1. yes most trades for anything above 20fg value are completed through the forum, private message, or dis cord. Most gear has unfortunately been retired with non active accounts. there is some remaining within the active community, but hard to source (don't be surprised if you get messages from people asking to buy your gear

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2. I personally dont see many play guardian at all to be honest. i always viewed guardian as a main melee with heal capabilities until the heal mastery nerf.
3. magic luck... i personally have tried both avenues; with and without it not noticing much of any difference.. some rely on the belief that ML gives better drops.. for me i see it as just luck of the draw, possibly a better chance on getting a better item.
4.potions drop at random, very far and few between.
5. 90+ lvl chars.. since the nerf of the standard 1-71 for all classes ( now an additional +2 levels per class after feeder), its common to see some groups climb that high depending on who is in the group.
6. ee vs specific elemental: i believe that any specific elemental damage adds to the overall enhanced effect of the chosen charm.. say for example you have a tier 3 light with 54ee and you have +6 lightning mastery on it: it would essentially become a 60ee charm ( i believe)
7. im not too familiar with casting as of yet, but i do know there is a minus percentage to use the acc slot to cast from (ee being the only useable side on the charm when in the acc slot), as long as your main charm +int could surpass the negative percentage, i dont see why it couldnt work and or add more damage?
8. as far as i am aware its just business as usual. lol
welcome back, its great to see people returning with some gear. player base on hc has slightly increased the past few months. some have sold out and left hc in favor of sc, and some have done the opposite.
one BIG suggestion.. as you have 16 hc chars. DO NOT DELETE any of them!!! symantecs of that has changed to being limited to 8 sc/8 hc ..
hope to see you around
