Don't forget your most valuable asset is a level 50 of the class you want to play, advice from another player is indispensable as they've done it too.
If you use the character builder off of www.daoc.catacombs.com you can easily get a scope of the character you want to play, and be able to figure out what your spec should be along your levelling lines, you'll see all the skills you'll get as you go along too.