that is up to you to decide.
Whether your fighter specialises in melee weapons, ranged weapons, focuses on magic to boost their combat skills, or maybe uses stealth to find the advantage.
The choices are yours to make
All classes learn skills at different speeds.
The learning priority for fighters is as follows;
Weapon skills
Defensive skills
General skills
Lore skills
Magic skills
Sword Dances are available to all classes, but fighters will find that there are some sword dances that are specific to their class.
To learn these sword dances you must travel the realms, or visit chat to other adventurers, or visit discord.
Battle Roars are powerful and useful, only the fighter class (and their advance classess) can do a battle roar. You will learn these as you advance through the fighter guild ranks.