SWTOR 5/18/2011 Tracker

As indicated in some inter-tracker posts and comments I've made, I've been doing other things other than my recordable playthroughs, for the most part, this last week, and will continue doing "other things" this week. There are some things I want to buy with the bounty hunter currency, so I'm spending a lot of time grinding for bounty hunter currency. This is a little bit unfortunate, because I have no need for bounty hunter association reputation. But it is what it is. Luckily (or not, depending) the event only comes around for one week every two month or so, so it's not like it really sucks up too much time. There's a good chance I'll be out of town (again) when it comes up again, so all the more reason to grind as much as I can this time around. After I'm done with bounty hunting, I'll probably feel a bit burned out from doing it, and will be glad to get back to my characters playthroughs again. But in the meantime, it's been fun to put my semi-retired characters through their paces by doing limited time events like this. 

Speaking of which, I've mostly been doing galactic seasons stuff with my semi-retirees, but I'm almost completely done with that. I've been done with the 100-level reward track for a while, but I'm only about 120 points (out of 70,000) to max out the reputation (I'm capped for the week, so I'll have to finish next week) and I'm at 96 of 100 weekly objectives to hit the 100 objective milestone, where I get the last reward that seasons offers. Again; I've got two more I can do this week, but I'll still be a little short. I'll easy hit both of those milestones on Tuesday next when the week restarts, at which point most of my Fel companions on most of my characters will pick up the pseudo-Cad Bane look.

I've also done some stuff because of the weapons in outfitter, i.e., I've been crafting and looking for legacy bound, or even not, if it needs to be, weapons that I can use because I like the look of them. I'd been crafting, for instance, and I found yet another pistol that I really like: the Bounty Hunter Blaster, which is legacy bound. Turns out that's a class reward for the bounty hunter. Although I've played four bounty hunters, I guess I never really noticed that gun before this point, but luckily I had a bounty hunter character that I'd created but never done anything with. So... on top of all of the other things that I probably don't need to be doing, I played Hutta with yet another new bounty hunter. Sigh. I've recorded him (so far) but I may ditch those recordings, and keep him as a bonus character, like Hutran Thanatos or Taul Kajak who I no longer record. I like having characters like this kicking around that I'm not recording, but can play in a more "relaxed" setting. In fact, I'm leaning heavily towards that. And that also means; no schedule. I don't have to care about keeping him moving "with the pack." I did, however, play him long enough to get the pistol and throw it in my legacy bank, as well as use him for bounty hunter missions, at least on Hutta itself, if not anywhere else. But I may not make a final decision on whether or not to keep the recordings I made until such point as I get to them in my editing, and other than the bounty association missions, I doubt I'll play him any more in the short or medium term either. 

Anyway, on to the tracker, in spite of the fact that there's been no story progress, I'll still note their story location. The third section is the real meat; in the future, I'll probably only refer to those characters and maybe a side-note or the second group. The first group will get ignored.

Semi-Retired Older Characters

• J'ohhn - Level 80 Sniper. Also, my banker and shopper for everyone, as well as my cybertech crafter.
• Lu'uke - Level 80 Gunslinger. Wrapping up Shadow of Revan and Rise of the Hutt Cartel in odd parallel (bouncing back and forth between them) except very slowly and when I just want to do something a little different. Also, my armstech crafter, so he's been busy lately as I've made a bunch of the guns of various types as part of my crafting spree.
• M'at Thew - Level 80 Sith Marauder. Ready to start Ziost, but I like my companions, so I've been reluctant to commit. Also, my artifice crafter, so I keep him especially busy making dye modules.
• Galat'tion - Level 80 Pyrotech. Biochem crafter.
• Graggory - Level 80 Advanced Prototype Powertech. Armormech crafter.
• M'aar'k - Level 80 Jedi Guardian, synthweaving crafter and most advanced in the story (still waiting on fixes and/or more content before engaging Legacy of the Sith stuff, though.)
• Phillip'ion - Level 77 Commando, and cybernetic component. He does the unattached cybernetic components gathering skill, and he's the only "retired" character who's not max level yet. Although I've been enjoying using him in the bounty event; if that doesn't get him to 80, I might grind him up all the way anyway by doing something or other.

"Younger" Characters that I'm not recording

• Hutran Thanatos - Level 44 Operative, on Nar Shaddaa. He'll tick up in levels just doing bounty stuff this week, but otherwise I doubt I'll progress him.
• Embric Stane - Level 16 Mercenary, just finished Hutta. I'll do bounty stuff with him and probably end up in the early 20s for level, and he'll go back into sleep mode after that, I think.
• Taul Kajak - Level 30 Jedi Sentinel, on Coruscant. I'd like to finish Coruscant with him so he has a ship and can be more useful in general in events.

"Young" Characters for Recording

• Codon Veile - Level 18 Sniper playing Trooper story. He'll level up a bit via bounty missions on Ord Mantell, but then he'll be in the play routine following  that.
• Elemer Kell - Level 34 Jedi Sentinel. On Taris, although still has most of that planet to do.
• Haul Romund - Level 34 Mercenary playing Smuggler story. Finished Ord Mantell and Esseles.
• Anstal Tane - Level 40 Scoundrel. Finished Taris, but then I remembered that the Taris Bonus Series comes immediately after the Taris story in the recommended order, so I can't actually leave yet. Other than to do bounties on Coruscant.
• Vant Galaide - Level 33 Mercenary. Just finished Dromund Kaas.
• Wulf Hengest - Level 27 Vanguard playing bounty hunter story. Just finished Black Talon.
• Phovos Maledict - Level 26 Juggernaut, just finished Black Talon.
• Vash Galaide - Level 33 Powertech playing agent story. Just finished Black Talon.
• Revecca Arden - Level 32 Sorcerer. Just finished Dromund Kaas
• Mirabeau Tane - Level 10 Gunslinger playing trooper story. Just did some level grinding; haven't actually played any story missions yet.

By young, I mean lower level and haven't finished the main story, of course. As I now have a decent amount of money and cosmetic stuff, I'll create a bunch of images and descriptions with these guys too, that I'll probably post on Dark Fantasy X, like I did a couple of times with my older characters, like this post and this post. Curiously, my newest character, who hasn't played a single story mission yet, is one of the ones that's the most advanced with his "looks" because I created him, in part, because I had a bunch of gear that I was excited to use.

Of my current cast of characters that I'm "working" on, I have three force users and six tech users. I clearly have a preference. Of the younger characters that I'm probably not recording, it's the same ratio; one character to two. Even of my old "semi-retired" characters, I've only kept two force users; my Sith marauder and Jedi guardian, compared to five tech users. Part of this is on accident; I ended up with two bounty hunters, and because they were crafting experts, they had to stay. But I'd almost certainly have maintained a similar ratio; I just like the tech classes better.

As I said earlier, I like using my SWTOR characters to explore archetypes for Space Opera X. Many of these creations were built with that idea specifically in mind.