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 Looking for info on 1.6 and 1.7 changes? Check out THIS BIG POST RIGHT HERE. Contains almost everything you might want! Probably!  WE HAVE A GUILD on JAMEL! Go to the Guild tab and search for Pocket Goons to apply, then just let us know here. Maske Event is at 7:00 EST, Guild Wars signups open at the same time. Pocket Knights is a F2P RPG for the iOS and Android Platforms in which you collect cards to form teams of heroes to progress through the game. Most of the combat is automated, so your role comes down to designing and equipping your team properly, though there's no shortage of things to do in the game at the moment thanks to the Event Tower raid system. Pocket Knights is a also a game that is very loose with its freemium currency, to the extent that you'll be able to do almost anything you want in the game short of min-max rare spawns of 5* and 6* units. Combined with frequent chances to buy important items with normal currency, it's very easy to get (and stay) ahead if you know what you're doing. IMPORTANT TERMS: Crit: The power of your special skills. Yes, this is stupid. Rage: Your chance to score a critical strike. Pacifism: Your chance to prevent critical strikes. Awakening: Awakened characters have a {S} next to their portrait. Awakening confers additional stats, and also lets the unit use their special ability on the first turn of battle. VIP: Extra bonuses offered to people who have put money into the game. VIP1 and VIP2 are the only really useful levels, but you can play without them just fine. Diamond: Ye Olde Premium Currency. Used for a bunch of things, but also available by the truckloads for logging on and playing even a few minutes a day. Booster Gem: Yellow-colored Diamond. Obtained only through Elite Dungeons and item chests. Used to purchase useful items at the Market, including hero pieces for some very powerful 5* heroes. Courage Gem: Red-colored Diamond. Obtained through Tower raids and events. Used to (slowly) purchase some of the game's most powerful heroes, or to crack open special chests for high-end loot. Energy Stone: Basic drop from most Dungeons. Used in just about everything that you'll craft or make. Dungeon Crystal: Same as above, but they drop from Dungeons with gold borders around their names. Courage: Resource obtained through killing monsters in the Tower. Used for the Event Tower. Misc other stuff: Pocket Knights Wiki: most basic stuff not covered elsewhere has an entry here. Great! So how do I start playing? iOS link: http://goo.gl/8nYA1k Play Store link: http://goo.gl/1IfgVi Start the app, then roll up a character on the Jamel server. You'll be able to select one of three starter heroes. All three have the Fire ability, which inflicts damage and marks a target for other units to hit.  As of patch 1.7, I would recommend Rhee as your starter due to lack of 6* Mage availabilityJansen + You'll always have a good tank + Fire is most useful on the front line + Fire is actually better than most tank abilities + Lets you run 3 multi-target backliners without replacing your main - Allon and Rathim are both quite good, but you can mitigate this by pickup up Marlina instead of Allon - Agrila lasts long enough for Talia and Rhee that not having a tank early on isn't that big of a deal - +Def leader skill means that you'll be forced to look elsewhere for an offensive skill early on Talia + Autoattacks hit very hard for a Hunter + +Attack leader skill gives you greater flexibility before 6* - Back-row competition is way higher than front-row, especially at the 5* level. It's almost certainly easier to cobble together 3 backliners than 2 frontliners. - Shares evolution materials with Candy Cannoneer, who is a very strong unit in her own right - Hunter weapon evolutions tend to not be that great compared to Mage or Warrior ones Rhee + Rhee's version of Fire is very hard-hitting, on par with any other single-target nukes + Doesn't share 6* Evolution materials with a Summon Gate unit, making her slightly easier to evolve than Talia or Jansen + Bonus crit on weapon upgrades further increases her power relative to Talia as you level up your gear ± Crit leader bonus isn't ideal, but can be dealt with until you can get a +Attack leader. - Destroy and Mayhem are both very strong Crit skills, and only being able to run one effect limits your team options - Squishy. Without Talia's dodge or the tanky stats of Jansen, Rhee's the easiest to incapacitate of the 3 by far. Once you log in, you'll see a "Free VIP 4!" icon in the bottom left. Do not activate it. Play through the tutorial, start doing some of the content, and then refer to the VIP section at the bottom of the OP to figure out what you want to do with it. So what do I do? The very first thing should be doing is completing as many Elite Dungeons as you can before the next server reset. The snowballing from getting all that extra EXP and loot on the first day improves your levelling speed significantly. Between high-level Goon friends and Mentors, you should be able to power through the first few zones of elite dungeons without much incident. After that, there's a few things to start looking into, starting with a genericized list adapted from a post by Demerzel: quote:
Summoning Units: In general, the only time you're going to want to summon is when you have 50 Summon Vouchers to do a 10x repeat of the "Supreme Summon" option. You should use your free Supreme Summon (72 hour cooldown) in conjunction with the "Supreme Summon 2x to recieve 5 Summon Vouchers" task from Tower. Tsurupettan wrote up a nice list to help you figure out how good your Summoned units are! You can read it here, since it's huge.The Tower: Located on the left side of your town, the Tower uses Energy instead of Action Points. Killing monsters in the Tower is where you'll get most of your early Chests and Diamonds, since each section gives Star Treasure Chests and Diamonds as a reward, but it's also where you'll meet the Mysterious Merchant. He sells up to 3 of the following items, randomly selected each time you encounter him:
Each tower chapter has 5 levels, which unlock after you beat the boss of the previous level. You should complete each chapter 5 times before moving on to the next one, because the earlier chapters have a way higher Diamond/Chest return rate. Event Tower: Up at the top, under your Diamond/Gold/Resource meters, there's usually a few buttons - Events (Which list bonus objectives you can complete), Spin (which opens the Lucky Spin screen), Rewards (which are related to VIP), and usually a rotating icon representing event raids. When there's not a major event going on, the Event Tower button is a generic theme like "Demons" or "Pirates", and when you click on it it opens a new screen with 3 options:
Hidden Training: Once you're level 65, you'll unlock a building called Hidden Training. Basically, you pick a room, and after 8 hours, you get a bunch of bonus EXP/Honor. So what do I do with <Insert Currency Here>?
You said to check at the bottom for VIP. What's the deal with that? If you just want to level fast, feel free to pop the VIP4 as soon as possible, but make sure to unlock the 4th and 5th slots (400 Diamond total cost) in the Alchemy Lab while it's up, because you'll lose your ability to do so when the VIP4 runs out. If you're willing to take your time leveling, though, hold onto the temporary boost until a "Dungeon Surprise" event pops up. Dungeon Surprises reward you for doing a lot of dungeons in the timeframe of the event, and VIP4's autobattle feature is the most sane way to hit the top tiers. As above, make sure you unlock the 4th and 5th slots in the Alchemy Lab while you have VIP4 up. Either way, if you're enjoying the game and plan to play it for more than a day or two, I would definitely suggest using the first VIP EXP ticket you get and buying $.99 worth of diamonds to obtain VIP 1 permanently. It's by no means necessary, but it's something that pays dividends very quickly at the cost, since it gives all of the following: - 100k Gold and 5 Diamonds a day, on top of the daily log-in rewards. - The ability to open VIP Gift Packs, which come out of Star Treasure Chests and can reward Booster Gems or Potions - A free 5* Warrior hero, Estine, who is pretty good and will last you almost all the way to 6* units. edit: It's also been mentioned that the in-game Diamond offers count toward diamonds purchased, so if you don't want to spend any cash, that's a way to get VIP1 as well. Finally, Ye Olde List of Goons Click here to add yourself!.List of heroes, better than the wiki. Has their hidden secondary stats, which are important but not displayed in game at the moment. Niton fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Jun 29, 2014 |
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I'm in! In-game name is also DontMindMe.
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Feb 7, 2014 03:03
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Here is my advice. Pay attention to quests and bounty quests. It is stuff you are doing anyway like upping you castle/tech/guys, but the EXP is freaking insane. Yesterday was my 4th day on this account and I went to bed at Level 43. Right now thanks to quests, I am level 60. So in 5 days I can now equip all the dudes.
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Feb 7, 2014 03:10
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Started playing this after reading about it in the android thread, it's a ton of fun. I'm ingame as hlep. Also something worth adding to the OP is that for getting VIP levels, you can use those offers for diamonds if you want to get around paying money, since those diamonds actually count towards refill diamonds. I got vip 1 by just making a gamefly account through the offer site and then canceling the membership right after.
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Feb 7, 2014 03:14
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If anyone else is on the server Hasgroth , I'm there as Fatigued. I was already too invested there to reroll on the Goon server unfortunately.
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Feb 7, 2014 03:16
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I'm in as Malt. Is there a benefit to fighting someone in the tower instead of praising them?
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Feb 7, 2014 03:25
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Well, I definitely need another one of these games. Is your player name just the one you put in at the start? I'm in as McDragon if that's the case.
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Feb 7, 2014 03:44
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Malt posted:I'm in as Malt. If you win you steal a percent of their cash. They can revenge and get it (and more?) back. I lost 100,000 one time, but i had like over 20 million at the time.
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Feb 7, 2014 03:47
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McDragon posted:Well, I definitely need another one of these games. The nice thing about this game is the premium currency is given out frequently. I spent all mine during this previous event. In 2 days I got over 300 diamonds without trying.
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Feb 7, 2014 04:03
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Should I use a referral code or anything?
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Feb 7, 2014 04:21
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Should I use a referral code or anything? I would say use op's code. Honesty the reward for getting invites in is this game meh. I get a few million gold and 100-200 diamonds a day anyways. And I don't need the red panda, because I already have 2 tanks on my team. For the person starting out though a free summon voucher and 100 diamonds is really nice. Editing: there you go. Shwqa fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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Feb 7, 2014 04:30
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If you want, my code is 193440770. I didn't post it originally because it seemed kind of rude to snipe it, but there it is.
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Feb 7, 2014 04:31
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For the Hero's gate, is it you just get 3 joins and 1 create and then the gate is locked off forever? Or do they reset every day/week/month? So desperate for more dungeon crystals... Also Niton my ingame name is actually spelled hlep, not pleh, didn't realize it would look like I misspelled my name earlier.
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Feb 7, 2014 04:42
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KittyEmpr is adding everyone now thanks.
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Feb 7, 2014 04:53
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I'm in as afancy400, seems like a decent toilet game.
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Feb 7, 2014 04:55
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plehsistential posted:For the Hero's gate, is it you just get 3 joins and 1 create and then the gate is locked off forever? Or do they reset every day/week/month? So desperate for more dungeon crystals... It is an every day thing. I can solo gate 1, 95% of gate 2, and 60% of gate 3. I'm rank 75 so I would look at that as a guide when picking team mates. But I use my all joins up during the double bonus times (12 pm or 6pm). Shwqa fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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Feb 7, 2014 05:42
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Yikes, my warehouse filled up pretty quickly. Is there anything I should avoid opening? Or should I just open all bag-like items as soon as I get them?
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Feb 7, 2014 05:50
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DontMindMe posted:Yikes, my warehouse filled up pretty quickly. Is there anything I should avoid opening? Or should I just open all bag-like items as soon as I get them? Avoid opening 5* and 6* evolve until you actually have a 5* and 6* unit. Other than that nope. I am on the 3rd page of items. It is almost never a bad idea to invest in a spot or 2 today. You get atleast 35 free diamonds a day.
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Feb 7, 2014 05:59
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Any other gotchas I should watch out for, besides those listed in the OP? I just want to make sure I don't accidentally mess something up like I usually do (like the first pull process in PAD). For example, what is the proper way to get permanent VIP1? I just picked up 2 VIP EXP tickets. Is it as simple as using one, like the OP insists? EDIT: A IRC channel may come in handy.
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Feb 7, 2014 06:14
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DontMindMe posted:Any other gotchas I should watch out for, besides those listed in the OP? I just want to make sure I don't accidentally mess something up like I usually do (like the first pull process in PAD). VIP exp tickets aren't super rare. Just use them until you can't then take advantage of the tap joy poo poo/pay for VIP1. Though one gotcha is the first purchase gives double diamonds, but you only get VIP experience for the normal amount. Shwqa fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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Feb 7, 2014 06:34
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In as Weissy - how usable is Agrila?
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Feb 7, 2014 07:16
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Weissritter posted:In as Weissy - how usable is Agrila? She is loving great. She levels up faster than your main hero or any 5* hero. She is easy as poo poo to get resources to promote (evolve is a stupid term for what it does). Even though I use a team with only of 5* hero I still use her over Hanzen. She is my 2nd strongest unit, despite never giving her any chest for exp. Edit: also don't get too attached to giving your main hero all the spare exp. she/he level cap becomes 30 when you increase their star count. Though getting an extra star takes a while. Shwqa fucked around with this message at 07:27 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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Feb 7, 2014 07:23
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In as HuskersSA
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Feb 7, 2014 07:40
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My time has no value, so why not!? I'm in as Goodchild, I'll be sending the list friendies.
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Feb 7, 2014 07:41
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plehsistential posted:Started playing this after reading about it in the android thread, it's a ton of fun. I'm ingame as hlep. How long did it take to get the reward for signing up with Gamefly? I ended up doing the same thing, but keeping it since I want to actually give it a try (and since it says it will invalidate the reward if I don't keep it for 21 days)
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Feb 7, 2014 07:42
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DontMindMe posted:How long did it take to get the reward for signing up with Gamefly? I ended up doing the same thing, but keeping it since I want to actually give it a try (and since it says it will invalidate the reward if I don't keep it for 21 days) I think once I went back into the game from my browser, it opened a window with my refill progress towards vip 1. I probably should have mentioned that I had used one of those VIP EXP cards first, though I think the VIP 1 tier is low enough that the gamefly offer might be enough to cover it?
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Feb 7, 2014 07:46
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plehsistential posted:I think once I went back into the game from my browser, it opened a window with my refill progress towards vip 1. I probably should have mentioned that I had used one of those VIP EXP cards first, though I think the VIP 1 tier is low enough that the gamefly offer might be enough to cover it? I did use a VIP EXP card first, but didn't receive anything after signing up. Guess I'll report it (there is a button regarding missing rewards).
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Feb 7, 2014 07:48
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Shoot I don't have any of the hero that get a multipler for the boss today. And by the looks of things like neither do any of my friends. Bosses are dying really slowly. Also I'm a giant tool and spent $3 I had from a gift card to get VIP3. I can replace the goon training room tomorrow if no one else can. Shwqa fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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Feb 7, 2014 07:51
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Attack all the bosses you can, as long as you contribute (and they die, obv) you get a special summon card.
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Feb 7, 2014 08:33
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Of course this thread shows up in Popular Threads after I'm a month and a half deep on Grodo  gently caress it. I was on Jamel before so I'll just pick it back up. I'm HodorKotb. Also I didn't see it anywhere else in the thread so if you go to Check In > Code > you can enter "zqknights" for a bonus and if you Like them on Fb you can get another bonus code that's unique to your sign-in. Also with regard to mining it's a whole lot easier to stick with Goblin multiple times a day since you can't get sniped like on Dwarf and each complete reap gives 12 lv1 runes. SHVPS4DETH fucked around with this message at 09:01 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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Feb 7, 2014 08:42
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PofolkSA is me. Nice to see a game that gives premium currency so freely after the shitfest Marvel Puzzle Quest turned into.
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Feb 7, 2014 08:57
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Holy poo poo, the awakened boss has 22 mil hp 
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Feb 7, 2014 09:51
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Pudgygiant posted:Holy poo poo, the awakened boss has 22 mil hp At higher levels or with the daily bonuses, you can bust that down surprisingly fast. For anyone adding me (The D), if your name isn't immediately SA-noticeable, shoot me a PM in-game and let me know. I'm getting inundated with requests and don't want to accidentally deny anyone.
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Feb 7, 2014 11:09
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How long is this event going to go? I have three of those special summon tickets, and am tempted to just use them when I get 5, because I doubt I will.manage to get 50 within a week or so.
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Feb 7, 2014 11:13
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KittyEmpress posted:How long is this event going to go? I have three of those special summon tickets, and am tempted to just use them when I get 5, because I doubt I will.manage to get 50 within a week or so. Every event (exchange, rewards) starts on Friday night/Saturday morning, excluding like one exception since I've been playing. Event towers change out on Wednesday morning, I believe.
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Feb 7, 2014 15:38
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As a recent (and still) noob, here is something I just discovered: when you click on event rank, you can claim prizes which I didn't even realize until recently. This game bombards you with rewards but it's not always apparent when/where they do so make sure you are clicking into all the menus, etc. Also, someone posted earlier in the thread about doing the bounty quests and I want to reemphasize how good the XP rewards are on these. _Do them!_ Good job on the OP, Niton!
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Feb 7, 2014 15:48
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In as brubru, still trying to figure out the overload of information the game starts with.
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Feb 7, 2014 16:00
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In as WedgieSA and I added a bunch of people. This game certainly has a lot of random places to earn free currencies. Couple of questions! - Should I just be dumping all of my 1 and 2 star cards into my main hero? How about weapons? Just do whatever early, or save all of the cards for 4 star items? - Are there specific times/events when it's best to use spin vouchers or pal points for summons? - Does the Magic House just add all of it's attributes to your party?
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Feb 7, 2014 16:54
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In as triplexpac, I've been looking for a new dumb f2p game to play!
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In as Humble; added everyone so far! Decent fun, kinda mindless. . .
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