Question 1) So Kinetic Regen needs a wording Tweak - It's per 5 DMG you /roll/ ((so it doesn't proc multiple times in an AoE nor Proc off of flat Status Effect DMG - You roll DMG, add any bonuses from a Stratagem and that outgoing number, no matter how many targets its applying to or what their soak is, is what Kinetic Regen scales off of)

Question 2) Nope! Beacon of Hope Procs automatically so you don't blind your allies at all!

Question 3) I always use gribblies to sort of "teach" boss mechanics ((like how Fenrir's gribblies teach you the importance of freezing against that boss)) - Or sometimes I'll set them up so they're mostly good at sticking on Status Effects which the Boss can then capitalize on. Hopefully those two pieces of advice can help get your mind turning.

Question 4) I'm not sure if it'll be in the next update but I'd love to write a primer on the EDA! The gist is that they're hella bureaucratic and most laws come down to a vote between the 9 Bastions (where Meru usually abstains or Quorikancha doesn't vote for obvious reasons. Of the 7 remaining, Babel, Kunlun, Duat and Avalon nearly always vote together.

As a result Asgard is soon to be forced to release the technological secrets behind its mass purification, causing a LOT of discontent among its largely nationalist populace.

The current leader Duncan Ragnarson is an old guard who'd survived the Awakening as a child (so he's nearly 106). He believes that EDA unity is important and is a big believer in mutual cooperation etx. His sons (all test tube babies in some variety) though...

Oldest is Halfdan (40) who oversees a large amount of Asgard's military manufacturing and deployment. He's fiercely loyal to the vision and cause of his younger brother Sigurd.

Bjorn (33) is the Defender Captain of Asgard, constantly fighting Wyrms on the frontline. Jolly, boisterous and incredibly skilled, he's been kept in the dark about his brothers' machinations for world domination.

Sigurd (28) has a snake's tongue (not literally) - A charming diplomat and a ruthless tactician he plans to put his father in a coma so he may ascend to power and use his Bastion's zeal and frustration to wage a war of conquest against the EDA, leaving him as the sole authoritarian ruler of Earth.

His cover for this initiative has been slowly heavily arming and defending Outlander/Freeroamer settlements (often without their input) to expand his physical territory. He also seeks to build a new Bastion as his new military base of operations: Niflheim.

Ivar (19) is a soft spoken Neurosensitive who requires a wheelchair due to an immune system disorder that makes cybernetics out of the question. Kind, empathetic and a bit mousey, Ivar has also been kept in the dark on these world domination plans. I usually have Sigurd use Ivar as a pawn who'll be sent to another Bastion as a kind of peace broker or olive branch ((though Sigurd would shed no tears if he died)) - Conversely Ivar is deeply affected if any of his brothers die, and the more who go down the more he'll use his piloting skills and blossoming Neurotype abilities to seak revenge.

Hope that gets some ideas flowing!

Question 5) So yes a lot of them just do mechanical stuff BUT biomodding is very real and it's not uncommon to see someone who's modded themselves into a biological cat girl.