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The War Between Shadows Part II - Once Upon a Scheme:
Transmorphers and strange undead are being spotted all over Lore, but one particular sighting catches your attention. Hollow has reported activity from both in the same region near Mount Thrall, where Network stragglers have cleared out of strange ruins... Ruins that you know were not there before.

The War Between Shadows - Part II


Limited-Time Shop:
The famed axe of Artix, now further enhanced by the power of the Sun! This weapon swaps between Melee and Magic, and also lets you break out of immobilising statuses by spending SP.

LTS

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Someone, somewhere, has successfully made an artificial Uncreator, one that is likely at least as powerful as The'Galin

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To confirm: 143 token version is equivalent to level 150 gold armor right?

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So a lot to take in. But first the gear.

Weapon: Really enjoying this. There's a lack of good 100 procs, and even less 100 proc ice weapons. Those who missed the Spacefarer cannon will love this. Just be careful because you can kill yourself.

Armor: Again, really great! It does eat up SP quite quickly, but when you have it you can deal quite a lot of damage because you're attacking twice as much as you normally would. If you use a weapon like Infinitia Staff you can effectively keep the overdrive mode forever. Also it's great because it gives us more options for energy armors which are lacking as well. The Missiles skill also does pretty good ice damage too. The +105 initiation bonus is nice extra, as it gives us access to an Assassin class ability without the need to train it. This is going to be a core armor to use for lower level and F2P players.

I do have to say though the overdrive mode doesn't seem to work all that well with the Dragonlord weapons. I don't think it's properly calculating the number of hits correctly.

The Zealotry axes are interesting to say the least. They provide a substitute anyways for blood/zerker blades without the need to roll for GGB's. I might decide to grab the items at a later time but because I already have the blood/zerker blades I will pass on them unless they go rare soon.

As for the quest itself, OH BOY.

Maxwell seems to be up to no good, AGAIN. The poor man just doesn't get a break. Not to mention the scary implications of the conversation between Falerin and the Mysterious Stranger. Yikes on the artificial uncreation. Erebus seems to be playing coy this time around but god knows what he's up to.

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Tempest White Dwarf Light of Zealotry is basically a Wind Bloodblade, which we don't have any of yet. Highly recommend picking it up while it lasts.

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So far as I can tell, it's just random symbols. And for the people having trouble... The key to Truth is 755, but this gate desires only lies.

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"The Key to Truth is 755." To feed it lies, give it the opposite a.k.a. that backwards.

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It seems, we got a look into the creation of Erebus, which is amazing on so many levels, I can't even describe it. The entries clarify a lot of blank spots and contradictions in his backstory, making it much more understandable, while clearly marking Erebus as a bona fide eldritch monstrocity.

I'm somewhat lost on what god he was usurping, though, as well as the subsequent dialogue between Falerin and the MS (x2).

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"Epsilion remade itself. The shade and reality listens."

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Excellent work.

Now for the last piece of the puzzle: A word is missing, but you already had to write it yourself. As to where in either sentence it belongs...

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...It's in the second sentence. The Shade lies and reality listens.