I got Verina in my first 10 pulls in the Novice convene then it got replaced by Beginner's choice convene. Was that supposed to happen? Also since I got Verina now, should I aim for a Verina dupe or pick Encore for my main DPS in the celebration gift? Then again I could technically do both for the Beginner's choice convene.

I have no plans to spend money in this game so I do want to minmax my f2p build.