Hey everybody I was looking for tips on the best ways to spec up my Brick character (I know I made a poor decision with that class). This is my first character and could use any and all help thanks.

I've never poked around to see what people online have had to say about gameplay strategies and all that for this game, but I can tell you what I do. I'm level 53 right now. I did my entire first playthrough using shotguns because I figured both that weapon type and Brick's action skill require that you get up close. It worked so well that most of my friends thought Brick was overpowered. As you might expect, I chose skills that enhanced his melee attacks and Berserk mode. 
 
Second playthrough, things kinda changed. You can no longer survive charging into battle without being gunned down, even as Brick. I finally started using rocket launchers since his skills support them. The game is kind of buggy when it comes to the hit detection on rockets. In fact, you can literally never be sure if a rocket is going to cause any damage to an enemy, but having a long range, elemental attack is an absolute must for the second time through. This led me to thinking about swapping out rocket launchers for something like a rifle or sniper. Honestly, that might be a better choice because those are far less glitchy, but I never actually made the switch because I managed to make it through playthrough 2. It's also worth mentioning that I almost gave up on rockets until I found one that actually explodes every five or so feet for the entire time the rocket is on screen. It's insane. Anywho, the point is, you'll need a long range weapon for the second time around.
 
Lastly, if you can get a hold of a non-rocket weapon that does Explosive damage, using that (instead of a rocket launcher, which is what I think they expected people to use) with his Liquidate skill is effing fatal. You can shorten the cooldown for his Berserk to under 10 seconds.

A melee Brick is the ultimate Brick if you ask me. Here's what the skill tree looks like at 50+ Level: 
http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/skilltree/brick/#31554505555050500000000 
 
Brawler 
-Iron Fist                 5/5 
-Endless Rage      5/5 
-Sting like a bee    2/5 or more 
-Heavy Handed     5/5 
-Short Fuse            5/5 
-Blood Sport           5/5 
 
Tank 
-Hardened              5/5 
-Safeguard             5/5 
-Bash                      1/5 or more 
-Juggernaut           5/5 
-Diehard                 5/5 

   
The reason for this is that with this build you can and will use shotguns as your main weapon. With the right elements you will do massive damage at close up with both shotgun and Brick's berserk. Some people say that you will die with this in playthrough 2, but that's because your doing it wrong. Sure, you will play with death a lot with this build, but with the right skills and equipment you will use Bricks Berserk all the time and get a healthy regen on it too while punching enemies.
 
Keep a look out for: 
-Fast shotgun types (High Fire rate)
-Elemental shotgun types
-Ranged shotgun types 
-Berserker or skirmisher class mod with the "short fuse" (Reducing Berserk cooldown) skills and a percentage to health 

@Keeng:
That's why you will have the "Diehard" skill up and running. With the right set-up you will have like a 5 second cooldown on berserk, tons of health and with "stinging like a bee" skill you will slug enemy to enemy really fast. I'm currently playing as a melee Brick and it's more fun than the others. And i've played almost all the builds for Brick. The other route that could be fun is with Ogre. If you can get a ogre class mod with ammo regen and 80% rate of fire, and at the same time find a weapon with good fire rate, then you will have a lot of fun. A bazooka Brick can be fun from the start, but will be really boring later if you ask me. I like to try out new builds, so if you have any others please share and i will check them out.
 
Oh, and the link worked for me, but i can't see any "send to" button there so i just copied the Address. If any others have the same problem let me know. I will just add the skill in text form on my main comment.