SWTOR Tracker 4/29/22

I've got a lot of movies to edit and post of playing that I've done recently. I'll try to do some of that this afternoon. Before that, though--I have a slow work afternoon with no meetings and few urgent tasks; an unusual situation in itself, but that's coupled with cool but bright, sunny weather, which is also rare in my neck of the woods (I read somewhere that we're the 5th cloudiest state in the Union. I don't know if that's really true, but it certainly seems believable.) So first, I'll probably take a slightly longer than normal "lunch break" and go for a walk in the neighborhood, and then edit some videos on the side while completing some less urgent but still nice to get done work tasks. And then I'll have to mow the lawn for the first time this season this evening too. Also; first year with no teenagers at home. I'm glad I didn't have more and heavier snow to shovel this winter. It was certainly cold enough and long enough. 

Anyway, I think it's important to keep a running tracker of my progress so I don't "slip up" and do something screwy with my characters. First off, I have a number of "finished" characters, and by finished, I mean that they've finished their class stories and with one exception, they are all max level and wearing the 320 level conquest gear. This doesn't mean that I don't play them anymore; all of them are useful for various grinding exercises, and all of them are crafters or at least gatherers of one sort or another. I'll not mention them. This includes J'ohhn, M'aar'k, M'at Thew, Lu'ukke, Galat'ion, Graggory and Phillip'ion.

I also have a few characters that I'm not done with their class story (in one case, haven't even started) but I don't intend to track their progress or record it, so it doesn't matter. This includes Hutran Thanatos and Embric Stane.

So of the characters who are left still, where are they and who's next?

• Vant Galaide, bounty hunter (mercenary): Recently finished Dromund Kaas with him and picked up his space ship. 
• Anstal Tane, smuggler (scoundrel): Somewhat less recently finished Coruscant with him, so he's in exactly the same place as Vant.
• Revecca Arden, sith inquisitor (sorcerer) just finished Black Talon and arrived on Dromund Kaas. The most recently done, so I'm ready to rotate her to the back burner for a couple of weeks, probably.
• Elemer Kell, Jedi Knight (Sentinel) same place as Vant and Anstal, but he arrived there first, so he'll come up "due" sooner.
• Taul Kajak, also Jedi Knight (Sentinel) but he's just arrived on Coruscant, so he's further behind. Even though he started first.
• Vash Galaide, agent (powertech) the first of my "mismatched" origin and mechanics characters, and the most advanced; he's just arrived on Dromund Kaas
• Haul Romund, although I'm doing a smuggler story with Anstal, I've also created this guy, using the mercenary mechanics, so he's another "mismatch." Really haven't started him, although I've done some running around grinding before starting, so he's already level 11. 
• Wulf Hengest is in the exact same position as Haul, although he's a bounty hunter story using the vanguard mechanics and a bowcaster as his signature weapon.
• TBD Sith Warrior, probably Juggernaut class. I haven't yet created this character, because I didn't like the Sith Warrior that I did create and start, Phovos Mal. I might see if I can't re-use that name, or one very similar for him, though. I had also started a Jedi consular, Codon Veile, and a vanguard trooper, Osan Galaide (yes, I used that last name again) although I deleted them too and don't think I care about doing either of those classes anytime soon, because I enjoy those stories a bit less than the others.

My avowed goal is to rotate between them fairly regularly so that nobody goes for too long without some attention, and so that they all travel together "as a pack" through the planets. However, a few of them have gotten a little ahead, and in one case, I have a character that I deleted and have not yet even replaced. So what does that mean next?

First, Vant Galaide, Anstal Tane and Elemer Kell will need to continue their breaks for a bit longer, because I was inattentive to the details of meeting my avowed goal. Having finished Planet 2, they need to wait before wading in to Planet 3, which is still different at this stage depending on faction; Taris for the Republic and Balmorra for the Empire. Althoughh creating and playing Planet 1 for my TBD Sith Warrior would seem like the first priority, I just did a Sith Inquisitor, so I want a little break from Korriban and the Force for a while. I'm thinking I'll take my created but not really yet started Haul and Wulf and do their Planet 1s and the flashpoint in between Planet 1 and 2, and then do the Sith Warrior. 

After that, I'll turn to Taul Kajak and Vash Galaide and get them done with Planet 2. Elemer, Vant and Anstal will have waited quite some time, but Vash and Taul will be caught up with them.

And then, I'll take Haul, Wulf and TBD and get them to the same point. Only then will be able to return to Elemer, Anstal and Vant, in that order, on Planet 3. After that, I'll keep them more caught up with each other, I think.

Although it does occur to me that after Planet 3, most of the characters will be on the same planet, regardless of faction, at the same time, which may mean that I get a bit burned out of that planet. It does behoove me to keep them, maybe a little bit staggered going forward so I can have some more planetary variety in my playthroughs. But I never want to let anyone advance beyond two planets ahead, which is why Elemer, Anstal and Vant must now wait for everyone to catch up.  I may change my mind and let those three move on after I get Wulf, Haul and TBD to Planet 2, though. In fact, for the issue I just mentioned, it might be a good idea. Although, again, I'll point out that Planet 3 is different per faction, so it's not remarkably different than Planet 2 in that regard. This only happens again on Planet 7 when the Republic gets to do Balmorra and the Empire does Taris. For Imperial Taris, it's a little bit different since the lighting is different and it takes place at night, but Republic and Imperial Balmorra look exactly the same as each other; they just arrive at different places in the story progression. Anyway, I'm saying that maybe this burnout issue doesn't matter quite so much until we get to Planet 4 and beyond.

And, I still have Hutran Thanatos and my "big stars" characters who've finished the story to do other things to break up the monotony. Lu'uke is bouncing around between the Prelude to the Shadow of Revan flashpoints and needing soon to go to Rishi and needing to finish also Rise of the Hutt Cartel on Makeb, for instance. M'at Thew needs to do Ziost and start the Fallen Empire and Eternal Throne chapters. J'ohhn needs to finish Ilum, as do, I think, both my big-time bounty hunters and Phillip'ion. And although I've maxed out reputation for BBA, THORN, Oricon, and a few others, I've got some more grinding to do because I need completed bounty contracts to shop for some things, as well as needing to finish my reputation tracks for Dantooine, Makeb, Section X, Yavin IV and a few others. So I've got options to give myself a break.