It took me a moment to notice there's an actual banana in the image. Thought the title was just because of the helmet. 😄

Amazing! Really cool that you've stayed loyal to the hobby all these years. I was posting under the name Deceptica back then. And apparently I still have a stamp-sized photo of you (and of a few other dozen people) from the old TFX members page.

Well, in the original levelling journey MP happens before you get Scourge as a companion, so it makes sense that he has no opinions if you take him back retroactively...

I thought this one was going to test the pugs' skills for sure, but either my memory is deceptive or vet mode is a lot easier nowadays than it used to be. Breezed through the whole thing four times today, with each run only taking about 15 minutes.

If it's any comfort, as of tomorrow it's over for another year.

I mean, what are you trying to do and on what server? I've been pugging world bosses like crazy for the last few weeks due to Feast of Prosperity, as well as running flashpoints on every server for seasons with no problems. But presumably there are other activities that are less popular...

Sounds insane! 😆

Agreed, very insightful! I've still never skipped story on any char (not counting the two I created from free level boosts) - this post from 2019 still applies for me:

I will add! I just noticed that both sites work on my phone now, so maybe my PC just has some residual issues.