Hi all,

I played DDO for just a few months back several years ago (before the first expansion), dropped the game, never touched it again until right around Christmas. I'm a very casual player who fiddles around mostly for fun. My highest level character is a lvl 22 handwrap monk, and I just started a barbarian as an alt to do something different when I wasn't in a monkish mood.

So I have a level 4 dwarf barbarian. Planning on playing him as a greataxe-based character (at least up to level 20, as I've read that switching to maul-based past 20 is the better option). I've been reading up on the class, and have a few questions about things that aren't quite clear to me. Any help or guidance is appreciated.

1. When we get the 10 PRR in medium armor at level 11, is that ONLY while we are raging? Or is it a baseline 10 PRR all the time as long as we have the medium armor on?

2. Is there a value in taking heavy armor feat early on, even to swap it out for something else once the PRR with medium kicks in at lvl 11? Or is that a waste of a feat slot (especially on a non-human) that gives not a lot of benefit?

3. A number of the enhancements that give healing say they give healing that scales with melee power. Does that mean healing scales with melee power INSTEAD of healing amplification? Or do both melee power and hamp scale up those heals?

4. All three of the enhancement trees seem very attractive to me. I'll be mostly if not entirely soloing on this character, and am a more cautious type by nature, so I am happy to sacrifice a little DPS in order to increase survivability/soloability. With that preference in mind, is there any one particular tree or build that would be superior to the others in that regard? (I'm thinking more of the process of leveling up to level 20 than I am in the epic levels beyond 20). This is a first-life character, no tomes, with a little bit of twink gear from my 22 monk but not a ton.

5. It's been a LONG time...forever...since I have quested in the level 1-10 or so level range. Any particular quests or quest chains that are "can't miss" because of specific loot they give? I'm currently VIP so I think that means I would have access to anything out there.


Thanks!