This is what I don't understand. If somebody has the time to grind out 156 reaper points and wants another time sink why not make an alt and grind out those points and the past lives also?
I think the TR/Reaper system is much harder for people who just don't have the time to get one character to a reasonable state against the meta. That's where hopeless begins to sink in.
People who have the time/money to do the grind really are not constrained at all by the system. They can just start over on another character which is the definition of the DDO meta at this point.
Of course, I can only speak for myself and can only assume that other players see it the same way, which is obviously not absurd from my point of view.
I have absolutely no desire to invest months, and even years, in creating another character just to maybe one day reach the same point where my current so-called main character is already at the moment.
And yes, of course, there are always a few players who are motivated enough to do that, but I hardly believe that this is the norm.
Furthermore, it becomes even worse when you expect others to play with a character as if they've never played DDO before. Do you genuinely think this is motivating if YOU were in that situation?
Of course, it's always easy to expect someone else to do something you would never consider doing yourself.
Once again, I believe SSG should either introduce a hard cap at 156 reaper APs or provide additional rewards for players who exceed this limit. The current situation is unsatisfactory.
I would even be okay with them removing 41 APs from my so-called main character if I knew that there would never be more than 156 APs available to spend in the enhancement trees.
To offer players a reasonable sense of progression beyond acquiring all past lives and 156 reaper APs, I would suggest the option to create alts with equal progression (account/server-based progression) or explore another new progression system, such as legendary past lives.
