Hmm. I've read lots of posts that suggest that you're likely in for trouble if you
However, what about people wanting to play a more pure melee warrior build? Are they destined to be weak without putting points in skills and stats they generally would steer clear of (magic skills and the int stat)? A traditional warrior build would be pumping stat points into STR and VIT, leaving the INT pretty much alone, and selecting melee based combat skills as opposed to magic. Is that a really bad idea in this game?
For pure melee, investing in Thousand Strikes, Regenerate & Life Leech is an absolute must.
But even then, in many parts at the beginning you will need to resort to ranged anyway to deal with groups of enemies.
