Challenge: Melee 101 Forum Guide

[Teech]

So, here's a simple challenge to our many friendly guides out there.
Show Turbine how its done. Write your own Melee 101.
Keep in mind the points Fordy mentioned and try your hand at it.
- Aimed at complete newbie players. Light on jargon.
(Assume no MMO or D&D experience)
- Aimed to help players that know nothing get straight into the action and have fun right away. Not focused only on late game
- Focus on need-to-know so that you don't overwhelm newbs and they can focus on the here-and-now playing of DDO.

Much of these 101 guides are new and experimental, as they're aimed at complete newbie players. The general approach with Character Stats 101 and Melee 101 is to assume that whoever is reading them knows absolutely nothing, but wants to play and have fun right away.

To that end, the 101 guides avoid getting too jargon-heavy early-on (hence Character Stats 101) or late-game-focused, which is why Dodge was originally favored. New DDO players are getting a lot thrown at them both in- and out-game, so the goal has been to reduce the noise level and focus on the here-and-now of learning to play DDO. From that perspective, for a new player, some feats appear more appealing than others.

Writing these guides is very akin to learning how to play DDO the first time

When you're done, post the link here for easy access for all forumites.
I'll also keep a running list on this OP so others won't have to trawl through the whole thread for your guide.

C'mon guys. Show Turbine how its done. =)

Forum Submissions (last update 6th May 2011)

1) TheDjinnFor's modifications to Melee 101

2) ceiswyn's Melee 101