Iconic Builds for New Players

[Livmo]

Posted two ML builds: one focused purely on light-based DPS, the other with heavy emphasis on Spell Pen to land Implosion et al on high-SR mobs.

To be honest, I'm on the fence about what to do with the PDK build(s). Clearly the starter gear and base class suggest it's meant for a S&B toon; but we all know ftrs are well behind pallies in both DPS and survivability (and have been for the last year and a half). OTOH, I don't just want to post another pally Vanguard build (e.g. pal 19 / ftr 1 or 18/2) on top of BF pally. Then again, should I post a pure ftr VG with the caveat "Don't play this until after the fighter pass!"? But I almost feel like it would be better to tell newbies to ditch the S&B, grab a decent 2H weapon, and play a PDK barb, since even without barb capstone it's gonna out-DPS any ftr I can come up with right now. Decisions, decisions...

Does anyone care what I post for PDKs?

I have several of each, PDK/Sorc and PDK/Bard.

The one PDK/Sorc I'm playing right now is an ice based savant. Likewise the PDK/Bard I'm running can Disco and is swash. I went with orb on the swash.

EDIT ~ I forgot to mention I'm also playing one of these, but probably not new player friendly per se since Im using a collection of rune arms, https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=salad+shooter