woke w 6a alarm
cocoa 29g, creatine+, oat bran + nutr.yeast 10g
on-track showered casual Friday sneakers and coral
7:29 ofc open; apparently Friday is my solo day :p \o/
pistachios 6g, chickpeas 10g : 55g before lunch
shepherd's pie, brussels sprouts 25g? : 80g before dinner
shred shredding ... actually if a weekly weekend chore list is the new thing, this fits there, not here
TJ pizza, popcorn night
movie pick: The Invite 2026. Rags to riches to rags to riches?
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CA Arena XX ended Mon in Hero tier; felt ho-hum about rewards, finally redeemed "Hero Treasure"
Overlord's Cloak: armor, 2 slots, F.resist 20, E.pierce 8. Junk.
Stonebreaker Warboots: boot, 1 slot, E.pierce and A.pierce 18 ea. Junk.
Tigerhead Champion Belt: belt, 2 slots, F.pierce 30. Belts are so new that I had no pierce belt. Non-junk.
Scrapclaw Lynx‘s egg x 2
Saber-toothed Tiger's Soul Shard x 30
Random ShardSet Stone Shard x3
Free Roll x 5
Enhance crystal x 20
Refine crystal x 30
Common Chaos Shard x 800
Ascension Stone x 6
the Scrapclaw Lynx pet is intricate:
- increases att+def of equipped demon pets by X (2% base +.38%/bump?), need not be equipped
- - We need an in-game gloss for "abilities that apply whether the hero/pet is equipped or not"
- - att+def primarily boosts monster-hunting; PvP attack also uses demon pets but att/def aren't crucial
- When equipped, Y (base 5% +1.27%/bump?) chance to block 20% of PvP damage
- When equipped with general Ajax: boosts Ajax'x block rate, and adds a counterattack
- Ajax was a top-tier Arena reward, but will probably be in Legendary General chest rotation next year
ShardSet stones are part of the 2025-01 "Artifact Sets" feature. It's a slow burn to accumulate enough to do whatever they do? I still don't have 90 of any one shard type to alchemy even one Soul Stone. Ho hum
Ascension stones are used in the equipment Enhance system past L50. I think my only L50 item was a defensive helm that was superseded years ago by newer loot. Unless the barriers lower dramatically, I will never collect top-tier equipment fast enough to make it meaningful to Enhance that high. Ho hum...
I also had an Epic General Choice Chest hanging around from a previous event. How's that work, you open the chest and choose one of the 5 subtypes of general chests. Here's the rub: whatever subtype you choose, drops a random general from its pool of 12+ possibilities. None of the subtypes have great chances of dropping an actually useful/desirable general, but some are better than others. The community consensus generally favors the "Growth" subtype. "Tactical" had some interesting possibilities; Doomcaller wasn't terrible but not the Flame Titan or even Dungeon Keeper I was hoping for.
Alchemy'ing the chaos shards cascaded to a new epic chaos gem:
Offensive Crystal of Wind Fury: A.pierce, P.pierce, Mass Heal +5%
Only took a few epic reshape crystals to reroll that Mass Heal to Base Attack +8% \o/ trifecta~
Starting with 1053 refine crystals, ending with 879, pushed powers to:
A.pierce +145, P.pierce +74, base att +9% (all 5th quintile)
That was about as perfect as one could reasonably expect to slap on that spiffy new tigerwhatever belt
... but the belt has 2 forge slots, so what to stick in the 2nd slot?
Turned out I also had just enough crumbs for a Scarlet Gold Ingot Stack of Fire Pierce: F+P.Pierce +37 ea
Forged that all together, updated attack loadouts, and that's a satisfying wrap-up to Arena XX.