New to DDO need a little help

[magnuspete]

Due to my family lifestyle I wanted to build a solo type avatar. Now I've seen a good build of a 17 cleric/2 mnk/1 rouge. Now the description was lvl 1 build rouge and such, now does that mean I should roll a rouge then when I hit lvl 2 multi class to my cleric?? Or do you multiclass to rouge at lvl 2. The multiclass thing has me a little confused anyhelp would be so magnificent.

[KingOfCheese]

Start as a rogue (for the extra skill points to allocate). Then when you have enough xp to go to level 2, speak to a cleric trainer and take the 2nd level as cleric.

[Ash]

Start as a rogue (for the extra skill points to allocate). Then when you have enough xp to go to level 2, speak to a cleric trainer and take the 2nd level as cleric.

I would not take your 2nd level of rogue until you are above 8, then you get your evasion abilities. Until then using heavy plate should keep you covered nicely. *** This is assuming you start with a high dex and can later on use your dex bonus to its full effect.

[Impaqt]

Due to my family lifestyle I wanted to build a solo type avatar. Now I've seen a good build of a 17 cleric/2 mnk/1 rouge. Now the description was lvl 1 build rouge and such, now does that mean I should roll a rouge then when I hit lvl 2 multi class to my cleric?? Or do you multiclass to rouge at lvl 2. The multiclass thing has me a little confused anyhelp would be so magnificent.

I would advise against a build like this for a new player. Its highly gear, Tome and playstyle dependent.

[magnuspete]

Thanks for the quick replies

[magnuspete]

I would advise against a build like this for a new player. Its highly gear, Tome and playstyle dependent.

What would you think is a good starter solo friendly class

[Vouivre]

Probably Monk if you have access to it or Paladin are some fairly good solo classes. Cleric is good as well since they are very self-sufficient.

[Impaqt]

What would you think is a good starter solo friendly class

I always suggest a Pure build first. Get a Feel for the game. If you Bough FvS, go with that. otherwise, a Cleric with a mid level STR works very well.

[Drugall]

Paladin.

[alexthegood]

pally is great solo class just make him or her have a hi strength

[XtremDandD]

A cleric with a single level of Fighter/Paladin/rogue added would be OK for a newcomer up to middish levels, particularly if you're building for solo play and if you have a fair bit of experience from other games and understand something of the limitations of attack Vs defence rolls etc. Adding a second level around those mid-levels might be an option too because by then you'll probably have a stronger grasp of them game - and may also choose to go for different build options and classes anyway.

When you start going for 3 classes mixed together, things get much more complicated and become much more dependent on special gear to help shore up the weaknesses in the build. Similarly, if you go for several levels in a secondary class, you also start needing to deal with weakness more. You also really want to expend some money on 32 point builds if you're going to go these routes as a newcomer, because mixing classes heavily really needs that extra boost to base stats imho.

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