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id not worry about maxing h2h until much later as a toy more then anything else.

this is what i do with my melee toons:

pick a class to keep as your prime class. ie 1hs for my warrior.

now every level put your 1hs in both hands. this will help with skill ups as you can get skill ups from both hands with DW and DA.

once i max my 1hs for that level, ill put in my 1hb, or piercer in my main hand, and my best ratio weapon in my off hand.

repeat until all skills are caped or i level. once my 1h skills are caped i then move to 2h skills.

few things. always put your fastest weapon for training in prime hand. the more times you swing, the more chances you have of a skill up. thus haste is a good thing. do not worry to much about your DPS at your level it sucks anyways so focus on skill ups with the fastest weapons you can get your hands on.

you will not be able to max out every skill until upper 30s mid 40s when your leveling will start to slow down a bit.

with the newbie scheme 1-10, and with places like PC and LDoN for low levels you will get xp to fast to cap your skills.

one other thing you can try as a warrior to max out your skills at 29th is hit OT and find a full group and ask them if you can beat on their mobs. do not taunt as you will get agro and watch for root type spells as if you are to close you will draw agro again. but this will alow you to melee DB-red cons and get skill ups even though you are not getting xp, and is something productive to do while waiting on a group.

i have yet to be turned down by a group for this action when i ask politly.

/say do you mind if i practice my (insert skill here) on your mob. i do not want the xp, and i could not KS your group. i just want to up my melee skills to make me a better tank.

99.9% of the time the group will say sure as it does nothing but give them more free DPS and thus faster xp for them. if they have a sham or chanter offer to donnate for haste. i would often donnate 50p for 1hr worth of haste to the groups sham/chanter. this way they need to keep just enough mana to keep you hasted as well as group.

My comment will center on 2HB. Many melee, especially Warriors, seem to poo-poo 2HB. I don't know why, and it certainly does not fit in my experience. My Warrior picked up a 2HB at about level 8 and never looked back, it was a "Glowing Crook" I think, or the drop off Lockjaw anyway. By the time I had made level about 15 or so, and saved every penny, with 850pp in hand I was ready to upgrade, so off to the cave I went (no bazaar back then). I picked up a great deal on a Sol staff that proc'd. It was some kind of Battlestaff, 26/32 or so, and it had a fire proc that activated at level 36. By that time I was nearly maxed in 2HB, and the proc was great. In any event, I was outdamaging everyone around me very early on with this medium level staff. Many comments about my average looking staff came my way, until the battle started, then the damage output took over. 2HB seems to level fine at lower levels. At about level 40 or so, I did go get 2HS and 1HS weapons, and currently am maxed out in both. My 1HB is dissmal, but honestly, I dont think I really need it. I will never carry a shield I dont think, and 1HB generally does not support the kind of damage i need to keep aggro, only the 2HS do. I still use the 2HB, and with max strength and skill do very well in large groups. For my money, go get a good 2HB, one with a proc and skill up. i think you will be surprised at how well you do, and for lower level Warriors, get 2HB early, you can always level up in 2H and 1HS later, very fast, especially with a haste item. 2HB, its where the action is up to mid level or so, lol.

Also remember that when go to your trainer to use training points it's gonna cost you. The lowest skill will cost you the least to raise but check and see first so you know what you can afford.