Monk/Ranger advice needed

[scooch74]

I am a new player still trying to learn the game. The concept toon I am looking for is one that has good melee DPS (doesn't have to be the best) utilizing two weapons, but also good AC/saves/survivability. In looking over the classes it would seem some form of Monk/Ranger combo might work. I would assume Dex-based would be better for the defense, but maybe I'm wrong. So essentially I'd like some guidance or advice as to this concept. Maybe Monk/Ranger isn't the best combo for this route. I'm looking for thoughts from the more experienced players.

Help a noob?

[LAWPRE]

Since you are new, I would either do a forum search for Monk/Ranger builds and pick one (there are a few out there) or just plain forget about it for the moment.


I have been playing PnP games for... well... ever and I STILL make the occasional mistake there. Likewise, I have been playing comp or MMOs for... not quite forever but rather close. I ended up scrapping almost ALL of my first build for DDO.

I would suggest playing Ranger, Monk and at least three other classes as pure to at least 14 level and then tinkering with a Multi-class build of your own.