I am so sorry for the length of the following replies. I know a lot of people like things short and sweet, however, I have a terrible habit of rambling and not realising it until it's too late.
At this moment, my opinion on best class combo is Sorcerer-Priest. I know Warlock is very powerful, however I haven't played it enough to form an opinion on the class/if it's good with another specific class. I also have not played Merchant much besides two or three recent games.
I like Sorcerer-Priest due to how easy it is to obtain mana and I've often (though, I'm drifting away from it now) used a hoarder/swooper strategy. Getting as much mana as possible and flashing across the line at the end is usually satisfying. I play mostly team games, so Priest's Radiance is good to get an additional 4 mana (8 if you have the Mysticality talent, along with moving forward if you have Flow of Magic). Even in FFAs, you can cast something on someone in the back who you don't think is hoarding with Radiance and then use Dispel to dispel it. If you have the Dispel talent, even better; you get a spell shield for doing so. While Radiance's ten turn CD is a bit high compared to others, putting some focus on getting items to lower CDs can makes up for that.
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Originally, I was going to name myself Runic or Rune (my usual name I go by online and even in real life despite it not being my real name. It has a long origin story of it's own. Not saying that here unless anyone is interested though since it doesn't directly answer the question). However, both of those were taken, so I had to come up with something else.
I spend hours going through lists of names on baby name sites, a subreddit, and sometimes other kinds of websites, such as articles listing cities/locations whenever I want to pick a name. I'm very picky with the names I use. I've always been partial and drawn to Irish names (though I hate the spelling of my real name which happens to be Irish :P). The meaning of a name also plays a part in whether I use it, unless I truly love the name. It doesn't matter to me if the name is female, male, or unisex, though. I believe I came across the name "Crevan" on a very long list of Irish baby names. I liked the way it looks and sounds. As a bonus, it means "fox," which is an animal I absolutely love.
I changed my name to Verona (along with my name on other sites) as a way to let go of the past easier due to a series of stressful events. I wouldn't have a problem returning to the name Crevan at some point, though, as I do like the name and have mostly gotten over that stress by now. My first choice to change my name from Crevan was Venice, since I love the sound and spelling of that name. However, that was expectedly taken. So I looked up different city names, looking for something similar. Verona was a name I came across and loved, but I was hesitant to choose it due to it being the setting of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare can be enjoyable. It was that I had to do a series of skits and lesson plans (teacher was lazy and it was just a highschool class so she had pairs of students on rotation to create lesson plans based on certain topics and teach the class) not even a full year prior, and was burned out on anything Romeo and Juliet. I remembering saving a comment on Reddit of dog/cat names someone else made some time ago, so I dug through my saved posts and found the name "Kova" in it. I loved the sound of the name and that it was so close to Kava (liver-destroying stress relief tea I drink way too much of). However, that name was taken as well. I made a Reddit post asking for more name suggestions and found nothing I liked enough. So, I went with Verona. I don't regret it at all.
Honestiago got me to play BGO with him hours after being shown it by another friend of his, CorpZeWolVe, who rarely plays. I wish I had used a recruitment link at the time so he'd get credit, but I didn't think to and it's too late now. I hashtagged playing with him for a bit before making an account. When he first sent me a link to the site, I was somehow overwhelmed/confused. For some reason, I didn't process the different between Open & Running games, and couldn't figure out how to join a game or if I was ever playing. I used Assassin a bit at first when I figured out how to join a game, then Illusionist, then Alchemist solely because Honest did, and mained Necro for a long time after that. I think I was pretty good at Necro too. :P
