Hi!

I've play trough regular Fallout 3 two times, one with small weapon (good karma) and one with melee weapon (bad karma). Now I got another craving to go back into the wonderfullly post-apocalyptic world of Fallout 3. How ever I got some concerns:

1. Is there any expansion playable from lvl 1, or do I have to start out in Megatown again? It be nice not to have to replay so much of what I've already done (several times).

2. I'd like to play a character that focus on melee with Shishkebab, I belive it can be quite nice with more fire dmg perk. But I also like to have some skill to use ranged weapons for tactic and backup reason. Could anyone recommend a setup for this that would work for the expansions. (I know there are some perks that get redundant/useless in the expansion, please let me know which)

Any other tips to enhance my 3rd run off Fallout 3 would be greatly appriciated!

1. Start out again? You reach Megaton at level 2. It's hardly a problem to redo the tutorial quickly. But yes, all the DLC except Broken Steel are available for play right after you exit Vault 101. It should be rather obvious, considering that you receive the quests right away.
2. Any skill works with any expansion. Go ahead and do Melee, and don't ruin it by taking a ranged weapons skill.

Melee and Explosives seems to work well together. You got yer grenades for long-range combat and your melee weapon for close up; you also need Explosives skill for the Pyromaniac perk.