New to game. Trying to make a DPS Tank Build.

[Crlawer]

Hi, I'm kinda new to DDO but I've played DND 3.5 with my friends when we had the chance so hopefully I don't sound like a complete noob at this XD. In any case I'm working on a dps tank build at the moment and decided that I wanted to try out a lvl 10 fighter / 10 barbarian but I was actually wanting to get some advice about that. So far my fighter is level 2.

Level 2
Chaotic Good Human Male
(2 Fighter)
Hit Points: 56
Spell Points: 0

BAB: 2/2
Fortitude: 4
Reflex: 1
Will: 0

Starting Ending Feat/Enhancement
Abilities Base Stats Base Stats Modified Stats
(32 Point) (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 2)
Strength 18 18 19
Dexterity 13 13 13
Constitution 13 13 13
Intelligence 10 10 10
Wisdom 10 10 10
Charisma 10 10 10

Starting Ending Feat/Enhancement
Base Skills Base Skills Modified Skills
Skills (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 2)
Balance 3 3.5 3.5
Bluff 0 0 0
Concentration 1 1 1
Diplomacy 0 0 0
Disable Device n/a n/a n/a
Haggle 0 0 0
Heal 0 0 0
Hide 1 1 1
Intimidate 4 5 6
Jump 4 4 4
Listen 0 0 0
Move Silently 1 1 1
Open Lock n/a n/a n/a
Perform n/a n/a n/a
Repair 0 0 0
Search 0 0 0
Spot 2 2.5 2.5
Swim 4 4 4
Tumble n/a n/a n/a
Use Magic Device n/a n/a n/a

Level 1 (Fighter)
Skill: Balance (+2)
Skill: Intimidate (+4)
Skill: Spot (+2)
Feat: (Human Bonus) Toughness
Feat: (Selected) Two Handed Fighting
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons

Enhancement: Fighter Item Defense I
Enhancement: Fighter Intimidate I
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness I

Level 2 (Fighter)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Intimidate (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Power Attack
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I
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I figured by waiting till lvl 5 to level as a barbarian I could maximize the amount of feats I could obtain as a fighter. Also I saw that in order for me to obtain the best toughness and strength enhancements I would at least need a fighter level of 10, the same is true for barbarian with the constitution and rage enhancements that I would be using at least according to DDO Character Planner 3.34 which I found while looking on the forums. Using that program here is my character without any tome enhancements (I do plan on using tomes which may change this build but..well you know how it is tomes don't exactly grow on trees.)

Level 20 Chaotic Good Human Male
(10 Fighter / 10 Barbarian)
Hit Points: 382
Spell Points: 0

BAB: 20/20/25/3030
Fortitude: 17
Reflex: 8
Will: 6

Ending
Abilities Base Stats
(32 Point) (Level 20)
Strength 23
Dexterity 13
Constitution 13
Intelligence 10
Wisdom 10
Charisma 10

Ending
Base Skills
Skills (Level 20)
Balance 13
Bluff 0
Concentration 3
Diplomacy 0
Disable Device n/a
Haggle 0
Heal 6
Hide 2
Intimidate 23
Jump 18
Listen 0
Move Silently 2
Open Lock n/a
Perform n/a
Repair 0
Search 0
Spot 11
Swim 8
Tumble n/a
Use Magic Device n/a

Enhancement: Barbarian Improved Damage Reduction I
Enhancement: Barbarian Improved Damage Reduction II
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage III
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage III
Enhancement: Barbarian Hardy Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Hardy Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Hardy Rage III
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack I
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack II
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack III
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage III
Enhancement: Fighter Greataxe Specialization I
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Strength I
Enhancement: Human Greater Adaptability Dexterity I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution I
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution II
Ennhancement: Barbarian Constitution III
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I
Enhancement: Fighter Strength II
Enhancement: Fighter Strength III
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness I
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness II
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness III
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness IV
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For the most part I am just trying to min/max my dps and tanking capabilities. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks ^_^

[unbongwah]

DPS & tanking don't mix that well, IMHO, especially on 28-pt n00b builds. Barbarians and tanking definitely don't mix, because you sacrifice AC when Raging. And a 10 / 10 level split is almost always a subpar idea because of the way the PrEs break at lvls 6 / 12 / 18. My suggestion would be to pick a role - DPS or tank (DPS is easier) - and focus on it.

[sigtrent]

Pure fighters of fighters wtih a splash of monk or rogue for evasion make much better DPS/Tank switch characters. This is because they get a great number of feats and can maintain offense and defense postures at the same time.

DPS in DDO is about two things... getting more attacks and making your attacks hit harder

Tanking is about three things... Defending against melee, defending against magic, holding agro. No you can be durable without actually being a tank, thats always good but when folks hear Tank they tend to think a character that takes hits for the party and can withstand nearly any assault.

Level splits are best decided by looking at the abilities in each class that you want and then balancing the two, making an arbitrary number choice like 10/10 tends not to work out well. Because prestige enhancements are powerful and come at levels 6/12/18 those are very common targets for melee classes. (Casters tend to split based on spells they want.)

Barbarian + Fighter is best for making a DPS focused character that wants a bit more variety than a pure barbarian. Fighter 12, Barbarian 6, Rogue 2 would be the common split these days for that.

You will wan more constitution, less int and charisma on a build like this in most cases. If you are going for a true tank... then int should be around 13, lower str slightly (17 and 18 cost a lot of build points), possibly a tad more charisma for intimidating... etc... anyhow lots of good tank builds out there to look at.

On the up side you picked pretty good enhancements and the few feat choices you show are also good ones.

[Crlawer]

DPS & tanking don't mix that well, IMHO, especially on 28-pt n00b builds. Barbarians and tanking definitely don't mix, because you sacrifice AC when Raging. And a 10 / 10 level split is almost always a subpar idea because of the way the PrEs break at lvls 6 / 12 / 18. My suggestion would be to pick a role - DPS or tank (DPS is easier) - and focus on it.

I'm 32 point build =3. Thank you all for the advice so far.