Bizbag wrote on Nov 2
nd, 2015 at 10:30am:
Why, what good will that [earn a little Epic XP before you TR and work toward unlocking Cocoon and some of the other useful twists] do? Other than come in handy later at epic levels?
Epic play is inevitable, even if it's not of interest to you at this time. Because Pokemon.
Eventually you'll want to play Iconic races for the same reason people TR Heroics - to get their past life bonuses. Iconics cannot Reincarnate until they get to cap (currently 28), which means they'll be playing epic content.
If you haven't purchased Epic Destinies for your account yet, do so soon and put a little effort each life into earning some epic destiny XP and unlocking some useful low level twists. This will make time spent in Epic levels a little easier.
You don't need to go nuts and achieve Epic Completionist before you do any more Heroic reincarnations, but a few passes through "the dailies" each time before you Heroic Reincarnate adds up.
You should also keep track of the Heroic lives you have left to do and keep in mind that when you Iconic Reincarnate, you get credit for the Iconic past life and the Heroic past life at the same time.
If, for example, you earn three Paladin past lives before you do any Bladeforged past lives, you'll find yourself looking for ways to work Bladeforged Paladin splashes into other builds that won't suck balls in Epic content and miss out on some easy Iconic past lives.
While doing Iconic lives, you'll earn XP in the various Epic Destiny Spheres. It wouldn't be crazy to do some but not necessarily all Iconic lives before you start chasing Epic past lives.