A reduction in blessing cost would go a long way to making this short event worth the time.
I will say that while a marketplace raid group is forming, it is something to do, but the blessing is expensive for just another dice roll chance at something that you can end up purchasing in the store for less.
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I haven't tried a sharp stick yet, but did experience a dull stick once while horse-playing. The event beats a dull stick to the eye, for sure.
I also have random piles of Tokens and a few Blessings hiding on random alts across the worlds. My HCL char is gonna get a little break it seems.
Dennis the Peasant: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.