looks like the changes to trickblade came in unannounced for shadowers; I'm still learning how to utilise it more efficiently in it's new setup, but it's nice to see the skill has a MUCH faster casting time.
The mobbing attack mode now fires off immediately and sweeps along several enemies, and the solo damage spike mode is quite a bit harder to pull off as you need to set up a three-stack of wound marks on the desired target first and THEN chain into the skill from the second hit from assassinate. I've yet to fully adjust to the damage spike mode, but I suspect it will be very helpful once I can fire it off on demand.
As I understand it, players start using non-liquid collateral in trades as supplementary currency;
I've yet to make any trades of this sort myself, but what's been suggested is using No Boom enhancement scrolls as supplements to liquid meso as their value is fairly stable. I would recommend asking around in your world on what types of collateral may be used and what value those items are being traded at so that you can begin building equity for post-10B purchases.
Upsides to this method include being able to limit the transaction to a single trade as well as minimising the impact of the meso trade cost from player to player transactions.
Honestly, I'd love to actually do an invasion where I'm not the only idiot running around in it. trying to understand the best time for participating in these has been a curious problem for me since I only recently completed the prequests and have yet to encounter other players actively doing the invasions due to the time zone I live in.