So a few months back, I was set to submerge myself into Destiny 2 again. Shortly after that, I got distracted by
Anarchy Online once again... perhaps for the last time.
I had forgotten my AO account was bugged, in that my subscription should have ended years ago. However, it kept magically renewing. But it appears the error is corrected, and my subscription will now end in November. I thought it would be fitting if I took my original character, who was stripped of all gear, and re-outfit him and finish grinding out some final touches.
So, three months later, I am done with the grind. While Anarchy Online has 220 vertical levels, they have also added additional parallel XP grinds which add more power to your character. So I had not yet finished my 30 Alien XP levels, and the Lost Eden research. Initially, I stuck with doing daily quests and logging out. In the last month, I found out about GM special events held on Saturdays. These have an AOE XP pulse to everyone in the area, and are worth more than a week's XP grind in a single session. The events attract hundreds of players into a single zone, and can sometimes be challenging to attend due to server overload. Without these, I doubt I would have finished by the time my sub ends.
So now, I have the best armor. The best weapons for my spec. All research and additional XP is done. The only thing left that I want to accomplish are the final Zone Sanctuary key, which I had started maybe ten + years ago and never finished. And the quest line which awards some specialized nano programs (spells) for your class. After that, I would be OK if Tencent ordered Funcom to close the servers ;)
GM event at Notum Miners. A hundred or so packed into the room just to AFK. I managed to go into the PVP playfield during the event and scored one of the two guns I needed to finish my build.