First off, i've used the berserk/thief dual and they do rock especially in SoA. Once you hit ToB, it won't be as powerful as a multi F/T but should still be strong w/ good immunities. The standard dual recommendations are 9 for SoA only and 12 or 13 w/ ToB. That way you should get your fighter abilities back with some time still to go on your game. Finally in regards to your second question, your stars do not stack. You get the higher of the stars for each weapon category. However, your example is not valid in that vanilla thieves can only place one star in any one weapon category.
Also if you are planning on using missle weapons with this character, Berserker is probably not the best option. They are limited to one * in missle weapons. If you insist on this character being a ranged fighter, i would suggest one of the many throwing weapons available (dagger,axe) as you can place more stars in those and they affect the thrown versions as well as the melee.
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