LIVESTREAM RECAP - February 27, 2019

** SteelSpine’s LIVESTREAM RECAP for FEBRUARY 27, 2019 **

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(REMINDER:  I am posting all of my future Recaps on my blog at 

https://steelspinesdot.blogspot.com .  Feel free to copy my LiveStream Recaps directly from my blog and share them with anyone you think might want to read them.  Thank you for reading!  :-)

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EVENT DETAILS:

This week’s Event will be the second running of CONQUEST, Dawn of Titans’ newest Event Mode.  It will begin on FRIDAY, MARCH 1 and run until MONDAY, MARCH 4.

(Note from SteelSpine:  The Devs said “not much has changed” in this Conquest Event compared to the first running.  This means we can probably expect it to take a long time to complete, just like the first time around.  They also said there would be a player survey posted on DOT’s Facebook Page regarding the first Conquest Event (which featured Lu Bu).  If you have any opinions or ideas regarding Conquest, please write down your thoughts and send them off to Support - it really sounds like the Devs want feedback about this particular Event type, so your voice could make a difference).

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Titan Details:

This week’s Event features the return of two older X-Skilled Titans; AVALOS and MAMESH. AVALOS is a 4* Elithen (Ice) Guardian.  MAMESH is a 4* Unak (Fire) Berserker.

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AVALOS’ SKILLS:

Slot 1:  Titan Defensive Tier II

Slot 2:  Imperials Defensive X Skill (Health or Armor)

Slot 3:  Grenadiers Offensive X Skill (Damage or Armor Piercing)

Slot 4:  Imperials Defensive X Skill (Health or Armor, whichever is not in Slot 2)

Slot 5:  Grenadiers Offensive X Skill (Damage or AP, whichever is not in Slot 3)

Avalos is one of the prizes awarded for successful completion of Conquest Level 10.

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MAMESH’s SKILLS:

Slot 1:  Grenadiers X Skill

Slot 2:  Panthers X Skill

Slot 3:  Grenadiers X Skill

Slot 4:  Panthers X Skill

Slot 5:  Grenadiers X Skill

Mamesh is one of the prizes awarded for successful completion of Conquest Level 8.

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TOP PRIZE LEVELS:

LEVEL 6:

3* Spartan Helm

Portal Stones

Divine Gems

Warp Stones

LEVEL 7:

4* Flaming Rune

Event Token

700 Gems

Warp Stones

LEVEL 8:

MAMESH

Event Token

Epic Token

Warp Stones

LEVEL 9:

4* Spartan Helm

4* Ice Gauntlets

800 Gems

150 Divine Gems

Warp Stones

LEVEL 10:

AVALOS

250 Divine Gems

4* Banner of Frost

4* Ice Helm

10 Warp Stones

(Note from SteelSpine:  In some cases, the Devs didn’t give an actual number as to how many Warp Stones, Divine Gems, etc would be awarded.  That’s why some Levels just say “Warp Stones” instead of “10 Warp Stones”, etc.)

(See dotdatabase.net for full details on the above Relics).

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Just like last time, there will be 3 guaranteed battle drops during this week’s Conquest Event.

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There is NO “Boost Titan” for this week’s Event.  Additionally, the Devs did not say whether this will be a Solo/Individual Leaderboard Event or an Alliance Leaderboard Event, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see on Friday how the Ranking Rewards will be tallied and awarded.

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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:

Question (Q) from a Player:  What happened with the Nazul Event?  (Why did the Ranking Rewards get so screwed up?)

Answer (A) from a Developer:  We noticed at the end of the Event that Alliances were completely disappearing from the Leaderboard.  We hunted down the problem and fixed it by pushing out a Server Update, so we don’t think we’ll see that happen ever again.  As for compensating players - the data was lost, but we think we compensated everybody who was affected.  If you didn’t receive your reward you can contact us via the in-game Support.  (Note from SteelSpine:  there’s a blog post about this on the DoT website, as well, if anyone cares to take a look).

Q:  Will we see Dionysus and Poseidon in Events again?

A:  Yes, going forward we’ll most likely have each of them in a future Event.  We can’t say for sure when, but we want to bring them back.

Q:  Will there be 3x guaranteed drops (“Spoils of War”) during this week’s Conquest Event?

A:  YES, there WILL be three guaranteed drops from each successful attack during this week’s Event.

Q:  Any news on the new “Relic XP” Relics (which grant additional Forging Experience)?

A:  YES.  We have already added them to the game files - we think they are called “FORGE SHARDS”.  We’re just trying to figure out internally which Event would be the best time to debut them in-game.  They are basically “empty Relics” which are to be used exclusively for leveling up other Relics.  So they are definitely coming, we just aren’t sure when yet.  

*Note from SteelSpine:  YAY!  :-)

Q:  Any update on bringing back “circle select” for Troops?

A:  Yes, we still want to bring back “circle select”.  There were some bug issues with circle select back when it was in the game, which we think we have worked out - but we still need to do a little testing.  Additionally, we aren’t sure if we want to add it for all Players or for higher-level Players, or if we want to keep “Select All” AND “Circle Select” (or just circle select).  These are some of the things we have to talk about behind the scenes before it returns.

Q:  Are Physical Resist Rings and Lightning Resist Rings still coming?

A:  Yes.  We have finished the artwork for them, they just need to be added to the game.  Shouldn’t be long now.

Q:  Where are the new Avatars (in-game/chat Player pictures)?

A:  We’re planning to release them in a big event coming up shortly.  We ran into some unforeseen issues with adding them to the game, so we need to wait until everybody has updated to version 1.30.

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TEASERS and OTHER INFORMATION:

The Devs talked a bit about why they decided to move the end time for last week’s Event.  They basically said it was to increase the stability of the servers so they don’t run into another issue like they had after the “Death Do Us Part” Event, where Alliances did not receive their Ranking Rewards.  They said ALL FUTURE EVENTS will begin a little earlier than they have in the past, but will end a bit early (at 7:30 in the morning GMT) “for now”.  (Make sure you check the Event Info this week to see what time that translates to in your time zone!)

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In the future, LiveStreams will happen on WEDNESDAYs at 4:30 pm GMT, not Thursdays at 3:30 GMT.  (Note from SteelSpine:  I will still try to get the Recap typed up and sent out within a few hours, but Wednesday afternoons are really busy for me - so I may not be able to type them up until Wednesday nights.  If that does happen, I’m really sorry for the delay - but I’ll NEVER be later than the same night a LiveStream takes place.  I promise).

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The “Design A Relic” competition is in full swing on Dawn of Titans’ Facebook Page.  (For those who don’t know, “Design a Relic” is something the Devs decided to do in order to give the players a chance to pick the next “elite” Relic to be added to the game.  Check the DoT Facebook Page for full details).

The winner of Round 1 was a Relic with 16-24% All Troop Health, 16-24% All Troop Armor and 14-20% All Troop All Elemental Resist.

The winner of Round 2 was a Relic with 24-40% Titan Health, 18-30% Titan Armor and 16-24% Titan All Elemental Resist.

Those two Relics will go head-to-Head in Round 3, with the winner to be added into the game in a future Event.  Voting for Round 3 begins either FEBRUARY 28 or MARCH 1, so make sure you get online and vote for the one you like the most.  After the Relic Stats are chosen, the community will be able to submit their own artwork and name ideas for the Relic - so check it out when you have a moment.  Sounds pretty cool.

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Version 1.30 is finally beginning to roll out to Players - it is currently available for Android players, and should be available for iOS Players shortly (perhaps as early as Thursday, February 28, according to the Devs).  The Devs said it includes a bunch of bug fixes, new loading screens, an increase to Archer Critical rates, a fix for 3* Goliath Belts, Storm Maiden Economy Relics and “behind the scenes features and improvements for upcoming Events”.

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NEXT WEEK:

MONDAY:  There will be a NEW one-day Event called “War Unleashed”.  According to the Devs, War Unleashed will involve the Titan Monuments.  It sounds like War Unleashed will be somewhat similar to Theaters of War - but instead of awarding tons of Relics from the Titan Arenas, War Unleashed will award extra Titan Experience from the Titan Monuments.  The Devs said there will be a different amount of Titan Experience awarded depending on which League you are in (Legends, Masters, etc) - but it “will not be a massive difference”.  They also said since this is the first time this Event will take place they consider this a “trial run”, and asked Players to submit their thoughts, ideas and suggestions after War Unleashed ends.

SOMETIME NEXT WEEK (day not defined):  There will be a Relic Festival at some point during the week.  The Devs said they couldn’t say much about it, but that it would be “a good one”.  

*Note from SteelSpine:  I’m not sure there’s ever been a “good” Relic Festival, in my opinion, so I’d take this with a grain of salt.  :-)

NEXT WEEKEND:  The Devs said next week’s regular weekly Event would be a “special Event” that would be “kind of cool, actually”.  They wouldn’t go into detail, but they said it would be “kind of Ranger themed”.  The big news regarding this Event, though, is that you will be able to use ANY OLD EVENT BOOST RELICS that you may have laying around from prior Events.  (Finally!)  :-)

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LIVESTREAM CONTEST WINNERS:

YouTube:  Ali Sebanovitch

Facebook:  Maury Fallon

(Note from SteelSpine:  I am sorry for any misspellings above - the Devs announce the names, but they don’t show them written out.  If your name is similar to one of the names above, and you entered the LiveStream contest, please contact the Devs on DoT’s Facebook page to claim your prize.  Congratulations!!)

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That’s it for this week’s LiveStream.  If I made any mistakes or left out anything important, please let me know and I will issue a correction in next week’s Recap (and give you a shoutout for the help).  

Feel free to share the info from this Recap with anyone who might find it helpful.  If you edit or cut out pieces to share, I’d appreciate it if you gave me credit.  :-)

As of right now (February or March, 2019), the easiest way to contact me is by finding me in the game.  You can reach me in-game under the name SteelSpine (I am the Level 37 one, as of February/March 2019).  

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YOU CAN FIND FUTURE (and PAST) EDITIONS OF MY RECAPS ON MY BLOG.  The address is https://steelspinesdot.blogspot.com .  Feel free to copy the Recaps directly from my blog and share them to whoever you think would like to read them.  :-)

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Thanks for reading!  :-)

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THIS WEEK’S LIVESTREAM CANCELLED BY DEVELOPERS - February 21, 2019

Hey, all!

This week’s regularly scheduled LiveStream - which should have taken place Thursday morning at 10:30 am on the East Coast of the USA - has been CANCELLED.  The Devs had originally said on their Facebook page that it will take place a day late (on Friday, February 22), but on Friday morning they announced via Twitter that this week will not have a LiveStream.

The LiveStream WILL RETURN next week - probably on Thursday, February 28 - and along with it, a new edition of the Recap.  :-)

Also, just a side note:  Last week the Devs said there would be a Titan Fusion Event “within two weeks”.  IF they stick to that schedule there should be one this week (Monday or Tuesday) - but we all know how much things change around here, so that may have changed.

Anyway, here’s some info regarding Cerberus’ Skills and the two new Relics’ Stats:

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Titan Details:

This week’s Event features CERBERUS, the newest “God Titan”.  Cerberus is a 4* Physical Berserker who has hellhounds for hands (or gauntlets shaped into hellhound heads covering his hands?).  He uses these to attack enemies on the battlefield (in place of a regular weapon).  

Cerberus has the unique ability to summon OMEGA ARCHERS to the battlefield.  In addition to having the same Level, Skills and Stats as your regular Archers, summoned Omega Archers will also have an added +30% Critical, +50% Armor Piercing and +40% Speed — but a -60% penalty to their Health.  (In addition, all Relics and Skills that boost regular Archers also boost Omega Archers).

SKILLS:

Slot 1:  1x Summon Omega Archers Spell, +40% Troop Damage, +40% Troop Armor Piercing

Slot 2:  Spearmen Defensive Tier II

Slot 3:  2x Summon Omega Archers Spells, +110% Archer Armor Piercing

Slot 4:  Spearmen Defensive X Skill

Slot 5:  2x Summon Omega Archers Spells, +225% Archers Damage

Cerberus is available for 18k Souls.

(Note from SteelSpine:  The “hellhound heads on my hands” thing is a pretty creative way for the Devs to deal with the fact that Cerberus is traditionally a three-headed dog - and I have to admit, it does look pretty cool when he attacks without a sword..  but my immature side can’t help but wonder how he uses the bathroom when he’s out on a campaign.  Like, does he have an attendant that “gives him a hand”?  Does he just not use toilet paper at all, or does he have a special Titan bidet?  Or does he just have bite marks all over his naughty bits?  *shiver*).  :-)

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New Relics available in this Event:  

4* Tail of Cerberus (available at 17k Souls)

+36% Omega Archers Critical

+40% Spearmen Poison Resistance

+24% Titan and Army Lightning Resistance

4* Cerberus’ Chains (available at 21k Souls)

+80% Omega Archers Damage

+20% Archers Critical

+30% Titan and Army Physical Damage

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Also available in this Event:

3* Hercules (Titan previously only available to newer Players) at 6k Souls

3* Huginn at 7k Souls

Greek Combat Relic Token* at 8k Souls

Epic Token at 9k Souls

4* Siegfried (Human Champion with Archer & Spearmen X Skills) at 11k Souls

Greek God Relic Token* at 13k Souls

4* Giant Axe (Archer boosting version) at 16k Souls

(See dotdatabase.net for full details on the above Relics).

(*NOTE:  The special Greek Tokens can be redeemed at the Divine Altars)

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Thanks again for reading!  -SteelSpine 

LIVESTREAM RECAP - February 14, 2019

** SteelSpine’s LIVESTREAM RECAP for FEBRUARY 14, 2019 **

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Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody!  Remember:  “I was playing Dawn of Titans” is a TERRIBLE excuse if you forget to get your wife or husband a gift.  Save yourself - go buy some chocolates or something!  :-)

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(REMINDER:  I am posting all of my future Recaps on my blog at 

https://steelspinesdot.blogspot.com .  Feel free to copy my LiveStream Recaps directly from my blog and share them with anyone you think might want to read them.  Thank you for reading!)

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EVENT DETAILS:

This week’s Event is called DEATH DO US PART.  It will begin on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 and run until MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18.

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Titan Details:

This week’s Event features Nazul, the Ragnar (Earth) Infiltrator.  Her Skills include two Titan Offensive Tier II Skills, two Titan Offensive Tier III Skills and a Titan X Skill.

SKILLS:

Slot 1:  Titan Offensive Tier II

Slot 2:  Titan Offensive Tier II

Slot 3:  Titan Offensive Tier III

Slot 4:  Titan Offensive Tier III

Slot 5:  Titan X Skill

Nazul is available for 15k Souls.

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New Relics available in this Event:  

4* Nazul’s Heirloom - at 17k Souls

+50% Titan Earth Damage

+20% Earth Souls

+40% Titan Health

(Note from SteelSpine:  Nazul’s Heirloom is usable by Earth Infiltrators ONLY).

4* Nazul’s Feathers - at 14k Souls

+50% Titan Earth Damage

+20% Titan Critical

+16% Titan ALL Elemental Resist

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Also available in this Event:

3* Ancestral Heart at 6k Souls

4* Tainted Heart at 9k Souls

4* Heartseeker at 10k Souls

4* Infiltrator Token at 11k Souls

4* Heartstone at 12k Souls

(See dotdatabase.net for full details on the above Relics).

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1.4x Soul Bonus for using Vuldan.

1.2x Soul Bonus for using Sekani, Nexis or Ilzar.

1.1x Soul Bonus for using any other Infiltrator.

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It is an ALLIANCE LEADERBOARD EVENT (also known as an Alliance War Event); prizes will be awarded to all Players in an Alliance according to their Alliance Ranking at the end of the Event.

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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:

Question (Q) from a Player:  What happened to the new Profile Avatars?

Answer (A) from a Developer:  We’re still working on them.  We would like to release them soon - maybe as soon as next week.  Just have a few bugs to work out first.  We might do some sort of a “voting” thing during LiveStreams to decide which Avatars are released first, or something like that.  But yeah, they should be coming very soon.

Q:  Is Loki in the Temple anywhere right now?

A:  We don’t think so.  No, he’s not a Reward for this week’s Event or anything.

Q:  Can you please reduce the timer for Warp Stones in the next Conquest Event?  (Note from SteelSpine:  YES.  YES, YES, YES.  Either this, or a HUGE bump to Warp Stone drop rates from battles - like a 25% drop rate - would be the best improvement to Conquest, in my opinion).

A:  We are looking into this and other improvements to Conquest.  We’re looking into Warp Stone drop rates, balancing improvements and some other stuff.  Please let us know your thoughts and ideas.

Q:  Can you make Level 10 of Conquest more difficult next time?  It was way too easy compared to 8 and 9.

A:  This is one of the things we’re going to work on before the next Conquest.  Thanks for the input!

Q:  When will Chernobog and Belebog show up in an Event?

A:  Since they were just added to the 10k Divine Gem Altar, they won’t show up in a regular weekly Event for a long time.  “In fact, there’s no guarantee that they’ll show up in an Event at all”.  “They might be made available at some point, but it won’t be for a long time if they are”.  (Note from SteelSpine:  This directly contradicts what the Devs said during the Auria Event a few weeks back.  From what I remember, they said Chernobog and Belebog would eventually be made available in a regular Event - just like Auria - but it wouldn’t be for “at least six months”.  Not sure what made them change their tune here).

Q:  What about Urkon?  We haven’t seen him in an Event yet.

A:  (Direct quotes from the Devs):  “Hmmm.  Soon”.  “Within two months, but probably sooner than that”.  “Uh, that’s subject to change though”.

Q:  Can you make it so we can choose what 5* Relic we want at the 5k Divine Gem Altar?

A:  No, I don’t think we’ll be doing that.

Q:  What about new 5* Relics?  Will we get any new ones?

A:  “Maybe.  Maaaaaaybe!”.  (Note from SteelSpine:  The Devs did their whole “shrug our shoulders with a huge shit-eating grin” bit here, which they usually do when somebody has correctly guessed an upcoming feature.  Safe to say they’re thinking about - or working on - new 5* Relics.  Pretty cool!).

Q:  Any new “Daily Events” coming soon?  (Note from SteelSpine:  By “Daily Events”, they mean small one-day Events, similar to reductions in Troop training times).

A:  Yes, actually - we are working on some new Daily Events.  In fact, we have a new one coming up very soon - probably within the next two weeks.  It’s called “Kingdom Rush”.  It’ll start at the beginning of a Season, and it will allow Players to refresh their free Lands five times in 24 hours (as opposed to the current limit of three refreshes per day).  It will also cost half of the amount of Food/Corn it would normally cost to get new Neutral Lands.  (Note from SteelSpine:  This sounds more like an attempt from the Devs to remove some of the extra Food / Corn from the economy.  In any case, it sounds like a nice addition - especially for those at Castle 25 who have nothing to spend resources on anymore).

Q:  WHEN IS THE NEXT FUSION EVENT?

A:  The next Fusion Event will be WITHIN TWO WEEKS.  (Note from SteelSpine:  It sounds like the next one will be the week after next..  so if we don’t see one on February 18/19, we can probably count on seeing one on February 25th or 26th).

Q:  Will we get a chance to train Corrupted Armies?

A:  No, we won’t be adding those to the regular game.  “But that’s not to say we won’t be adding more Troops to the game...”.  (Note from SteelSpine:  Definitely a bit of a teaser here.  Wonder what they’re working on?  Interesting!)

Q:  Theaters of War coming back soon?

A:  Yes, within a few weeks,

Q:  Make a special Event featuring Runa!

A:  “We’re planning a special Event based around Runa.  I’ve said too much already”.  (PLEASE be real.)

Q:  Will Conquest always run with Spoils of War (3x drops)?

A:  We’d like to keep it that way - but we haven’t discussed it yet.  (Note from SteelSpine:  Send them feedback!).

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TEASERS and OTHER INFORMATION:

The Devs mentioned that the feedback for last week’s Conquest Event was overwhelmingly positive.  They said they plan to run a Conquest Event pretty regularly going forward.  The Devs also said they would like more input from the community - what did you like, what did you dislike, what would you like to see changed?  They also said they plan to put a survey up on their Facebook page soon for more feedback regarding Conquest.  

(Note from SteelSpine:  I personally thought Conquest was a LOT of fun, but it really got to be a bit of a grind towards the end..  Overall, it was a fun addition to the game - and honestly anything NEW is cool with me).  :-)

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Version 1.30 should begin rolling out to Players soon - “either next week or the week after”.  It will include:

The new Storm Maiden and Lightning Storm “Economy Relics”.

A fix for 3* Goliath Belts not having the correct Physical Resistance percentages.

An update to the Titan Pantheon.

New loading screens and new loading animations.

Fix for Kronos on Defense.

And “quite a lot of other fixes and additions”.

(Note from SteelSpine:  The Devs said they would go into more detail about version 1.30 during next week’s LiveStream, so I’ll have a deeper dive into it in next week’s Recap).

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The Devs said they are planning to do a “general upgrade” with “general improvements to how Spells and other things work on Defense”.  Matt said it probably wouldn’t be included until Version 1.31.  (Note from SteelSpine:  This would be GREAT.  Defense sorely needs an upgrade, in my opinion).

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NEXT WEEK:

MONDAY:  There will be a Temple Event featuring Freya and Valorn.

THURSDAY:  A new Event.  The Devs said Freya will provide a Soul Bonus - and they said it would be “hot”.  (Note from SteelSpine:  Sounds like it could be Cerberus - but I thought that would happen this week, so I won’t make a prediction.  Haha).

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LIVESTREAM CONTEST WINNERS:

YouTube:  John McGuinness

Facebook:  Vishal Vermer 

(Note from SteelSpine:  I am sorry for any misspellings above - the Devs announce the names, but they don’t show them written out.  If your name is similar to one of the names above, and you entered the LiveStream contest, please contact the Devs on DoT’s Facebook page to claim your prize.  Congratulations!!)

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That’s it for this week’s LiveStream.  If I made any mistakes or left out anything important, please let me know and I will issue a correction in next week’s Recap (and give you a shoutout for the help).  

Feel free to share the info from this Recap with anyone who might find it helpful.  If you edit or cut out pieces to share, I’d appreciate it if you gave me credit.  :-)

As of right now (February 2019), the easiest way to contact me is by finding me in the game.  You can reach me in-game under the name SteelSpine (I am the Level 37 one, as of February 2019).  

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YOU CAN FIND FUTURE (and PAST) EDITIONS OF MY RECAPS ON MY BLOG.  The address is https://steelspinesdot.blogspot.com .  Feel free to copy the Recaps directly from my blog and share them to whoever you think would like to read them.  :-)

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Thanks for reading!  :-)

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