This is an incredibly cringe post but whatever. Everyone has already gone over how On-lyne is the best thing to ever happen but the very specific reason I was losing during the Tennocon reveal is:
I have an OC named DJ WORM who is a bug themed psychic vampire DJ who feeds off of/pseudo-mind controls the crowds at his concerts hivemind style. Lots of red and black and metaphors about swarming, fame as a corrupting spiral, the constant need for a bigger audience, etc.,
He looks like this:
And while watching the demo gameplay I saw one of the On-lyne members looks like this:
AND NOW I CAN'T UNSEE IT. I mean admittedly it's not THAT close beyond the basic silhouette, idk if those are bug claws or crab claws, no clue if the infested liches will have standardized appearances or if they will vary like the other liches, and my character does EDM music, not pop, but it's close enough to have made my day. So thank you for the unintentional birthday present DE. Even though it's a total coincidence, I did really kind of need that. Life has just been a series of one bit of bad news after another recently so having something silly to get hyped about... was nice.