Alright, Im well aware of the problems with scouts. Having said that I still want to play one. I don't care about 1v1 fights, Im interested in bg's only. So, I made a highlander scout with the thought I'd toss a decent amount of points into slash and hopefully be able to switch to melee when needed and not be horrible. If nothing else being able to save some people getting taken out by a stealther or something.

Im also under the impression that rangers have a much better pure melee build. So Im wanting more of a hybrid build with a little more focus on melee. Could I get some suggestions? Im pretty new to daoc.

One more question, do the stuns you can do with shields break on damage?

its good that you aware of all the bugs of the scouts

well for BG´s a hybrid spec (bow AND melee) is nothing i would recommend you because you lack a lot skillpoints.
either you go for bow OR melee.
as a melee scout you get better with higher RR..at RR5-6 you could think about going the way of a pure melee)
of curse its just my sight.

the stun´s you do with your shield does not break with damage.

about your race-choice...it seems you like it exotic (like i do)

Alright, thanks for the advice, your probably the only person I've seen on the boards with a higher ranked scout that I know of. Okay, a few more questions. I heard a rumor and I may not even be repeating it correctly. But I heard that wardens suck because slam doesn't work? Which scouts also get. So is there no reason to take shield that high? From my noobish point of view the shield stuns/positionals could be a good combination for a scout who is wanting to play defensive and protect the backlines.

slam works, and wardens do not suck....

its just that warden doesnt have shieldspec, but vs slow 2handed enemies he owns pretty hard.

well, as far as i know the base of every way to skill is 42 shield because of the 9 sec anytimer stun.

and most scouts use:
Slam + critshot (when they have lower bow spec) or..
Slam + Volley (when you are 35 bow specced).

this way you deal more damage than with melee styles, of course only if your enemy doesnt have purge.

also your shield should be your best friend...its your best defense (when blocking is working).
as satz said..waren does not have shield skill here on uthgard since he got it with a later patch than 1.80 (the selfrestriction of uthgard)

Is there anywhere that I can mess around with spec points that represents uthgard's classic specs, etc?

Catacombs charplanner works nicely:

http://daoc.catacombs.com/cbuilder.cfm