*kind of lengthy, main stuff bolded
i'd like to start off by saying that i think reincarnations are the best thing to happen to this game since 20th raid rewards.
I'm just getting off a break from ddo (from about the time mod 9 hit lamma) so i've been soaking up alot of info lately, from the forums and in game. tr stacking feats/completionist feat, truly mind blowing to me. gotta give props to the dev team for this one^, gives vets more to do and helps foster the newer population through the game. made alot of people happy. and happy people=better game.
So my original plan was to stack a few choice feats after i knocked out completionist and return to the original character build that i enjoy playing. i'm about 1/2 way through my first tr and the plan has been amended to return to my original build as 36pt (2ndtr) and stay there. The reason i decided to discontinue the completionist run is not because I feel the "grind" isn't worth the reward (personally I think the system works just fine as is), but rather that i can't stand the idea of losing a character build that i've put so much time and effort into for the length of time it takes to pick up the completionist/past life feats.
I tend to focus on 1 character as my main and spend the majority of my time playing that one character/build because i enjoy it the most and have played hard to get it were its at. all that being said i will probably end up going for completionist at one point or another, but currently i'm mostly excited and focused on getting back to my build as 36 pointer and staying there for a while.
anyway, enough yappin. here is my idea to alleviate some anxiety for prospective tr'rs.
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Objective:
To allow the player to keep a TR2 character capped while still being able to work towards reincarnation goals through other characters on their account.
Proposal:
Allow a level 20 character the option to imbue a true druidic heart of wood. this imbued true druidic heart of wood would carry the past life(s) of the character and the characters experience total.(capping at 3,139,102xp for multiple tr imbues)
-upon imbuing a heart wood, said character will be reset at level 1 with 0 past life feats. the characters bank and inventory items will be put into their reincarnation bank tab and favor reset.(effectively only retaining name and items)
The imbued true druidic heart of wood will be bound to account.
-only a character that has gone through 2 true reincarnations has the option to true reincarnate with an imbued druidic heart of wood.
When a character true reincarnates using an imbued true druidic heart of wood they gain all the past lifes that it carries, along with the experience that it carries.(1,900,000xp for 1 past life and 3,139,102xp for 2 or more past lifes)
-a character that reincarnates with an imbued true druidic heart of wood will be plopped on the vet boat with their new past lifes and some xp to spend. items in reincarnation tab,favor reset.
Thoughts:
-you still are required to play a specific class to 20, just it takes 2 million less xp to get there. and you get to grind that last 2 million with your choice of build.
-i bet there would be more people wanting to tr if they could sac an alt and grind the last 2 mil xp from level 14.