Lone canon warriors have the most fun, weirdly enough. I play an almost-LCW and another who might as well be one (castmates AC-ing out), and those two have the best CR of all of my characters. It's like people see a LCW and go 'hey, this would be a fantastic opportunity to make a new buddy/enemy/whatever!' or something.

examples coming to mind: Anders, one of our super popular characters, spent months as a lone canon warrior. Alec Campion if I even spelled it right is a lone canon warrior and he's getting SO much CR. Yaha and Eike (same mun) are both LCWs and carving fabulous niches.

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