Help! Bard/Fgt/Rg doing Epic destiny for the first time!

[raphouminette]

Hi!! i usually reincarnate this character as soon as it hits 20 but Heart of wood are so expensive with DDO pts, I figured I would farm some Token of the Twelve before my next life. Here is what I have :

Bard(12)/Fighter(6)/Rogue(2)

Base stats (lvl 20)
STR 10
DEX 14
CON 18
INT 25
WIS 10
CHA 14

Feats:
Insighful Reflexes
SWF - ISWF - GSWF
Extend spell
Precision
Shield master - improved shield mastery
Imp crit: Piercing
WF: Piercing
WSpecialisation: Piercing
Power Critical

I haven't unlocked Epic destinies yet so I would love some help building this char past 20!!

THanks!

[unbongwah]

http://ddowiki.com/page/Epic_Destinies

If you've never unlocked EDs on this char before, you have to choose an ED either in the Martial or Arcane Sphere to start, since those are the ones your class split allows; need at least 6 lvls in a class to access its Sphere. Once you do, that becomes your starting point and you have to unlock adjacent EDs by leveling them sequentially; you can't just "skip" to a different Sphere, even if it was one of your initial options. E.g., if you choose Fatesinger as your initial ED, you can't jump immediately to Legendary Dreadnought (even though you could've picked LD instead as your first ED); you need to level FS to 4 so you can switch to Shadowdancer, then level SD to 3 to switch to LD.

LD is by far the strongest melee ED, IMO, once you get the hang of maintaining Blitz. But you also need to decide how much time you want to spend leveling other EDs, either to unlock Fate pts for Twists or to gain access to specific ED feats. E.g., Perfect TWF is a common pick for any melee build because the +5% doublestrike bonus always applies to your mainhand weapon, even if you're not dual-wielding; you need to max out one Primal ED to take PTWF, though.

I'll be honest: I find ED leveling to be painfully tedious, particularly those EDs which have little if anything to offer your char and you're just trying to plow thru them to gain Fate pts. Once you do, though, you wind up with a stronger epic toon.