Too Much Thinking

I have had an issue with writing this blog piece and it is only because I actually talked to someone who told me to stop worrying about getting this out it would come when it is ready which of course the moment you do stop worrying it all comes back into focus. The gap between this and the last piece show how much dedication other bloggers have considering they published daily or weekly and to those who stream mucho respect. I mean seriously just to get a piece out every week would be too much for me to be sure of doing. And as I write for two blogs one of which is nothing to do with gaming you realise just what a lazy git I can be.

See I had to have 1

So what is this all about and why has it taken so long? Well update 35 came out with dragonborn which many people rushed to have including myself and my guildie but that isn't what threw me. Instead my mind has been struggling with constructing plans to reincarnate characters. Just the sheer immensity of the number of possible combinations and permintations has had me all in a dither. I have 22 characters that will reincarnate at least 3 times, this was before the update and now I am having to construct plans to add in racial reincarnations to characters to either add to their focus or to add in at least a first racial life bonus of a skill improvement.

I haven't even added in my Iconic

So Grouseman has had 15 lives which include every class so has the completionist bonus even though he hasn't has 3 lives in each class. Now we add in the racial bonuses, which considering 10 races with 3 lives of each to racial reincarnate means 30 heroic true heart of blood, plus 29 True druidic heart of wood. So just to get this one character to the point I want him means another 59 reincarnations.  This of course is just one of the 22 characters I am working on. Taking aside the iconic character which has a different focus completely if has just blown my mind about where I go to with each one. Certainly for my specialistions there is a lot more work to come.

Conan, looking like he has a ton more work to do

So Air Savant Sorcerer GrouseMerlin has had 3 past lives of sorcerer, 3 Favoured Soul, 3 Warlock and 3 Wizard. So Merlin has had 13 lives so far but if I am to truly hyperpower him I really will need 3 Dragonborn, 3 Half Elf, 3 Halfling, 3 Elf and then do I take the at least 2 lives of Dwarf and Warforged for the constitution bonuses? Really it just starts to pile up to a level that truly is almost frustrating. And yes I have only covered 2 characters so far and to be honest it is a little overwhelming.

Grouseman part 1

Just to add to the mix is Grouseconan, he has had a past barbarian, 3 past monk, 2 past fighter lives and is on his third fighter. Before update 35 the intention was just 3 more barbarian lives but now I have to really work on 3 past dwarf, 3 past warforged and 3 past lives as Half Orc. So instead of planning for 3 more lives I am now planning 12. So you see already  have at least 75 reincarnations for just 3 characters. And then we have 19 more characters to work on! HELP!!!

Grouseman part 2 much work

So you can see why my brain has been frazzled and why I have been trying to get my head round the real implication of update 35. I am struggling to be honest to work out just how many years it will take for me to get to the point where the 3 characters I have focused on settles down and I can start planning other characters. I am certain the next 5 years will be busy for me and I am not sure I will get to the point where I can start with Grousealden who has taken a +5 supreme tome, if I can focus in the other bonuses from racial reincarnation and the +2 bonus from the ship the fact is I will be looking at least 200 reincarnations to meet every character's demands. In fact It could well be as much as 350 reincarnations as we currently are and that would mean 7000 tokens of the twelve.

Happy Reincarnation.

GrouseMan