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Humph. Quoting doesn't quote quotes. Thanks for getting the ball rolling. I'm imagining something with a little more structure in the formatting, maybe like this:


Inspirations
Drops: Any mob which gives XP has a chance of dropping an inspiration. Higher ranking enemies (lieutenants, bosses, etc) are more likely to drop larger inspirations.
Vendors taking Inf: Only the smallest inspirations can be bought. They are available from contacts, nurses in hospitals, and some bartenders in Pocket D. The arenas sell all small inspirations except awakens. Bases can be equipped with a Tree of Wonder or an Auto-Doc which sells inspirations.
AE Tickets: Random medium inspirations cost 20 tickets. Random large inspirations cost 100 tickets.
Reward Merits: Any large inspiration costs 1 reward merit.
Alignment Merits: Inspirations cannot be purchased with alignment merits.
Market: all inspirations are available on the market
Crafting: any three inspirations of the same size and type can be converted into one inspiration of the same size but a different type.
Other: Some day job powers grant a large inspiration upon completion of a mission.
Essence of the Earth: only dropped by Devoured Earth monsters located on Monster Isle-Peregrine Island, the Hive, or the Abyss
Ambrosia: dropped by devoured earth in the Eden Trial.
Strength of Will: Bought in Sirens Call with bounty earnings.
Presents: found during the Winter Event by clicking on presents.


... Formatting could be better

Yup. Those don't come up much anymore. May not be worth including, in the interests of making a guide that's readable, rather than comprehensive.

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Ah yes, I stumbled into the pit when I was getting exploration badges, but I hadn't noticed the name.

I think the ship was called Cairo or something else, Egyptian but not Horus or Osiris. I tried looking at it from above when I first found it, but maybe I wasn't at the right angle. Or maybe I lack imagination. I have trouble with constellations too.

Don't forget to raise the bar! Assuming you can even reach the bar, after all the times War Witch has raised it.

Eye of Horus? I saw an oil spill at an exploration badge, Driller. Is that the same place?

It's interesting how similar Crey and Longbow look from their prisons.

I hadn't seen any of those before, except I guess a snow-covered Agincourt. What do you mean by the Pit? The Abyss?

Right now I'm in Grandville. I found my way into the tunnels, but I haven't found the dev dungeon. Anyone have any hints?

Yeah, I was just there, collecting exploration badges! Luckily it was empty when I went by. A really nice little spot. Always seems to me it's a waste of a perfectly good waterfall if there's no cave hidden behind it.

Heading to Grandville now. Wish me luck with those tunnels.

Shiny! The first time I passed through there it was day time. I'm glad I went back!

The Abyss was certainly interesting. Similar to the Hive, but with more story, and even more dramatic geography. I like it.

I've been working my way through the Easter Egg list. I have a feeling I'm going to get lost trying to find the Dev Dungeon, but I'll try this weekend. I've been gathering exploration badges, zone by zone. I had forgotten how fun that could be.

XP normally comes with influence. Do you think there will be a bunch of extra inf for running the right TF/SF? Especially for level 50's?

The key difference here is that the market TP powers take you to the market, but don't bring you back. The / command will let you use the market and end up in the same place where you started. That may be good or bad, but it's definitely different. I sometimes use the market TP as a way to travel, without even visiting the market. But oftentimes, like in the Shard, coming back from the market to the mission is a big pain in the rear. This / command will be a huge benefit in the unlikely event that I ever try to run another Shard TF.

More fun trivia: if I remember correctly, Back Alley Brawler was called the Back Street Brawler back then.