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Here was my haul for the great rename-a-thon - all on Everlasting. Devourer - This was the name I had on Live for my main villain, a Plant/Thorns Dominator whose backstory is based on a Devouring Earth story line. I had been running her as Devourer? on Homecoming. I am very excited to have her original name back! Pele - This was the name I originally wanted for a Fire/Stone Melee Tank I ended up naming Mama Lava. Mama Lava was 50 so now Pele is mine forever. But Mama Lava is back in the wild 🤣 Prince Charming - This was the name I originally wanted for a toon I ended up naming Lord Charming. Prince Charming is sooooo much better. Speedball - This was very exciting because on Live I had a Speed.ball so I was very excited to get this name. This is my favorite name for Kinetics, but I am going to start fresh rather than renaming Whoosh or Fast Twitch (I've grown to love these second choice names) Brute Force and Brute Squad - Brutes are my favorite AT. I have 12 level 50 Brutes, and I have wanted these particular phrases from day one. Oak - I like Rush (the band) and one my favorite songs is The Trees. Excited to finally have a tank named for the mighty oak tree! Tectonic - On Live I had to settle for Tectonix, and I wasn't even able to get that on Everlasting. But my Earth Controller now has her originally planned Live name! Frost Queen - I had settled on the name Ice Amazon for my Ice Dominator. Very happy with the new name. Brass Monkey - I have an entire stable of Nemesis toons (Steam Witch, Battle Hulk, Big Brass Ox, Nemesis T-Rex, Nemesis Tex, Brass Lass, Sister Nemesis, Brass Rikti Monkey) but I finally got the one I had been after from the beginning. Alas, I was unable to secure Lady Nemesis, so Baroness Nemesis remains.

Devourer? is now back to the original Devourer, who was my first villain on Live. Lord Charming is now Prince Charming Mama Lava is now Pele And I can finally make Speedball and Brass Monkey. Thanks Homecoming!

Back before the changes to Stone Armor I ran a Granite Tank with a Fire/Kin Controller. My tank could never die and speed boost + fulcrum shift solved all the granite problems. We duo'ed everything.

This one tracks basic toon info. I like to know if Hess/Katie Hannon is open and if they've done Market Crash. I use this one to figure out what I haven't played yet that I might want to try. This one just has some AT stats I have a Market one that tracks influence, winter packs, converters, reward merits, prismatic aether, vanguard merits, and monstrous aether. I have one where I keep track of Penny Yin WST runs (best was 32 different toons) and Hess WST runs (best was 24 different toons). I have one for contest wins tracking toon, theme, place, and prize.

Quoted for truth. JUST ONE MORE TURN!

Eat a Snickers. You're probably just hungry.

On Everlasting I see a lot more owls, bunnies, and crows than I see angels and demons.

This is what I would do. Really awesome final mission.

This is the way. At this range? With focused accuracy? Even when I miss I can't miss.

Playing the market on the auction house. There are many guides in the forums for this. It is the fastest way to generate tons of influence. If you don't want to do that, then: Play the game and earn reward merits, then convert those to items that you sell on the auction house. When Hess was the WST I ran it with 24 different toons, which generated 2,736 reward merits which I turned into enhancement converters that I sold for at least 191M (list prices were 70K, a small percentage of those bids sold for up to 85K, as well as around 10 hitting a few typos or very impatient bids)

I disagree with this to a certain extent. The Petrovic brothers (Skulls) play a role (albeit off-screen) in Provost Marchand's 30+ arc. You can also encounter them again in Doc Buzzsaw's new arc (The Freakish Lab of Dr. Vahzilok 30+), which implies some future content ("The Lords of Death are still out there, Character. As is my sister"). Also the new content with Agent Watkins and Doc Buzzsaw has extended the Vahzilok content out through the 30s.

Yes. Play Montague Castanella's arc. Play the rest of the King's Row Skulls arc (Eagle Eye) Run Posi 1& 2. You can solo Posi 1. Also, run Agent Watkins arc. Then run Doc Buzzsaw's arc.

Agree! After the arc I immediately went to see if Stephanie was gone ala Aaron Theiry.

Ever since it was introduced in Issue 3, Striga Isle has been one of my favorite zones. I love how the four story arcs flow into each other and how they culminate with you being introduced to Ernesto Hess. The Hess TF is my favorite TF - I absolutely love the build up to the giant mech, how you first see its feet, then it's head, ending with the epic fight up the catwalks to Burkholder inside the volcano. The temp powers you get through these arcs are amazing... Stephanie Peebles' wedding ring is a great trick to use when you get in trouble, and the War Wolf Whistle is great when you need that extra bit of DPS when soloing. I enjoyed it so much I made an alternate version of Stephanie Peebles. I like that I was able to incorporate her wedding ring into her costume (the cape brooch) and with psionic blast it really looks like the power of the ring is manifesting when she attacks. So yes, I'm a big fan of Striga content and was very excited to check out the new Villain Striga content. And boy was I not disappointed! I love tying the Crimson Prototype back to the Council's Giant Mech and the monster hunting with Orpheus. And last but most certainly not least, the epic last arc where you have to take down the last witch of Striga. I'm not going to lie. I knew that this last witch was probably going to be Stephanie Peebles. But when the mission text said: I got goosebumps. YES! I knew Stephanie was a HERO. Let's goooooooooooooooooooooooo! I love how the arc designer was confident enough in the players that we would immediately understand who The Last Witch was when we read this. And I'm not going to lie y'all. Stephanie kicked my butt. And it was great: I've never been so happy to have been defeated. Luckily I died behind that rock and I had a rez. I rested up and went back in and did what the villainous Blood Shovel had to do. And holy smokes! It awarded the wedding ring! I just want to say thanks to whoever wrote these missions. It was really clear to me that you care about the history and story of this game and Striga Isle as much as I do. Thanks so much and I'm so glad that I'm playing this in 2024.

Also having fun with my new buddy. Wish I could have Babbage and Paladin out at the same time!